ESSER III English Language Arts Strategies

Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in English Language Arts.

Goal: By June 2023, at least 75% of English Learners (ELs) and 80% of Students with Disabilities (SWD) will earn a passing score in reading on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL).

Strategy 1: Small Group Tier 2 Instruction which will address skill gaps and reteach essential standards.

Strategy 2:  Small group Tier 2/Tier 3 Instruction with Phonics First (Orton-Gillingham approach).

Strategy 3:  Literacy Leader and reading resource teachers will provide ongoing Professional Development (PD) around the Equitable Access to Literacy (EAL).

ESSER III Mathematics Strategies

Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Mathematics.

Goal: By June 2023, at least 80% of English Learners (ELs) and 80% of Students with Disabilities (SWD) will earn a passing score in mathematics on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL).

Strategy 1:  Small Group Tier 2 instruction which will address skills gaps and reteach essential standards, and Small Group Tier 3 intervention to address foundational gaps.

Strategy 2:  Professional Development and instructional coaching to promote "FCPS Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction: Shift 4: From Show and Tell to Share and Compare".

Strategy 3:  Interested staff members will enroll in Ad+VantageMR (AVMR) training, increasing the number of Mosaic AVMR trained staff.

ESSER III Wellness Strategies

Outcome: Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment.

Goal: By Spring 2023, 85% of students in grades 3-6 will be able to identify and report a supportive relationship at school. (data will come from the SEL Screener)

Strategy 1:  Develop opportunities for staff to create a positive classroom and school community, and to connect with families.

Strategy 2:  All students will receive Tier-1 SEL instruction through monthly guidance lessons and / or staff directed interventions (Yoga 4 Classrooms, MindUP, etc.).

Strategy 3:  Provide students and staff with opportunities to learn how to identify and manage feelings, as well as how to identify and implement appropriate coping strategies (either teacher directed or student directed).

Portrait of a Graduate (POG) SMARTR Outcome

Goal: By June, 2023, 85% of Mosaic Students will demonstrate an understanding of a team/grade level selected POG skill, as reported on the Mosaic student survey.

Strategy 1: In alignment with the Wellness plan, Mosaic Elementary School will develop opportunities to create a positive classroom and school community. 

Strategy 2:  Students will have opportunities to employ effective POG skills in all curricular areas.

Strategy 3: Teachers will design and facilitate inquiry-based opportunities through the use PBLs that elevate student voice and increase student engagement.