COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT of the entire school (including the needs of migrant children) with information about the academic achievement of children in relation to the state academic content standards.
Describe the process utilized to conduct the comprehensive needs assessment for this school.

ELA 45%     Math 52%     Science 24%     Total ELA, Math, & Science 121
Spring 2017 ELA learning gains 56%        Math learning gains 57%     Total Points Learning Gains 113
Spring 2017 ELA L25% gains 58%            Math L25% gains 56%        Total Point L25% 114
                  
                  

Instruction by HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS in all core content area classes
List instructional staff and paraprofessionals that are NOT highly qualified (instructional staff only).

Anastasia Kallas, Chantal Vanessa Timms, Elizabeth Magnes Burton, and Kevin Gilbert Hellberg are not higly quaified teachers according to the BI report.  
 

ATTRACT HIGH-QUALITY, HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS to the school.
Describe strategies that will be used to attract high-quality, highly qualified teachers.

We will attract hgh-quality, highly qualified teachers by attending Experience Broward Teacher Recruitment Fairs, utilizing TIF incentives, and by creating a collaborative environment.

Title I, Part A
Title I funds provide additional teachers to assist students, particularly low performing students.

Staff Development funds are used to develop a comprehensive professional training program to improve delivery of instruction through a variety of in-house and disttrict workshops designed to move teachers to mastery and improve student achievement.

Parental Involvement funds are utilized to fund monthly academic parent nights( ELA, math, science) and that provide parents with new skills to support student learning at home. Improving the frequency and quality of family participation and increasing family literacy are also goals of our parental involvement component. Monies are used to purchase food, supplies/materials and provide stipends for teacher presenters.

Title I, Part C- Migrant
(Migrant-Title I schools have been advised if Migrant students attend their school)

No migrant student has been identified.

Title I, Part D
Neglected and Delinquent

Students identified as neglected and/or delinquent will be connected to our school social worker in order to provide support and community resources.

Title II
(District professional development)

Teachers participate in professional development provided through our district linked to improved student achievement in the Florida State Standards.

Title III
(ESOL)

All students are being instructed by certified, ESOL endorsed teachers.  Bennett Elementary School has a paraprofessional who works closely with our ELL population.  This staff member impacts 58 ELL students delivering support and intervention programs.  This staff member serves as liaison between the school and ELL community.

Title X- Homeless
(Homeless- All Title I schools may complete with this statement)

Teachers and staff members are responsible for helping to identify homeless students and referrint tem to the Homeless Education program offered by the district.  The purpose of the Homeless Education Program is to identify homeless students, remove barriers to their education, including school enrollment, provide them with supplemental academic and counseling case management services as well as linkages to their school social worker while mainting school as the students stable environment.  Our school counselor refers homeless students to HEART for transportation to and from school, supplies, clothing, resources for housing, food, and counseling if needed.  

Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI)

There are no allocated SAI funds.

Violence Prevention Programs

Bennett Elementary implements the County Student code of Conduct and follows the District Discipline Matrix.  Our school enforces the District's Anti-Bullying Policy and has a zero tolerance for bullying and violence.  Bullying prevention programs are supported through student assemblies.  Bennett builds a violence prevention culture through classroom instruction in the Broward County adopted character traits.  

Nutrition Programs

Housing Programs

Referrals are made to the school social worker, when parents are in need of housing or food.  All staff let administration and the school counselor know of families expressing needs.

Head Start

To ensure school readiness, the Head Start Program provides literacy, math, and science curricula that align with the K-3 national standards to improve educational outcomes. This connection between curricula and child expectations has contributed to better prepare students to succeed in Kindergarten. An end-of-the year Creative Curriculum Continuum report, detailing students’ ongoing assessment, is placed in the students’ cumulative folder to familiarize kindergarten teachers with the Head Start students’ progress in the program.

Adult Education

To ensure school readiness, the Head Start Program provides literacy, math, and science curricula that align with the K-3 national standards to improve educational outcomes. This connection between curricula and child expectations has contributed to better prepare students to succeed in Kindergarten. Conscience Curriculum is used to teach proper behavior and the School Board of Broward County's Head Start Curriculum Map is utilized to plan appropriate lessons.  An end-of-the year Creative Curriculum Continuum report, detailing students’ ongoing assessment, is placed in the students’ cumulative folder to familiarize kindergarten teachers with the Head Start students’ progress in the program.

Career and Technical Education

 Our fifth grade students attend JA BizTown,, an experiential educational program that enables students to learn economic concepts in an interactive, hands-on environment. Students prepared to actively engage in tasks directly related to the in-class curriculum they study for 4 weeks. College Career Readiness Week, and  Dress for Success Day are additional programs that support career and technical education.  

Job Training

Project based learning gives students opportunities to train for future jobs.

Other

Student Listeners - Selected students participate in the Listener program. These listeners are trained through the district to work with students. 
Counselors - Counselors from out side vendors that work with some of our student.  

Pre-School Transition

Bennett Elementary School services three classes of Specialized PreK ESE (formerly Preschool Learning Activities Classroom Experience-PLACE), 5 Intensive Pre-School and one Head Start class. The teachers conduct vertical articulation meetings during the school year to ensure that the transition from the early childhood programs to kindergarten program is smooth. A Kindergarten (Kindergarten Round-up) Orientation is also held prior to the beginning of the school year. This gives the incoming kindergarten students an opportunity to meet their new teacher and get acclimated to their classroom. Additionally, parents are given an overview of the kindergarten curriculum and expectations.

Parent Involvement Goal:
Based on the analysis of the parent involvement data, identify and define an area in need of improvement.

The goal of Bennett Elementary is to increase parental involvement in school events to at least 10% for the 2017-2018 school year.  All parent involvement activities will incllude engaging activities that offer opportunities to learn about student achievement and available resources.