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Marvin Moore
121 E Second St
Morehead, KY 40351
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
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Executive Summary
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Description of the School System
System's Purpose
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Introduction
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Notable Achievements and Areas of Improvement
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Additional Information
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Rowan County CDIP 2015-16
Overview
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Goals Summary
Goal 1: Increase the percentage of students who are college-and-career ready from 72.2% to 73.2% by 2016.
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Goal 2: Rowan County elementary, middle , and high school students will increase the averaged combined reading and
math K-Prep scores from 47.5% to 72 by 2019.
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Goal 3: Increase the cohort graduation rate from 94.3% to 95.6% by the end of the year 2015-16 school year.
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Goal 4: Increase the average combined reading and math proficiency ratings for all students in the non-duplicated gap
group from 35.8% to 66.4% by 2019.
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Goal 5: By 2021, Rowan County Schools will reduce the average total number of students scoring novice level in the
math and reading from 45.4% to 22.6%.
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Activity Summary by Funding Source
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Activity Summary by School
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KDE Needs Assessment
Introduction
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Areas of Strengths
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Opportunities for Improvement
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Oversight and Monitoring
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Conclusion
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Data Analysis
Compliance and Accountability - Districts
Introduction
Planning and Accountability Requirements
KDE Assurances - District
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District Assurances
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Equitable Access Diagnostic
Introduction
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Needs Assessment
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Equitable Access Strategies
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Questions
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Introduction
The process of Improvement Planning in Kentucky is used as the means of determining how schools and districts will plan to
ensure that students reach proficiency and beyond by 2015. The process focuses school and district improvement efforts on
student needs by bringing together all stakeholders to plan for improvement, by focusing planning efforts on priority needs and
closing achievement gaps between subgroups of students, by building upon school and district capacity for high quality
planning, and by making connections between the funds that flow into the district and the priority needs in schools. Your
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address gaps in student achievement.
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school's plans for improvement must be based on careful and honest analysis of data, address all content areas, and clearly
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Executive Summary
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Introduction
Every school system has its own story to tell. The context in which teaching and learning takes place influences the processes and
procedures by which the school system makes decisions around curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The context also impacts the way
a school system stays faithful to its vision. Many factors contribute to the overall narrative such as an identification of stakeholders, a
description of stakeholder engagement, the trends and issues affecting the school system, and the kinds of programs and services that a
school system implements to support student learning.
The purpose of the Executive Summary (ES) is to provide a school system with an opportunity to describe in narrative form the strengths and
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challenges it encounters. By doing so, the public and members of the community will have a more complete picture of how the school system
perceives itself and the process of self-reflection for continuous improvement. This summary is structured for the school system to reflect on
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how it provides teaching and learning on a day to day basis.
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Description of the School System
Describe the school system's size, community/communities, location, and changes it has experienced in the last three years.
Include demographic information about the students, staff, and community at large. What unique features and challenges are
associated with the community/communities the school system serves?
Nestled in the mountains at the edge of eastern Kentucky, Rowan County Schools have been serving the people of Rowan County since
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1901. The Rowan County School system serves approximately 3115 students with an average student to teacher ratio of 18 to 1. The daily
average attendant is 94.2% along with a 62.1% free and reduced lunch count. The teacher and student race is predominantly white with a
small present represented by African American, Hispanic and Asian. Forty-eight percent of Rowan County graduates attend either an in state
or out of state college and less than two percent of students attend a technical/vocational school. The district has 178 hundred highly
qualified and certified teachers ranging from preschool through grade 12 in which 12 of these of teachers are certified by National Board of
Professional Standards. Rowan County was one of the first districts to receive district wide accreditation from the Southern Association of
Colleges and schools. In addition to a centralized preschool, there are four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and
Bluegrass Discovery High and Middle School Academy. The Rowan County school district also includes the Morehead Youth Development
Center and the Kentucky Baptist Home for Children. Rowan County is also home to Morehead State University, St. Claire Medical Center,
Guardian Automotives, small businesses and various lumber companies that export hardwood locally and all around the world.
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System's Purpose
Provide the school system's purpose statement and ancillary content such as mission, vision, values, and/or beliefs. Describe how
the school system embodies its purpose through its program offerings and expectations for students.
The mission of Rowan County is to provide every student with high quality instruction in every classroom with a highly qualified teacher. Our
district is also committed to maintaining a curriculum that is rigorous and aligned with our state standards that allow for real world examples
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to be used frequently in the classroom. Rowan County strives to work with state and local agencies/communities collaboratively to help
prepare our students for skills needed in the 21st century. Every school is committed to fostering a love for learning through a multitude of
research - based instructional strategies that accommodates all student learning styles. Rowan County is committed to prepare our students
to become life-long learners and productive members of our community and worldwide society.
Rowan County Schools believe all students have the right to an education and to be taught by highly qualified, and caring teachers.
Research and best practices guide instruction to ensure that all children reach their highest potential. Analysis of multiple data sources is
conducted to identify areas of need, subsequent strategies and activities for implementation. Each school is making great gains in student
growth and closing the gap for student achievement. Our vision is "Together We Can." Through the joint efforts of the family, school, and
community, together we can ensure that our students are equipped with the skills and abilities necessary to be successful in whatever
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college/career path they choose.
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Notable Achievements and Areas of Improvement
Describe the school system's notable achievements and areas of improvement in the last three years. Additionally, describe areas
for improvement that the school system is striving to achieve in the next three years.
Our district percentile has increased from 78% to the 86% percentile keeping our district in the Proficient/progressing category. The Rowan
County School district has been accredited to the Southern Associations of Colleges and schools(SACS) since 2011-12. We met our
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graduation rate with a score of 94.3%. We are still continuing to have great success with Operation Preparation for the past three years in
helping 8th and 10th graders choose college and or career paths. Our district is continuing our partnership with Morehead State University in
providing college dual credit courses for our juniors and seniors in which they can begin earning college credits. The high school has been a
proficient/progressing school for the past two years.
The Rowan County Middle School joined the school to watch program that allows the school leadership team to visit highly effective schools
and work with a schools to watch liaison on a monthly basis. The middle school is proficient/proficient school.
We've had three of four elementary schools reach proficiency within the last three years. Our elementary schools have reduce the number of
novice by half in reading and math due to the RTI process.
. We are continuing to improve interventions with more fidelity along with ensuring teachers are using scientifically based research strategies
in the classroom. Our district has put in place a Novice Reduction Plan (30-69-90 day plan) that will help schools monitor their school
initiatives related to their Comprehensive School Improvement Plan. We are still refining the PLC time to focus on student data and how they
plan to adjust their instruction to meet the needs of their students. In some classrooms learning targets are still not being referred back to for
formative assessments. We are continuing to improve our progress monitoring process through the RTI process that the most current data.
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All these areas are continuing to be improved.
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Additional Information
Provide any additional information you would like to share with the public and community that were not prompted in the previous
sections.
As school personnel in the Rowan County School System, we are committed to the protection of our students, staff and property. The Rowan
County School District has taken steps to ensure the safety of the students and staff by implementing emergency plans.
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Officials of the Rowan County School District, in conjunction with local and state governmental agencies, have developed an emergency
operations plan that will enhance the response capability of emergency agencies. The plan, which addresses a variety of emergency issues,
has been updated and staff members from each school have been trained to handle crisis situations.
The Emergency Operations Plan, adopted by the Rowan County Board of Education, contains plans for immediate and long-term strategies
to address school safety and discipline and is reviewed annually and revised, as needed. The plan utilizes information gathered from the
District assessment of school safety and student discipline as required by law.
The committee that developed the plan for the Rowan County Board of Education included at least one (1) representative from each school
in the District, as well as representatives from the community as required by law. In making preparations for the plans, data was gathered
from a variety of resources including Kentucky State Police, Center for Disease Control, and Kentucky Safe Schools. The Rowan County
School District Emergency Operations Plan was developed in coordination with the following agencies or individuals:
¢Army National Guard
¢Board of Education Members
¢Cave Run Surgical Specialists
¢Director of Community Relations
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¢District Finance Officer
¢Fleming Mason Electric
¢Gateway District Health Department
¢Homeland Security
¢Kentucky State Police
¢Kentucky Utilities
¢Morehead City Police
¢Morehead Clinic
¢Morehead State University Police
¢Morehead Utilities
¢Parents of Rowan Students
¢Pathways
¢Rowan County Coroner's Office
¢Rowan County Emergency Management
¢Rowan County EMS
¢Rowan County Health Department
¢Rowan County School Bus Garage
¢Rowan County Sheriff's Department
¢Rowan County Student Committee
¢Rowan Water
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¢School and District Level Nurses
¢School and District Level Tech Coordinators
¢School Principals
¢School Psychologists
¢School Resource Officer
¢Special Education Director
¢St. Claire Regional Medical Center
¢State EMS
¢State Fire Marshal
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¢Members of Rowan County Schools Faculty and Staff
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from a variety of resources including Kentucky State Police, Center for Disease Control, and Kentucky Safe Schools. The Rowan County
School District Emergency Operations Plan was developed in coordination with the following agencies or individuals:
¢Army National Guard
¢Board of Education Members
¢Cave Run Surgical Specialists
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¢Director of Community Relations
¢District Finance Officer
¢Emergency 911
¢Fleming Mason Electric
¢Gateway District Health Department
¢Homeland Security
¢Kentucky State Police
¢Kentucky Utilities
¢Morehead City Police
¢Morehead State University Police
¢Morehead Utilities
¢Parents of Rowan Students
¢Pathways
¢Rowan County Coroner's Office
¢Rowan County Emergency Management
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¢Morehead Clinic
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Overview
Plan Name
Rowan County CDIP 2015-16
Plan Description
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Goals Summary
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The following is a summary of the goals encompassed in this plan. The details for each goal are available in the next section.
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Increase the percentage of students who are
college-and-career ready from 72.2% to 73.2% by
2016.
Rowan County elementary, middle , and high
school students will increase the averaged
combined reading and math K-Prep scores from
47.5% to 72 by 2019.
Increase the cohort graduation rate from 94.3% to
95.6% by the end of the year 2015-16 school year.
Goal Details
Objectives:1
Strategies:7
Activities:25
Objectives:2
Strategies:10
Activities:27
Goal Type
Organizational
Total Funding
$10118
Organizational
$752100
Objectives:1
Strategies:3
Activities:3
Objectives:8
Strategies:15
Activities:26
Organizational
$0
Organizational
$328003
Organizational
$0
Increase the average combined reading and math
proficiency ratings for all students in the nonduplicated gap group from 35.8% to 66.4% by
2019.
By 2021, Rowan County Schools will reduce the
Objectives:1
average total number of students scoring novice
Strategies:1
level in the math and reading from 45.4% to 22.6%. Activities:2
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Goal 1: Increase the percentage of students who are college-and-career ready from 72.2% to
73.2% by 2016.
Measurable Objective 1:
demonstrate a proficiency by increasing our number of students who are CCR from 72.2% to 73.2% by 05/27/2016 as measured by Unbridled Learning Formula.
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Strategy 1:
Implementation of Career Readiness Pathways - Implementation of Career Pathways will allow our students to choose classes which increase their knowledge of and
skill set in the career of their choice.
Category: Career Readiness Pathways
Activity - Implementation and Monitoring of a CTE Advisory Committee
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Committee is developed comprised of CTE Teachers and Community
Business and Industry partners which will meet regularly to oversee and
advise the CTE regarding career readiness for students.
Community
Engagement
08/27/2015
05/27/2016
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Committee
Members
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administration
and
scheduling
team,
teachers
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity - Common Planning
Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated in the Master Academic
Schedule to review data from common formative and summative
Support
assessments, state tests and student needs. Common Planning is an area Program
that needed addressing according to the TELL Survey.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
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Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - College and Career Fair
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A College/Career Fair will be hosted annually at RCSHS.
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Activity - KyAHED Grant
Grant used to expose students to college and career activities.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity Type
Begin Date
Created On
January 11, 2013
End Date
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
Activity Type
End Date
Begin Date
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
Created By
Mike Mathews
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Guidance,
Community
Education,
CTE
Teachers,
Community
Partners
Resource
Assigned
$3200
Source Of
Funding
Grant Funds
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Guidance
Strategy 2:
Student Selection of Career Pathway - When included in the selection of a career pathways, students as stakeholders are more focused upon the direct and intentional
selection of classes to support the pathway of their choice.
Category: Career Readiness Pathways
Activity - Career Pathway Orientation
Activity Type
Begin Date
The scheduling team will meet with all students in small group settings to
define and describe each Career Pathway and outline the courses and
course sequence for each pathway. They will explain how the course
selection and course sequence help prepare the student in terms of
knowledge base and skill set necessary for success in each career
pathway.
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
End Date
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Principal,
Guidance
Counselors,
CTE
Teachers
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
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Activity - Student Review of ILP and Pathway Course Selection
Activity Type
The Scheduling Team and ILP Facilitators will work with students one-onone to aide them in referencing their ILPs to examine Interest Inventories
and EPAS data to guide them in choosing appropriate career pathways.
Students will develop a course plan for the remainder of their high school
career.
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
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Status
In Progress
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Begin Date
Created On
January 11, 2013
End Date
05/27/2016
Progress Notes
Activity - Scheduling
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Scheduling Team, homeroom teachers, and ILP facilitators aide students in Academic
submitting classes for the 2014-2015 school year which are appropriately Support
selected for their career pathway of choice.
Program
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Scheduling
Team
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Scheduling
Team
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - CTE Class Development
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Begin Date
Classes appropriate for Career Pathways are planned and reviewed for the Career
08/13/2015
2014-2015 school year.
Preparation/O
rientation
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05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Scheduling
Team
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In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - Operation Preparation
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Community Members work one-on-one to advise sophomores in career
pathway selection through Operation Preparation.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity Type
Begin Date
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
Created On
January 11, 2013
End Date
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Scheduling
Team
Librarian,
Technology
Personnel
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Strategy 3:
Development/Expansion of Work-Based Learning Opportunities - Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students with real-life experiences as identified in Kentucky
School Board/KDE Goal 3 which focuses upon strong support from the community for the students and emphasizes the community involvment in students' learning.
WBL experiences are judged on performance and personal achievements. WBL programs help students develop and refine the job skills they need for their particular
career pathway.
Category: Career Readiness Pathways
Activity - Identification of Business/Community Partnerships for Each
Activity Type
Career Pathway
Identify worksites and personnel contacts in our community associated with Academic
each Career Pathway through the CTE Advisory Committee.
Support
Program
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Activity - Ongoing Implementation of Work-Based Learning Partnerships
Begin Date
End Date
Activity Type
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Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Scheduling
Team, POC
Teachers for
non-CTE
linked Career
Pathways,
ILP
Facilitators
Resource
Assigned
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
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Contact and educate career partners about the various types of workbased learning: (Cooperative Education, Entrepreneurship, Internship,
Mentoring, Service-learning, Shadowing). Determine which work-based
learning opportunities can be developed with each community partner.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
No Funding
Required
Scheduling
Team, Career
Pathway POC
Teachers
Activity - Scheduling Students to Work-Based Learning Opportunites
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Students who have completed at least three credits in courses outlined in
their particular Career Pathway may apply for a Work-Based Learning
Opportunities in their Career Pathway.
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Scheduling
Team, POC
Career
Pathway
Teachers
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Counselor,
Designated
Faculty must
include CTE
Resource
Assigned
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
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Strategy 4:
Academic Occupational Testing - Providing the opportunity for all students to become College and Career Ready..
Category: Career Readiness Pathways
Activity - Teacher training on WorkKeys, Industry Certificates, and KOSSA Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Designated teachers receive training which will allow them to proctor the
WorkKeys Assessment, Industry Certificates, and KOSSA
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity - Student Orientation to WorkKeys
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Administration, Guidance Counselors, and Members of Economic
Career
08/13/2015
Development Council meeti with all seniors in PAC to provided them with Preparation/O
information about the WorkKeys Assessment regarding format, topics, and rientation
significance.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
Completed
Progress Notes
Activity - WorkKeys Retest
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List of students is compiled which designates which students will need to
retest and the section or sections of the test which will need to be
reassessed in order to earn a score sufficient to be considered career
ready.
Activity Type
Begin Date
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
End Date
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$1000
No Funding
Required
Scheduling
Team,
Members of
Economic
Development
Council
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Other
Staff
Responsible
Administration
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
Completed
Progress Notes
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity - KOSSA or Industry Certification
Activity Type
Begin Date
CTE Preparatory students are required to take KOSSA or Industry
Certificate .
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
End Date
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, CTE
Instructors
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
Completed
Progress Notes
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All CTE teachers will use KOSSA, WorkKeys and Industry Certificate test
items as bellringers
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
Completed
Progress Notes
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Activity - School Wide Implementation of Consumerism/CCR Unit
Activity Type
CTE teachers collaborate to develop lessons for school wide
implementation
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
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Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Begin Date
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
End Date
05/27/2016
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
CTE
Teachers
Created By
Mike Mathews
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
CTE
teachers,
Administration
, all
faculty/staff
Resource
Assigned
$2125
Source Of
Funding
School
Council
Funds
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, SBDM
Council
Resource
Assigned
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Strategy 5:
EPAS and Quality Core - Students will be better prepared for the ACT and will perform better on the ACT Assessment..
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - Quality Core
Activity Type
Implementation of all proposed EOC Curricula. Resources for all EOC
Academic
Courses are made available for teachers' use. Teachers receive training for Support
EOC courses which are included in accountability.
Program
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Begin Date
End Date
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity - ACT Format Bellringers
Activity Type
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All content teachers will implement ACT format bellringer activities as a
regular daily procedural classroom activity.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity - ACT Study Programs
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
No Funding
Required
Administration
, Content
Area
Classroom
Teachers
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$293
Source Of
Funding
School
Council
Funds
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Librarian
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administration
,
Teachers/Par
ent volunteers
DR
ACT Study Programs will be purchased and made available for students to Academic
use beyond the school day, either on site or at home.
Support
Program
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity - Saturday Study Sessions
Activity Type
Study Sessions will be made available for students on designated
Academic
Saturdays. Students can select mini-workshops based upon their areas of Support
particular need.
Program
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Strategy 6:
Implementation of EXPLORE Assessment for all Freshmen in order to complete the EPAS series at the high school level. - Implementation of complete EPAS series at
the high school level by administering EXPLORE for all Freshmen at the beginning of the 9th grade year. It will then be possible to follow student achievement in the
EPAS series on a yearly basis. We can then facilitate early identification of school curriculum strengths or deficits as well as individual student needs and subsequent
intervention or enhancement as indicated by timely data.
Category: Learning Systems
Activity - EXPLORE Assessment
Activity Type
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All Freshmen will take the EXPLORE test at the beginning of their 9th
grade year.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
Completed
Progress Notes
Activity - EPAS Goal Setting and ILP Update
Students will meet with Homeroom Teachers to review Career Pathways
requirements and work with students to develop goals and improvement
strategies based upon improving EPAS performance.
DR
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$2500
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
School
Council
Funds
Administration
, SBDM
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Homeroom
teachers
Strategy 7:
Professional Development and Continued Training focused upon College/Career Readiness - Continuous training and professional development will enable us to do a
better job implementing all policies and procedures necessary to accomplish College/Career Readiness goals.
Category: Professional Learning & Support
Activity - ISLN
Administrators and Teacher Leaders will participate in ISLN sessions with
KDE.
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$1000
Source Of
Funding
District
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Principal,
Teacher
Leaders
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
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Goal 2: Rowan County elementary, middle , and high school students will increase the averaged
combined reading and math K-Prep scores from 47.5% to 72 by 2019.
Measurable Objective 1:
collaborate to increase the overall reading and math scores for all Rowan County elementary, middle and high school students from 47.5% to 55.2%
by 05/27/2016 as measured by K-Prep.
Status
N/A
DR
Strategy 1:
Math Initiatives - Elementary K-5 math teachers have been trained to use the SNAP(Student Numeracy Assessment Progression) math screener (K-2), and the
DNK(Developing Number Knowledge) screener (3-5) to help diagnose math students who have scored below benchmark according to MAP data. Teachers will then
differentiate their math instruction according to the math students diagnostic data and group them accordingly into small flexible RTI groups.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Research Cited: SNAP/DNK are diagnostic tools for teachers to use to find out student understanding in regard to knowledge of number. Both screeners were created
by the US Math Recovery Council. MAP is a diagnostic adaptive norm referenced test to help educators understand student understanding in reading and math.
Progress Notes
This math strategy is still in progress for this school year.
Activity - SNAP and DNK Diagnostics
Created On
November 01, 2013
Activity Type
K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK diagnostic
Direct
screener assessment tools to those students that score below bench mark Instruction
on the MAP assessment in order for them to make benchmark through
small flexible RTI groups.
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Status
Progress Notes
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Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Elementary
Principals
Elementary
Teachers K-2
Elementary
Teachers 3-5
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Teachers are using both math screeners throughout the year to help struggling math students.
Activity - Data Teams
Activity Type
The K-12 teachers are creating common formative/summative
Direct
assessments in math and will use the data team process in their PLC time Instruction
to differentiate their classroom instruction based off the formative
assessment.
Schools:All Schools
DR
Activity - Extended School Services
Activity Type
Those students that have been identified for RTI interventions in math and Academic
reading will also have an ESS tutoring taken place during the day, after
Support
school and before school.
Program
Schools:All Schools
November 01, 2013
December 17, 2012
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Activity - Full-Day Kindergarten
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
By providing full-day Kindergarten, this will help provide for in-depth core
math instruction to help increase student achievement in math
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/20/2015
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Mike Mathews
Mike Mathews
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Principals,
teachers,
district
personnel
Resource
Assigned
$120000
Source Of
Funding
State Funds
Staff
Responsible
School
principals,
teachers,
district
administrators
Resource
Assigned
$330000
Source Of
Funding
Title I Part A
Staff
Responsible
School
Principals,
teachers, Title
I Director
Resource
Assigned
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Activity - Title I Resouce Teacher
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The Title I resource teachers (K-5) will support classroom instruction in
Academic
math and reading through the RTI process and help classroom teachers to Support
model best instructional practices.
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$194500
Title I Part A
School
Principals,
Title I
teachers,
classroom
teachers, Title
I Director
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$10000
Source Of
Funding
Title I Part A
Staff
Responsible
ELL Director,
ELL tutors,
school
councelors ,
and Title I
Director
Activity - Kagan Strategies
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
All K-12 teachers have received Kagan strategies and have used these
instructional strategies in the classroom to help with student engagement.
Academic
Support
Program,
Behavioral
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Teachers,
Principles and
district
administrators
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Activity - ELL Services
The district has employed two part-time ELL tutors across the district to
help those students overcome any language barriers they may have in
order for them to be successful in the classroom.
Schools:All Schools
DR
Schools:All Schools
Strategy 2:
Literacy Intiative - All K-5 teachers received professional learning in small group instruction.
Category: Professional Learning & Support
Status
N/A
Progress Notes
This strategy will continue for the 2013-14 school year.
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All elemetary schools will recieve professional development in reading
interventions twice a year from the 95% reading intervention consultant.
The consultant will help teacher anaylze student data and give specific
reading intervention strategies for students that have been identified with
reading deficits.
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$22600
Source Of
Funding
Title I Part A
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Progress Notes
Teachers will continue receiving training with the 95% materials twice a year.
DR
Status
In Progress
Created On
November 04, 2013
Activity - Balanced Literacy Instruction
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Teachers will continue to plan, implement, and assess shared reading
instruction using grade level text. Core reading instruction will also include
small group guided reading instruction and/or literature circle instruction
based on student needs and interests. Reading instruction will include
activities that address the five pillars of reading: vocabulary,
comprehension, fluency, phonics, and phonemic awareness.
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Staff
Responsible
All elementary
teachers
Reading
Coach
principals
Title I
Coordinator
95%
Consultant
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - Curriculum Coaches
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
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Curriculum coaches will work with all schools in helping provide job
embedded professional development to classroom teachers along with
helping teachers analyze reading/math data and help create small RTI
flexible groupings.
Schools:All Schools
Activity - Writing Action Plan
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$75000
Title II Part A Curriculum
coaches,
teachers,
principal,
instructional
supervisor
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
DR
A district wide action writing plan has been put in place to help monitor and Academic
support all schools in the implementation of their schools writing plan.
Support
Program
Schools:All Schools
Staff
Responsible
Instructional
Supervisor,
Principals,
Curriculum
coaches,
teachers
Measurable Objective 2:
collaborate to increase the overall reading and math scores for all Rowan County Middle School students from 49.3% to 57.2% by 05/15/2015 as measured by KPrep.
Strategy 1:
RTI Initiatives - To target students not meeting proficiency in reading by triangulating all available data(MAP, K-Prep, Explorer). After identification of students, students
will attend classes with targeted differentiated instruction provided by the reading teacher and instructional assistant.
Category: Learning Systems
Research Cited: MAP is diagnostic data which is norm referenced
Activity - Differentiated Instruction
Activity Type
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Students will be assigned to a differentiated instructional class according to Academic
their assessment score from (MAP,K-PREP, Explore).
Support
Program
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - MAP Planning/Progress Monitoring
Activity Type
05/15/2015
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Begin Date
End Date
08/22/2014
04/17/2015
DR
MAP assessments will be administered three times a year at all grade
Academic
levels in the area of reading and math to help plan classroom activities and Support
progress monitor student achievement
Program
08/14/2014
Resource
Assigned
$0
Language
Arts Staff
Instructional
Aids Principal,
Assistant
Principal
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Created On
January 11, 2013
Staff
Responsible
Language
Arts and
Math
Teachers,
Cheryl Plank,
Beth Harding,
Kellie Goldy
Created By
Mike Mathews
Strategy 2:
PLC/ Data Teams - Teachers will meet in PLC's to enhance their effectiveness as professionals so that students benefit. Teachers will use the data team process and
forms to analyze formative and summative assessments in order to meet student needs and increase student achievement.
Category: Professional Learning & Support
Research Cited: Based on information from Steve Ventura - Institute of Leadership and Learning
Activity - Grade Level PLC's
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Teachers will participate in PLCs with same grade level teachers to discuss Professional
student progress data and/or any other academic issues.
Learning
08/13/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All teachers.
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
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In Progress
Progress Notes
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January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Professional
Learning
08/14/2014
05/14/2015
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/21/2015
Activity - Administration Attend PLC/Data Teams
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Mr. Padula and Ms. Stafford attend PLC/Data Team meetings as needed
throughout the year to discuss student progress and to monitor PLC/Data
Team meetings.
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/22/2015
Teachers will meet within their departments to discuss student progress
data and/or any other academic issues.
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
DR
Activity - After-School PLC/Data Team
Teacher meet as needed from 3:05 to 3:30 to continue with PLC/Data
Team conversations and/or participate in parent conferences.
Created By
Mike Mathews
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All Teachers,
Paula
Stafford, Jay
Padula
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Teachers
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Mr. Padula
and Ms.
Stafford
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Strategy 3:
Tell Survey/Facilities and Resources - Data from the TELL Survey will be discussed in a regular board of education meeting to look at the results of the Facilities and
Resources section of the survey.
Category:
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Activity - Increasing reliabilty and speed connections with the internet
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
The district has just increased the width band of the internet connection
that should allow for faster and reliable internet access across the district
that will help with the use of classroom instruction in the classroom in all
content areas
Technology
08/06/2013
05/22/2015
Schools:All Schools
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
District
Technology
Coordinator
DR
Strategy 4:
Achieveing Equitable Distribution of teachers - Identify strategies to ensure high poverty, minority, learning disabled and/or English language are just as likely to be
taught by highly qualified, effective, experienced teachers working in their field as are students who do not fall into those categories.
Category:
Activity - Achieving Equitable Distribution
Activity Type
All schools use their site base council policy on student placement that
Policy and
assures that all students are equitably divided among all teachers. This
Process
policy helps assure that all inexperienced teachers or out of field teachers
do not have a higher rate of minorities, low socioecomic, and students with
disabilities in their classrooms. All of our teachers are highly qualified. We
also have a first year teaching program that provides monthly training
throughout the school year to help them with best teaching practices,
classroom management skills, assessment literacy, curriculum alignment
and any other topics the first year teachers need help with.
Schools:All Schools
Begin Date
End Date
08/08/2014
05/21/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
SBDM
Coordinator,
School SBDM
councils
Strategy 5:
Student Learning Initiatives - Teachers use best practice strategies to improve student learning and participation in the classroom.
Category: Learning Systems
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Teachers will allow all students to redo/retake any summative assessment. Academic
Before students are reassessed, they must participate in some reteaching Support
activity.
Program
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Activity - Literacy Connections in Social Studies Classroom
Activity Type
Social studies teachers implement Literacy Design Collaborative and non- Academic
fiction activities into their rotation classes to help students improve reading Support
and writing skills.
Program
DR
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Begin Date
End Date
08/07/2014
05/22/2015
Begin Date
End Date
08/07/2014
05/21/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All teachers
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All social
studies
teachers
Strategy 6:
EXPLORE Data Review - EXPLORE results will be shared with 8th grade students. Seventh and sixth grade teachers will also review specific EXPLORE concepts with
their students, as well. Reviewing of the EXPLORE concepts not only allow better understanding on the part of the student, but it also ensures instructional strategies
are taught in the classroom in relationship to the EXPLORER test.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - Assistant Principal and Counselor to Share EXPLORE Data
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Counselor and Assistant Principal shared the results of the EXPLORE test Academic
with the 7th and 8th grade students, respectively.
Support
Program
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
11/03/2014
11/25/2014
Activity - 7th and 6th Grade EXPLORE Review
Begin Date
End Date
Activity Type
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Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Paula Stafford
and Cheryl
Plank
Resource
Assigned
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All teachers teachers teach/review content specific EXPLORE questions
with their students throughout the year.
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/14/2015
$0
Activity - 7th Grade to take EXPLORE practice test
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
7th grade students will take an EXPLORE practice test. Data will used to
educate students on EXPLORE benchmarks and for teachers to use in
planning instruction.
Academic
Support
Program
10/16/2014
05/11/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
All Language
Arts, Math
and Science
teachers
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Cheryl Plank,
Beth Harding,
and 7th grade
teachers
DR
Strategy 7:
Tutoring - Tutoring opportunities in the morning and afternoon will be provided for students to get extra support for homework. A daytime tutoring teacher will be
employed to provide help in math.
Category: Learning Systems
Activity - ESS- Daytime
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Using MAP, KPREP, and classroom data, students will be pulled for small
group and individual instruction in math.
Tutoring
09/08/2014
05/14/2015
Activity - After School Tutoring
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Tutoring is available in the cafeteria from 3:05 until 4:30 pm.
Academic
Support
Program
08/11/2014
05/11/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Teri Cundiff,
Kay Roe,
Gary
Ferguson
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Mr. Padula
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
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Strategy 8:
Schools to Watch - Rowan County Middle School will participate in the Schools to Watch i3 Initiative grant. The i3 project employs a multi-layer system of interventions,
supports, and networking, with coaching and mentoring, for both principals and teachers, playing a central role. Specially trained coaches visit the schools twice each
month, helping principals with leadership and planning, setting high expectations, and fostering a culture of shared decision-making and collective responsibility for
student learning.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - School to Watch Mentor
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/07/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Mr. Padula,
Ms. Stafford,
Teachers
DR
Specially trained coach, Steve Tribble, will visit the schools twice each
month, helping principals with leadership and planning, setting high
expectations, and fostering a culture of shared decision-making and
collective responsibility for student learning.
Activity Type
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Goal 3: Increase the cohort graduation rate from 94.3% to 95.6% by the end of the year 2015-16
school year.
Measurable Objective 1:
collaborate to to increase the cohort graduation rate from 94.3% to 945.6% by 05/27/2016 as measured by the graduation formula.
Strategy 1:
Standards Based Instruction/Assessment - Standards Based Instruction and Assessment will be implemented on a schoolwide basis. Standards will be aligned to the
Kentucky Common Core and/or ACT Quality Core. Students will be instructed and assessed on Standards only.
Category: Continuous Improvement
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Activity - Monitor Implementation of Standards Based
Instruction/Assessment
Monitor the implementation of the instructional strategies through walk
through and program fidelity checks.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Policy and
Process
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Administrative
Personnel
Created By
Mike Mathews
DR
Strategy 2:
Test/Retest with RTI - Students will be allowed to retest on standards not mastered. Students must receive additional instruction or complete aditional learning activities
before being permitted to retest.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - RTI
RTI classtime will be scheduled in every class on a regular basis (at least
one class period every two weeks).
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Classroom
Teachers,
Administrative
Staff
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Created On
January 11, 2013
Created By
Mike Mathews
Strategy 3:
PLC Data Teams - PLC data teams will consider all data available, including common formative and summative assessments, in determining the learning needs of
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students and making the appropriate adjustments and improvements in the learning process.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - PLC Meetings
PLCs will meet on a regular basis (at least one time per week) to review
student data.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Progress Notes
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
DR
Status
In Progress
Activity Type
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
All classroom
teachers,
administrative
staff
Created By
Mike Mathews
Goal 4: Increase the average combined reading and math proficiency ratings for all students in
the non-duplicated gap group from 35.8% to 66.4% by 2019.
Measurable Objective 1:
demonstrate a proficiency to increase reading and math scores for all Rowan County students in the non-duplicated gap group from 35.8% to 45.6% by 05/27/2016 as
measured by K-Prep.
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Strategy 1:
RTI - Each school will use their RTI strategies within all of their Tier instruction to help reduce novice reduction.
Category: Learning Systems
Activity - Walk-To Reading Groups
All K-5 students will participate in Walk-To groups based on 95% lessons
that target phonics, phonemic awareness, and fluency.
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Status
In Progress
In Progress
DR
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Progress Notes
Activity - 95% Multisyllabic and Comprehension Lessons
Created On
October 22, 2013
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
All students in K-5 grade will participate in 95% lessons that teach
Academic
multisyllabic and comprehension strategies. Teachers will use their phonics Support
chip kits to help to teach their multi-syllable skills.
Program
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Staff
Responsible
Reading
Coach,
Reg/Special
Ed Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Created By
Mike Mathews
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principal
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
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Created By
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Activity - 95% Diagnostic Assessments
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All students not meeting benchmark will be administered 95%
assessments (PASI and PSI) to develop RTI intervention groups.
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principals
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - Progress Monitoring
Activity Type
DR
All students receiving Tier II and III interventions will be progress monitored Academic
using curriculum-based measures every two to three weeks.
Support
Program
Created On
January 11, 2013
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, Tilden Hogge Elementary School,
Rodburn Elementary School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity - Job-Embedded Professional Development
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Special education/regular ed. teachers will continue to be provided job
embedded professional development using research-based intervention
strategies to help close the reading gap with students with and without
disabilities.
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
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Resource
Assigned
$22500
Staff
Responsible
Resource
Teachers,
Teachers,
School
Administrator
s
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Title I Part A
Staff
Responsible
95% Reading
Intervention
Consultant,
Reading
Coach,
Special
Ed/Regular
Ed teachers
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Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Activity - Scott Foresman Reading Street
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The district recently purchased for all K-5 elementary teachers Scott
Foresman Reading Series to be implemented. Training was provided by
the company on how to implement the series with all K-5 teachers.
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
05/20/2014
07/31/2014
Resource
Assigned
$120000
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Grant Funds
DR
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Staff
Responsible
District
personnel,
Scott
Foresman
representative
, principals,
teachers
Strategy 2:
Least Restrictive Environment - School administrators and special education staff will receive training and support from district special education administrators to
ensure that special education services are appropriately provided in the least restrictive environment.
Category: Management Systems
Activity - Best Practices
Activity Type
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Training will continue to be provided on determining Least Restrictive
Environment to implement specially designed instruction for students
identified with disabilities under IDEA through both special education
instructional coaches for all schools.
Status
In Progress
DR
Schools:All Schools
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Progress Notes
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
No Funding
Required
Director of
Special
Education,
Assistant
Director of
Special
Education, all
district special
education
teachers, all
district school
principals/Ad
missions and
Release
Committee
Chairpersons,
school
psychologists,
and related
service
providers
Created By
Mike Mathews
Strategy 3:
Monitoring of Suspension Rate - Rowan County School District will continue to maintain a 2% or less suspension rate between nondisabled and disabled students.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - Suspension Rate Monitoring
Activity Type
Rowan County special education staff will regularly monitor suspensions of Behavioral
special needs students to ensure that all data is reviewed by admissions
Support
and release committees to ensure that appropriate instruction and supports Program
are in place to effectively address behavioral needs. This monitoring will
assist in maintaining current low suspension rate of disabled students.
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
District
Special
Education
Personnel
Schools:All Schools
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In Progress
Progress Notes
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Created By
Mike Mathews
Strategy 4:
Planning and Accountibility Requirements - All schools have a student placement policy in place through their SBDM council.
Category: Management Systems
Activity - Equitable Distribution of Students
Schools:All Schools
DR
All schools use their site based council policy on student placement that
assures that all students are equitably divided among all teachers. This
policy helps assure that all inexperienced, ineffective teachers or out of
field teachers do not have a higher rate of minorities, low socioeconomic,
and students with disabilities in their classroom.
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Policy and
Process
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Principal,
SBDM
members,
Teachers
Resource
Assigned
$185503
Source Of
Staff
Funding
Responsible
Title II Part A Superintende
nt, Principals,
Curriculum
Coaches
Strategy 5:
TELL Survey - The TELL survey helps to measure the working conditions of all schools.
Category: Professional Learning & Support
Activity - Facilities and Support
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Curriculum coaches have been hired to help give teachers more
professional support in the classroom.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Schools:All Schools
Measurable Objective 2:
demonstrate a proficiency to increase math scores for all Rowan County elementary students in the non-duplicated gap from 35.7% to 47.4% by 05/15/2015 as
measured by K-Prep.
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Strategy 1:
Math Initiatives - Elementary K-5 math teachers have been trained to use the SNAP(Student Numeracy Assessment Progression) math screener (K-2), and the
DNK(Developing Number Knowledge) screener (3-5) to help diagnose math students who have scored below benchmark according to MAP data. Teachers will then
differentiate their math instruction according to the math students diagnostic data and group them accordingly into small flexible RTI groups.
Category: Learning Systems
Research Cited: SNAP/DNK are diagnostic tools for teachers to use to find out student understanding in regard to knowledge of number. Both screeners were created
by the US Math Recovery Council. MAP is a diagnostic adaptive norm referenced test to help educators understand student understanding in reading and math.
Activity - SNAP and DNK Diagnostics
Activity Type
DR
All K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK diagnostic Direct
screener assessment tools to those students that score below bench mark Instruction
on the MAP assessment in order for them to make benchmark through
small flexible RTI groups.
Begin Date
End Date
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All K-5
teachers,
Principals
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity - Math Data Teams
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
The K-5 math teachers will continue to use the data team process to help
differentiate instruction in the classroom to improve student achievement.
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Schools:Clearfield Elementary School, McBrayer Elementary School,
Tilden Hogge Elementary School, Rodburn Elementary School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
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Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Principals,
teachers,
curriculum
coaches
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Measurable Objective 3:
demonstrate a proficiency to increase writing scores for all Rowan County elementary students in the non-duplicated gap from 28.2 % to 44.6 % by 05/15/2015 as
measured by K-Prep.
Strategy 1:
Writing Policies and Procedure - All teachers will continue to implement best practices when teaching writing, all elementary students in the non-duplicated gap group
will increase their knowledge of audience awareness, purpose/focus, idea development, structure, and language and mechanics. The SBDM School Councils and
administrators will evaluate the school writing program and resources. The monitoring of the writing program will take place through the program review process and
through classroom observations.
DR
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - Writing Action Plan
Activity Type
A district wide action writing plan has been put in place to help monitor and Academic
support all schools in the implementation of their schools writing plan. The Support
monitoring will also take place during the program review district audit team Program
that will evaluate where each school with their writing plan evidence.
Schools:All Schools
Status
In Progress
Begin Date
End Date
11/20/2014
05/15/2015
Progress Notes
Activity - Program Review/Writing
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Each school will add a Writing Program Review goal to their CSIP in order Academic
to monitor and improve their writing processes throughout the year.
Support
Program
Schools:All Schools
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End Date
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Instructional
Supervisor,
Principals,
Curriculum
coaches
teachers
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Principals,
Curriculum
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teachers
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In Progress
Progress Notes
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Measurable Objective 4:
demonstrate a proficiency to increase the combined reading and math scores for all Rowan County middle school students with disabilities from 9.8% to 26.2% by
05/11/2015 as measured by K-Prep.
DR
Strategy 1:
Collaboration Time - The least restrictive environment for special education students will be closely monitored by special education teachers and ARC chairs. If
possible, students will receive instruction in the regular education setting. Special education and regular education teachers will learn effective ways to collaborate. If
resource rooms can not totally be eliminated due to student needs, then teachers will strive to provide students with on-grade instruction.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Research Cited: Current special education data suggest that students learn more when in the regular education setting instead of a resource room.
Activity - Co-Teaching for Gap Closure Grant
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/15/2015
RCMS is in the second year of the Co-Teaching for Gap Closure Grant. In Academic
this phase, the regular education teacher and special education teacher
Support
that participated in the first year of the grant, begin to share information
Program
with other teachers
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Michelle
Martin and
Stacie May
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All Teachers
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Activity - Least Restrictive Environment: Regular Education Classroom
Education Classroom
Teachers will use the data team process in order to help differentiate
instructional practices to help close the gap.
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
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Activity - Students Retake/Redo Tests and Assignments
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Students with disabilities are allowed to redo/retake summative
assessments after participating in some reteaching activity.
Academic
Support
Program
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All teachers
Measurable Objective 5:
demonstrate a proficiency to increase the combined math and reading scores for all free and reduced Rowan County middle school students from 38.6% to 48.5% .
by 05/15/2015 as measured by K-Prep.
DR
Strategy 1:
Data Team Process - Teachers will use the data team process to differentiate their instruction to help increase student achievement.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - Name and Claim
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Teachers will use their data team forms to help identify and name and
claim students according to their needs.
Academic
Support
Program
08/18/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
All teachers
Schools:Rowan County Middle School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Created On
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Created By
Mike Mathews
Measurable Objective 6:
demonstrate a proficiency demonstrate a proficiency in non-duplicated gap groups in reading at Rowan County Senior HIgh from 45 to 52.2 by 05/15/2015 as
measured by EOC.
Strategy 1:
Common Plannings - The master schedule will provide time for common planning
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Category: Learning Systems
Activity - Data Teams in Common Planning
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Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated in the Master
Schedule to review data from common formative and summative
assessments, state tests and student needs.
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Progress Notes
DR
Status
In Progress
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Scheduling
team,
teachers
Created By
Mike Mathews
Strategy 2:
Intentional RTI through VIP in Master Schedule - Students will be placed in intervention/enrichment classes according to individual student data.
Category: Learning Systems
Activity - RTI (VIP) period
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Students will be placed in intervention/enrichment classes according to
assessment data.
Tutoring
08/11/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Admin,
Teachers
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Measurable Objective 7:
demonstrate a proficiency in non-duplicated gap groups in Writing at Rowan County Senior High from 26.5 to 42.4 by 05/15/2015 as measured by K-Prep.
Strategy 1:
Reading/Writing Specific Professional Development - Content specific professional development based on school, student, and teacher data analysis will impact
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Activity - On-Demand Writing Professional Development
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Writing Team facilitated professional development focused upon OnDemand Writing for all teachers.
Professional
Learning
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
Schools:All Schools
Progress Notes
DR
Status
In Progress
Activity - KDE Workshop on Development of School and District Level
Writing Plans
KDE Workshop outlined process of the development of a school level
Writing/Literacy Plan.
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Policy and
Process
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Writing/Litera
cy Committee
Members
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Writing/Litera
cy Committee
Members
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Status
In Progress
Progress Notes
Created On
January 11, 2013
Activity - KDE "Close the Gap" Summit
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Educators across the state share ideas and information focused upon
closing achievement gaps.
Professional
Learning
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Created By
Mike Mathews
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Assistant
principal and
principal
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
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Measurable Objective 8:
demonstrate a proficiency in the the non-dupicated gap groups in math from 23.8% to 40% by 05/15/2015 as measured by measured by EOC.
Strategy 1:
Common Planning - The master schedule will provide time for common planning
Category: Learning Systems
Activity - Data Teams in Common Planning
Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated in the Master
Schedule to review data from common formative and summative
assessments, state tests and student needs.
DR
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/22/2015
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Scheduling
team,
teachers
Strategy 2:
Intentional RTI through VIP in Master Schedules - Students will be placed in intervention/enrichment classes according to individual student data.
Category: Learning Systems
Activity - RTI (VIP) period
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Students will be placed in intervention/enrichment classes according to
assessment data.
Tutoring
08/14/2014
05/15/2015
Schools:All Schools
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Admin,
Teachers
Strategy 3:
ALGEBRA 2 EOC test practice - Teachers will develop practice tests through the quality core test bank.
Category: Learning Systems
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Activity - ALGEBRA 2 EOC quality core test items
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Teachers develop and administer ALGEBRA 2 EOC practice tests.
Direct
Instruction
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
Schools:Rowan County Senior High School
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Math
Teachers
Goal 5: By 2021, Rowan County Schools will reduce the average total number of students scoring
novice level in the math and reading from 45.4% to 22.6%.
DR
Measurable Objective 1:
collaborate to reduce the total average of Rowan County students scoring at the novice level in math and reading from 45.4% to 40.9% by 05/27/2016 as measured by
as measured by KPREP.
Strategy 1:
30-60-90 Day Plan - The district has put in place a monitoring tool to help assist/support schools with their school plans.
Category: Continuous Improvement
Activity - Principal Liasion Meetings
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
School leadership from each school will meet monthly with the
Superintendent and district administrators to discuss the rollout of their
CSIP.
Academic
Support
Program
01/11/2016
04/22/2016
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Resource
Assigned
$0
Source Of
Funding
No Funding
Required
Staff
Responsible
Each school's
leadership
team,
Superintende
nt and district
administrators
Resource
Assigned
Source Of
Funding
Staff
Responsible
Schools:All Schools
Activity - District Leadership Meeting
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The district will provide support and training to all schools in helping
establish a 30-60-90 day district plan.
12/09/2015
12/09/2015
$0
No Funding
Required
District
Novice Team,
KDE
representative
, School
leadership
teams, and
Superintende
nt
DR
Schools:All Schools
Academic
Support
Program
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Activity Summary by Funding Source
Below is a breakdown of your activities by funding source
Grant Funds
Activity Description
Activity Type
KyAHED Grant
Grant used to expose students to college and career
activities.
Scott Foresman Reading
Street
The district recently purchased for all K-5 elementary
teachers Scott Foresman Reading Series to be
implemented. Training was provided by the company on
how to implement the series with all K-5 teachers.
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
Academic
05/20/2014
Support
Program
Title II Part A
Activity Name
Curriculum Coaches
DR
Activity Name
Facilities and Support
Begin Date
End Date
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$3200
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Guidance
07/31/2014
$120000
District
personnel,
Scott
Foresman
representative
, principals,
teachers
Total
$123200
Activity Description
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Curriculum coaches will work with all schools in helping
provide job embedded professional development to
classroom teachers along with helping teachers analyze
reading/math data and help create small RTI flexible
groupings.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$75000
Curriculum coaches have been hired to help give teachers
more professional support in the classroom.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$185503
Total
$260503
End Date
Resource
Assigned
Staff
Responsible
Curriculum
coaches,
teachers,
principal,
instructional
supervisor
Superintende
nt, Principals,
Curriculum
Coaches
Title I Part A
Activity Name
Activity Description
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Begin Date
Staff
Responsible
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RTI Professional
Development
All elemetary schools will recieve professional development Professional
in reading interventions twice a year from the 95% reading Learning
intervention consultant. The consultant will help teacher
anaylze student data and give specific reading intervention
strategies for students that have been identified with
reading deficits.
Job-Embedded Professional Special education/regular ed. teachers will continue to be
Development
provided job embedded professional development using
research-based intervention strategies to help close the
reading gap with students with and without disabilities.
The district has employed two part-time ELL tutors across Academic
the district to help those students overcome any language Support
barriers they may have in order for them to be successful in Program
the classroom.
DR
ELL Services
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22600
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22500
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$10000
Title I Resouce Teacher
The Title I resource teachers (K-5) will support classroom
instruction in math and reading through the RTI process
and help classroom teachers to model best instructional
practices.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$194500
Full-Day Kindergarten
By providing full-day Kindergarten, this will help provide for
in-depth core math instruction to help increase student
achievement in math
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/20/2015
$330000
Total
$579600
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$120000
Total
$120000
State Funds
Activity Name
Activity Description
Extended School Services
Those students that have been identified for RTI
Academic
interventions in math and reading will also have an ESS
Support
tutoring taken place during the day, after school and before Program
school.
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Activity Type
All elementary
teachers
Reading
Coach
principals
Title I
Coordinator
95%
Consultant
95% Reading
Intervention
Consultant,
Reading
Coach,
Special
Ed/Regular
Ed teachers
ELL Director,
ELL tutors,
school
councelors ,
and Title I
Director
School
Principals,
Title I
teachers,
classroom
teachers, Title
I Director
School
Principals,
teachers, Title
I Director
Staff
Responsible
School
principals,
teachers,
district
administrators
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Activity Name
Activity Description
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Monitor Implementation of
Standards Based
Instruction/Assessment
Common Planning
Monitor the implementation of the instructional strategies
through walk through and program fidelity checks.
Policy and
Process
08/13/2015
Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated
in the Master Schedule to review data from common
formative and summative assessments, state tests and
student needs. Common Planning is an area that needed
addressing according to the TELL Survey.
Administration, Guidance Counselors, and Members of
Economic Development Council meeti with all seniors in
PAC to provided them with information about the WorkKeys
Assessment regarding format, topics, and significance.
Academic
Support
Program
Student Orientation to
WorkKeys
Teacher training on
WorkKeys, Industry
Certificates, and KOSSA
Best Practices
Staff
Responsible
Administrative
Personnel
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Administration
and
scheduling
team,
teachers
Scheduling
Team,
Members of
Economic
Development
Council
CTE
Teachers
All CTE teachers will use KOSSA, WorkKeys and Industry
Certificate test items as bellringers
Academic
Support
Program
Designated teachers receive training which will allow them Professional
to proctor the WorkKeys Assessment, Industry Certificates, Learning
and KOSSA
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Training will continue to be provided on determining Least
Restrictive Environment to implement specially designed
instruction for students identified with disabilities under
IDEA through both special education instructional coaches
for all schools.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
DR
CTE Bellringer Activities
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
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Academic
Support
Program
Counselor,
Designated
Faculty must
include CTE
Director of
Special
Education,
Assistant
Director of
Special
Education, all
district special
education
teachers, all
district school
principals/Ad
missions and
Release
Committee
Chairpersons,
school
psychologists,
and related
service
providers
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95% Multisyllabic and
Comprehension Lessons
All students in K-5 grade will participate in 95% lessons that Academic
teach multisyllabic and comprehension strategies. Teachers Support
will use their phonics chip kits to help to teach their multiProgram
syllable skills.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principal
EPAS Goal Setting and ILP
Update
Students will meet with Homeroom Teachers to review
Career Pathways requirements and work with students to
develop goals and improvement strategies based upon
improving EPAS performance.
The scheduling team will meet with all students in small
group settings to define and describe each Career Pathway
and outline the courses and course sequence for each
pathway. They will explain how the course selection and
course sequence help prepare the student in terms of
knowledge base and skill set necessary for success in each
career pathway.
All students not meeting benchmark will be administered
95% assessments (PASI and PSI) to develop RTI
intervention groups.
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Administration
, Homeroom
teachers
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Principal,
Guidance
Counselors,
CTE
Teachers
Academic
Support
Program
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
School leadership from each school will meet monthly with Academic
the Superintendent and district administrators to discuss the Support
rollout of their CSIP.
Program
01/11/2016
04/22/2016
$0
Community
Engagement
08/27/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principals
Each school's
leadership
team,
Superintende
nt and district
administrators
Administration
, Committee
Members
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
Suspension Rate Monitoring Rowan County special education staff will regularly monitor Behavioral
08/13/2015
suspensions of special needs students to ensure that all
Support
data is reviewed by admissions and release committees to Program
ensure that appropriate instruction and supports are in
place to effectively address behavioral needs. This
monitoring will assist in maintaining current low suspension
rate of disabled students.
05/27/2016
$0
05/27/2016
$0
Career Pathway Orientation
95% Diagnostic
Assessments
DR
Principal Liasion Meetings
Implementation and
Committee is developed comprised of CTE Teachers and
Monitoring of a CTE Advisory Community Business and Industry partners which will meet
Committee
regularly to oversee and advise the CTE regarding career
readiness for students.
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK
diagnostic screener assessment tools to those students that
score below bench mark on the MAP assessment in order
for them to make benchmark through small flexible RTI
groups.
CTE Class Development
Classes appropriate for Career Pathways are planned and
reviewed for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Support
Program
Elementary
Principals
Elementary
Teachers K-2
Elementary
Teachers 3-5
Scheduling
Team
District
Special
Education
Personnel
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Student Review of ILP and
Pathway Course Selection
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The Scheduling Team and ILP Facilitators will work with
students one-on-one to aide them in referencing their ILPs
to examine Interest Inventories and EPAS data to guide
them in choosing appropriate career pathways. Students
will develop a course plan for the remainder of their high
school career.
School Wide Implementation CTE teachers collaborate to develop lessons for school
of Consumerism/CCR Unit
wide implementation
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Scheduling
Team
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
CTE
teachers,
Administration
, all
faculty/staff
Administration
,
Teachers/Par
ent volunteers
Classroom
Teachers,
Administrative
Staff
Scheduling
Team, POC
Teachers for
non-CTE
linked Career
Pathways,
ILP
Facilitators
Instructional
Supervisor,
Principals,
Curriculum
coaches,
teachers
Administration
, Content
Area
Classroom
Teachers
Resource
Teachers,
Teachers,
School
Administrator
s
Study Sessions will be made available for students on
Academic
designated Saturdays. Students can select mini-workshops Support
based upon their areas of particular need.
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
RTI
RTI classtime will be scheduled in every class on a regular
basis (at least one class period every two weeks).
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Identification of
Identify worksites and personnel contacts in our community Academic
Business/Community
associated with each Career Pathway through the CTE
Support
Partnerships for Each Career Advisory Committee.
Program
Pathway
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Writing Action Plan
DR
Saturday Study Sessions
A district wide action writing plan has been put in place to
help monitor and support all schools in the implementation
of their schools writing plan.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
ACT Format Bellringers
All content teachers will implement ACT format bellringer
activities as a regular daily procedural classroom activity.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Progress Monitoring
All students receiving Tier II and III interventions will be
progress monitored using curriculum-based measures
every two to three weeks.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
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College and Career Fair
A College/Career Fair will be hosted annually at RCSHS.
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
KOSSA or Industry
Certification
CTE Preparatory students are required to take KOSSA or
Industry Certificate .
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
All K-12 teachers have received Kagan strategies and have Academic
08/13/2015
used these instructional strategies in the classroom to help Support
with student engagement.
Program,
Behavioral
Support
Program
All schools use their site based council policy on student
Policy and
08/13/2015
placement that assures that all students are equitably
Process
divided among all teachers. This policy helps assure that
all inexperienced, ineffective teachers or out of field
teachers do not have a higher rate of minorities, low
socioeconomic, and students with disabilities in their
classroom.
Scheduling Team, homeroom teachers, and ILP facilitators Academic
08/13/2015
aide students in submitting classes for the 2014-2015
Support
school year which are appropriately selected for their career Program
pathway of choice.
PLCs will meet on a regular basis (at least one time per
Academic
08/13/2015
week) to review student data.
Support
Program
05/27/2016
$0
05/27/2016
$0
05/27/2016
$0
Principal,
SBDM
members,
Teachers
05/27/2016
$0
Scheduling
Team
05/27/2016
$0
Operation Preparation
Community Members work one-on-one to advise
Career
08/13/2015
sophomores in career pathway selection through Operation Preparation/O
Preparation.
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Ongoing Implementation of
Work-Based Learning
Partnerships
Contact and educate career partners about the various
types of work-based learning: (Cooperative Education,
Entrepreneurship, Internship, Mentoring, Service-learning,
Shadowing). Determine which work-based learning
opportunities can be developed with each community
partner.
Students who have completed at least three credits in
courses outlined in their particular Career Pathway may
apply for a Work-Based Learning Opportunities in their
Career Pathway.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
All classroom
teachers,
administrative
staff
Scheduling
Team
Librarian,
Technology
Personnel
Scheduling
Team, Career
Pathway POC
Teachers
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Kagan Strategies
Scheduling
PLC Meetings
DR
Equitable Distribution of
Students
Scheduling Students to
Work-Based Learning
Opportunites
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Support
Program
Administration
, Guidance,
Community
Education,
CTE
Teachers,
Community
Partners
Administration
, CTE
Instructors
Teachers,
Principles and
district
administrators
Scheduling
Team, POC
Career
Pathway
Teachers
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The district will provide support and training to all schools in Academic
helping establish a 30-60-90 day district plan.
Support
Program
12/09/2015
12/09/2015
$0
Balanced Literacy Instruction Teachers will continue to plan, implement, and assess
shared reading instruction using grade level text. Core
reading instruction will also include small group guided
reading instruction and/or literature circle instruction based
on student needs and interests. Reading instruction will
include activities that address the five pillars of reading:
vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, phonics, and
phonemic awareness.
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Data Teams
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Total
$0
DR
Walk-To Reading Groups
District Funding
Activity Name
ISLN
The K-12 teachers are creating common
formative/summative assessments in math and will use the
data team process in their PLC time to differentiate their
classroom instruction based off the formative assessment.
All K-5 students will participate in Walk-To groups based on
95% lessons that target phonics, phonemic awareness, and
fluency.
Activity Description
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Administrators and Teacher Leaders will participate in ISLN Professional
sessions with KDE.
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$1000
Total
$1000
End Date
Resource
Assigned
$1000
District
Novice Team,
KDE
representative
, School
leadership
teams, and
Superintende
nt
Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Principals,
teachers,
district
personnel
Reading
Coach,
Reg/Special
Ed Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Staff
Responsible
Principal,
Teacher
Leaders
Other
Activity Name
Activity Description
WorkKeys Retest
List of students is compiled which designates which
Career
08/13/2015
students will need to retest and the section or sections of
Preparation/O
the test which will need to be reassessed in order to earn a rientation
score sufficient to be considered career ready.
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Activity Type
Begin Date
05/27/2016
Staff
Responsible
Administration
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School Council Funds
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Total
$1000
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, SBDM
Council
Activity Name
Activity Description
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Quality Core
Implementation of all proposed EOC Curricula. Resources
for all EOC Courses are made available for teachers' use.
Teachers receive training for EOC courses which are
included in accountability.
ACT Study Programs will be purchased and made available
for students to use beyond the school day, either on site or
at home.
All Freshmen will take the EXPLORE test at the beginning
of their 9th grade year.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$2125
Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$293
Administration
, Librarian
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$2500
Administration
, SBDM
Total
$4918
ACT Study Programs
DR
EXPLORE Assessment
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Activity Summary by School
Below is a breakdown of activity by school.
All Schools
Activity Description
Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Best Practices
Training will continue to be provided on determining Least
Restrictive Environment to implement specially designed
instruction for students identified with disabilities under
IDEA through both special education instructional coaches
for all schools.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Behavioral
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Academic
Support
Program
11/20/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Each school will add a Writing Program Review goal to their Academic
CSIP in order to monitor and improve their writing
Support
processes throughout the year.
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
DR
Activity Name
Suspension Rate Monitoring Rowan County special education staff will regularly monitor
suspensions of special needs students to ensure that all
data is reviewed by admissions and release committees to
ensure that appropriate instruction and supports are in
place to effectively address behavioral needs. This
monitoring will assist in maintaining current low suspension
rate of disabled students.
Writing Action Plan
A district wide action writing plan has been put in place to
help monitor and support all schools in the implementation
of their schools writing plan. The monitoring will also take
place during the program review district audit team that will
evaluate where each school with their writing plan evidence.
Program Review/Writing
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Staff
Responsible
Director of
Special
Education,
Assistant
Director of
Special
Education, all
district special
education
teachers, all
district school
principals/Ad
missions and
Release
Committee
Chairpersons,
school
psychologists,
and related
service
providers
District
Special
Education
Personnel
Instructional
Supervisor,
Principals,
Curriculum
coaches
teachers
Principals,
Curriculum
coaches,
teachers
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On-Demand Writing
Professional Development
Writing Team facilitated professional development focused
upon On-Demand Writing for all teachers.
Professional
Learning
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Curriculum Coaches
Curriculum coaches will work with all schools in helping
provide job embedded professional development to
classroom teachers along with helping teachers analyze
reading/math data and help create small RTI flexible
groupings.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$75000
Data Teams
The K-12 teachers are creating common
formative/summative assessments in math and will use the
data team process in their PLC time to differentiate their
classroom instruction based off the formative assessment.
The district has just increased the width band of the internet
connection that should allow for faster and reliable internet
access across the district that will help with the use of
classroom instruction in the classroom in all content areas
All schools use their site base council policy on student
placement that assures that all students are equitably
divided among all teachers. This policy helps assure that
all inexperienced teachers or out of field teachers do not
have a higher rate of minorities, low socioecomic, and
students with disabilities in their classrooms. All of our
teachers are highly qualified. We also have a first year
teaching program that provides monthly training throughout
the school year to help them with best teaching practices,
classroom management skills, assessment literacy,
curriculum alignment and any other topics the first year
teachers need help with.
Students will be placed in intervention/enrichment classes
according to assessment data.
A district wide action writing plan has been put in place to
help monitor and support all schools in the implementation
of their schools writing plan.
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Technology
08/06/2013
05/22/2015
$0
Policy and
Process
08/08/2014
05/21/2015
$0
SBDM
Coordinator,
School SBDM
councils
Tutoring
08/14/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Extended School Services
Those students that have been identified for RTI
Academic
interventions in math and reading will also have an ESS
Support
tutoring taken place during the day, after school and before Program
school.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$120000
ELL Services
The district has employed two part-time ELL tutors across Academic
the district to help those students overcome any language Support
barriers they may have in order for them to be successful in Program
the classroom.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$10000
Admin,
Teachers
Instructional
Supervisor,
Principals,
Curriculum
coaches,
teachers
School
principals,
teachers,
district
administrators
ELL Director,
ELL tutors,
school
councelors ,
and Title I
Director
Increasing reliabilty and
speed connections with the
internet
RTI (VIP) period
Writing Action Plan
DR
Achieving Equitable
Distribution
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cy Committee
Members
Curriculum
coaches,
teachers,
principal,
instructional
supervisor
Principals,
teachers,
district
personnel
District
Technology
Coordinator
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Principal Liasion Meetings
School leadership from each school will meet monthly with Academic
the Superintendent and district administrators to discuss the Support
rollout of their CSIP.
Program
01/11/2016
04/22/2016
$0
District Leadership Meeting
The district will provide support and training to all schools in Academic
helping establish a 30-60-90 day district plan.
Support
Program
12/09/2015
12/09/2015
$0
Kagan Strategies
All K-12 teachers have received Kagan strategies and have Academic
used these instructional strategies in the classroom to help Support
with student engagement.
Program,
Behavioral
Support
Program
All schools use their site based council policy on student
Policy and
placement that assures that all students are equitably
Process
divided among all teachers. This policy helps assure that
all inexperienced, ineffective teachers or out of field
teachers do not have a higher rate of minorities, low
socioeconomic, and students with disabilities in their
classroom.
Curriculum coaches have been hired to help give teachers Academic
more professional support in the classroom.
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Principal,
SBDM
members,
Teachers
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$185503
Superintende
nt, Principals,
Curriculum
Coaches
Total
$390503
Begin Date
End Date
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
DR
Equitable Distribution of
Students
Facilities and Support
Each school's
leadership
team,
Superintende
nt and district
administrators
District
Novice Team,
KDE
representative
, School
leadership
teams, and
Superintende
nt
Teachers,
Principles and
district
administrators
Tilden Hogge Elementary School
Activity Name
Activity Description
Activity Type
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK Direct
diagnostic screener assessment tools to those students that Instruction
score below bench mark on the MAP assessment in order
for them to make benchmark through small flexible RTI
groups.
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Responsible
Elementary
Principals
Elementary
Teachers K-2
Elementary
Teachers 3-5
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RTI Professional
Development
All elemetary schools will recieve professional development Professional
in reading interventions twice a year from the 95% reading Learning
intervention consultant. The consultant will help teacher
anaylze student data and give specific reading intervention
strategies for students that have been identified with
reading deficits.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22600
Walk-To Reading Groups
All K-5 students will participate in Walk-To groups based on Academic
95% lessons that target phonics, phonemic awareness, and Support
fluency.
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
95% Multisyllabic and
Comprehension Lessons
All students in K-5 grade will participate in 95% lessons that Academic
teach multisyllabic and comprehension strategies. Teachers Support
will use their phonics chip kits to help to teach their multiProgram
syllable skills.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principal
95% Diagnostic
Assessments
All students not meeting benchmark will be administered
95% assessments (PASI and PSI) to develop RTI
intervention groups.
Academic
Support
Program
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All students receiving Tier II and III interventions will be
progress monitored using curriculum-based measures
every two to three weeks.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22500
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principals
Resource
Teachers,
Teachers,
School
Administrator
s
95% Reading
Intervention
Consultant,
Reading
Coach,
Special
Ed/Regular
Ed teachers
Progress Monitoring
DR
Balanced Literacy Instruction Teachers will continue to plan, implement, and assess
shared reading instruction using grade level text. Core
reading instruction will also include small group guided
reading instruction and/or literature circle instruction based
on student needs and interests. Reading instruction will
include activities that address the five pillars of reading:
vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, phonics, and
phonemic awareness.
Job-Embedded Professional Special education/regular ed. teachers will continue to be
Development
provided job embedded professional development using
research-based intervention strategies to help close the
reading gap with students with and without disabilities.
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All elementary
teachers
Reading
Coach
principals
Title I
Coordinator
95%
Consultant
Reading
Coach,
Reg/Special
Ed Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
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Direct
Instruction
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All K-5
teachers,
Principals
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Full-Day Kindergarten
By providing full-day Kindergarten, this will help provide for
in-depth core math instruction to help increase student
achievement in math
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/20/2015
$330000
Title I Resouce Teacher
The Title I resource teachers (K-5) will support classroom
instruction in math and reading through the RTI process
and help classroom teachers to model best instructional
practices.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$194500
Scott Foresman Reading
Street
The district recently purchased for all K-5 elementary
teachers Scott Foresman Reading Series to be
implemented. Training was provided by the company on
how to implement the series with all K-5 teachers.
Academic
Support
Program
05/20/2014
07/31/2014
$120000
Principals,
teachers,
curriculum
coaches
School
Principals,
teachers, Title
I Director
School
Principals,
Title I
teachers,
classroom
teachers, Title
I Director
District
personnel,
Scott
Foresman
representative
, principals,
teachers
Total
$689600
Staff
Responsible
Administration
, Committee
Members
Administration
and
scheduling
team,
teachers
DR
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics All K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and
DNK diagnostic screener assessment tools to those
students that score below bench mark on the MAP
assessment in order for them to make benchmark through
small flexible RTI groups.
Math Data Teams
The K-5 math teachers will continue to use the data team
process to help differentiate instruction in the classroom to
improve student achievement.
Rowan County Senior High School
Activity Name
Activity Description
Implementation and
Committee is developed comprised of CTE Teachers and
Monitoring of a CTE Advisory Community Business and Industry partners which will meet
Committee
regularly to oversee and advise the CTE regarding career
readiness for students.
Common Planning
Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated
in the Master Schedule to review data from common
formative and summative assessments, state tests and
student needs. Common Planning is an area that needed
addressing according to the TELL Survey.
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Activity Type
Begin Date
End Date
Community
Engagement
08/27/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
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Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Principal,
Guidance
Counselors,
CTE
Teachers
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Scheduling
Team
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Scheduling
Team
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
Identification of
Identify worksites and personnel contacts in our community Academic
08/13/2015
Business/Community
associated with each Career Pathway through the CTE
Support
Partnerships for Each Career Advisory Committee.
Program
Pathway
05/27/2016
$0
Scheduling
Team
05/27/2016
$0
Ongoing Implementation of
Work-Based Learning
Partnerships
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Scheduling
Team, POC
Teachers for
non-CTE
linked Career
Pathways,
ILP
Facilitators
Scheduling
Team, Career
Pathway POC
Teachers
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Student Review of ILP and
Pathway Course Selection
Scheduling
DR
CTE Class Development
The scheduling team will meet with all students in small
group settings to define and describe each Career Pathway
and outline the courses and course sequence for each
pathway. They will explain how the course selection and
course sequence help prepare the student in terms of
knowledge base and skill set necessary for success in each
career pathway.
The Scheduling Team and ILP Facilitators will work with
students one-on-one to aide them in referencing their ILPs
to examine Interest Inventories and EPAS data to guide
them in choosing appropriate career pathways. Students
will develop a course plan for the remainder of their high
school career.
Scheduling Team, homeroom teachers, and ILP facilitators
aide students in submitting classes for the 2014-2015
school year which are appropriately selected for their career
pathway of choice.
Classes appropriate for Career Pathways are planned and
reviewed for the 2014-2015 school year.
Scheduling Students to
Work-Based Learning
Opportunites
Contact and educate career partners about the various
types of work-based learning: (Cooperative Education,
Entrepreneurship, Internship, Mentoring, Service-learning,
Shadowing). Determine which work-based learning
opportunities can be developed with each community
partner.
Students who have completed at least three credits in
courses outlined in their particular Career Pathway may
apply for a Work-Based Learning Opportunities in their
Career Pathway.
Academic
Support
Program
Teacher training on
WorkKeys, Industry
Certificates, and KOSSA
Designated teachers receive training which will allow them Professional
to proctor the WorkKeys Assessment, Industry Certificates, Learning
and KOSSA
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Student Orientation to
WorkKeys
Administration, Guidance Counselors, and Members of
Career
08/13/2015
Economic Development Council meeti with all seniors in
Preparation/O
PAC to provided them with information about the WorkKeys rientation
Assessment regarding format, topics, and significance.
05/27/2016
$0
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Scheduling
Team, POC
Career
Pathway
Teachers
Counselor,
Designated
Faculty must
include CTE
Scheduling
Team,
Members of
Economic
Development
Council
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List of students is compiled which designates which
students will need to retest and the section or sections of
the test which will need to be reassessed in order to earn a
score sufficient to be considered career ready.
CTE Preparatory students are required to take KOSSA or
Industry Certificate .
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$1000
Administration
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
All CTE teachers will use KOSSA, WorkKeys and Industry Academic
08/13/2015
Certificate test items as bellringers
Support
Program
Implementation of all proposed EOC Curricula. Resources Academic
08/13/2015
for all EOC Courses are made available for teachers' use. Support
Teachers receive training for EOC courses which are
Program
included in accountability.
All content teachers will implement ACT format bellringer
Academic
08/13/2015
activities as a regular daily procedural classroom activity.
Support
Program
05/27/2016
$0
05/27/2016
$0
Administration
, CTE
Instructors
CTE
Teachers
05/27/2016
$2125
Administration
, SBDM
Council
05/27/2016
$0
All Freshmen will take the EXPLORE test at the beginning
of their 9th grade year.
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$2500
Administration
, Content
Area
Classroom
Teachers
Administration
, SBDM
Students will meet with Homeroom Teachers to review
Career Pathways requirements and work with students to
develop goals and improvement strategies based upon
improving EPAS performance.
Administrators and Teacher Leaders will participate in ISLN Professional
sessions with KDE.
Learning
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Administration
, Homeroom
teachers
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$1000
Monitor Implementation of
Standards Based
Instruction/Assessment
RTI
Monitor the implementation of the instructional strategies
through walk through and program fidelity checks.
Policy and
Process
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Principal,
Teacher
Leaders
Administrative
Personnel
RTI classtime will be scheduled in every class on a regular
basis (at least one class period every two weeks).
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
PLC Meetings
PLCs will meet on a regular basis (at least one time per
week) to review student data.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
KDE Workshop outlined process of the development of a
school level Writing/Literacy Plan.
Policy and
Process
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated Academic
in the Master Schedule to review data from common
Support
formative and summative assessments, state tests and
Program
student needs.
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
KOSSA or Industry
Certification
CTE Bellringer Activities
Quality Core
ACT Format Bellringers
DR
EXPLORE Assessment
EPAS Goal Setting and ILP
Update
ISLN
KDE Workshop on
Development of School and
District Level Writing Plans
Data Teams in Common
Planning
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Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
Classroom
Teachers,
Administrative
Staff
All classroom
teachers,
administrative
staff
Writing/Litera
cy Committee
Members
Administration
, Scheduling
team,
teachers
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Operation Preparation
Community Members work one-on-one to advise
Career
08/13/2015
sophomores in career pathway selection through Operation Preparation/O
Preparation.
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
ACT Study Programs
ACT Study Programs will be purchased and made available
for students to use beyond the school day, either on site or
at home.
Study Sessions will be made available for students on
designated Saturdays. Students can select mini-workshops
based upon their areas of particular need.
Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$293
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/22/2015
$0
KDE "Close the Gap"
Summit
Common teacher planning and PLC time will be designated
in the Master Schedule to review data from common
formative and summative assessments, state tests and
student needs.
Educators across the state share ideas and information
focused upon closing achievement gaps.
Professional
Learning
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
College and Career Fair
A College/Career Fair will be hosted annually at RCSHS.
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$0
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
Career
08/13/2015
Preparation/O
rientation
05/27/2016
$3200
05/27/2016
$0
Tutoring
08/11/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Direct
Instruction
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Total
$10118
End Date
Resource
Assigned
Saturday Study Sessions
KyAHED Grant
DR
Data Teams in Common
Planning
Grant used to expose students to college and career
activities.
School Wide Implementation CTE teachers collaborate to develop lessons for school
of Consumerism/CCR Unit
wide implementation
RTI (VIP) period
ALGEBRA 2 EOC quality
core test items
Students will be placed in intervention/enrichment classes
according to assessment data.
Teachers develop and administer ALGEBRA 2 EOC
practice tests.
Scheduling
Team
Librarian,
Technology
Personnel
Administration
, Librarian
Administration
,
Teachers/Par
ent volunteers
Administration
, Scheduling
team,
teachers
Assistant
principal and
principal
Administration
, Guidance,
Community
Education,
CTE
Teachers,
Community
Partners
Administration
, Guidance
CTE
teachers,
Administration
, all
faculty/staff
Admin,
Teachers
Math
Teachers
Rowan County Middle School
Activity Name
Activity Description
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Begin Date
Staff
Responsible
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Differentiated Instruction
Students will be assigned to a differentiated instructional
class according to their assessment score from (MAP,KPREP, Explore).
Academic
Support
Program
08/14/2014
05/15/2015
$0
MAP Planning/Progress
Monitoring
MAP assessments will be administered three times a year
at all grade levels in the area of reading and math to help
plan classroom activities and progress monitor student
achievement
Academic
Support
Program
08/22/2014
04/17/2015
$0
Grade Level PLC's
Teachers will participate in PLCs with same grade level
teachers to discuss student progress data and/or any other
academic issues.
Teachers will use their data team forms to help identify and
name and claim students according to their needs.
Professional
Learning
08/13/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Language
Arts Staff
Instructional
Aids Principal,
Assistant
Principal
Language
Arts and
Math
Teachers,
Cheryl Plank,
Beth Harding,
Kellie Goldy
All teachers.
Academic
Support
Program
Professional
Learning
08/18/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All teachers
08/14/2014
05/14/2015
$0
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All Teachers,
Paula
Stafford, Jay
Padula
Michelle
Martin and
Stacie May
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All Teachers
Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/21/2015
$0
Teachers
08/07/2014
05/22/2015
$0
08/07/2014
05/22/2015
$0
Mr. Padula
and Ms.
Stafford
All teachers
08/07/2014
05/21/2015
$0
11/03/2014
11/25/2014
$0
Name and Claim
Teachers will meet within their departments to discuss
student progress data and/or any other academic issues.
DR
Departmental PLC's
Co-Teaching for Gap Closure RCMS is in the second year of the Co-Teaching for Gap
Grant
Closure Grant. In this phase, the regular education teacher
and special education teacher that participated in the first
year of the grant, begin to share information with other
teachers
Least Restrictive
Teachers will use the data team process in order to help
Environment: Regular
differentiate instructional practices to help close the gap.
Education Classroom
Education Classroom
After-School PLC/Data Team Teacher meet as needed from 3:05 to 3:30 to continue with
PLC/Data Team conversations and/or participate in parent
conferences.
Administration Attend
Mr. Padula and Ms. Stafford attend PLC/Data Team
PLC/Data Teams
meetings as needed throughout the year to discuss student
progress and to monitor PLC/Data Team meetings.
Redo and Retakes
Teachers will allow all students to redo/retake any
summative assessment. Before students are reassessed,
they must participate in some reteaching activity.
Literacy Connections in
Social studies teachers implement Literacy Design
Social Studies Classroom
Collaborative and non-fiction activities into their rotation
classes to help students improve reading and writing skills.
Assistant Principal and
Counselor and Assistant Principal shared the results of the
Counselor to Share
EXPLORE test with the 7th and 8th grade students,
EXPLORE Data
respectively.
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All social
studies
teachers
Paula Stafford
and Cheryl
Plank
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7th and 6th Grade EXPLORE All teachers teachers teach/review content specific
Review
EXPLORE questions with their students throughout the
year.
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/14/2015
$0
7th Grade to take EXPLORE 7th grade students will take an EXPLORE practice test.
Academic
practice test
Data will used to educate students on EXPLORE
Support
benchmarks and for teachers to use in planning instruction. Program
10/16/2014
05/11/2015
$0
ESS- Daytime
09/08/2014
05/14/2015
$0
08/11/2014
05/11/2015
$0
08/07/2014
05/07/2015
$0
Mr. Padula,
Ms. Stafford,
Teachers
08/15/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All teachers
Total
$0
Begin Date
End Date
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK Direct
diagnostic screener assessment tools to those students that Instruction
score below bench mark on the MAP assessment in order
for them to make benchmark through small flexible RTI
groups.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
RTI Professional
Development
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22600
Using MAP, KPREP, and classroom data, students will be
pulled for small group and individual instruction in math.
Tutoring is available in the cafeteria from 3:05 until 4:30 pm. Academic
Support
Program
School to Watch Mentor
Specially trained coach, Steve Tribble, will visit the schools Academic
twice each month, helping principals with leadership and
Support
planning, setting high expectations, and fostering a culture Program
of shared decision-making and collective responsibility for
student learning.
Students Retake/Redo Tests Students with disabilities are allowed to redo/retake
Academic
and Assignments
summative assessments after participating in some
Support
reteaching activity.
Program
DR
After School Tutoring
Tutoring
All Language
Arts, Math
and Science
teachers
Cheryl Plank,
Beth Harding,
and 7th grade
teachers
Teri Cundiff,
Kay Roe,
Gary
Ferguson
Mr. Padula
Rodburn Elementary School
Activity Name
Activity Description
Activity Type
All elemetary schools will recieve professional development Professional
in reading interventions twice a year from the 95% reading Learning
intervention consultant. The consultant will help teacher
anaylze student data and give specific reading intervention
strategies for students that have been identified with
reading deficits.
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Staff
Responsible
Elementary
Principals
Elementary
Teachers K-2
Elementary
Teachers 3-5
All elementary
teachers
Reading
Coach
principals
Title I
Coordinator
95%
Consultant
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Walk-To Reading Groups
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All K-5 students will participate in Walk-To groups based on Academic
95% lessons that target phonics, phonemic awareness, and Support
fluency.
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
95% Multisyllabic and
Comprehension Lessons
All students in K-5 grade will participate in 95% lessons that Academic
teach multisyllabic and comprehension strategies. Teachers Support
will use their phonics chip kits to help to teach their multiProgram
syllable skills.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principal
95% Diagnostic
Assessments
All students not meeting benchmark will be administered
95% assessments (PASI and PSI) to develop RTI
intervention groups.
Academic
Support
Program
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
All students receiving Tier II and III interventions will be
progress monitored using curriculum-based measures
every two to three weeks.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Job-Embedded Professional Special education/regular ed. teachers will continue to be
Development
provided job embedded professional development using
research-based intervention strategies to help close the
reading gap with students with and without disabilities.
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22500
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics All K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and
DNK diagnostic screener assessment tools to those
students that score below bench mark on the MAP
assessment in order for them to make benchmark through
small flexible RTI groups.
Math Data Teams
The K-5 math teachers will continue to use the data team
process to help differentiate instruction in the classroom to
improve student achievement.
Direct
Instruction
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principals
Resource
Teachers,
Teachers,
School
Administrator
s
95% Reading
Intervention
Consultant,
Reading
Coach,
Special
Ed/Regular
Ed teachers
All K-5
teachers,
Principals
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Progress Monitoring
DR
Balanced Literacy Instruction Teachers will continue to plan, implement, and assess
shared reading instruction using grade level text. Core
reading instruction will also include small group guided
reading instruction and/or literature circle instruction based
on student needs and interests. Reading instruction will
include activities that address the five pillars of reading:
vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, phonics, and
phonemic awareness.
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Reading
Coach,
Reg/Special
Ed Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Principals,
teachers,
curriculum
coaches
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Full-Day Kindergarten
By providing full-day Kindergarten, this will help provide for
in-depth core math instruction to help increase student
achievement in math
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/20/2015
$330000
Title I Resouce Teacher
The Title I resource teachers (K-5) will support classroom
instruction in math and reading through the RTI process
and help classroom teachers to model best instructional
practices.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$194500
Scott Foresman Reading
Street
The district recently purchased for all K-5 elementary
teachers Scott Foresman Reading Series to be
implemented. Training was provided by the company on
how to implement the series with all K-5 teachers.
Academic
Support
Program
05/20/2014
07/31/2014
$120000
Total
$689600
Begin Date
End Date
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK Direct
diagnostic screener assessment tools to those students that Instruction
score below bench mark on the MAP assessment in order
for them to make benchmark through small flexible RTI
groups.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
RTI Professional
Development
All elemetary schools will recieve professional development Professional
in reading interventions twice a year from the 95% reading Learning
intervention consultant. The consultant will help teacher
anaylze student data and give specific reading intervention
strategies for students that have been identified with
reading deficits.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22600
All K-5 students will participate in Walk-To groups based on Academic
95% lessons that target phonics, phonemic awareness, and Support
fluency.
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Activity Name
DR
McBrayer Elementary School
Walk-To Reading Groups
Activity Description
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Activity Type
School
Principals,
teachers, Title
I Director
School
Principals,
Title I
teachers,
classroom
teachers, Title
I Director
District
personnel,
Scott
Foresman
representative
, principals,
teachers
Staff
Responsible
Elementary
Principals
Elementary
Teachers K-2
Elementary
Teachers 3-5
All elementary
teachers
Reading
Coach
principals
Title I
Coordinator
95%
Consultant
Reading
Coach,
Reg/Special
Ed Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
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Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
95% Multisyllabic and
Comprehension Lessons
All students in K-5 grade will participate in 95% lessons that Academic
teach multisyllabic and comprehension strategies. Teachers Support
will use their phonics chip kits to help to teach their multiProgram
syllable skills.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principal
95% Diagnostic
Assessments
All students not meeting benchmark will be administered
95% assessments (PASI and PSI) to develop RTI
intervention groups.
Academic
Support
Program
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Job-Embedded Professional Special education/regular ed. teachers will continue to be
Development
provided job embedded professional development using
research-based intervention strategies to help close the
reading gap with students with and without disabilities.
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22500
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics All K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and
DNK diagnostic screener assessment tools to those
students that score below bench mark on the MAP
assessment in order for them to make benchmark through
small flexible RTI groups.
Math Data Teams
The K-5 math teachers will continue to use the data team
process to help differentiate instruction in the classroom to
improve student achievement.
Direct
Instruction
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principals
95% Reading
Intervention
Consultant,
Reading
Coach,
Special
Ed/Regular
Ed teachers
All K-5
teachers,
Principals
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Full-Day Kindergarten
By providing full-day Kindergarten, this will help provide for
in-depth core math instruction to help increase student
achievement in math
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/20/2015
$330000
Title I Resouce Teacher
The Title I resource teachers (K-5) will support classroom
instruction in math and reading through the RTI process
and help classroom teachers to model best instructional
practices.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$194500
DR
Balanced Literacy Instruction Teachers will continue to plan, implement, and assess
shared reading instruction using grade level text. Core
reading instruction will also include small group guided
reading instruction and/or literature circle instruction based
on student needs and interests. Reading instruction will
include activities that address the five pillars of reading:
vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, phonics, and
phonemic awareness.
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Principals,
teachers,
curriculum
coaches
School
Principals,
teachers, Title
I Director
School
Principals,
Title I
teachers,
classroom
teachers, Title
I Director
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Scott Foresman Reading
Street
AF
T
KDE Comprehensive Improvement Plan for Districts
The district recently purchased for all K-5 elementary
teachers Scott Foresman Reading Series to be
implemented. Training was provided by the company on
how to implement the series with all K-5 teachers.
07/31/2014
$120000
Total
$689600
Begin Date
End Date
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and DNK Direct
diagnostic screener assessment tools to those students that Instruction
score below bench mark on the MAP assessment in order
for them to make benchmark through small flexible RTI
groups.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
Resource
Assigned
$0
RTI Professional
Development
All elemetary schools will recieve professional development Professional
in reading interventions twice a year from the 95% reading Learning
intervention consultant. The consultant will help teacher
anaylze student data and give specific reading intervention
strategies for students that have been identified with
reading deficits.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22600
All K-5 students will participate in Walk-To groups based on Academic
95% lessons that target phonics, phonemic awareness, and Support
fluency.
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Direct
Instruction
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
All students in K-5 grade will participate in 95% lessons that Academic
teach multisyllabic and comprehension strategies. Teachers Support
will use their phonics chip kits to help to teach their multiProgram
syllable skills.
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Clearfield Elementary School
Activity Description
DR
Activity Name
Walk-To Reading Groups
Balanced Literacy Instruction Teachers will continue to plan, implement, and assess
shared reading instruction using grade level text. Core
reading instruction will also include small group guided
reading instruction and/or literature circle instruction based
on student needs and interests. Reading instruction will
include activities that address the five pillars of reading:
vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, phonics, and
phonemic awareness.
95% Multisyllabic and
Comprehension Lessons
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Academic
Support
Program
Activity Type
05/20/2014
District
personnel,
Scott
Foresman
representative
, principals,
teachers
Staff
Responsible
Elementary
Principals
Elementary
Teachers K-2
Elementary
Teachers 3-5
All elementary
teachers
Reading
Coach
principals
Title I
Coordinator
95%
Consultant
Reading
Coach,
Reg/Special
Ed Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Teachers,
Principal,
Instructional
Supervisor
Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principal
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T
Rowan County
All students not meeting benchmark will be administered
95% assessments (PASI and PSI) to develop RTI
intervention groups.
Academic
Support
Program
09/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Progress Monitoring
All students receiving Tier II and III interventions will be
progress monitored using curriculum-based measures
every two to three weeks.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$0
Job-Embedded Professional Special education/regular ed. teachers will continue to be
Development
provided job embedded professional development using
research-based intervention strategies to help close the
reading gap with students with and without disabilities.
Professional
Learning
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$22500
SNAP and DNK Diagnostics All K-5 teachers will continue to administer the SNAP and
DNK diagnostic screener assessment tools to those
students that score below bench mark on the MAP
assessment in order for them to make benchmark through
small flexible RTI groups.
Math Data Teams
The K-5 math teachers will continue to use the data team
process to help differentiate instruction in the classroom to
improve student achievement.
Direct
Instruction
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Academic
Support
Program
08/08/2014
05/15/2015
$0
Full-Day Kindergarten
By providing full-day Kindergarten, this will help provide for
in-depth core math instruction to help increase student
achievement in math
Academic
Support
Program
08/07/2014
05/20/2015
$330000
Title I Resouce Teacher
The Title I resource teachers (K-5) will support classroom
instruction in math and reading through the RTI process
and help classroom teachers to model best instructional
practices.
Academic
Support
Program
08/13/2015
05/27/2016
$194500
Scott Foresman Reading
Street
The district recently purchased for all K-5 elementary
teachers Scott Foresman Reading Series to be
implemented. Training was provided by the company on
how to implement the series with all K-5 teachers.
Academic
Support
Program
05/20/2014
07/31/2014
$120000
Total
$689600
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Assessments
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Teachers,
Reading
Coach,
Principals
Resource
Teachers,
Teachers,
School
Administrator
s
95% Reading
Intervention
Consultant,
Reading
Coach,
Special
Ed/Regular
Ed teachers
All K-5
teachers,
Principals
Principals,
teachers,
curriculum
coaches
School
Principals,
teachers, Title
I Director
School
Principals,
Title I
teachers,
classroom
teachers, Title
I Director
District
personnel,
Scott
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The purpose of the School District (system) Needs Assessment is to use data and information to prioritize allocation of resources and
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Data Analysis
What question(s) are you trying to answer with the data and information provided to you? What does the data/information tell you?
What does the data/information not tell you?
What question(s) are you trying to answer with the data and information provided to you?
Do we know what is working to help reduce novice reduction and close achievement gaps?
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Schools have used differentiated instruction to make small flexible groups in math, reading and writing to help with reducing novice
performance. Schools are also analyzing student work on an individual basis during the PLC times to help diagnosis student needs and give
appropriate instructional strategies based on those student needs. Our district is also implementing a 30-60-90 day plan to help monitor
individual school goals and target areas of opportunity for growth along with attending professional development.
What does the information tell you?
The data shows that we still have the most significant gaps with our special education population in the areas of reading, math, and writing.
What does the data not tell you?
The data does not diagnose the learning issues in each content area, but rather rank students by performance on standards as compared to
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Areas of Strengths
What were the areas of strength you noted? What actions are you implementing to sustain the areas of strength? What is there
cause to celebrate?
Our district has improved from the 76th percentile to the 86th percentile which classifies our district as a proficient/ progressing district which
has shown continuous improvement. What actions are you implementing to sustain the areas of strength? Our district will continue to
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monitor student achievement in every school by meeting with each schools leadership team on a monthly basis to look at student data in all
content areas. Teachers will continue to collaborate with their grade level/content level teacher using the data team process during their PLC
time to analyze classroom student data, set SMART goals, name and claim students, and differentiate classroom instruction to meet the
needs of each student.
At the high school level, we celebrate our success in College and Career Readiness and Graduation Rate. The trend data shows that our
College and Career Readiness and Graduation Rate continue to show gains. To monitor and sustain these gains, we continue to provided
college and career days throughout the school year for students to attend. The trend data also shows that our four year Graduation Rate
continues to increase while our drop-out rate decreases. We attribute this success to individualizing students' graduation needs. Often times,
students encounter extenuating circumstances. The high school leadership team works with these students to provide a flexible schedule.
This situation leads to student success.
Rowan County Middle School's overall accountability increased from a 67th percentile to the 74th percentile showing continuous
improvement on a yearly basis. They are classified as a proficient progressing school. In both math and reading RCMS met or exceeded
their yearly delivery target. Areas of strength can be seen in their combined reading and math scores. To continue improvement RCMS has
activities that are in place to increase student progress/learning. RCMS will continue to use MAP data as a progress monitoring tool and will
implement a benchmark test, CASE 21, to use as a diagnostic tool to help teachers focus on specific areas of student learning. Teachers
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will continue to participate in professional development aimed at helping them to implement higher level questioning techniques and
integrating other content areas in the classroom.
Over the past two years three of our four elementary schools have been classified as proficient schools. Our elementary schools have
decreased their novice students over a four year period from 30% to 16% in reading, and 25% to 11% in math. All elementary teachers have
received professional development in small group instruction in reading and receiving math professional development in helping with
effective instructional practices.
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Opportunities for Improvement
What were areas in need of improvement? What plans are you making to improve the areas of need?
What were areas in need of improvement?
Our focus will continue to be closing the gaps with our disability subpopulation in reading, math and writing.
What were areas in need of improvement? All schools will continue to progress monitoring more frequently using evidenced based progress
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monitoring tools. Special education teachers/classroom teachers will implement instruction using Evidence - Based strategies in the
classroom setting. Special education teachers/ classroom teachers continue to differentiate instruction when collaborating in the classroom.
The least restrictive environment will also help through more classroom collaboration and less resource rooms for pull out. The district and all
schools are implementing their schools writing plan in order to create more intentional and strategic writing strategies for all students in all
content areas.
Each month the district leadership team meets with each school principal to discuss the implementation of their CSIP plan and give updates
of where they are within their school improvement plan and what support they made need in order to be successful with their plan. All
schools are continuing to send administrators and teachers to ISLN and teacher content network meetings for science and social studies to
help with using best practices in the classroom which will help close the achievement gap.
Each school will develop a 30-60-90 day plan to help with the monitoring of individual school goals.
All teachers will use the data team process during their PLC time in order to analyze their formative and summative assessments to help
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guide their differentiated instruction for all students and to help with the RTI process.
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Oversight and Monitoring
Describe your processes and interventions for monitoring continuous improvement.
District wide data analysis will involve teachers and administrators analyzing unit assessments, common assessments, MAP, DIBELS, and
ACT data throughout the year to monitor student progress on the standards. The data team process will also help with instructional practices.
Each principal/school leadership team will meet with the district leadership team on a monthly basis to review the progress of meeting their
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CSIP goals and seek support in areas of need. The district will also monitor schools 30-60-90 day plans through the principal/liaison
meetings on a monthly basis. The district also monitors the Program Review standards with each school three times a year by visiting the
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school to help support the implementation of these standards.
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Conclusion
Reflect on your answers provided in the previous sections. What are your next steps in addressing areas of concern?
Our next steps are to continue to monitor and support all schools to reach their goals established through their CSIP and their 30-60-90 day
plans. We will also continue to communicate with all stakeholders the goals established in each school/district plan, clearly define roles and
responsibilities, timelines of monitoring progress toward the goals, and plan for celebration of successes. Assistance will be given through the
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personnel working with school leadership teams and principal/liaison meetings on a monthly basis.
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Introduction
The process of Improvement Planning in Kentucky is used as the means of determining how schools and districts will plan to ensure that
students reach proficiency and beyond by 2015. The process focuses school and district improvement efforts on student needs by bringing
together all stakeholders to plan for improvement, by focusing planning efforts on priority needs and closing achievement gaps between
subgroups of students, by building upon school and district capacity for high quality planning, and by making connections between the funds
that flow into the district and the priority needs in schools.
Your school’s plans for improvement must be based on careful and honest analysis of data, address all content areas, and clearly address
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gaps in student achievement.
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Planning and Accountability Requirements
The district ensures that teachers are equitably distributed throughout the district to ensure that all students are college and
career ready. Equitable distribution: poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other students by
inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers.
Goal 1:
by 2019.
Measurable Objective 1:
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Increase the average combined reading and math proficiency ratings for all students in the non-duplicated gap group from 35.8% to 66.4%
demonstrate a proficiency to increase reading and math scores for all Rowan County students in the non-duplicated gap group from 35.8%
to 45.6% by 05/27/2016 as measured by K-Prep.
Strategy1:
Planning and Accountibility Requirements - All schools have a student placement policy in place through their SBDM council.
Category: Management Systems
Research Cited:
Activity
Type
Begin Date End Date
Funding Amount
& Source
Staff Responsible
All schools use their site based council policy
on student placement that assures that all
students are equitably divided among all
teachers. This policy helps assure that all
inexperienced, ineffective teachers or out of
field teachers do not have a higher rate of
minorities, low socioeconomic, and students
with disabilities in their classroom.
Policy and
Process
08/13/2015
$0 - No Funding
Required
Principal, SBDM
members, Teachers
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Activity - Equitable Distribution of Students
05/27/2016
The district has identified specific strategies to address areas for improvement identified in the TELL KY survey results.
Goal 1:
Increase the average combined reading and math proficiency ratings for all students in the non-duplicated gap group from 35.8% to 66.4%
by 2019.
Measurable Objective 1:
demonstrate a proficiency to increase reading and math scores for all Rowan County students in the non-duplicated gap group from 35.8%
to 45.6% by 05/27/2016 as measured by K-Prep.
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Strategy1:
TELL Survey - The TELL survey helps to measure the working conditions of all schools.
Category: Professional Learning & Support
Research Cited:
Begin Date End Date
Funding Amount
& Source
Staff Responsible
08/13/2015
$185503 - Title II
Part A
Superintendent, Principals,
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give teachers more professional support in the
classroom.
Activity
Type
Academic
Support
Program
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District Assurances
Assurance
All schools in our district have planned or
developed strategies to increase parental
involvement in the design, implementation,
evaluation and communication of data and
information.
Response
Yes
Comment
Label
2.
Assurance
Response
The current school year Comprehensive District Yes
Improvement Plan (CDIP) and all our schools
Comprehensive School Improvement Plans
(CSIPs) are available for stakeholders to
examine on the district website.
Comment
Attachment
Label
3.
Assurance
All teachers in our district including those
providing services to private school students
are highly qualified.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
4.
Assurance
All paraeducators in our district including those
providing services to private school students
are highly qualified.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
5.
Assurance
All schools in our district notify parents when
their children are taught for four or more
consecutive weeks by teachers who are not
highly qualified. If no, list the schools below.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
6.
Assurance
Our district provides professional development
for staff based on a comprehensive needs
assessment, which included a review of
academic achievement data and additional
criteria, to ensure all students are college and
career ready.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
7.
Assurance
Our district has planned strategies to recruit
and retain highly qualified teachers.
Response
Yes
Comment
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Assurance
Our district will allocate and spend federal
program funds only on programs and activities
for identified eligible students and will maintain
appropriate financial records in this regard.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
9.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that program funds are
Yes
targeted to schools that have the lowest
proportion of highly qualified teachers, have the
largest average class size, or are identified as
focus or priority schools.
Comment
Attachment
Label
10.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that all class-size reduction Yes
teachers are utilized to reduce class size below
the state requirements. Paraprofessionals are
utilized to meet the state requirements before
hiring any additional teachers serving in that
capacity.
Comment
Attachment
Label
11.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures class-size reduction needs Yes
are determined by analysis of data complied
through such processes as achievement test
results, needs assessments, and class size
data reviews.
Comment
Attachment
Label
12.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that all personnel
Yes
compensated from federal program funds are
performing assignments aligned to the program
purpose according to the program plan and
appropriate documentation is maintained.
Comment
Attachment
Label
13.
Assurance
Our district ensures that private schools have
been consulted with regard to available federal
funds for use with eligible students and/or
teachers according to federal program
requirements.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
14.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that services provided to
Yes
private schools with federal funds are delivered
according to specific federal program
requirements and appropriate documentation is
maintained.
Comment
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15.
Assurance
Response
Procedures have been established for the
Yes
identification and tracking of purchases made
with federal funds, including the retrieval and/or
disposal of materials when no longer needed.
Comment
Attachment
Label
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Assurance
Our district ensures that all federal program
complaint procedures have been
communicated to all stakeholders and are
properly implemented when applicable.
Comment
Attachment
Label
17.
Assurance
Our district maintains proper time and effort
documentation for all personnel paid with
federal funds according to specific federal
program requirements.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
18.
Assurance
Our district ensures proper maintenance of
records according to federal program
guidelines.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
19.
Assurance
Response
Our district has followed the proper procedures Yes
for the acquisition of equipment and materials
with federal funds.
Comment
Attachment
Label
20.
Assurance
Our district ensures that all federal programs
are evaluated annually for program
effectiveness and compliance.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
21.
Assurance
Our district ensures that only eligible schools
are served by Title I, Part A.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
22.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that low-income data for all Yes
schools is taken on the same day.
Comment
Attachment
Label
23.
Assurance
Our district ensures that district and school
allocations on the Title I Ranking Report
correspond with the MUNIS budget.
Comment
Attachment
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Yes
Response
Yes
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24.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that there is documentation Yes
to support the child count for local institutions
for neglected children that was submitted to
KDE.
Comment
Attachment
Label
25.
Assurance
Our district ensures that set-aside funds for
neglected institutions in the district are
expended on identified student needs.
Comment
Attachment
Label
26.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that neglected student
Yes
needs were identified through consultation with
staff at all neglected institutions in the district.
Comment
Attachment
Label
27.
Assurance
Our district ensures that Title I funds are
reserved and expended to meet the needs of
homeless children and youth in non-Title I
schools.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
28.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that if it receives more than Yes
$500,000 in Title I, Part A funding, 1% of the
total district allocation has been reserved for
parent involvement activities and that 95% of
the reserved funds has been allocated to
eligible schools including eligible private
schools.
Comment
Attachment
Label
29.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that parents are involved in Yes
deciding ways in which parent involvement
funds are used.
Comment
Attachment
Label
30.
Assurance
Our district ensures that there is an annual
meeting to inform parents of program
requirements, including the right of parents to
be involved in planning, review and
improvement of parent programs.
Comment
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Yes
Response
Yes
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Assurance
Our district ensures that all parents of students
in Title I schools have been notified that they
may request information regarding the
professional qualifications of their child's
teachers.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
32.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that it communicates with
Yes
school councils/school staff on an ongoing
basis including information on program
requirements, analysis of data and review of the
schoolwide program (SWP) or targeted
assistance (TAS) program plan to ensure
compliance and effectiveness.
Comment
Attachment
Label
33.
Assurance
Response
Our district ensures that private schools (within Yes
and outside the district) serving students from
participating public school attendance areas
have been contacted to offer equitable services.
Comment
Attachment
Label
34.
Assurance
Our district ensures that written affirmation
signed by an official from each of the
participating private schools that consultation
occurred during the design, implementation,
and assessment of the Title I activities in the
private schools is maintained.
Comment
Attachment
Label
35.
Assurance
For any staff member that does not meet the
highly qualified teacher status, the district
develops an individual plan to assist them with
becoming highly qualified.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
36.
Assurance
Our district ensures that district and school
allocations on the Title II Teacher Quality
Program Budget correspond with the MUNIS
budget.
Response
Yes
Comment
Attachment
Label
37.
Assurance
We certify that we are a District of Innovation
and attach the approved application.
Response
N/A
Comment
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Assurance
Response
The district certifies it has submitted the
Yes
required District School Safety Report in
ASSIST to verify compliance with SB/HB345 to
assure schools are safer places for students
and staff and that school safety practices are
being developed and are in place.
Comment
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Introduction
Description
As part of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) each state is required to develop strategies to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at
higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers. The results of this effort became a national push to
ensure all teachers were highly qualified (HQT); meaning each teacher holds the appropriate certification for the content and/or grade level
for which they are assigned. National data show that poor and minority continue to be taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field
teachers. As a result, in 2014, the United States Department of Education (USDOE) required states to develop equity plans and use
evidence based strategies to address this issue. The focus of the plan is to move away from the concept of “highly qualified” to “high
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Needs Assessment
Assurance
Response
Has a review of the data has been conducted to Yes
determine barriers to achieve equitable access
to effective educators within the district?
What are the barriers?
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Our district has a free and reduced lunch rate of 62% and a 48% Kindergarten readiness. On average, children from disadvantaged homes
enter kindergarten at least two grade levels behind their peers.
List the data sources used to identify the barriers.
The data sources used is the Brigance and the school report card.
What are the root causes of those identified barriers?
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Many of our students living in poverty areas have limited access to print materials and other educational materials.
What does the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System data say about the effectiveness of teachers and leaders in the
district?
The PGES data states are teachers and leaders are at the 89% which categorizes them as accomplished and or exemplary. However each
school works those teachers that are labeled ineffective and or developing teacher through the PGES program and professional learning
opportunities to get them to the accomplished category.
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Equitable Access Strategies
Placement: Describe district policies or procedures that address the assignment of students to ensure low income, minority,
Limited English Proficient and Exceptional Children and Youth are not assigned to inexperienced, ineffective or out-of-field
teachers more often than their peers.
All schools use their site base council policy on student placement that assures that all students are equitably divided among all teachers.
students with disabilities in their classrooms.
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This policy helps assure that all inexperienced teachers or out of field teachers do not have a higher rate of minorities, low socioecomic, and
Placement: How is data used to make student assignment decisions to ensure low income, minority, Limited English Proficient and
Exceptional Children and Youth are not assigned to inexperienced, ineffective or out-of-field teachers more often than their peers?
Data is used to help look at all student subpopulations in order to assign students according to each schools site based policy for student
assignments.
Recruitment and Retention: How does the district analyze student level data to design targeted recruitment of effective and diverse
teachers and leaders?
Every school data teams around student assessments that allows the school leadership to analyze individual teacher data to know how
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effective instructional practices are for all teachers. Based off this data the school leadership can better recruit and retain quality teachers
through extending teacher contracts prior to their tenure year.
Recruitment and Retention: How does the district recruit teachers who are effective in implementing practices that are targeted to
support the diverse learning needs of minority students, low income students, Limited English Proficient and Exception Children
and Youth?
The district has monthly teacher induction meetings for all new teachers to help build teacher leader qualities. Building teacher capacity will
help impact their instructional practices in a positive that allows for each teacher be successful in their classroom. Our district also partners
with Morehead State University with the Professional Partnership Network(PPN) that helps place student teachers in our schools classrooms.
Our district observes these student teachers as possible canidates throughout the year to help recruit the more effective teachers.
Recruitment and Retention: How does the district recruit effective teachers and leaders to its high poverty, high minority, lowest
achieving schools or schools with higher populations of Limited English Proficient or Exceptional Children and Youth?
As stated earlier, our PPN program allows our district to recruit highly effective teachers and leaders to be a part of working with all
subpopulations in our schools.
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Recruitment and Retention: How does the district retain effective teachers retained in high poverty, high minority, low achieving
schools or schools with higher populations of Limited English Proficient and Exceptional Children and Youth? Identify any
incentives.
Each school identifies and recruits teacher leaders in their school to be mentored into effective teacher leaders.
Professional Learning: Identify district supports, including mentoring and/or induction, provided to meet the needs of first year,
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inexperienced and out-of-field teachers.
Our district provides a first year teacher induction program to help meet the needs of all first year teachers and help build teacher leader
capacity. These are monthly meetings for one school year to help mentor first year teachers..
Professional Learning: Utilizing PGES data, how are the professional learning needs of teacher with an effectiveness rating below
accomplished being addressed?
The district provides professional development in requested professional learning needs in various areas such as: classroom management,
questioning strategies, small group instruction and etc... Each school principal observes teachers that are in the developing stage of their
teaher evaluation and conferences with those teachers to help them improve on their teaching strategies to become an accomplished
teacher.
needs of staff?
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Working Conditions: How are TELL Kentucky results being addressed to increase recruitment, retention and professional learning
The TELL survey measures the working conditions in each school. Each school addresses areas of opportunity for improvement according to
their TELL survey data. Improving schools working conditions will assist in the recruitment and retention of school personnel.
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Identify all goals, objectives, strategies and activities created that support equitable access and the responses in this diagnostic.
One of our districts goals/objective for supporting equitable access is making sure all student subpopulations are being taught by a highly
effective teacher. The strategy/activity for this is through the use of each schools site base student placement policy that allows for councils
to review all student/teacher data and make placement based off this data. Another goal/objective is to recruit and retain highly effective
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teachers. The strategies/activities schools use for this is building teacher leader capacity to support administrative roles through the use of
teacher leaders. Through the use of the student teacher program(PPN) schools place student teachers in a classroom for one school year
that allows the school leadership to observe the student teacher for a possible teacher candidate. In order to help retain effective teachers
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