New Considerations
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High School Assessments
(Alternatives)
Embedding professional
development through
academic coaching.
Cross-Training to build
Capacity
Timeline for implementing
assessment supports
(Formative)
Interim data - time to drill
down
Math – opportunities for
parent involvement and
communication
School improvement and
designations
HQS
Increase in Low SES and
shifting of schools
Existing issues masked by
new boom
Increase in transient
students Culture and
Positive Forces
 Early Literacy Plan and
funding
 Early Literacy Funding
 Shift toward technical
assistance
 Coaches-Quality PD
through modeling
 RLIS- Career Coach
 Professional Support
Personnel
 One Voice, One Focus
 Networking
 IPI and targeted training for
student
engagement/cooperative
learning (single focus)
 Technical support from
WVDE
 RESA 6 School
Improvement Specialists
working in Focus schools as
well as additional
professional development
for other schools (support
Challenges
 Assessment – Opt-Out,
Implementation of SB General
Assessment, Length of
Assessment
 development (summer and
embedded)
 Personnel – Certified Title I
Teachers
 Extended year programming with
calendar and facility constraints
 Testing Data Availability
 Personnel – Staffing
 Testing and Multiple Initiatives
(Roster Verification, Literacy,
etc…)
 Lack of time to get into the
schools
 Pre-K
 Accountability with smaller
budgets
 WVEIS (compatibility with other
software/programs)
 Increase in poverty and impact
on parent engagement and
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Climate as related to antistandards
Opt-Out (Refusal to Test)
Movement and potential
impact in the future
Literacy by 3rd Grade
DOK and Content for
Teachers
Mapping
Formative Assessment
Math (Building Capacity to
Support)
Testing (Excessive)
Engagement between
Special Education and Title I
Supporting SPL
Co-Teaching
Roster verification –
accuracy of the data (high
school). Burden for fixing
the data if falling at the
local level.
Literacy Plan – confusion in
the expectation. Plans due
June 1???
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and transition). Curriculum
Alignment Process with
collaborative teams.
Focus conference last
summer.
OEPA visit gave coherence
to the school improvement
process.
New Policy for Exam with
PRAXIS
Reauthorization
Parent Compacts
Inventory
Time + Effort
Curriculum Specialist
Coaches
New Teacher
Mentoring/Support
Calendar
Specialists + Academic
Coaches
Supports (Embedded)
Contracted
Family Literacy
Graduation Coaches
Teacher Support Coaches
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school readiness Communication
Serving Pre-K students that are
not in school buildings
Title I teachers want to know
“what else can we do?”.
Frustration.
Private and parochial schools.
Time to look at data, look at SPL
grouping, evaluate program
effectiveness, collaboration.
Personnel Law to Get Right Staff
Capacity Building
Time – PD
Uncertainty Standards +
Adoption of Materials
Social Media
Assessment (Perceptions)
 Demographic changes due
to oil and gas boom
(regional issue).
 Leadership PLC’s – County
 Summer Institute
 Coaches to Co-teach +
Lesson Plans
 Embedded Push-In
 Testing
 Parent Coordinators +
Mentoring Positive
Perception
 Local Capacity – Building
(Training)
 New Programs (levels,
Middle & High)
 ASCD Coaches
 Training for Specialists
 Personnel
 Principals/ Administration –
Training
 Increase in ELL population
 Diverse Population
 Development Housing
 Ranking of Schools
 Adoption of ELA Resources
 School Improvement
 Grade Specific Focus on
CCRS + Assessment
 Educational Impact
 Extended Day Program
 Parent Attendance Project
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 HQ STAFF
 Personnel Shifts
 Campaign for Grade Level
Reading
 Integrated approach ELL +
all subgroups
 School Configurations
 Placement of Personnel
 Targeted Supports
(Sensory, etc…)
 Social Workers
 Educator Turnover
 New Schools to Serve
 PD Delivery