2021-21 ESSR/School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance

Oak Hill Elementary School

Region 5

Holly DeVore, Principal

Background: The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) is a federal grant which requires that spending be used in specific areas.  Part of the Fairfax County Public Schools spending plan identifies funding to be used for Unfinished Learning and Student Academic and Social, Emotional, Mental Health (Wellness) Needs.  Schools have been given funding allocations to support the academic and wellness needs of students.  Schools are required to create plans in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Wellness highlighting the strategies they will use to support these areas using their ESSER III funding.  These strategies are shown below.

ESSER III English Language Arts Strategies

Outcome:  Ensure all students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level

• Strategy 1: Engage in small Group Tier 2 Instruction to reteach Essential Standards
• Strategy 2: Specific Teachers to support small group Tier 2/Tier 3 using the BrainFirst Phonics First
• Strategy 3: Engage in Small Group Tier 3 Instruction that targets a specific literacy skill using MTSS decision criteria

ESSER III Mathematics Strategies

Outcome: Ensure all students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level

• Strategy 1: Engage in Small Group Tier 2 Instruction to reteach Essential Standards
• Strategy 2: Supplement small group instruction using AVMR in grades K and 1
• Strategy 3: Engage families to extend learning at home and model games and math strategies

ESSER III Wellness Strategies

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

• Strategy 1: Strengthen Tier 1 Wellness Supports
• Strategy 2: Provide targeted Student Support
• Strategy 3: Provide opportunities for Family Engagement

Background: All Fairfax County schools are also required to complete an access and opportunity goal as part of their School Innovation and Improvement Plan (SIIP) and can also capture additional goals.  These are shown below.

Access & Opportunity End of Year SMARTR Outcome

Goal: By spring of 2022,  Oak Hill will move up one continuum level (from Launching to Developing) in the areas of Committed Professionals and Find/Identify on FCPS Implementation Rubric for Young Scholars Model. 

• Strategy 1:  Establish a shared knowledge of the Young Scholars Model focused on Committed Professionals.
• Strategy 2:  Establish a shared knowledge of the Young Scholars Model focused on Find/Identify.