Thoreau Middle School | Fairfax County Public Schools | Region 1 

2021-2022 ESSER III/SIIP At-a-Glance

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

• Strategy 1 - Strengthen tier one instruction through the CT cycle and emphasis on identifying essential standards through scaffolding, differentiation, and small group instruction
• Strategy 2 - Targeted intervention taught by English teachers during Eagle Time and after-school sessions
• Strategy 3 - Targeted intervention taught by Intervention Specialist through Advisory period/Eagle Time
• Strategy 4 - Strengthen current tier three support offered to students through the Action Literacy course to make content/material more engaging and updated
• Strategy 5- Provide additional support to students in ESOL courses and connection of these families to school and community

ESSER III Mathematics Strategies

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

• Strategy 1 - Strengthen tier one instruction through the CT cycle and emphasis on identifying essential standards through scaffolding, differentiation, and small group instruction
• Strategy 2-  Targeted intervention taught by math teachers during Eagle Time and after-school sessions
• Strategy 3  - Strengthen current tier three support offered to students through the Power Math/Algebra Readiness courses to make content/material more engaging and updated

ESSER III Wellness Strategies

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

• Strategy 1 - Provided student support to decrease absences among our most "at risk" population
• Strategy 2- Strengthen tier 1 Evidenced- Based Strategies and programs
• Strategy 3 - Provide increased opportunities for Family Engagement
• Strategy 4 - Targeted interventions with students displaying behaviors consistent with anxiety and depression
• 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 the end of the 2021-22 school year, all Thoreau students will create a Schoology portfolio containing each Portrait of a Graduate attribute by learning how to gather evidence generated through authentic assessments and meaningful learning experiences. Staff will collaborate on the development of our 3-year Pyramid-wide implementation plan for Portrait of a Graduate Presentations of Learning (POG POL).

• Strategy 1 - Building Portrait of a Graduate language within school culture
• Strategy 2 - Planning for POG: development of a teacher cohort to pilot Advisory model of student reflection
• Strategy 3 - Assessing POG: Student reflection and curation of evidence
• For additional information regarding this School Plan, please contact the school principal, Teresa Khuluki.