Dominique James

The Title I School Plan for Dorothy Height Charter School is a living document designed to improve teaching and learning and elevate the academic performance of all students, with a particular focus on high-need and at-risk students, ensuring they meet state standards. Key priorities include fostering mental and behavioral health and socioemotional learning, faithfully implementing aligned instructional materials, utilizing high-quality curriculum-aligned assessments to inform instruction, providing integrated collaborative professional development for teaching staff, implementing regular observation and feedback cycles, and strengthening school-based educational leadership teams. The plan also emphasizes parent and stakeholder involvement and continuous monitoring and revision.

This Literary Plan for Crescent City Schools aims to foster comprehensive literacy skills in students by aligning instruction with state standards and developing abilities in reading, learning from text, and effective communication. The plan is built upon three core goals: ensuring all students achieve grade-level reading or significant growth annually, guaranteeing integrity in Tier 1 ELA curriculum implementation by teachers, and establishing an intervention-for-all model for differentiated support. It emphasizes equity across all literacy practices to provide opportunities and access for every learner.

This dynamic Title I School Plan for Dorothy Height Charter School outlines strategies to improve academic performance for all students, particularly those with high needs and at risk of not meeting state standards. The plan addresses educational priorities such as ensuring student readiness for career or college, creating equitable learning experiences, providing a high-quality teaching environment, developing effective staff, and fostering strong systems and partnerships. Key focus areas include mental and behavioral health, socio-emotional learning, fidelity in implementing instructional materials, utilizing high-quality assessments, integrated professional development, continuous observation and feedback, and strengthening instructional leadership.

This document outlines the operational approach of Dorothy Height Charter School, emphasizing a student-centered methodology that meets individual student needs for both support and challenge. The school operates on core values of perseverance, excellence, courage, and community, which are actively practiced by all members. Key objectives include delivering high-quality instruction to foster student achievement and college readiness, and maintaining strong communication with parents to ensure a collaborative community. The school's mission is to prepare all students for college and a life of opportunity by developing their academic skills, lifelong passions, and personal character.

The 2022-2023 Academic Recovery and Acceleration Plan for Dorothy Height Charter School details the strategies and investments to address the impact of COVID-19 on student learning. Key areas of focus include well-being supports, targeted learning support through high-dosage tutoring, summer learning programs, and extended instructional time. The plan utilizes data from LEAP assessments and other diagnostic tools to identify student needs and monitor progress, with the goal of achieving mastery on state assessments by 8th grade. The plan also includes professional development for staff and attention to school safety and operations.