Table of Contents

Section 1
- Introduction

Section 2
- Mission Statement and Goals

Section 3
- School Demographic Characteristics

Section 4
- Alignment to State Goals for Learning

Section 5
- Student Performance

Section 6
- Illinois Goals Assessment Program (IGAP) and Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) Results

Section 7
- Stanford Achievement Test Results

Section 8
- IGAP Disaggregated Data

Section 9
- School Improvement Plan Implementation

Section 10
- Activities to Improve Learning Environment

Section 11
- Leadership Council

Section 12
- Minutes of Leadership Council

Section 13
- Grade Level Team Minutes

Section 14
- Survey of Parent Opinions

Section 15
- Summary

 Parent Survey of Opinions
Peacock Middle School School School Improvement Plan (SIP)

Each spring, the opinions of parents with students in grades 6-8 are surveyed. Results of the survey help the staff of Peacock make informed programmatic and curricular decisions for the following school year.

A. Form

    From which of the following sources do you gain most of your information about Peacock and its programs Please check the most important.

    1. The Daily Herald
    2. The Tribune
    3. The Itasca Press
    4. Village Newsletter
    5. Principal’s Newsletter
    6. Grade level team newsletters
    7. My child’s teachers
    8. Open houses
    9. School message sign
    10. Other parents
    11. Other sources

    Please place a check next to the items below you would like to know more about.

    1. 6-8th grade curriculum
    2. Encore program
    3. State report card (ISAT)
    4. District standardized testing
    5. Before- and after-school tutoring
    6. Counseling and social worker services
    7. Intramurals
    8. Interscholastic athletics
    9. Club activities
    10. Drama/play productions
    11. Choir/chorus
    12. Student newspaper
    13. Student council
    14. Principal Coffee

    Please rate Peacock on the following items by circling the appropriate number: 1=highest; 4=lowest. If you believe you do not know enough about an item to rate it, please circle the number 5.

    1. Emphasis on basic skills
    2. Student discipline
    3. Teacher communication with parents/home
    4. Appropriateness of homework assignments
    5. Effectiveness of grade-level newsletters
    6. Quality of teaching
    7. Principal leadership
    8. Assessment and reporting of student progress
    9. Parent/teacher conference format
    10. Parent/teacher effectiveness
    11. Core subjects
    12. Encore subjects
    13. High academic standards
    14. A safe school environment
    15. School/community information forums
    16. Peacock’s appearance
    17. Before- and after-school programs
    18. Counseling and social worker services

    Please rate Peacock’s effectiveness by checking one of the grades listed below.

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. Failing
    5. No opinion

B. Results of Parent Survey of Opinions

The following results were tabulated during the week of June 7, 1999. All results are percentages based upon a total return of 110 usable surveys.

    From which of the following sources do you gain most of your information about Peacock and its programs Please check the most important.

    1. The Daily Herald 8%
    2. The Tribune 1%
    3. The Itasca Press 8%
    4. Village Newsletter 8%
    5. Principal’s Newsletter 72%
    6. Grade level team newsletters 41%
    7. My child’s teachers 25%
    8. Open houses 25%
    9. School message sign 20%
    10. Other parents 32%
    11. Other sources

    Please place a check next to the items below you would like to know more about.

    1. 6-8th grade curriculum 31%
    2. Encore program 16%
    3. State report card (ISAT) 15%
    4. District standardized testing 15%
    5. Before- and after-school tutoring 21%
    6. Counseling and social worker services 16%
    7. Intramurals 10%
    8. Interscholastic athletics 15%
    9. Club activities 18%
    10. Drama/play productions 16%
    11. Choir/chorus 16%
    12. Student newspaper 18%
    13. Student council 15%
    14. Principal Coffee 7%

    Please rate Peacock on the following items by circling the appropriate number: 1=highest; 4=lowest. If you believe you do not know enough about an item to rate it, please circle the number 5.

    1. Emphasis on basic skills 45 34 7 3 11
    2. Student discipline 43 36 6 5 10
    3. Teacher communication with parents/home 30 31 17 4 3
    4. Appropriateness of homework assignments 21 31 14 4 1
    5. Effectiveness of grade-level newsletters 35 22 17 0 8
    6. Quality of teaching 47 29 5 0 1
    7. Principal leadership 50 24 0 4 4
    8. Assessment and reporting of student progress 49 23 8 4 0
    9. Parent/teacher conference format 36 26 16 4 1
    10. Parent/teacher effectiveness 38 23 24 4 1
    11. Core subjects 33 39 13 0 1
    12. Encore subjects 47 24 8 0 3
    13. High academic standards 34 35 7 0 6
    14. A safe school environment 47 28 6 2 9
    15. School/community information forums 28 33 11 6 11
    16. Peacock’s appearance 56 30 2 4 7
    17. Before- and after-school programs 40 22 10 6 9
    18. Counseling and social worker services 29 17 9 2 29

    Please rate Peacock’s effectiveness by checking one of the grades listed below.

    1. A 49
    2. B 48
    3. C 1
    4. Failing 0
    5. No opinion 2

 

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