CLOSING THE GAP ACTION PLAN

School Name
Goal:
Target Group:
Data to Identify Students

School Counselor(s)

Coordinator: Tasha Young,

School Counselor

Lake View High School

Year: 2016-2017
To increase the percentage of Black/African American male students on-track by 5% over the course of a
school year.
African American Male Students
Lake Views data shows that during week 20, 70.2% of all black males are on-track to
(Edvantage)
graduate which is ~15% below their Hispanic and White male peers in school.

ASCA Domain
and Standard
(Mindsets &
Behaviors)

Type of
Activities to be
Delivered in
What Manner?

Mindsets
4. Belief in
using abilities
to their fullest
to achieve
high-quality
results and
outcomes

Professional
developmen
t Building
authentic
relationships
in the
classroom
(PowerPoint
presentation
to teachers)

Behaviors
6. Set high
standards of
quality
5.
Demonstrate
perseverance
to achieve
long- and
short-term
goals
6. Use
effective
collaboration
and
cooperation

Resources
Needed

PowerPoint
Presentation
Projector
for videos/
PowerPoint
1.5 hours
of all
teachers
time
Outline and
Evaluation
printed for
each teacher
Program
evaluation,
and a 2week and
end-ofsemester
follow-up
survey

Process Data
(Projected
number of
students
affected)

All of the
teachers at
Lake View
High School
completed
the
evaluation
form that will
indicate that
100% of
teachers
learned at
least one
new
relationship
building
strategy,
along with
the two
follow-up
surveys
showing
strong
teacherstudent

Perception
Data (Type of
surveys to be
used)

98% of the
teachers
indicated
that they
were
continuing to
use the
relationship
building skills
learned in
the
professional
development
and that
their
students
classroom
performance
and
attendance
were seeing
improvement
s

Outcome Data
(Achievement,
attendance
and/or
behavior data
to be
collected)

Percentag
e of
Black/African
American
male
students ontrack
increased
5% over the
course of
the school
year

Project
Start/Project
End

Complet
e in one
day (1.5
hours) in
August
2016
(before
school
year
begins or
early on in
the school
year) and
final data
collected
at the end
of first
semester

skills

relationships
and
improved
student
performance