Covington City Public Schools
Comprehensive (Six-Year) Plan
2011-2017
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Covington City Public Schools
Comprehensive Plan
2011-2017
INSTRUCTION
Objective 1: Use scientific research-based intervention to narrow the achievement gaps of subgroups.
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
Administration EPS/JWIS
On-going
Continue using Reading First strategies that connect best-practices and
Director of Instruction & Tech.
research with reading.
On-going
Spring 2011
Each 6-weeks
Annual
On-going
Each 6-weeks
Daily
On-going
Yearly
On-going
On-going
Daily
On-going
Each 6-weeks
Daily
On-going
Continue encouraging teachers to attend academic conferences in their
content field and/or research-based instructional strategies
Investigate offering an instructional strategies course internally for staff (UVA)
for 3 credit hours
Analyze student data on benchmark assessments (PALS, Interactive
Achievement, SOLs, etc.) to determine appropriate student intervention plans
Analyze student growth annually (As determined by the VDOE student growth
model)
Provide flexible scheduling and grouping for students not meeting benchmarks
Monitor student progress regularly.
Coordinate programs of intervention between programs (Regular Ed., Special
Ed. Title I, Achievement Academy, remediation, etc.)
Provide intensive intervention for students reading below grade level
Use all curriculum resources (curriculum guide, pacing guide, Enhanced Scope
and Sequence, blueprints, etc.) in order to provide aligned instruction for
students.
Provide instruction for each student on his/her instructional level; thereby,
providing differentiated instruction that will meet each student’s needs.
Monitor subgroup progress, not only on benchmark and SOL tests, but on
teacher-made assignments, as well.
Reading Coach (EPS)
Building Administrators
Central Office Adm.
Director of Instruction & Tech
Teachers
School Administration
Central Office Adm.
Reading Coach (EPS)
Testing Coordinators
All instructional personnel
School administrators
Teachers
Teachers
School Administration
Central Office Adm.
School Administrators
Central Office Adm.
Teachers
Teachers
Teachers
Teachers
School Administration
Central Office Adm.
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INSTRUCTION (continued)
Objective 2: Increase vocabulary through developing background knowledge (in all courses, at all grade levels.)
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
Teachers
Daily
Provide students with key vocabulary that they will need to know for being
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successful on the SOL assessment.
Teachers
Daily
Use creative projects to encourage students’ use of unfamiliar vocabulary
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words.
Daily
Use strategies to highlight the content vocabulary that is needed at each grade Teachers
On-going
level [textbook (vocabulary section/s), reading resources, SOL resources,
technology resources, etc.]
Objective 3: Increase Parent Involvement
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
On-going
Use special events and activities within each school to draw parents into the
school community. Encourage parents to become an active part of advisory
committees, PTA groups, volunteer groups, and other working groups within
each school.
On-going
Explore creative ways to get parents to attend parent/teacher conferences.
On-going
Investigate creating literacy opportunities for all stakeholders within the
community.
Responsibility
Teachers
School Administration
Central Office Adm.
Teachers
School Administration
Central Office Adm.
Teachers
School Administration
Central Office Adm.
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INSTRUCTION (continued)
Objective 4: Work to meet or exceed benchmarks for Adequate Yearly Progress and State Accreditation
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
All instructional personnel
Yearly
Meet all federal (AYP) benchmarks
All instructional personnel
Yearly
Meet all state benchmarks
Teachers
Daily
Teachers will use: curriculum guides, pacing guides, blueprints, Enhanced
On-going
Scope and Sequence, adopted textbooks, and other resources in their
instructional planning
Daily
Lesson plans will be developed by teachers and monitored by administrators – Teachers
School Administrators
On-going
Noting differentiated instruction and alignment with the Standards of Learning
Teachers
On-going
Instructional staff will attend conferences and professional development
School Administrators
activities that will enhance their understanding and practice of using
Central Office Adm.
differentiated instruction and/or content knowledge.
School Administrators
Yearly
Areas of strength and areas of improvement will be addressed through the
Central Office Adm.
evaluation process.
Superintendent
Objective 5: Transition our Gifted program into meeting the new regulations for gifted education
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Complete by
By the next Gifted Plan review, have a transition plan in place for
2013
implementation of all new regulations
On-going
Yearly
On-going
Yearly
Yearly
Provide professional development to all teachers of gifted students on topics
dealing with giftedness and/or best practices.
Encourage students at the high school level to participate in the summer
Residential Governor’s School
Provide more opportunities for gifted students to participate in various
enrichment programs
Encourage students to attend Jackson River Governor’s School
Encourage students to take the summer Ecology class offered through
DSLCC.
Responsibility
Director of Instruction &
Technology
Gifted Coordinator
Gifted Coordinator
Guidance Counselors
Gifted Coordinator
Gifted Coordinator
Guidance Counselors
Guidance Counselors
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FOOD SERVICE
Objective 1 : The school food service program will provide nutritious meals to all students
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Complete by
Install POS system for use in schools to use in serving lines to track paid, free,
2011
and reduced meals
On-going
Explore ways to increase meal participation on the high school level.
On-going
Yearly
Yearly
On-going
Yearly
Operate and maintain school food service program which meets local, state,
and federal regulations.
Provide staff training and safety programs
Implement HCAAP Procedures
Maintain financial integrity of food service program
Prepare for CRE and SMI reviews
Responsibility
Director of Food Service
School Administrators
Director of Food Service
Cafeteria Staff
Director of Food Service
Director of Food Service
Director of Food Service
Director of Food Service
Director of Food Service
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Objective 1: Provide appropriate, safe and efficient school transportation services
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Yearly
Provide staff training and safety programs
Yearly
Examine and update as necessary bus routes
On-going
Yearly, as
budget allows
Yearly
Yearly, as
budget allows
Spring 2011
On-going
On-going
Insure that buses are maintained on a schedule per state
requirements
Replace buses, as necessary
Train and employ substitutes, as necessary
Explore options for purchasing/replacing staff vehicles due to current
mileage on present vehicles
Explore possibility of working collaboratively with city to purchase
equipment for maintenance on school and city transportation
Explore recruitment for additional substitute bus drivers.
Responsibility
Director of Transportation Services
Bus Drivers
Director of Transportation Services
Bus Drivers
Director of Transportation Services
School Board
Superintendent
Director of Transportation Services
Director of Transportation Services
Director of Transportation Services
Director of Transportation Services
Director of Transportation Services
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SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS
Objective 1: Provide safe environments conducive to learning
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
On-going
Maintain preparedness level for any crisis through continued attention
to Crisis Management Plans
On-going
Implement (and then maintain) Bullying Prevention programs by
cooperating with community agencies and other outreach programs
On-going
Maintain School Resource Officer program by continued collaboration
with Covington City officials and the police department
On-going
Continue school safety audits and “walk-throughs” with building
administrators
On-going
Provide information that will maintain effective school-wide discipline
through positive behavior support systems.
On-going
Maintain School Nurse program.
Responsibility
School Administrators
Community Agencies
Director of Student Services
Teachers
Resource Officer
School Administrators
Community Agencies
Director of Student Services
Teachers
School Counselors
School Resource Officers
Police Dept.
Superintendent
Director of Student Services
School Board
Custodians
School Administrators
Director of Student Services
Director of Maintenance
School Administrators
Community Agencies
Director of Student Services
Teachers
School Counselors
Director of Student Services
Leslie Downer
School Board
Superintendent
Alleghany Foundation
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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Objective 1: Provide appropriate services/programs that directly and indirectly support students in our schools and community
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
Time Line:
School Administrators
Fall 2011
Develop and fully implement a division Graduation Team to decrease the
Teachers
dropout rate and increase the graduation rate
Fall 2011
Develop mentoring programs in all 3 schools to assist our “at-risk” population
Yearly
Update and revise the division’s Section 504 policies and procedures to
maintain federal and state compliance
Implement a Response to Intervention methodology for reading, math, and
behavior in all 3 schools
Fall 2011
On-going
Continue collaboration and outreach opportunities with local agencies to
support the physical and mental health needs of our students.
Central Office Administration
School Counselors
School Administrators
Teachers
Director of Student Services
School Counselors
Director of Student Services
School Administrators
Teachers
Central Office Administration
School Counselors
School Administrators
Community Agencies
Director of Student Services
School Counselors
School Nurses
PERSONNEL
(STAFFING NEEDS)
Objective 1: Maintain an ongoing personnel program that provides our staffing needs with highly qualified individuals
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
Time Line:
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Yearly
Utilize selection process that insures selection of best possible candidate
Yearly
Provide comprehensive program of staff orientation transition and support
On-going
Provide comprehensive system of staff development that meets the unique
needs of the school division as well as staff members
Yearly
All licensed personnel shall obtain full licensure (Collegiate Professional or
Postgraduate Professional)
Yearly
All licensed personnel and instructional aides will obtain highly qualified status.
School Administrators
Central Office Adm.
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Director of Instruction & Technology
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
School Administrators
Central Office Adm.
School Bd.
Superintendent
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Director of Instruction & Technology
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
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School Administrators
Central Office Adm.
PERSONNEL
(MANAGEMENT)
Objective 1: Maintain an effective program of personnel management that meets the needs of the division, its employees, and
meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
School Bd.
Yearly
Review/revise personnel policies and procedures
On-going
Yearly
Review/update employment applications
Provide website access to employment applications
Yearly
Yearly
Review/revise personnel document management system
Monitor job descriptions
On-going, as
revised
On-going, as
needed
Spring 2011
All employees will receive revised and upgraded handbooks
related to human resources and fringe benefits
All classified employees will receive inservice on human
resources and fringe benefits
All classified employees will convert to the new timekeeping
records
Employee leave records are available electronically through the
use of user password access
On-going
Yearly
Job descriptions and salary scales for all classified positions will
be reviewed and considered for revisions and upgrades.
Superintendent
All personnel
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Director of Instruction & Technology
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Superintendent
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Classified Staff
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
Director of Finance
Director of Instruction & Technology
Superintendent
Human Resources/Fringe Benefits Coordinator
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TECHNOLOGY
Objective 1: Provide a safe, flexible, and effective learning environment for all students
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
Daily, as
Deliver appropriate curricula to students through a combination Teachers
appropriate
of regular classroom instruction, blended instruction, and virtual
instruction.
School Bd.
On-going
Provide the technical and human infrastructure necessary to
Superintendent
support real, blended, and virtual learning environments.
On-going
Provide high-quality professional development to help
educators create, maintain, and work in a variety of learnercentered environments
ETC staff
Teachers
Instructional Technology Coordinators
Director of Instruction & Technology
School Technology Contacts
School Bd.
Superintendent
School Administrators
Reading Coach - EPS
Central Office Administrators
Objective 2: Engage students in meaningful curricular content through the purposeful and effective use of technology
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
School Bd.
On-going
Support innovative professional development practices that
promote strategic growth for all educators and collaboration with Superintendent
School Administrators
other educations, content experts, and students.
Reading Coach - EPS
On-going
Actualize the ability of technology to individualize learning and
provide equitable opportunities for all learners.
Yearly
Facilitate the implementation of high-quality Internet safety
programs in schools.
Central Office Administrators
School Bd.
Superintendent
School Administrators
Reading Coach – EPS
Instructional Personnel
Central Office Administrators
Teachers
Technology Coordinators
School Administrators
School Resource Officer
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TECHNOLOGY (continued)
Objective 3: Afford students with opportunities to apply technology effectively to gain knowledge, develop skills, and create and
distribute artifacts that reflect their understandings.
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
Teachers
On-going
Provide and support professional development that increases the capacity of
Technology Coordinators
teachers to design and facilitate meaningful learning experiences, thereby
Technology Experts
encouraging students to create, problem-solve, communicate, collaborate, and
use real-world skills by applying technology purposefully.
Central Office
Yearly
Ensure that students, teachers, and administrators are ICT literate.
On-going
Implement technology-based formative assessments that produce further growth
in content knowledge and skills development.
Administration
Teachers
Technology Coordinators
School Technology
Contacts
Objective 4: Provide students with access to authentic and appropriate tools to gain knowledge, develop skills, extend
capabilities, and create and disseminate artifacts that demonstrate their understandings.
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
School Bd.
On-going
Provide resources and support to ensure that every student has access to a
Superintendent
personal computing device.
On-going
Prove technical and pedagogical support to ensure that students, teachers, and
administrators can effectively access and use technology tools.
On-going
Identify and disseminate information and resources that assist educators in
selecting authentic and appropriate tools for all grade levels and curricular areas.
Administrators
IT Specialist
School Administrators
Central Office Adm.
IT Specialist
School Administrators
Central Office Adm.
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TECHNOLOGY (continued)
Objective 5: Use technology to support a culture of data-driven decision-making that relies upon data to evaluate and improve
teaching and learning.
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
On-going
Use data to inform and adjust technical, pedagogical, and financial School Bd.
Superintendent
support.
On-going
Provide support to help teachers disaggregate, interpret, and use
data to plan, improve, and differentiate instruction.
On-going
Promote the use of technology to inform the design and
implementation of next generation standardized assessments.
School Administrators
Reading Coach – EPS
Instructional Personnel
Central Office Administrators
School Bd.
Superintendent
School Administrators
Reading Coach – EPS
Instructional Personnel
Central Office Administrators
School Bd.
Superintendent
School Administrators
Reading Coach – EPS
Instructional Personnel
Central Office Administrators
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INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Objective 1: By the school year 2011-2012, all staff in Covington City Public Schools will have been provided quality
instructional technology support in order to use various technology applications and tools.
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
Responsibility
School Technology Contact
On-going
Provide support for teachers’ integration of technology
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
Observe teachers’ integration of technology
Increase administrators’ use of technology to facilitate teachers’
integration of technology
Assess technology needs of each individual school and develop a plan to
satisfy those needs, if feasible.
Provide professional development sessions that build employees’
technical skills levels.
School Bd.
Superintendent
ETC
School Administrators
Reading Coach – EPS
Instructional Personnel
Central Office Administrators
School Administrators
Central Office Administration
ETC
School Technology Contact
School Administrators
Director of Instruction & Technology
Superintendent
School Administrators
School Technology Contact
Instructional Personnel
Central Office Administrators
Technology Expert
SCHOOL FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE
Objective 1: Explore capital improvement project funding for the following three projects:
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
2011-2017, as
Covington High School Renovations $8,600,000
budget allows
2011-2017, as
budget allows
Covington High School Gymnasium and Locker Room Addition
$3,900,000
2011-2017, as
budget allows
School Board Office Renovations
$800,000
Responsibility
School Bd.
Superintendent
Covington City Council
School Bd.
Superintendent
Covington City Council
School Bd.
Superintendent
Covington City Council
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SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Objective 1:Provide appropriate special education services for students in the division
Time Line:
Strategies / Activities
On-going
Maintain compliance with all federal and state special education laws,
regulations, initiatives, and performance indicators
On-going
Increase parental involvement
On-going
Improve SOL scores and graduation rates of students with disabilities
On-going
Provide appropriate and relevant professional development on special
education topics
Increase the use and knowledge of assistive technology to improve
access to general education curriculum for students with disabilities
On-going
Fall 2011
Develop a 5-year Comprehensive Division Plan for appropriate
educational experiences for our growing autistic population
On-going
Continue the division’s expectation to have reverse inclusion (50%
disabled & 50% non-disabled) in our Early Childhood classrooms
Maximize use of Functional Behavior Assessments and behavior
intervention plans for students with challenging behaviors
On-going
Responsibility
School Bd.
Superintendent
School Administrators
Teachers
Central Office Administration
Teachers
School Administrators
Advisory Committee Members
Central Office Adm.
Teachers
School Administrators
Graduation Team
Director of Student Services
Director of Instruction
School Administrators
Director of Student Services
ETC
IT Specialist
School Technology Contacts
Director of Student Services
School Stakeholders
School Administrators
Director of Student Services
Superintendent
Director of Student Services
Teachers
School Administrators
School Counselors
Director of Student Services
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