Comprehensive School Improvement Plan 2013-2014
Action Component Planning and Budget
District Name KY School for the Blind
School Name KY School for the Blind
Component Manager David Hume
Date
4/09/13
Priority Need
Goal (Addresses the Priority Need)
A. The most current technologies, including appropriate assistive
technologies are needed for optimal access to the curriculum by KSB
students.
A. Students and teachers will have access to most current
technologies.
B. KSB staff need current assistive technology training for
instructional purposes and for evaluating students' skills in their use.
B. The Planning and Budget Committee and the AT Team will
develop a series of trainings on particular types of assistive
technology that will be made available to individual staff members.
C. Additional funding sources are required to purchase and maintain
needed technologies
C. Develop additional grant sources to purchase and service
technologies
Causes and Contributing Factors
Objectives with Measures of Success
A. The latest review of KSB students' individualized education plans
showed that 100 percent of KSB students have individual assistive
technology needs.
A. By March 31, 2014 a 3-year assistive technology plan for the
school years 2014-17 will be completed based on the inventory and
projected needs of students at KSB.
B. An informal survey of the instructional and residential staff
indicated a deficiency of ongoing opportunities for training for
assistive technology devices. 100 percent of staff
(residential/instructional) indicated a need for training in at least one
area/device of assistive technology.
B. By May 31, 2014 90% of KSB instructional/residential staff will
have adequate training in at least one area/device of assistive
technology.
C. KDE provides little or no money for the purchase of technologies;
therefore KSB is dependent on grant moneys. Currently our grant
sources are limited to KSBCF. In the past two years we have lost two
grant sources representing a total of $53,000.
C: By the third Budget and Planning committee meeting a grant
committee will meet with the purpose of finding and developing
additional grant funding sources and report to the Budget and
Planning Committee.
Comprehensive School Improvement Plan 2013-2014
Action Component Planning and Budget
District Name KY School for the Blind
School Name KY School for the Blind
Strategies/Activities
Objective
Label
Strategy/Activity
Component Manager David Hume
Date
April 9, 2013
Expected Impact in Terms of
Progress and Success
A1
The 3-yr AT plan will be revised
according to the needs of the
students.
Knowledge of student AT needs is
required for purchasing planning
A2
Funding for new technologies will
be identified for the 2014-2015
school year.
New technologies will be
purchased and installed for the
2013-2014 school year.
Funds are necessary to purchase the
most current technologies for KSB
student use
Through the use of the most current
technologies, KSB students will have
optimal access to the curriculum.
Identify areas of assistive
technology training needed by
residential/instructional staff.
Plan assistive technology
professional development for
residential/instructional staff.
Implement assistive technology
training to residential/instructional
staff during PD week and as
needed thereafter.
Knowledge of residential/instructional
staff training needs is required for
professional development training.
Planning is necessary for the
implementation of
residential/instructional staff training.
By receiving training,
residential/instructional staff will be
able to teach students and/or assist
them with current assistive
technologies that will help student’s
better access the school curriculum.
Members interested in serving on the
grant committee should be identified
before committee first meets
Grant sources need to be identified
before starting the grant application
process
A3
B1
B2
B3
C1
Select technology grant committee
members
C2
Grant committee will meet and
determine strategies for finding
new grant sources
Responsible
Person
Start
Date
End
Date
Planning and
Budgeting
Committee, AT
committee
AT committee,
Grant committee
08/13
03/14
Estimated
Resources
and Costs
$0
08/13
05/14
$0
Gatewood/Tech
staff
08/13
8/14
CSIP Planning
and Budgeting
Committee
AT Committee
04/13
06/14
To be
determined probably
between 30K
and 75K
$0
06/13
08/13
$0
John Roberts
08/13
05/14
To be
determined probably
between $0
and $1000
Planning and
Budget
committee
Tech grant
committee
8/13
9/13
$0
09/13
10/13
0
Comprehensive School Improvement Plan 2013-2014
C3
Grants will be written and
applications submitted
Moneys from grants will be used to
fund unfunded 3yr plan items.
AT committee
12/13
03/14
0