School Strategic Plan & SMART Goals

Goal 1: Academic Excellence

Students will perform at or above level or make more than one year's growth in Reading and Mathematics. BCS will eliminate opportunity gaps and recover learning through support school-wide systems.

SMART Goal

North Middle School will support all students in performing at or above grade level or achieving more than one year’s growth in Reading and Math.
Targets:

  • ELA: 48% proficiency (2026), 50% (2027)

  • Math: 38% proficiency (2026), 40% (2027)

Strategies

  • Implement Data-Driven Instruction During Intervention/Enrichment

  • Enhance Core Instruction

  • Promote Literacy & Numeracy Across Content Areas

Action Steps

  • Teachers with admin support conduct regular PLC data meetings to analyze WVGSA, iReady, and IXL.

  • Teachers identify below-grade-level students and develop targeted intervention plans.

  • Teachers and admins track progress toward typical/stretch growth each quarter.

  • Teachers analyze midterm iReady data and adjust intervention groups.

  • Admin provides PD on high-impact instructional strategies.

  • Teachers implement differentiation, formative assessment, and engagement strategies daily.

  • Admin conducts walkthroughs with feedback cycles.

  • PLCs align instruction with WV College- and Career-Readiness Standards.

  • Schoolwide reading/writing expectations implemented in all subjects.

  • Use common writing frameworks (ex: Derek’s 4-Step).

  • PD and planning time for math teachers to strengthen problem-solving routines.

Goal 2: Health and Well-Being

All Berkeley County Schools will create and maintain safe learning environments that promote excellent academic achievement. BCS will nurture all students’ intellectual, physical, mental, and social-emotional growth with specific emphasis on recovering from complex trauma.

SMART Goals

GOAL 1: Attendance

  • Increase attendance rate to 93.5%

  • Reduce chronic absenteeism to 23%

GOAL 2: Behavior

  • Reduce disciplinary incidents and suspensions by 10%

Strategies

  • Implement Schoolwide Attendance Recognition Programs

  • Provide Targeted Support for Chronically Absent & At-Risk Students

  • Monitor & Analyze Attendance Data

  • Strengthen Family & Community Engagement on Attendance

  • Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (PBIS)

  • Monitor & Analyze Discipline Data

  • Reduce Repeat Offenders Through Targeted Intervention

  • Strengthen Restorative & Trauma‑Informed Practices

Action Steps

  • Launch attendance incentives and recognition.

  • Hold quarterly celebrations for improved/perfect attendance.

  • Teachers and counselors communicate importance of attendance to families.

  • Social worker conducts check-ins/home visits.

  • Develop individualized attendance plans.

  • Teachers help reintegrate students after absences.

  • Bi-weekly attendance reviews by teams/admin.

  • Weekly reports generated by attendance clerks.

  • Admin tracks attendance trends.

  • Host family sessions on attendance impact.

  • Connect families with resources via community partners.

  • Teachers build relationships to promote belonging.

  • Attendance messaging in newsletters/social media/calls.

  • Teach expectations each semester; reinforce daily.

  • Launch PBIS/Jostens Renaissance reward systems.

  • Celebrate positive behavior weekly/monthly.

  • Implement Renaissance to promote school culture & recognition.

  • Monthly WVEIS discipline reports shared in PLCs.

  • Grade-level teams identify trends and students of concern.

  • Admin/counselors set annual reduction targets.

  • Counselors provide ongoing mentoring/check‑ins.

  • Create & monitor Behavior Support Plans.

  • Use restorative conversations after repeated issues.

  • Admin maintains weekly ISS/OSS repeat offender tracker.

  • Provide PD in restorative & trauma‑informed strategies.

  • Counselors facilitate restorative circles/conferences.

  • Staff use restorative consequences as alternatives to exclusion.

Goal 3: Operational Excellence

Efficient and effective operations will allow BCS to maintain its focus on student learning.  BCS will strengthen and improve system-wide operations through federal, state and local financial resources to meet the needs of the district’s growing and changing community.

SMART Goal

By May 2026:

  • All school teams meet regularly with documentation

  • All facilities/technology requests resolved within 10 business days

  • ≥75% staff satisfaction with communication

  • All core operational procedures updated by Jan 2026

Strategies

  • Regular, Purposeful Meetings for All School Teams

  • Streamline Facility & Technology Service Requests

  • Improve Staff Satisfaction with Communication & Operations

  • Review & Update Core School Procedures

Action Steps

  • Create and publish master meeting calendar.

  • Teams document minutes/action items each meeting.

  • Admin reviews documentation monthly.

  • Provide training on effective meeting facilitation.

  • Custodial/IT staff update service request logs daily.

  • Protocol for resolving issues within 10 days.

  • Monthly reports reviewed at leadership meetings.

  • Create communication protocols & resource guides.

  • PD on navigating operational systems.

  • Admin responds to feedback in newsletters/meetings.

  • Administer & analyze 2026 WV Staff Survey.

  • Collect current safety/operations documentation.

  • Gather staff input on gaps.

  • Admin drafts updated procedures and trains staff.

  • Create an annual review/improvement plan.