West Virginia Department of Education Innovationzone and Drop-out PreventionGrant Pleasefill out all appropriateboxesand respondto all questions. The applicationand plan must be in 12 pt. font and is limited to 20 pages. Application is due by 4:00 p.m. December l,20ll Section1- Applicant Information Name of entityapplying: County: Principal: Contact Name & Title: Phone: Email: Independence Middle School Ralelgh RandyAdkins Randy Adldns, IMS Principal 304-683-4542 rtadkins@access.kl 2.wy.us Number of studentsserved/affectedby plan: Number of teachersinvolved/affected by plan: Number of service personnelinvolved/affected by plan: 60-509 43 0 Please place a check beside the approprlqte enttty(ies) applying for innovstlon zone designatlon X)(X School _Department or Subdivisionof School of Schools(fill out multiple listingsbelow) -Coalition EducationInstitution (*mustcheckanotherentity) _Higher Systemof Schools _Feeder District Application _ Please place a check beside the appropriate grantfor which you are applying InnovationZoneGrant XXX Drop-OutPreventionGrant(mustincludecommunitypartnersandthreeyearbrrclget proposal) LEADERSHIP TEAM IWEM BERS Identiff the schoolor consortium'sleadershipteam.For dropout preventiongrants,the leadershipteam shouldincludecommunitypartnersfaddadditionallinesas necessaryl. Name Title Signature . t j .n Randv Adkins IMS Principal rTnnPr #d-rrlnzr Tamber Hodoes IDISPrincioal Intern ChrtsPerkins IHS Principal e2uz-,C-fuZ--zzt Margaret O'Neal United Wav of Southern VW a*^'9 (L[);*A" Debbie Williams Raleigh Countv FRN t LN^- /, l.!-Ltn-'; CeIiVanDvke RESA7 Adolescent Health i'"\l \r-\..L) Emilv Meadows RESA7 Reg.SchoolWellness ,r-t, tD [Wt tt,chrtt a) I Keith Butcher tuIillerHall Millard Francis PattyBryant RESA7 ExecutiveDirector Raleigh County Schools(RCS) Direc'tar of Secondarv Ed, RCSDirector of Attendance RCS.4sstDlrector of Attendance "k f uM, 4f f i: v/zar#q ' faJi{/lj.-/8.ttsx' -fl&h,*-*'14.-.-# Sheila Lucento RCSCounsellngandTest Coordlnator ,"^- RCSDirector of Federal Proorams trV-arx* SandvTrent ,*/L//,t-t,t Pleaseensureyou haveall of the supportlng documentsrequlred completedand atlnchedta the end oltJris application /. /, / Recordof Commiunentfrom Staff,Parent,and LSICCouncil LocalEducationalAgencyReport of Support or Concerns Multiple CommunityPartnerRecordsof Commitmentfor DropoutGrants Section2- Abstract and Waiver Requests Provide a project summary that briefly describes the project's vision, goals, activities, and key features for student successthatwill be addressed.Pleaselimit the length of the abstract to the text box found on this psse onlv. Multipleresearchers haveshownthat droppingout of schoolcanhavedevastating effectson students, communities, andour nation.Typicaldropoutsearnlessandcontributefewertax dollars,haveincreased healthcosts,driveup criminaljustice costs,anddrawheavilyon welfareandpublicassistance. Theseresults areconcerning to botheducators andcommunitymembersin Raleigh County,WestVirginia. A localgroupof concerned leadersreviewed the mostcurrentWestVirginiaDepartment of Education (2009-20L0) dataandfoundour statedropoutratewas2.7Yoand our countyaveragewas2.5%o, bothof these ratesweresignificant but not shocking.Surprisingly, uponcloserinspection, we foundthat onelocalhigh school,Independence HighSchool,hasa dropoutrateof 5.5%whichalmostdoubledthe stateandcounty average.Also,concerning wasthat thisratehasbeenincreasing for the pastthreeyears. Thisalarmingly highratepromptedthe formationa localLeadership Teamto exploreanddevelop DropoutPrevention lnitiatives in thisareaof our county.Ourvisionisthat our schoolcommunitywill recognize andaddress issues that maycompromise MiddleSchool(lMS) schoolengagement at Independence sothat morestudentsat Independence HighSchoolwill graduateandbe preparedfor theirfutures. After practices carefulassessment of multipledatasources andpromising ourTeamhopesto accomplish the followinggoals: 1. Quicklyidentifystudentsthat maybe at riskof droppingout by developing andmaintaining an Early grades,and WarningSystem(EWS) at Independence MiddleSchool. ThisEWSwilltrackattendance, discipline sothat struggling studentscanbe quicklyidentified. grades,and/ordiscipline 2. lmprovethe attendance, of IMSstudentsthat maybe at-riskof dropping out asidentifiedby the EWS.We planto keepthesestudentsengaged in theireducationandmotivate themto achieveby buildingconnections with themandtheirfamiliesthroughan after-school programanda follow-upprogram. enrichment 3. Unitethe communityin dropoutprevention effortsthroughregulardialogueaboutthe issue. Research listedabovehavebeensuccessful in helpingstudents: hasshownthat allthe activities (evidenced (evidenced increase learningandachievement improveattendance by improvements in grades), by attendancerecords),and improveattitudestowardschool(evidenced by fewerabsences andfewer suspensions). in thoseareastheirdisengagement from Ourteambelieves that by helpingstudentssucceed middleschoolwill be reversed andultimately, the highschooldropoutratewill be reduced.Thiswill ensure that morestudentswill be preparedfor their futures. Waiver Requests Indicate the specific We(s) of poliq or code that prohibit or constrain the design thatyou wish to request a waiver from: _ Specificwaiverrequestedof countypolicy policy waiverrequested of WVBOE - Specific Specific waiver requested of WV code/statute _ WV CodeWaiverRequest (Speciffsectionand articlel WVBOE PoliryWaiverRequest (specifysectionandarticle) Impact of the waiver - What will the waiver enablethe schoolto do differentlv? Section3- Vision and NeedsAssessment CreativeVision for the Pro L. What is the vision for the purpose and outcome of this nroiect? Raleigh CountySchools'Administrators, Independence MiddleSchooladministrators, Independence HighSchooladministrators andmultiplecommunitypartnersareconcerned aboutthe highdropout rateat Independence HighSchoolandhaveformeda Leadership Teamto exploreandaddress the issue. We knowthat highschooldropoutscompromise theirqualityof lifeandhavedireeffectson theircommunities andour nation.Althoughthe problemiscomplexmanyschoolcommunities have established intervention andprevention strategies the dropoutratesat theirschools. that arereducing OurLeadership Teamhasassessed the datafrom Independence MiddleSchoolandIndependence High Schoolandreviewedeffectiveintervention andprevention strategies to developour visionandplan for reducing the dropoutrateat Independence HighSchool. Ourvisionisthat our schoolcommunitywill recognize issues andaddress that maycompromise school engagement at Independence MiddleSchoolso that morestudentswillgraduatefrom Independence HighSchoolprepared for theirfutures.We hopeto address andreversesignsof schooldisengagement at the middleschoolby quicklyidentifying thosedisengaged studentsandconnecting with them programanda follow-upprogram.Furthermore, throughan after-school enrichment we hopeto unite the communityin dropoutpreventioneffortssothat longterm changewill be supportedand sustained. Dropping out hassuchdevastating andfar-reaching effectson individuals, communities, andour nationthat our team'sfirstgoalisto quicklyidentifystudentsat riskof droppingout andto accomplish thiswe willdevelopandimplementan EarlyWarningSystem(EWS).ThisEWSwill be implemented at Independence MiddleSchool(lMS)andit will trackstudent'sprocess of disengagement by tracking problems.ldentifyingstudentsthat are exhibitingone or absenteeism, coursefailures,anddisciplinary moreof these"indicators" will enablestaffto furtherassess from andintervenewith them. Funding the DropoutPrevention Grantwouldbe usedto hirea Coordinator that wouldsetup andmaintainthe 4 EWS.Additionalpersonnel maybe gainedthrougha partnership with the Education Alliance(EA).The EAhopesto placeAmericorpworkerswithin communities to establishdropoutpreventionefforts. The SiteCoordinator andanyAmericorp workerswouldbe our DropoutPrevention Staff(DPStaff). Fundingwouldalsobe usedto provideanyprofessionaldevelopment andsupplies that maybe necessary to achievethis goal. Oncewe haveidentifiedstudentsthat exhibitoneor moreindicators our nextgoalwillbe to engage thesestudentsin the learningprocess andre-ignitea lovefor learningsothat theirdisengagement from the schoolsystemwill be reversed.Ourplanto engagestudentsincludes connecting with them programanda "follow-up"program. in an after-schoolenrichment Teamknowsthat offeringfun,engaging, OurLeadership enrichment activities throughcommunity partnerships will helpkeepstudentsengaged with schoolandhelpthemfind constructive waysto use theirtime. In additionto maintaining the EWS,the DPStaffwoulddevelopandimplementthe afterschoolprogram.TheDPStaffwouldpartnerwith communityagencies andtutorsto offer assistance andenrichment to studentsat lMS. In additionto tutoring,healthysnacks andphysical activities, studentswouldhavethe optionto participate lessons, in NASA/SEMMA comprehensive arts,financial literacy,charactereducation,assetbuildingactivities,careerexploration, communityservice,and othertopicsof interest.Transportation wouldalsobe providedandfieldtripsmaybe organized to passion helpre-ignitea for learning.Theafter-school wouldbe offered4 daysa weekfor up sessions to 8 weeksduringthe Fallandmaybe offeredagainduringthe Springif datafromthe EWSwarrants anothersession. programandEWS.Using The"follow-up"programwouldexistsimultaneously with the after-schoof datafrom the EWSthe DPStaffwouldconnectwith studentsandfamiliesof studentsthat are (absenteeism, problems).Thestaff oneor more"indicators" exhibiting coursefailure,disciplinary program.Theprogramwould wouldapproach familiesandrecruittheirstudent(s) for the after-school not be offeredasa DropoutPreventionprogramfor "at-risk"childrenbut asa fun, after-school learningexperience. Thestaffwouldfollow-upregularly with familiesthroughphonecallsandhome program.The"followup" visits.Somefamilyactivities mayalsobe offeredthroughthe after-school programwouldcomplementthe time-limitedafter-school programbecauseit wouldbe offered throughoutthe entireschoolyearandpossibly throughthe Summer; thiswouldhelpmaintainthe positiveeffectsof the after-school program. efforts.Althoughwe have Ourfinalgoalwouldbeto unitethe communityin dropoutprevention communitypartnersengaged Teamwe feelcontinuing on our Leadership a communitydialoguewill helpusassess Thisstrategymayalsohelpusrecruitmore andrefineour efforts,if necessary. communitypartnersandhelpothersrecognize that sincedroppingout is a communityproblemthe solutionsmustbe a communityeffort. TheDPstaffwill partnerwith our localUnitedWayof Southern WestVirginiato continuecommunitydialogues aboutthe issue.A communityforumwill alsobe held to raiseawareness. primarilyby IMSadministrators. DPStaffwill be monitoredandsupervised TheDPstaffwill alsobe 5 at leastbi-annuafly grant evaluated bythe Leadership Teamandheldaccountable to theirrespective programsby fulfillingall grantreportingrequirements. OurTeamfeelsthat our visionhasattributesthat assures it will be realized for youthat lMS. First,it wasdevelopedby a multidisciplinary teamof educatorsandcommunitymembers.Next,the Team spenttime gatheringreviewing andassessing datato guideour visionandgoals.Finally, our team reviewedresearchbasedstrategies that wouldaddressthe problemsandconcernsthat were identified duringthe needsassessment. planwill successfully We areconfidentthat our prevention reverse schooldisengagement of studentsat Independence MiddleSchool, decrease the dropoutrateat Independence HighSchool, andhavepositive,long-termoutcomes for our students, our community andour nation. 2. How is this vision linked to the schoolor consortium'sfive-vearstrateeicolan? Thevisionof our Leadership (lMS) teamsupportsandenhances lndependence MiddleSchool's strategicplanin a numberof ways.IMShasgivenpriorityto four issuesin theirStrategic Plan: 1. Thepercentage of studentsshowingan increasein growthin mathematics will riseby 5% peryear 2. Thepercentage of studentsshowingan inreasein growthin reading/language artswill rise per year;studentswill showan averageincreasein their writingscoreof one point by 80'6 peryear. 3. A safeand nurturingschoolculturewill asslstfaculty,staff,students,parents,and communityto achieve21stCenturySkills. 4. Theschoolwill acquireandutilizetechnology resources bestsuitedto helpstudentsobtain 2l't CenturySkills. programsand"follow-up"programshaveboth beeneffectivein Research tellsusthat after-school (evidenced improvinglearningandachievement in grades),improvingattendance by improvements (evidenced by attendance records), andimproving by fewer attitudestowardschool(evidenced absences andfewersuspensions). Additionally, someof the communitypartnersthat we will utilizeat programtargetmathematics reading/language the after-school enrichment, artsenrichment, and technologyusage.Othercommunitypartnerswill assistwith physicalactivity,wellness, issues, comprehensive issues, technology arts,andcharacter education that will supportthe academic IMSasa safeandnurturingschool. andhelpestablish 3. How is the schoolor consortium'svision connectedto best Dracticeand current researchin referenceto raisins studentachievementandlor d revention? As mentionedpreviously the dropoutrateat IHSis 5.5%whichisthe highestratein the countyand morethan doublesthe staterate 12.7%1. Multipleresearchers havefoundthat youththat dropout of highschoolearnlessandcontributefewertaxdollarsto the economy{Wolfe& Haven,2002),have (Garfunkel increased healthcosts(Muennig, 2005),drawheavilyon welfareandpublicassistance et al, 2005),anddriveup criminaljustice costs(Raphael, 2004). Thisshowedour Teamthat droppingout is a problemthat devastates individuals andcommunities andactionmustbetakenasa community. Thismotivatedusto invitemultiplecommunitypartnersto join our Leadership Teamandto include communitydialogues andforumsasa pieceof our plan. In orderto preventdroppingout we haveto knowwhichstudentsareat riskand whatfactorsto address so our planhadto includea wayto quicklyidentifythosestudentsthat areat riskof dropping out. lt is likelythat the significant dropoutrateat Independence HighSchoolis influenced by the high povertyandlackof graduating rolemodelsbut research showsthat thesefactorsdo not help efficientlypredictwhichstudentswill dropout(Gleason and Dynarski, 2002).Theneedfor a reliable, quickwayto predictdropoutsleadusto the research on studentengagement. (19941 Studentengagement hasbeenconceptualized in manyways.PhillipSchlechty statedthat studentengagement refersto a "student's willingness, in, need,desireandcompulsion to participate promotinghigherlevelthinkingfor enduringunderstanding." in,the learningprocess andbe successful ("lncreasing p.5). Mostresearchers agreethat studentsthat arehighly StudentEngagement", engaged(cognitively, emotionally,andpsychologically) attendschoolregularly,havebettergrades, problems.Conversely, andhavefew disciplinary studentsthat arenot engaged beginto exhibit problems increased absences, coursefailures,anddisciplinary that signala process of disengagement is a process that oftentimesculminates in droppingout. However, because disengagement that occurs problems overtime andis easilyseenin patternsof absenteeism, coursefailure,anddisciplinary studentsat riskof droppingout canbe identifiedasearlyaselementary schoolanddefinitelyby 9th grade.In their research, throughEarlyWarningIndicators:A Current "DropoutPrevention Distribution in WestVirginiaSchools", RobertBalfanz Byrnescallthesethreeitems andVaughan (absenteeism, problems) andsuggest coursefailure,anddisciplinary "earlywarningindicators" that earlytrackingof thesethreeindicators will helpschoolsreliablyidentifystudentsthat aredisengaging actioncanbe takenanddroppingout canbe prevented. sothat appropriate grades9-12. Independence HighSchoolhasapproximately 587studentsandencompasses and Approximately 5.5%of thesestudentswill dropoutbeforetheygraduate.AfterreadingBalfanz Byrnes's our Teamknewthat implementing an EarlyWarningSystem(EWS) asa partof our research, planwouldhelpusquicklyidentifystruggling to students.We decidedthat it wouldbe mostbeneficial implementthisat tndependence MiddleSchoolsowe couldidentifydisengaged studentsbeforehigh school. BothIndependence MiddleSchoolandIndependence HighSchoolshow a strongcommitmentto keepingstudentsengaged.Bothschools havehighlyqualifiedteachersin over94%of theirclassrooms Boththe HighSchoolandthe Middle andprovideregularprofessionaldevelopment opportunities. Schoolhaveprograms to encourage knownas"PatriotPride"(students who meet schoolengagement highattendance, are rewardedwith certainincentives).Both behavior,anddisciplinestandards schoolsoffer after-school tutoringfor studentsand hostnumerouseventsto reachout to parentsand some community.In additionto promotingschoolengagement in theseways,IHShasestablished dropoutpreventionefforts. IHSofferscreditrecoveryoptionsand requiresanystudentcontemplating droppingout to participatein an ExitInterviewwith the Principal.Most recently,IHSbroughtDave Weber,a dynamicmotivational speaker, to address students, staff,andthe communityabout in yourvision.Despitethesegreateffortsboth IMSandIHShave overcoming barriersandbelieving yearlyprogress for adequate because they standards struggled to meetNoChildLeftBehind(NCLB) havefailedto meetacademicproficiencystandardsandlorfailedto meetgraduationrate standards. interventions Thesefindingsledour teamto findevidenced-based that wouldaddress school grades, were anddiscipline.Theseinterventions specifically by improving attendance, engagement foundin, "DropoutRiskFactorsand Exemplary A TechnicalReport",publishedby Programs: DanLinton,JaySmink,andSamDrew in Schools andauthoredby CathyHammond, Communities (2007).Thisreportsummarized exemplaryprogramsin the areaof dropoutprevention.OurTeam reviewedtheseprogramsandwe weredrawnto two differentprogramsthat provedeffectivein on absenteeism, dropoutrates,increasing achievement decreasing decreasing truancy,decreasing attitudestowardschool. standardized tests,andimproving Thefirst of theseprogramswas,LosAngeles'BetterEducated Studentsfor Tomorrow(LA'sBEST).LA's is an after-school educationandenrichmentprogramwhichwasfoundto improveschool BEST on standardized tests,andimproveattitudestowardsschool.lA's attendance,improveachievement BEST is a partnership betweenthe schoolandothercommunitypartnersandprovidesa safe recreational enrichment activities, healthysnacks, academic supportandenhancement, environment, activities, familyengagement, andlifeskillsdevelopment. Theotherprogramthat inspiredourteamwasCheckandConnect.Thisprogramfocuseson absenteeism, in decreasing truancy,decreasing relationship buildingandwasfoundto be successful a schoolcompletion.In summary, creditaccrualandincreasing decreasing dropoutrates,increasing programcoordinator is hiredto trainandsupervise "check"student "monitors"that regularly (absenteeism, grades,discipline) dailyor weekly.The"connect"partof the program "indicators" with studentsandfamiliesthroughregularphonecalls,meetings, involves the monitorsconnecting andhomevisitsto strengthen theirtiesto school. to one more ourTeamgavecarefulconsideration Althoughno formalresearch wasconducted componentduringthe formationof our visionandplan,currentworkloadof the facultyat lMS. Based that anyplanwe fromfacultywe determined from IMSadministrators andinformation on information devotion weregoingto implementwouldneedto haveits own staff. IMSteachersshowconsiderable themto takeon the andnurturingenvironment.Expecting to teachingandcreatinga supportive follow-up,and enrichment, dropoutindicators, additionaldutiesandresponsibilities of monitoring I communitydialogue wouldbe unreasonable. Additional to helprealizeour vision staffis necessary the effortsof the IMSstaff. andcompliment 4. How has the school or consortium's current data influenced the creative vision described in uestion one? BothIndependence HighSchoolandIndependence MiddleSchoolarelocatedin CoalCity,West Virginia.Bothschools drawfrom 28formercoalminingcommunities but onlythreehavemineswhich currentlyproducecoal. Thisseverelylimitsemploymentopportunitieswithinthe schoolareaand has resuftedin a highpercentage of economically disadvantaged students(52.55%at IMS).Whileeachof these28 communities is unique,the demographics of CoalCityresidents arefairlycommonto the According to U.S.Census Bureaudatafrom }OLO, CoalCityhasa populationof othercommunities. Themedianhousehold 1,815andmostreporttheirraceasWhite(97%1. incomeis 532,592whichis livebelowthe approximately 55,000lessthanthe WestVirginiaaverageandt4Yoof the residents povertyleveland;unfortunately, lt wasnot thisratejumpsto L7o/o for children(city-data.com). surprising reporthavinglessthana highschooleducation; to learnthat 31.4%of CoalCityresidents ge of 24.8%.Thisdataandthe previously mentionedresearch on the this is higherthanthe stateavera far-reaching effectsof droppingout persuaded usto includethe communityin our visionfor dropout prevention. Anotherrivetingsourceof datathat we usedto guideour visionwasBalfanzand Byrne'sreviewof individualstudentleveldatafor 6thand9thgradersacrossthe stateof WestVirginiain the three problems, rates,behavioral andcoursefailures).Upon dropout"indicatof areas(attendance reviewing MiddleSchoolwas thesecompilations our Leadership Teamfoundthat Independence identifiedon threeseparate tables.Sadly,Independence MiddleSchoolwasidentifiedashavinghigh and fevelsof classfailuresamong5thgradestudentslLgYa of 5thgraderswerefailing1 or morecourses) highfevelsof studentsfailinga Mathematics courselL6%ol5thgraderswerefailinga Mathematics MiddleSchoolwasalsoidentifiedasoneof the 25 course).Because of thesefindings,Independence schoolsin WestVirginiawith the highestpercentage of studentswith two or morekeyindicators. Middle Theseresultsencouraged effortsat Independence our Teamto focusour dropoutprevention Schoolasopposedto the highschool. A reviewof morerecentacademicdataalsoindicatedsomecausefor concernat lMS. No ChildLeft that IMShasfailedto meetadequate Behind(NCLB) reportcarddatafor the pastthreeyearsindicated yearfyprogress(AYP)for the pastthreeyears,despitean attendancerateof 960/o or above. Most recentWESTEST 2 dataindicatesabovestateaverageproficiencyin all areasexceptmathematics. lower and/oreconomical disadvantage showedsignificantly Additionally, studentswith a disability proficiency in aIIWESTEST 2 areas. the Information datahelpedourTeamfurtherassess WestVirginiaEducation System(WVEIS) of these181failed studentsfailed181courses; academics at lMS. WVETS showedusthat in 2010-2011 9 courses39wereMathematics courses and23wereEnglish courses.Alsowe foundthat 22 students were retainedin the 2010-2011 schoolyear,the majorityof theseretentionswere8thgraders(16of the 22). WVEIS data,NCLB data,anddatafrom Balfanz andByrnesreviewmotivatedthe Teamto focuson improvingthe academicperformance of IMSstudent'sidentifiedby the EWS. Furtherdiscussions with IMSfaculty,reviewof the IMSStrategicPlanandreviewof WVEISdata indicatehighlevelsof absenteeism amongcertainstudentsat Independence MiddleSchool.Balfanz gOYo and Byrnesstatethat 6thgradestudentswith attendanceunder areat riskfor droppingout and althoughIMSdid not appearin their research asa schoolwith highnumbersof studentsattending90% or less,IMSstaffareconcerned aboutthe absenteeism of theirstudents.WVEIS datafrom 2010-2011 indicated that 51 studentsat IMShad17or more"unexcused" absences, anystudentwith 17or more unexcused absences metthe thresholdfor attendance under9O%for2010-2011. Overwhelmingly, IMSteachersfeelthat absenteeism is the majorproblemaffectingtheir student'sacademic performance and Balfanzand Byrnesagreestatingin their research, "Attendancehasprovento be the drivingfactorin gettingstudentsbackon-trackto graduation, aheadof otheracademic indicators." (p.9)Thesefindingsurgedour teamto includestrategies to improveattendance of the students identifiedby the EWSin our plan. Thefinalindicatorthat canpredictdroppingout anda lackof schoolengagement is problems. disciplinary/behavior Fortunately, IMSdoesnot seemto havean unusually highpercentage (lSS) of in-school or out of school(OSS) offenses.NCLB dataalsoindicated that IMSmetthe NCLB discipfinary standard.WVEIS datastatesthat in Z:OLO-Z:OLL, 153studentscommittedoffensesthat resultedin OSSand 156studentscommittedoffensesthat resultedin lSS.Accordingto the IMS StrategicPlantheir levelsof ISSandOSSareaverage.TheIMSStrategicPlanalsoindicatesthat arehighestin disrespectful/inappropriate conduct,aggressive studentcodeof conductviolations conductandfailureto obeyrules/authority. In summary, thisdatashowedusthat we neededto address schoolengagement at Independence MiddleSchooltoreducethe dropoutrateat Independence HighSchoolandthat our community neededto be involved.Specifically, we feelthatwe needto implementinterventions at IMSthat will improvethe attendanceratesandgradesof the studentsthat will be identifiedby our EWS.Although in that areaaswell. disciplinedoesnot appearto be an issuewe expectto seeimprovements 10 Section4- Goals,Obiectives,Evaluation,Timeline GOALS: o Quickly identify students at IMS that are disengaging from the school system. . Keep students at IMS engaged in the learning process. o Unite the IMS/IHS community in purpose and action to reduce the IHS dropout rate. Obiectives ldentllythe ma*rcable o*'atlvesthotwlll b usedtodete'fi,tne sufr;e'6 In ochl*lngthe* gals Activities Develop actlvities for each obJective that are: Creattve and lnnovadve; Impact sfitdent success;Allow for greater flerthflfty; change the way the school(s)/distict curcently operatc (Must be specific, measurablg attainable, relevan! and timely goals Personnel Timeline Budget Indicatethe name andtitle of perconnel A'd'twilIbe responsihlefor the ac{dvldes. Identify thetimeline for the activities (Include month/yeor) Indicate budget requlrements (lnclude furmulasasedto derlvetotals ln budgetsectlons e.g.3 subs @$743/daY=tstoll {SMART) 1,Throughout the grant period Dropout Prevention(DP) Staffwill identify studentsat IMS that exhibitone or more drop out indicatorsas measuredby the EWS. L. Hire DPstaffto completeactivities z. DPstaffwill receiveany necessarytraining and professionaldevelopment 1.fan-March 1. IMS Administration 2AL2 2. DPStaff 3 . IMSstaffwill receiveany necessarytraining and technicalassistance 4. Implementan EarlyWarningSystemat IMSthat grades,and discipline. tracksstudentabsences, 3. DPStaff 4. DPStaff 5. DPStaff 2. Feb-March 20L2 6. Continuallymonitor the data in the EWSand any studentexhibitingone or more indicator 11 A. PT Coordinator220 days,4 hours/day, + $20/hour=$17,600 fringe$1,936= $19,536 3. Throughout the grant period B. 2 Americorp workers,$2,500each 4. Throughout the match=$S,000 grant period 5. Regularlyupdatethe EWS DP Staffsalary/fringe 5. Throughout the grant period Supplies(computers, software, curricula, misc.officesupplies, postage,copies, printers)=$8,000 Training (DPstaff,lMS stafl tutors, bus drivers, parents, Leadership Team)=$10,000 DPStafftravel to meetingsand trainings @ the approved rate currently $.5S/mile =$5,000 2. Throughout the grant period studentswith one or more dropout indicatorswill show improvementsin attendance, gradesand/or discipline. Hire DPstaffto completeactivities 2. DPstaffwill receiveany necessarytraining and professionaldevelopment 3. Implementan after-schoolprogramfor students with one or more dropout indicators 4. Implementa"follow-up"programfor students with one or more dropout indicators 5. IMSand after-schoolstaffwill receiveany necessarytrainingand professionaldevelopment 1. IMS L . fan-Feb2012 Administration 2. Throughout 2. DPStaff the grant period 3. DPStaff 3. ByAugust 4. DPStaff 20LZ and throughout the grant period 4. By fuly 20Lz and throughout the rant period DPStaffsalary/fringe (sameas above) Supplies(sameas above)$8000+ snacks $5,000=$13,000total After-school salary/fringe A 10Tutors,192 hours,$18/hour = $34,560+fringe $3,802=$38,362 B. Transportation Salaries3 bus drivers, 144 hours, $18/hour=$7,488+ fringe$824=$8,312 Training (sameas above) Travel $5,000fsameas L2 above)+ $790 (gasfor bus transport)=$5,790 total 3.rHS/rMS 1 . Conductregularcommunitydialoguesabout dropout prevention. community members' 2. Conducta communityforum aboutdropout involvementin prevention. dropout prevention 3. Seekfundingfrom additionalsourcesto sustain efforts will dropoutpreventionefforts increase 4. DPstaffandLeadershipTeamwill receiveany throughout the necessarytraining and professionaldevelopment grant period as measuredby attendanceat forums, dialogues,and LeadershipTeam meetings. 1.DP Staff/Leadership Team Throughout the grant period 2.DP Staff/Leadership Team 2. Throughout 3. DP Staff/Leadership Team 3. Throughout the grant period the grant period DP Staff Salary/fringe (sameas above) Supplies(sameas objective 1) Training (sameas above) Travel (sameas above) Section5- Proiect Evaluationand Sustainability 1. Howwill you evaluateand report t}le impactthis innovationhason increasingstudentsuccessand,/orother statedgoalsand obiectives? 13 DPstaffwill usedatafrom the EWSto monitorthe effectsthisInnovation is havingon students.Attendanc€ rates,grades,and discipline will be monitoredandimprovements in allareasfor allstudentsparticipating areexpected in the DPservices.These resultswill be quantitative andotherqualitative datawill be gatheredaswell. DPstaffwilladminister an evaluation that will gatheredfrom the community measure attitudetowardschoolandreportanyandallfindings.Anydataandrelevantinformation forumswill alsobe reviewedandconsidered whendetermining the impactthisinnovation is havingon studentsuccess. Additionally, studentengagement datamaybegatheredusingthe Instructional Practices Inventory. 2. How will this innovationbe sustainedbeyondthe initial fundi od? DPstaffandotherLeadership Teampartnerswill seekadditionalgrant fundingandcommunitysupportto continueandsustain this innovation.However;if fundingis not obtainedour progresswill not be lost. TheEWSwill be functionalandcanbe usedby IMSadministration to continuedropoutpreventionefforts. Section6- Budget fustification The InnovationZoneallocationfor FY2012is approxirnately$435,000.Applicantsshouldprepareproposalsand accompanyingbudgets for no morethan two schoolyears. Thebudgetshouldsupportthe activitiesdescribedin the aboveapplicadon,Maior ltem rcquestsmust be supportedwith activttieswithin in the application.Youmayrequestup to $50,000. *RegularlZ applicantsneedto only flll in the FY2012budgel The Dropout PreventionInnovationZoneallocationis $2,200,000.Thesefunds will be awardedin one competitive grant processand applicantsmustprepareproposalsandaccompanying budgetsfor three schoolyears.Thebudgetshoutdsupportthe activitlesdescribedin tlle aboveapplication.Majoritem requestsmustbe supportedwith activitleswithin in the application,Thebudgetrangefor eachproposal is $50,000to $100,000for eachof the threeyears(total 3 yearawardrange5150,000to $300,000). Becausethe proposedproiectswill not be fundeduntil January2011,the operatingcostsfor year one will not be for a full schoolyear. Appli€antsshouldconsiderthe following as they developthe YearOneBudgeh lJ more tunds may be allocatedto programplanningand professionaldevelopmentin yearoneand 2) countieswill be ableto carry overeachyear of grant fundingfor oneadditionalyear. L4 Amount Requested Total 26,000.fEducation AllianceAmericorp) Professional Salaries 64,648. FringeBenefits 6,562. 6,562. Equipment 0 0 Supplies 13,000. 13,000. ProfessionalDevelopment 10,000. 10,000. Travel 5,790. 5,790. Contracts/Consultants 0 0 Other 0 0 Total 100,000. 26,000. 90,648. 126,000. In-Kind l0ptional] Exoenditure 26,000. Total ProfessionalSalaries fl,o48. FringeBenefits 6,562. 6,562. Equipment 0 0 Supplies 15,000. 13,000. 15 90,648. Development Professional 8,000. 10,000. Travel 5,790. 5,790. Contracts/Consultants 0 0 Other 0 0 Total 100,000. 26,400 FY 2OL4 In-Kind (OptionaD Professional Salaries FringeBenefits Equipment ProfessionalDeveloPment Contracts/Consultants 16 126,000. f $ .* C\-.-=li Appendix Recordof Commitment Use thls form to repofr the staff commltment regardlng the lnnovatlon appllcatlon and plon, A copy must be forwarded to the Innovation Zone Commlttee with the appllcatlan and the plan. Sch o ol: \::" ' l l - I l|. : " ' :)tv : r.* \ N ' \ {' --' t u" \ " (if applicable): Department Noticeof Meeting IDate provided to faculty or department/subdivision): ' ( \r \ MeetingDate: '\\ \ - ,-\, \ \ \ t\rr FacultySenateElectedOfficers: (Name)Frc J Fatr; e ,rnnoture: Prestdent: jl,eah Vtce-PresIdent: (Name) -Lb,Ae rs ort Slg natu re: ServicePersonnelRepresentative: Name:l' , ,., r t!,,t,:t) i a;-/t /tl Slgnoture: t,Ut ' \t ! .- r (--L- L!-:t.-\ l-.r- \ Posttton: -S++y' {r. i'a''-( -. Parent Representatives: uo-u@ LSICRepresentatives: Name:Dgau ph;l^t Nome: Suurru&nt* Slgnature: , Rq< Ig'p9c Q.rrlv'et,( Name: We certlfy that 80 percent of the faculty affected by the appllcatlon /plan has voted to support the applicatlon/plan. [This ReportCertificationis not requiredof institutionsof highereducationin their applicationor plan). tt LocalEducationalAgencyReportof Supportor Concerns Use thisform to report the county board or boards ond superintendent'ssupport or concerns,or both, about the innovation to the principal and faculty senate. A copy must beforwarded to the lnnovation Zone Committee. School: IndependenceMiddleSchool (if applicable) : Department Receipt of Application: October27.2011 Dateof School/Department/Subdivision Meeting: November 22.2011 Dateof Regularly Scheduled CountyBoardof Education CountyBoardof EducationElectedOfficers: President:(/Vame,fRichard V. Snuffer Il Signatil (Name)Larry D. Ford Vice-President: Signature: Members Name: C v n th ie Name: Iack G. Roon Name: Richard H- larrell A- le fe r v Support: S<-a* or-\a+\r-A-- Concerns: )\)orrrl- (Reportof the LocalEducation Agencymustbe forwardedto school/department/subdivision for submission to WestVirginiaBoardof Education with theapplication/plan). is not requiredof institutions of highereducation in theirapplication or plan). fThisReportCertification School board supports middle school seeking dropout grant > Today's Front Page > The R... Page I of I Novernber 26,2011 I .c'0hl Search 1-9,L1 By SarahPlummer Reqister-HeraldReporter(http://rvurw.ruoieter-herald.com) The RaleighCountyBoardof Education grantproposalthat agreedTuesdayto supporta competitive aimsto addressa troublingrisein drop-outratesat Independence HighSchool. RegionlAdolescentHealthCoordinator CeliVanDykespokebeforethe boardduringTuesday's meetingto askfor supportandoutlinethe premiseof the WestVirginiaDepartment of Education Innovation Zoneand Drop-OutPrevention Grantproposal. Dueto the stateby Dec.1, thisgrantrequests$100,000for threeyearsto addressdropoutrates,said VanDyke. Accordingto WestVirginiaDepartment of Education(2009-2010) data,the statedropoutratewas2.T percentandthe RaleighCountyaveragewas2.5 percent. See complete story in Sunday's edition of The Register-Herald. The Register-Herald, Beckley,WestVirginia801 N. KanawhaSt.,P.O.Box2398,Beckley,\AM, 25802 h@://www.register-herald.com/todaysfrontpagelx229379556lSchool-board-supports-mid... lll2Sl20ll CommunityPartnerSupport Usethisform to documentcommunityorganization/agency supportand partnershipfor the innovqtiondropout plan/project. Usea separateform for eachcommunitypartner. Dropoutgrants must includemeaningful documented partnerships. School/Schools/District:In d e p e n d e n c e Mi ddl e Raleigh District: S chool C o u n ty Date[s)of School/District/Community PartnerDialogues: .:\a.\rr U ni ted W ay of S outhern W V , Inc. Nameof CommunityOrganization/Agency: Margaret Ann 0 N eal C o ntactPe r so n: m oneal@ u n i t e d w a v s w v . or E C o ntactPer so nemailaddress: : , o 4 -2 5 3 -2 rL L C o ntactPer so nphonenumber: P .0 . B o x 5456, B eckl ey, W V 2580f C o ntactPer so naddress: Explain the community organizationfagency'scommitment to the Plan/Project: The United Way Worldwide ai.ong with each of our independent United Way organizations i m p ro v i n g a re c om m it t ed to nrry rrlnrk sr r h sf rri f h r n ce th e .a h r r se ra te nnd of teen student nreqnanc-v drop W e have seen fi rst outs. the al armi ns r:ate of droo hand t hr ough outs in We are cornmitted to lending our resources in any way possible southern West Virgi-ni-a. this project. List the resourcesand contributions [not monetary) that the organization/agencyis making to this Plan/Project: As a trained moderator, we offer our services to help plan, organize and facilitate co mm unit y dis c u s s i o n s stu dent m oder at o rs to I am also serving W e are al so a ro u n d d ro p o ut preventi on. a 1 l o w p e e r to peer forums as a conrmunity member on the Agency Representative (Na me) our l.eadership Signature: So,-.!l,*-r, l,(( 1.1 f ooccaal -l avai l abl e mlddle team for an Raleigh to help t r ain gn sc noor s. County. towards CommunityPartnerSuPPort supportand partnershipfor the innovationdropout IJsethisform to documentcommunityorganization/agency Irseaseparate ptan/proiect. formfor meaninsfut nrantsmustinctude "";:r::#T2r}7"!ri[!i!*r?.rooort qs\i\q\rq =s\<\\e School/Schools/District: L>rj\.ocl\\ N-S.N\I District: \..x?--.:S\PartnerDialogues:r t"'\ili; \rr Date(s)of School/District/Community .. \e\&l\\\ rq:r\tl":\r\ a \\L\\ Name of Community Organization/Agency: Contact Person: Q-e.\. 1* \E:sCr l.b C o n tactPe r so nemailaddress' s'. ContactPersonphone number: '.' ContaCt perSOn addreSS: \\gC) Cxxs,rE>c-<:\ x-r.>. \\'->\-\r\'. r>;r'..r' -r\ r rr.*-Q $t)g\ t),r_rr'..r_v commitmentto the Plan/Project: agency's Explainthe communityorganizationf \S\ t>? '\.<y\/R_\sr\).--L . is makingto this and contributions(not monetary)that the organization/agency List the resources Plan/Project: ,-N Signatute, C.s::f:-,\-'*-\<FJ AgencyRepresentative(Name)\cti.\c.\.S\t\t. Title; C\-Nc:-r.,e:.r ucrS \eq-:\\- Qtgr N.r"\r\s\ t1 PartnerSuPPort CommunitY partnership supportand organization/agency IJsethisform to documentcommunity usias;eparate fo';f"i'"ffi-Iy:ri:t;ff,rD.ropout ptaniprolert. for the innovationdropout meaninsfut mustinctude srants od/ District: PartnerDialogues: Date[s)of School/District/Community Co,tr,",///F'Kzl Name of CommunityO^rganization/Agency: ContactPerson: ContactPersonemailaddress: ContactPersonPhonenumber: Tssa t ContactPersonaddress: E x p l ain the co m munityorganizationfag e n c y ' s c o mmit me n t t o t h e P |, y n / , P ' ro ie c t : j and contributions[not List the resources Pla n / Pr o j e "' - -;'- is makingto this monetary)that the organization/agency 'f /;^ J' !r, ,n u ,',/,,,,,j r , ltJ ,' f , /o' .) r r , q r e:' t' ' r ' ,r ' f .irn i l),r'ilyot Lt CommunityPartnerSupport Usethisform to documentcommunityorganization/agencysupport and partnershipfor the innovationdropout plan/proiect. Usea separateform for eachcommunitypartner. Dropoutgrants must includemeaningfut documentedp artn erships. School/Schools/Distri rrtIt District: Date[s) ofSchool/District/Coilmunity Partner Dialogues: tOf,gt, I t t Name ofcommunityorganization/Agen ,v, 8E5n L SC4OOI llltl lyWS ContactPerson: ContactPersonemail address: ContactPersonphonenumber: 3OL-l- JSk " LlI I & ContactPersonaddress: -{ vf . //.) , Explainthe communityorganizationfagency'scommitmentto the Plan/Project: 1"\,hariI llU tltlus ,rrrrl s Poo. heat*h itndf'or poar C' t t Zensh,p 'm*fi9 fiAurq-fur tudarl's s-fude(ts List the resourcesand contributions(not monetary)that the organization/agency is makingto this Plaq/Project: a I wetlwssucauncils and r(ltDna-lsclt}o Agency Representative tNo^qfu, ly-Mg-AdlUJS r,nnorrrrthh rn",Regton al &.hnoil'),t-l I nrcsS{trct rtI i * r. fu t'/t-) _l CommunityPartnerSupport Usethisform to documentcontmunityorganization/agency supportand partnershipfor the innovationdropout plan/project, Usea separateform for eachcommun,ity partne,r.Dropoutgro.ntsmust includenteaningful documenteclp artn ershrps. Sc h o o/Sch l o o ls District: D a t e ( s)o f Scho o l/District/Community P art n e rDia lo g u e s : Nameof'ComnrunityOqganization f C o n tactPer so n : C o n ta ctPe r so nemail address: C o n ta ctPer so nphone number: C o n ta ctPer so na ddress: ".0,lndl3ll NflSASEMHA E x p l a inth e co m munityorganization/agen c yc'osmmit me n t o t h e P la n / P ro je c t : \^lV5lI NAsn SEMnq List the resourcesand contributions[not monetary)that the organization/agency is makingto this Plan/Proiect: YC{rr sc>St ov:rs AgencyRepresentative(Name) ' :)c\ifoyT\_ Sianatu gl€lla--x*easJ.rn-$.-r /lt f L1