ABC ELEMENTARY

ENTRY PLAN
Fall 2017
Erin Gaebe

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
VISION
CORE VALUES

EDUCATION
ENTRY PLAN GOALS
ENTRY QUESTIONS
WORKS CITED

Introduction
It is with great honor and pleasure to join ABC Elementary, staff, and
community, as your new principal. As an educator, it has been my mission
to motivate and inspire students, staff, and the community-based partners,
to be life-long learners, striving towards personal success and leadership.
As we begin the new school year together, I have established a formal
Entry Plan, extending over the school year, allowing me to listen to the
many stakeholders of our school, learn from you, and introduce myself.
Together, we will all work hard, support one another, grow, inspire
minds, and continue to support the ABC Elementary family.

VISION

The vision of ABC Elementary is to empower all

members of our school community to reach their full
potential in an environment characterized by respect,
ownership, and kindness. Data-driven researched based
instructional practices are utilized in order to meet
individual student needs. An integral and rigorous
curriculum will ensure student mastery upon skills,
creating student-centered learning, towards College and
Career readiness. Ongoing teacher professional
development and collaboration, geared towards
technology, student mastery, and engagement,
empowers students to reach their fullest potential,
reaching individual growth, and become critical thinkers
and problem solvers.

Core Values
Collaboration and Teamwork: Together, all stakeholders at ABC Elementary
will work together, meet regularly, and committedly strive for individual student
success, in order to create life-long learners, and leaders.
Data Analysis and Accountability: Everyone is accountable for data results;
analyzed regularly and systematically. Student growth is a direct correlation from
curriculum , assessments, and instruction that is relative, informative, and
cohesively tied systematically.
Expectations: Students, staff, parents, and community members must have
high expectations for themselves and the students; working together to create a
positive environment and an atmosphere of highly-engaged, and highly-effective
learners.

Education
Lindenwood Universidy, St. Louis, Missouri
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership

2017

Lindenwood Universidy, St. Louis, Missouri

Ed.S. in Educational Leadership

2016

Missouri Baptist, St. Louis, Missouri

MEA Masters of Education Administration 2013

Central Methodist, Union, Missouri

B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education 1-6 2007

Goals
Goal 1: Establish and nurture positive relationships with members of the ABC Elementary,
creating a better understanding of values, traditions, community, history, and norms.
Goal 2: Establish a foundation of growth through continuous school improvement by identifying
strengths for the school and community, creating an action plan to sustain ABC Elementarys areas
of growth.
Goal 3: Establish a system for clear communication, and develop a clear vision for continuous
improvement, grounded in research-based outcomes and supported by data and feedback from all
stakeholders (staff, parents/guardians, community-based partners, students).

Goal 4: Create a shared vision statement through collaboration.

Goal 1:

Establish and nurture positive relationships with members of the ABC Elementary, creating a better
understanding of values, traditions, community, history, and norms.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Timeline

Send email and introductory letter to all staff.

June

Meet with clerical staff, custodians, and school counselors.

June

Meet with Curriculum Facilitators, Technology Facilitators (and Assistant Principal).

June

Meet with PLC teams (if they are aligned).

June

Send a Getting to Know You Survey to all staff members.

June

Review Schoolwide Needs Assessment Data, Teacher Working Conditions Survey, and End of Year Staff
Reflections to assess the perceived strengths and needs of ABC Elementary.
Plan Opening Faculty Meeting- use Getting to Know You survey.

June-July

Meet with Financial Secretary.

Ongoing

June-July

Goal 1:

Establish and nurture positive relationships with members of the ABC Elementary, creating a better
understanding of values, traditions, community, history, and norms.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Timeline

Meet with HR to go over any staffing needs.

June-July

Introductory Meeting with Staff.

July

Update website to include introductory letter and profile, send out Entry Plan to all stakeholders.

July

Meet with school leadership team.

July-August

Meet with Parent/Teacher Organization and Board.

July-August

Send out an opening school survey.

July-August

Arrange meetings with community partners.

Ongoing

Host one-on-one met and greet with staff members, and plan for Parent Night, Curriculum Nights,
and Fundraising Events.

July-August

Goal 1:

Establish and nurture positive relationships with members of the ABC Elementary, creating a better
understanding of values, traditions, community, history, and norms.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Timeline

Send back to school letter.

August

Host Family Meet and Greet Night/Open House.

August

Host a first day of school assembly-set expectations, and introduction

August

Establish a building/school calendar of events and post to the school website

*Title 1 Meetings
*Parent/Teacher events
*Reading Nights
*Curriculum Nights

July-August

Send weekly newsletters to staff, and all stakeholders.

Weekly

Visit classrooms daily.

Ongoing

Create and review norms for staff/faculty meetings.

August

Send staff agenda with norms, vision, purpose, and minutes.

Ongoing

Goal 1:

Establish and nurture positive relationships with members of the ABC Elementary, creating a better
understanding of values, traditions, community, history, and norms.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Timeline

Interact with, and help in supervision of students during morning drop-off, and after-school
dismissal, in classrooms, lunchtime, recess, etc.
Recognize student birthdays, achievements, etc., with announcements and bulletin boards, and
safe social media.
Provide informal discussion sessions with students to attain information on student perception.

Ongoing

Encourage Positive Behavior Initiatives, including student support and stakeholder support.

Ongoing

Speak with community media/newspaper for historical information regarding the school, and tie
them into beginning of the year activities, and student positive incentives.
Include students in the Leader In Me incentives.

Ongoing

Include community members as active role models within student support roles in and out of the
classroom, providing professional development where needed.
Develop a system to celebrate individual success as well as organizations successes.

Ongoing

Ongoing
Ongoing

Ongoing

July-August

Goal 2:

Establish a foundation of growth through continuous school improvement by identifying strengths

for the school and community, creating an action plan to sustain ABC Elementarys areas of growth.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Timeline

Meet with HR and go over staffing needs

June-July

Conduct a safety inspection of the building and grounds, and include all stakeholders

July-August

Review Teacher and Student Handbook, as well as disciplinary data and action plan.

July-August

Review Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP).

July-August

Review Safety drill procedures

July-August

Meet with current administrative team to review data, identify trendy, and develop and understand July-August
priorities.
Send a needs assessment survey to teachers
July-August
Use Needs Assessment Survey from teachers to develop a systematic approach to curriculum
alignment needs and understanding of standards/assessment/lessons

July-August

Goal 2:

Establish a foundation of growth through continuous school improvement by identifying strengths

for the school and community, creating an action plan to sustain ABC Elementarys areas of growth.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Timeline

Meet with BLT (Building Leadership Team) to formulate and construct the BSIP.

August

Meet with grade level teachers to explain weekly data meetings, data analysis, flexible grouping
within their small groups, and alignment of best practices.
1st rounds of observations.

Ongoing

Construct a parent survey to analyze perception of student and school growth, as well as
perception of school safety.
Send parent survey.

End of
August
September-

End of
September
Establish and monitor a common vision for literacy instruction.
AugustOngoing
Implement grade level and cross-grade professional learning communities (PLCs) to help students Augustmeet goals in reading.
Ongoing
Establish and monitor a common vision for math instruction.

AugustOngoing

Goal 2:

Establish a foundation of growth through continuous school improvement by identifying strengths

for the school and community, creating an action plan to sustain ABC Elementarys areas of growth.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Discuss ELA/Math monitoring through assessment tools, through building collaboration and
expectations.
Discuss RTI monitoring and verification and justification.

Timeline
Monthly/
Quarterly
August

Maintain Bi-weekly Data Wall Analysis meetings, including all stakeholders.

AugustOngoing
September

Host Title 1 Parent/Guardian Night, sharing current data, and highlight parental/guardian
strategies to be used at home.
Establish Proficiency Growth Charts and targets for the school, and then additionally for the data
wall/teacher-stakeholder analysis.
Collaborate with Curriculum Team and Administrative team to become aware of expectations
regarding PD opportunities and expectations regarding required hours for all, as well as new
teachers, and what is available.
Along with the BLT Committee, Formulate a Grant Writing Committee (including all stakeholders)
to research and write grants aligned to BSIP goals and needs assessments in the building.

September
AugustOngoing
SeptemberOngoing

Develop a letter to involve community members/school family volunteers to support young readers End of
within ABC Elementary to support our literacy BSIP initiative.
August

Goal 2:

Establish a foundation of growth through continuous school improvement by identifying strengths

for the school and community, creating an action plan to sustain ABC Elementarys areas of growth.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Aside from bi-weekly data analysis, host quarterly meeting by grade level for data analysis per
formative assessments to analyze standards data as well as individual data.
BLT meeting to review quarterly data as it pertains to BSIP goals, and formulate discussion and
action plan details.
Review of Released Items, and compare with previous material and information.
Host Title 1 Parent/Guardian Night, sharing current data, and highlight parental/guardian
strategies to be used at home.

Timeline
OctoberOngoing
OctoberOngoing
December/
January
January

Goal 3: Establish a system for clear communication, and develop a clear vision for continuous improvement,
grounded in research-based outcomes and supported by data and feedback from all stakeholders (staff,
parents/guardians, community-based partners, students).

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Staff survey, with shared results.
Parent survey, with shared results.
Student Survey, with shared results.

Weekly newsletters to staff with updates, events, and celebrations.

Weekly newsletters to parents/guardians, and community members.
Create a monthly calendar for staff members for evaluation reflection meetings, and a set calendar
for data analysis.

Timeline
AugustOngoing
SeptemberOngoing
SeptemberOngoing
AugustOngoing
AugustOngoing
August

Establish systems for communicating information in a timely manner: agendas, communication

Augustfolders (Thursday Folders), School Meetings, BLT meetings, PTC meetings, and P/T Conferences Ongoing
Share MAP Released Items, changes, tools, etc., with teachers.

January

Goal 3: Establish a system for clear communication, and develop a clear vision for continuous improvement,
grounded in research-based outcomes and supported by data and feedback from all stakeholders (staff,
parents/guardians, community-based partners, students).

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals

Shared meeting agenda information from key personnel leaders such as admin, curriculum
specialist, literacy coaches, counselors, etc.
Develop emergency procedures for staff, and shared amongst.
Share expectations for veteran and new teacher expectations for professional development.

Compile data and develop a written report to share with all stakeholders, and the superintendent.

Timeline
AugustOngoing
AugustOngoing
AugustOngoing
AugustOngoing

Share building vision statement with all stakeholders, and get additional feedback.

End of
August

Shared quarterly review of building mission, vision, and statement, and BSIP goals.

September

Goal 4: Create a shared vision statement through collaboration.

Action(s) for Accomplishing Goals
Meet with BLT team, PTC committee, and community-based partners, to create the vision
statement for ABC Elementary.
Share building vision statement with all stakeholders, and get additional feedback.

Timeline
August
End of
August

Works Cited
Jenz, B. (n.d). The Entry Resource Book. Newton, MA: Leadership and Learning Inc.
Dr. Willis, Charles. Principal Entry Plan. bhamcityschools.org. 27 July 2013.
Vaught, Kimberly. Principal Entry Plan. cms.k12.nc.us. June 2012.

Bambrick-Santoyo, Paul. Driven by Data: Entry Plan for New Principal in Existing School. engageny.org.
16 October 2012.

Entry Questionnaire

Below is a list of guiding questions for you to answer. These questions will guide later conversations on how to grow ABC
Elementary. Please answer each question completely, and fully. You may click on the website below and enter them as a Google
form to enter your results immediately, or print the form off and complete them at your leisure.

What do you need from me as the Principal of ABC Elementary?

What do you see as the most important aspect of teaching/supporting learning at ABC Elementary?
What do you see as the top five factors at ABC Elementary, (in order of important), in need of support.
Without this support, students may/will not have success.
What do you feel is important aspect of ABC Elementary that CANNOT be changed/should be preserved?
What do you feel are the top positive aspects of ABC Elementary?
What are the strengths of ABC Elementary?

What are the weaknesses of ABC Elementary?

Google form: https://goo.gl/XhiFht