MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION
Program Quality Assurance Services
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Charter School or District: Dover-Sherborn
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 08/24/2011.
Mandatory One-Year Compliance Date: 08/24/2012
Summary of Required Corrective Action Plans in this Report
Criterion
SE 13
Criterion Title
Progress Reports and content
SE 14
Review and revision of IEPs
SE 18B
Determination of placement; provision of IEP to parent
SE 55
Special education facilities and classrooms
CR 23
Comparability of facilities
CPR Rating
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
Partially
Implemented
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
SE 13 Progress Reports and content
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Student records and staff interviews indicated that the annual meeting for the IEP is used
instead of completing and providing parents with a progress report for that reporting
quarter.
Description of Corrective Action:
Director will meet with staff at department meetings on November 4, 2011 to discuss past
practice and describe correct practice of issuing progress reports at each general
education reporting juncture. The Department Procedural Manual will be corrected on this
topic, and updated pages will be emailed to all IEP writers.
Anticipated Results:
Progress reports will be completed at least as often as non-disabled students'
parents/guardians receive interim reports on their children's progress. The annual IEP
will not count as one progress report.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Director of Special Education
Completion:
12/15/2011
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Procedural Manual will be corrected.
Agenda and sign in sheets will document staff training in corrective action.
Progress reports in November and going forward will be monitored for completeness by
the Director.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
Periodic monitoring of quarterly progress reports will be undertaken to assure that all
students receive the appropriate reporting information.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
SE 13 Progress Reports and content
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 10/03/2011
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has proposed review and revision of the procedures and practices related to
progress reporting. The district will also institute a system of periodic monitoring to
ensure compliance with this criterion.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will submit the updated procedures and evidence of staff training, 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 December 16,
2011.
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 December 16, 2011.
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
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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 April 12, 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):
12/16/2011
04/12/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
SE 14 Review and revision of IEPs
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Student records and staff interviews indicated that sometimes amendments are used to
extend the timeline for the IEP.
Description of Corrective Action:
Director will meet with staff at department meetings on November 4, 2011 to discuss past
practice and describe correct practice of using amendments to extend IEPs. The
Department Procedural Manual will be corrected on this topic, and updated pages will be
emailed to all IEP writers.
Anticipated Results:
Annual reviews will be held no later than one year from the last IEP meeting.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Director of Special Education
Completion:
02/15/2012
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Procedural Manual will be corrected.
Agenda and sign in sheets will document staff training in corrective action.
IEP timelines will be monitored by the Director to assure that annual reviews are held in
accordance with regulations.
Amendments will be monitored by the Director to assure that they are not being used to
extend IEPs.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
Periodic monitoring of annual reviews and amendments will be undertaken to assure that
all required timelines are met.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
SE 14 Review and revision of IEPs
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 10/03/2011
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has proposed to review and revise the procedures and practices related to
annual review and revision of IEPs. The district has also outlined that they will institute a
system of periodic monitoring to ensure compliance with this criterion.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will submit the updated procedures and evidence of staff training, 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 December 16,
2011.
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 December 16, 2011.
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
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the district to address any identified noncompliance. Please submit this to the
Department on or before April 12, 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):
12/16/2011
04/12/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
SE 18B Determination of placement; provision of IEP to parent
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Student records and staff interviews indicated that out-of-district IEPs are not provided
immediately after the Team meeting.
Description of Corrective Action:
The Director will meet with OOD Coordinator to identify reasons for delays in IEP
issuance.
The Director will send a memo to all OOD placement directors identifying the issue and
requesting their assistance in complying with this requirement.
The District will include language in contracts with OOD placements emphasizing the
requirement.
The District will issue hand-written IEP with N1 within timelines if the OOD does not
submit IEP in time, with promise of clean copy to follow.
Anticipated Results:
IEPs for OOD students will be provided in accordance with regulations regarding timelines.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Director of Special Education
Completion:
02/15/2012
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Meeting notes between Director and OOD Coordinator
Copy of memo to OOD program directors
IEPs issued in a timely manner to families of OOD students.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
Director and OOD Coordinator will chart IEP meeting dates and expected turn around time
for IEPs and communicate that to OOD program directors. The OOD Coordinator will send
home handwritten IEPs if clean copies are not made available by the OOD placement in a
timely manner.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
SE 18B Determination of placement;
Status Date: 10/03/2011
provision of IEP to parent
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has indicated that it will conduct an analysis related to issuing the IEP
immediately for OOD students and create procedures to come into compliance with this
criterion.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
Please submit a narrative description of the outcomes of the root cause analysis and the
corresponding corrective actions taken, including a description of the tracking system and
the person(s) responsible for oversight. Please submit this to the Department on or before
December 16, 2011.
Submit the description of the internal oversight and tracking system and identify the
person(s) responsible for the oversight, including the date for the system?s
implementation to the Department on or before December 16, 2011.
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Submit the results of the 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 April 12, 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):
12/16/2011
04/12/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
SE 55 Special education facilities and classrooms
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
Classroom observations indicated that the three special education classes are clustered
together on the second floor of the middle school thus stigmatizing the students.
Description of Corrective Action:
The Director will meet with MS administrators to review building layout as it applies to
available spaces.
The meeting agenda will include discussion of how to minimize stigmatization of students.
Staff will discuss options at a subsequent meeting.
It should be noted that classrooms identified as "clustered" are embedded in the science
wing and are therefore not separate and apart from the general/non-disabled population.
Moreover, consistent with our inclusion model, very little direct service
delivery/instruction takes place in the identified classrooms.
Anticipated Results:
Learning Center staff will be re-allocated so that special education services are delivered
in spaces throughout the building.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Director of Special Education, Middle School Headmaster
Completion:
02/15/2012
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Meeting agendas and minutes of discussion.
Revised map of where special education instructional services occur throughout the
building.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
The Director and Headmaster will periodically check to be sure that all special education
service delivery takes place in the assigned location, and will annually ensure that the
space is not reassigned for another purpose.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
SE 55 Special education facilities and
Status Date: 10/03/2011
classrooms
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has indicated that it will review space allocation at the middle school and
relocate special education spaces throughout the building.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will submit a written statement of assurance from the superintendent that
they have reviewed special education space allocation at the middle school. Additionally,
the district will also submit a written plan that includes a proposed floor plan
demonstrating that the special education classrooms at the middle school will be relocated
within the facility to maximize inclusion in the life of the school. Please provide this to the
Department on or before December 16, 2011. The district will provide confirmation
regarding a scheduled onsite visit by the DESE to review the classroom relocation at the
middle school. Please provide this to the Department on or before April 12, 2012.
Progress Report Due Date(s):
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12/16/2011
04/12/2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
Criterion & Topic:
CPR Rating:
CR 23 Comparability of facilities
Partially Implemented
Department CPR Findings:
See ELE 16.
Description of Corrective Action:
While SEI services have on occasion been delivered at a table in a quiet part of the middle
school library in the past, we have remedied that issue by assigning the ELL teacher and
her student(s) to a designated classroom space located adjacent to the middle school
library. The classroom has been used for other purposes in the past, but we're now
dedicating the space to the ELL teacher.
Anticipated Results:
The ELL teacher is now provided a dedicated space in which to deliver SEI.
Title/Role(s) of responsible Persons:
Expected Date of
Steven Bliss
Completion:
Assistant Superintendent
09/30/2011
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action:
Confirmation has been provided by the Assistant Headmaster and by the ELL teacher that
the space is assigned exclusively for SEI delivery.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures:
The Assistant Superintendent will periodically check to ensure that all SEI takes place in
the assigned location, and he will annually ensure that the space is not reassigned for
another purpose.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
Criterion:
CR 23 Comparability of facilities
Corrective Action Plan Status: Approved
Status Date: 10/03/2011
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district has indicated that they have designated classroom space for provision of ELL
services.
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
The district will submit a written statement of assurance from the superintendent that the
ELL serivces are now conducted in an assigned classroom at the middle school.
Additionally, the district will also submit a written plan that includes a proposed floor plan
demonstrating that the ELL services have been assigned a classroom at the middle
school. Please provide this to the Department on or before December 16, 2011. The
district will provide confirmation regarding a scheduled onsite visit by the DESE to review
the classroom relocation at the middle school. Please provide this to the Department on or
before April 12, 2012.
Progress Report Due Date(s):
12/16/2011
04/12/2012
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
School District: Dover-Sherborn
Corrective Action Plan Forms
Program Area: English Learner Education
Prepared by: Steven B. Bliss, Assistant Superintendent
CAP Form will expand to as many lines as necessary. Before completing and emailing to
pqacap@doe.mass.edu, please see separate Instructions for Completing Corrective Action Plans.
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 to the school or district.
Mandatory One-Year Compliance Date: August 15, 2012
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 5
Rating: Partially Implemented
Program Placement and Structure
Department CPR Finding: Both district documents and the Department’s SIMS data base indicate
that Dover-Sherborn is a very low incidence district: only three (3) English language learners (ELLs)
are enrolled: two in middle school and one in high school. A licensed ESL teacher provides ESL
services to these students.
According to staff interviews, the district has begun to develop its own ESL curriculum to incorporate
Math, Science and Social Studies; however, it did not provide specifics as to the status of its
development. For instance, it is neither clear what grades of the ESL curriculum are being addressed
nor the timeline for its completion. The district also submitted a reformatted ELPBO and states that
direct ESL instruction is based on the ELPBO, but the district did not indicate how the ELPBO is being
used in the absence of an ESL curriculum. The district must provide details regarding the way in which
it is elaborating a curriculum that will address the needs of ELLs. Also, note that the ELPBO will be
phased out in the coming months, and curricula for ELLs should be able to stand alone.
Staff interviews indicate that content instruction is based on the appropriate Massachusetts Curriculum
Framework. Documentation also shows that although some category training has been completed,
teachers instructing ELLs have not completed all four categories of Sheltered English Immersion (SEI),
which focus on the acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to shelter instruction.
See ELE 15 for comments on Professional Development.
Additionally, documentation also indicated that the district categorizes ELL students using five levels
of English Proficiency as follow: Beginner, Advanced Beginner, Early Intermediate, Intermediate and
Transitional, which appear to correspond to the Department’s Guidance Document as level 1, level 2,
level 3, level 4 and level 5, although it was not stated as such. Assuming direct correspondence in the
levels of English proficiency between the district and the Department’s categories, then the district is
providing the recommended hours of ESL instruction, with one exception: ELLs at the Early
Intermediate proficiency level may not be receiving adequate hours of ESL instruction, as the district
did not specify the frequency (daily or weekly) of the 2.5 hours of instruction ELLs receive.
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Narrative Description of Corrective Action:
Point 1 – Curriculum: As a low-incident district, Sherborn has made great strides in a number of
aspects of its ELL program in the past three years. Additional staffing has been put in place, the
entire ELL Handbook has been reviewed and revised twice over each of the past two years, a
complete database of services received by LEP students and students’ academic performance on
both MEPA and MCAS has been developed, and Sherborn has partnered with other lowincident districts in forming a Title III consortium. Additionally, we’ve begun creating an ELL
curriculum. In fact, our ESL teachers dedicated four days to curriculum writing this past
summer. The teachers are using the DESE web site, and specifically the Guide for Developing a
Content-Based English as a Second Language Curriculum, in the scope of their work. Having
reviewed the content standards for social studies, math, and science at each grade level, the
teachers will develop individual content (science, social studies, math) maps for each month for
each proficiency level at which we have LEP students enrolled in grades 6-8 this school year. The
maps shall be authored as the ESL teachers progress with students through the school 2011-12
school year. This body of work equates to completion of stage 4 of in the DESE’s Guide for
Developing a Content-Based English as a Second Language Curriculum for grades 1-8.
Point 2 – Professional Development: Please see ELE 15.
Point 3 – Recommended SEI Time: Although perhaps not defined during or in advance of the
site visit, ELLs at the Early Intermediate proficiency level do, in fact, receive the recommended
2.5 hours of daily SEI.
Point 4 – Categorization of LEP students: Please see ELE 10.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Steven Bliss, Assistant
Corrective Action Activity: 8/11/2012
Superintendent
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: By August of 2012 we will have a set of
curriculum maps for the content areas of math, science, and social studies for each proficiency
level at which we have LEP students enrolled in grades 6-8. Teachers will concentrate their
efforts in developing the early intermediate and intermediate maps as the majority of Sherborn’s
LEP students perform at those proficiency levels.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: The Assistant Superintendent shall monitor
curriculum development during the 2011-12 school year to ensure that we’re on track to meet the
August 2012 deadline established herein.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 5
Program Placement and Structure
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval: The development of a district ESL/ELD curriculum is
ongoing. The ELPBO has, per the coordinated program review report, been phased out. No evidence
was provided of the hours of ESL instruction provided to students classified as early intermediate
English learners.
Department Order of Corrective Action: Provide the Department with the district’s new ESL/ELD
curriculum, which should be aligned with all Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks (e.g.,
English/Language Arts, mathematics, science, social studies) and the WIDA English language
development standards. See http://www.wida.us/standards/eld.aspx.
Provide the Department with evidence that early intermediate ELL students receive sufficient ESL
instruction, consistent with the students’ levels of English proficiency and Department guidance
(http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/mepa/2009/guidance.doc). Provide the ESL/ELD curriculum and
evidence of appropriate hours of ESL instruction by March 28, 2013.
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Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
See ELE 11 concerning hours of ESL instruction.
See ELE 15 concerning SEI PD.
By May 15, 2013, provide a report of the monitoring of the following:
1. The implementation of the new ESL/ELD Curriculum, which should be aligned with all
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks (e.g., English/Language Arts, mathematics, science,
social studies) and the WIDA English language development standards.
2. A review of ELL student records at all levels, elementary, middle and high school, in order to
determine implementation of sufficient hours of ESL instruction, consistent with all students’
levels of English proficiency.
*Please note when conducting internal monitoring the district must maintain the following
documentation and make it available to the Department upon request: a) List of the student names
and grade level for the records reviewed; b) Date of the review; c) Name of person(s) who conducted
the review, their role(s), and signature(s).
Progress Report Due Date(s): March 28, 2013 and May 15, 2013
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 10
Rating: Partially Implemented
Parental Notification
Department CPR Finding: Student records and staff interviews indicated that the parent notification
letter does not contain all of the required elements, specifically the level of English proficiency, the
placement and method of instruction for the program and the parent’s right to apply for a waiver or
decline to enroll their child in the program
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: Please see “Evidence” below as this standard is now
implemented.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Steven Bliss, Assistant
Corrective Action Activity: 09/30/2011
Superintendent
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: The ELL Assessment – Identification, Annual,
and Transition Assessment Form (Form 5) was revised within the past few months. The form
now includes “Description of Levels for identified English Language Learners” on the back of
the form for parents’/guardians’ use in more clearly determining and understanding their child’s
English proficiency level. The Parent/Guardian Letter about Assessment of New Student (Form
6) has also been revised and speaks to the placement and method of instruction as well as the
parent’s/guardian’s right to opt-out of English language education services. Forms 5 and 6 were
part of a series of revisions to the ELL Handbook made in the spring of 2011.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: There is no need for internal monitoring
procedures as the area of partial implementation has been addressed.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 10
Parent Notification
Status of Corrective Action:
X Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s): Provide a copy of the Parent Notification that includes
level of English proficiency, , the placement and method of instruction for the program and the
parent’s right to apply for a waiver or decline to enroll their child in the program by December
16, 2011. The district must conduct internal monitoring of student records for the parent
notification letter and report to the Department the summary findings of the administrative
review by April 12, 2012
Progress Report Due Date(s): January 10, 2013 and March 28, 2013
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 15
Rating: Partially Implemented
Professional Development Requirements
Department CPR Finding: The regional district is making efforts to train and provide training
opportunities in SEI for all general education teachers; therefore, many of the teaching staff in the
district has some SEI category training. The Department must note, however, that the teachers
instructing the three ELLs have not been fully trained in SEI, although all of them have completed one
or more of the categories. The regional district has a plan in place to train all general education
teachers in SEI by 2011-2012 school year and has hired an ESL teacher who us also an SEI category
trainer to conduct category trainings. The individual trained more that 40 staff in Category 4 in
November, 2010 and periodically offers Category 1, Category 3 and Category 4 sessions. The regional
district did not provide specific information about what categories have been completed to date by all
the teaching staff in the district.
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: The district will have a reasonable number of
teachers at both the middle and high school entirely SEI trained by June, 2012 by way of the
following steps:
Step 1: Indeed, the district has made what we consider great strides in meeting this standard. As
noted in the Final Report, several teachers underwent recent Category training.
Step 2: Many teachers at the middle and high schools are Category 1 trained, having made
strides in that aspect of SEI training during the 2010-11 school year and during the summer of
2011. Another Category 1 training is planned for our full PD day on November 28, 2011. We
have registered 20 teachers from the middle school and 20 teachers from the high school for this
training.
Step 3: The district submitted a roster of all SEI-ELL trained staff with its submission materials
during the onsite visit. Another version will be uploaded with the CAP reflecting the most
current training status of all middle and high school teachers.
Step 5: The district updated and made public its SEI-ELL Professional Development Schedule
for the 2011-12 school year reflecting dozens of training opportunities available to Dover
Sherborn teachers.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Steven Bliss, Assistant
Corrective Action Activity: 6/30/2012
Superintendent
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: In June 2012 the roster of all SEI-ELL trained
teachers at the middle and high school will provide evidence that significant gains have been
made in the number of teachers who are fully SEI trained.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: The Assistant Superintendent shall monitor
faculty members’ participation in all SEI training during the 2011-12 school year to ensure that
we’re on track to have a reasonable number of teachers entirely SEI trained by the close of the
2011-12 school year.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 15
Professional Development
Requirements
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
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Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The district reported that it will have a reasonable number of teachers at Chickering Elementary School
entirely SEI trained by June, 2012, indicating a number of steps. However, it is not clear how these
teachers will be linked to ELL students.
Department Order of Corrective Action: Provide the Department the plan for making the SEI cohort
training available to the core academic teachers of ELLs and the building administrators who supervise
such teachers and to arrange for the participation of such teachers and administrators in the training.
Provide this plan by January 10, 2013.
By March 28, 2013, provide a report of the monitoring of the following:
- The status of implementation of the plan for making SEI cohort training available to the core
academic teachers of ELLs and the building administrators who supervise them.
*Please note when conducting internal monitoring the district must maintain the following
documentation and make it available to the Department upon request: a) List of the student names
and grade level for the records reviewed; b) Date of the review; c) Name of person(s) who conducted
the review, their role(s), and signature(s).
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
Progress Report Due Date(s): January 10, 2013 and March 28, 2013
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COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 16
Rating: Partially Implemented
Equitable Facilities
Department CPR Finding: Staff interviews and classroom observations indicated that middle and
high school English language learners receive English language development in the middle school
library near other tables where students work and close to an area designated for an entire class to
receive instruction. Access to ELL materials is limited as are the types and amount of materials the
district currently has to support English language learners.
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: Please cross-reference CR23 response submitted via
the WBMS.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Assistant Superintendent
Corrective Action Activity: 09/28/2011
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: Please see CR23
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: Please see CR23
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 16
Equitable Facilities
Status of Corrective Action:
X Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s): Provide a floor plan that indicates where ELL students
receive ESL instruction. Also provide evidence of additional materials for students.
Progress Report Due Date(s): January 10, 2013
MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education , Program Quality Assurance Services
Dover-Sherborn CPR Corrective Action Plan
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