What is a School Improvement Plan?
A School Improvement Plan (SIP) is a road
map that sets out the changes a school
needs to make to improve the level of
student achievement, and shows how
and when these changes will be made.
SIPs are selective:
they help principals, teachers, and
school councils answer the questions
“What will we focus on now?” and
“What will we leave until later?” They
encourage staff and parents to monitor
student achievement levels and other
factors, such as the school environment, that are known to influence student
success. With up-to-date and reliable
information about how well students
are performing, schools are better able
to respond to the needs of students,
teachers, and parents.
A SIP is also a
mechanism through which the public
can hold schools accountable for student
success and through which it can
measure improvement. One of the first
steps—a crucial one—in developing an
improvement plan involves teachers,
school councils, parents, and other
community members working together
to gather and analyze information
about the school and its students, so
that they can determine what needs to
be improved in their school. As the plan
is implemented, schools continue to
gather this kind of data. By comparing
the new data to the initial information
on which the plan was based, they—
and the public—can measure the success
of their improvement strategies.
Oak Hill Elementary's School Improvement Plan is developed each year with input from the parents on our School Advisory Committee (SAC). If you would like to participate in the development of our School Improvement Plan, please join us at our SAC meetings on the second Monday of every month in the Media Center from 5:30-7:30 pm.
Oak Hill Elementary School Improvement Plan 2018-19