MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION
Program Quality Assurance Services
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Charter School or District: Bellingham
CPR Onsite Year: 2010-2011
Program Area: Special Education
All corrective action must be fully implemented and all noncompliance
corrected as soon as possible and no later than one year from the issuance
of the Coordinated Program Review Final Report dated 10/27/2011.
Mandatory One-Year Compliance Date: 10/26/2012
Summary of Required Corrective Action Plans in this Report
Criterion
SE 7
SE 54
Criterion Title
Transfer of parental rights at age of majority and student
participation and consent at the age of majority
Professional development
CR 7A
School year schedules
CR 7B
Structured learning time
CR 17A
Use of physical restraint on any student enrolled in a
publicly-funded education program
Institutional self-evaluation
CR 25
CPR Rating
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
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CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
SE 7 Transfer of parental rights at age of majority and student
Partially Implemented
participation and consent at the age of majority
Department CPR Findings:
A review of student records and staff interviews demonstrated that the one year prior to a
student reaching age 18, the district does not consistently inform the student and parent
of the student’s right at age 18 to make all decisions in relation to special education
programs and services.
Description of Corrective Action:
Action Plan- 11/28/11
SE 7: The District is planning on implanting a tracking for students turning 17 within the
specific school year. From this log, the team chair will be able to provide the notice to
both parents/guardians and the student advising of the transfer of parental rights to
students reaching age 18. This log will serve as the notification system from which this
notification will be provided to the parents/guardian and student one year prior to turning
18 years of age.
The Team Chairs will be trained at the Team Chair meeting scheduled for December
9, 2011. A copy of the agenda and sign-in sheet will be provided.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Rachel Lawrence, Director of Special Services
Completion:
Patrick Sweeney, School Psychologist/Team Chair
02/17/2012
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
The tracking log will be forwarded to the Director of Special Services office on a monthly
basis indicating the students who are / have turned 17 years of age and the date the
letter will be or has been sent informing the parents/guardians and student of their rights
upon turning 18 years of age.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
A tracking log indicating all students turning 17 years old during the 2011-2012 will be
developed. Utilizing this tracking log, the team chair will send parents/guardians/ and
student a letter informing all parties of the transfer of rights upon the student's 18th
birthday.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
SE 7 Transfer of parental rights at age of
Status Date: 02/23/2012
majority and student participation and
consent at the age of majority
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district will develop a tracking log and system and train staff on it's use. The district
has also proposed a monthly monitoring system.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will provide evidence of staff training on age of majority regulations and newly
developed tracking log, which will include but not be limited to a training agenda,
attendance sheet and copies of the materials presented. Please submit this to the
Department on or before by March 16, 2012.
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Submit the description of the internal oversight and tracking system and identify the
person(s) responsible for the oversight, including the date of the system's
implementation. Submit this information by March 16, 2012.
Submit the results of an administrative review of student records. Indicate the number of
records reviewed, the number found to be compliant, an explanation of the root cause for
any continued noncompliance and a description of additional corrective actions taken by
the district to address any identified noncompliance. Please submit this to the Department
on or before by September 28, 2012.
*Please note when conducting administrative monitoring the district must maintain the
following documentation and make it available to the Department upon request: a) List of
student names and grade levels for the records reviewed; b) Date of the review; c) Name
of person(s) who conducted the review, with their role(s) and signature(s).
Progress Report Due Date(s):
03/16/2012
09/28/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
SE 54 Professional development
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Documentation and interviews demonstrated that the district does not offer
paraprofessional staff members training and other professional development
opportunities.
Description of Corrective Action:
The District is planning to provide professional development opportunities for our
paraprofessional staff throughout this school year and continuing through as a routine
practice.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Rachel Lawrence, Director of Special Services
Completion:
Mathew Bolduc, Director of Curriculum
08/31/2012
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Currently, we have provided professional development for the paraprofessional staff
working in our alternative high school in the area of Positive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports (PBIS). Professional development opportunities will be offered to the whole
paraprofessional staff on January 13, 2012 and March 16, 2012. We will also be offering
professional development for the paraprofessionals in various aspects of technology and
software programs during the summer of 2012.
Evidence of the professional development activities will be provided through a copy of
the agenda of the specific professional development activity and the sign-in sheets
indicating the participants and their roles.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
Monitoring will be conducting through the professional development planning activities
between the Director of Special Services, Director of Curriculum and the Superintendent
of Schools. Once the professional development activities are planned, scheduled, an
agenda will be developed, sign-in sheets provided and completed by the participants.
Evaluation forms will also be provided and completed by the participants. These will
serve as the assessment data on the effectiveness of the professional development
activity.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
SE 54 Professional development
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 02/23/2012
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district is developing a district wide professional development plan that will be
implemented in an on-going manner. Further the district has proposed acontinuous
monitoring plan to ensure the effectiveness of the professional development activities.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will provide a copy of their professional development plan for paraprofessional staff members. Please submit this to the Department by March 16, 2012.
Submit the description of the internal oversight and tracking system and identify the
person(s) responsible for the oversight, including the date of the system's
implementation. Submit this information by March 16, 2012.
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Submit the results of an administrative review of the para-professional professional
development plan and a description of additional corrective actions taken by the district to
address any identified noncompliance. Please submit this to the Department on or before
by September 28, 2012.
Progress Report Due Date(s):
03/16/2012
09/28/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
CR 7A School year schedules
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Review of documentation showed that at the high school level students were
inconsistently scheduled for 990 hours of structured learning time each school year.
Specifically, the district was including non-directed study periods as structured learning
time for some students, and therefore does not meet the required 990 hours annually.
Description of Corrective Action:
The Bellingham High School Principal has implemented a high-school schedule study
committee to address the instructional requirements. Results of this study demonstrate
that the non-directed study period will have to be eliminated. Specific course of study for
this period will be the next area of study for the high-school study committee.
Initial results of this committee?s analysis indicate that these non-directed study
periods will have to be restructured to include direct structured learning time that may
include concept review, instructional/learning interventions, enrichment opportunities and
participation in the district?s credit-recovery program.
For students with special education, 504 and ELL needs, these directed structured
learning periods may focus on specific direct instruction in related services
(speech/language, occupational therapy, social skills development, counseling, language
instruction,) along with direct instruction in specific goals and objectives (organizational
strategies, writing process, reading).
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Peter Marano Principal High School
Completion:
Edward Fleury, Super
08/31/2012
Rachel Lawrence, Dir Spcl Srvs
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
The Principal?s Schedule Study Committee will continue to meet throughout the 20112012 school year and is planning to make their final recommendations by the end of June
2012.
The implementation of the new scheduled planned for September 2012 will be evidence
of the completion of the Corrective Action Plan
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
The monitoring process will include observations made by the Superintendent, Principal,
Assistant Principal, Curriculum Director and Director of Special Services and members of
the Schedule Study Committee to ensure implementation of the new schedule and the
proposed directed structured learning periods.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
CR 7A School year schedules
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 02/23/2012
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has indicated that a study team will review the structured learning time at the
high school and create a plan to be implemented in September 2012.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
Please provide a summary of the Principal?s Schedule Study Committee review of
structured learning time at the high school. Please give a narrative description of the
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progress made, meeting dates, a list of participants by name and role and a narrative
description of next steps. Please provide this to the Department by March 16, 2012.
Please provide a copy of the revised high school schedule for the 2012-2013 school year
and a signed statement of assurance from the superintendent indicating that the new
schedule provides for 990 hours of structured learning time each school year. Please
provide this to the Department by September 28, 2012.
Progress Report Due Date(s):
03/16/2012
09/28/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CR 7B Structured learning time
Department CPR Findings:
See CR 7A.
Description of Corrective Action:
See 7A
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Rachel Lawrence, Director of Student Services
Peter Marano, Principal, High School
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
See 7A
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
See 7A
CPR Rating:
Partially Implemented
Expected Date of
Completion:
08/31/2012
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
CR 7B Structured learning time
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 02/23/2012
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
See CR 7A
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
Please provide a summary of the Principal?s Schedule Study Committee review of
structured learning time at the high school. Please give a narrative description of the
progress made, meeting dates, a list of participants by name and role and a narrative
description of next steps. Please provide this to the Department by March 16, 2012.
Please provide a copy of the revised high school schedule for the 2012-2013 school year
and a signed statement of assurance from the superintendent indicating that the new
schedule provides for 990 hours of structured learning time each school year. Please
provide this to the Department by September 28, 2012.
Progress Report Due Date(s):
03/16/2012
09/28/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
CR 17A Use of physical restraint on any student enrolled in a
Partially Implemented
publicly-funded education program
Department CPR Findings:
Interviews with staff members and review of documentation indicated that the district did
not provide staff training at on the use of physical restraint within the first month of the
2010-2011 school year as required.
Description of Corrective Action:
The District provided district wide restraint training during the second week of September
2011 through the mandatory training PowerPoint. Every staff member was mandated to
participate and sign-off verifying that participation.
In addition, the BCBA provided training in Safety Care Behavioral Training (Bellingham
Public School District?s restraint training program), in October and November 2011 to recertify and newly certify specific staff in this behavioral protocol.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Rachel Lawrence, Director of Special Services
Completion:
Karen Jewett, BCBA
06/30/2012
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Evidence of completion are the sign-off sheets that every member submitted upon
completion of the mandatory training module and the agenda and sign-off sheets
completed by staff that participated in the re-certification and new certification trainings.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
All sign-off sheets are collected and reviewed by each building principal to ensure that all
staff participated in the mandatory training modules provided during the first two weeks
of September. BCBA collected and reviewed sign-in sheets from all staff participating in
the restraint training certification sessions provided in October and November 2011.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
CR 17A Use of physical restraint on any
Status Date: 02/23/2012
student enrolled in a publicly-funded
education program
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has outlined their physical retraint training plan for the 2011-2012 school
year.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
Please provide evidence of the district wide restraint training during the second week of
September 2011. Evidence of staff training on these procedures, which will include but
not be limited to a training agenda, attendance sheet and copies of the materials
presented must be submitted to the Department by March 16, 2012.
Please provide information on the district wide restraint training for the 2012-2013 school
year. Please indicate the scheduled date along with a signed statement of assurance from
the superintendent indicating that restraint training will be offered with the first month of
school for the 2012-2013 school year. Please provide this to the Department by
September 28, 2012.
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Progress Report Due Date(s):
03/16/2012
09/28/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
CR 25 Institutional self-evaluation
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Interviews with staff members and a review of district documentation indicated that the
district does not annually evaluate all aspects of its K-12 program to ensure that all
students, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, limited English
proficiency, sexual orientation, disability, or housing status, have equal access to all
programs, including athletics and other extracurricular activities.
Description of Corrective Action:
The Bellingham Public School District?s School Committee Policy Sub-Committee meets
bi-weekly to review and revise the school district?s policies to ensure that all aspects of
our K-12 programs ensures that all students, regardless of race, color, sex, religion,
national origin, limited English proficiencies, sexual orientation, disability or housing
status, have equal access to all programs, inducing athletics and other extracurricular
activities.
In addition, the District?s administrative team meets twice a month in which procedures
are reviewed and revised to ensure full access to all programs, athletics, and
extracurricular activities.
The Central Office Administrative Team, consisting of the Superintendent, Director of
Curriculum, Business Administrator and the Director of Special Services also meet
monthly. This meeting allows for the coordination and collaboration of several
departments to ensure that all mandates are being met in terms of 504, Special
Education, ELL services, and McKinney Vento. These mandates provide students full
access to all programs, athletics and extracurricular activities.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Edward Fleury, Super
Completion:
Mathew Bolduc, Curr Dir
08/31/2012
Rachel Lawrence, Director Spcl Srvs
Principals
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Evidence of completion will include published revised School Committee Policies and
Bellingham Public School District procedures.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
Internal monitoring will be completed through the work of the School Committee Policy
Sub-Committee, the Central Office Administration Team and the District Administration
Team.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
CR 25 Institutional self-evaluation
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 02/23/2012
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has provided a detailed description of their review process to ensure that they
annually evaluate all aspects of its K-12 program to ensure that all students, regardless of
race, color, sex, religion, national origin, limited English proficiency, sexual orientation,
disability, or housing status, have equal access to all programs, including athletics and
other extracurricular activities.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
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Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will submit a written statement of assurance from the superintendent that the
district will review all aspects of its K-12 program annually to ensure that all students,
regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, limited English proficiency, sexual
orientation, disability, or housing status, have equal access to all programs, including
athletics and other extracurricular activities. Please provide this to the Department by
March 16, 2012.
Please provide a narrative description of the review process, indicating the names and
dates of related activities, a summary of the results and next steps taken. Please provide
this to the Department by September 28, 2012.
Progress Report Due Date(s):
03/16/2012
09/28/2012
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