MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
Charter School or District: Plympton Public Schools
Corrective Action Plan Forms
Program Area: Special Education
Prepared by: David Kenney, Administrator of Special Education
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 30, 2011
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Rating: Partially Implemented
Criterion & Topic: SE 3 Special requirements for
determination of a specific learning disability
Department CPR Finding: A review of student records indicates that the district consistently uses the
Specific Learning Disability-Eligibility Process/Forms that require Team members to provide a written
determination as to whether or not the student has a specific learning disability. However, the Team
determination was not signed by members of the Team, but rather the names were typed into the
document.
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: The district will train special education professional
staff on the requirement to consistently use the Specific Learning Disability-Eligibility
Process/Forms requiring TEAM members to provide a written determination as to whether or
not the student has a specific learning disability. Staff will be trained to have members of the
TEAM sign their names, rather than typing them on the form. This training will occur during
building-based special education staff meetings in September, 2010. The district will then
monitor implementation throughout the year as paperwork is submitted from the buildings to
the Special Education Office for filing in the student record. Additionally, the district will
randomly select several records of students in February, 2011 to more formally review in order
to determine compliance.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Administrator of Special
Corrective Action Activity: September, 2010
Education
for training; February 2011 for random
selection of student records for review
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: Meeting/training agendas and sign-in sheets;
Review of records indicating that staff are consistently using the SLD-Eligibility Process forms
requiring TEAM members to provide a written determination as to whether or not the student
has a specific learning disability.
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Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: Special Education Office clerical staff will
monitor all paperwork as it arrives for inclusion in the student files for compliance and will be
directed to alert administration if forms are missing or are incomplete. Additionally, district
administrators will randomly select student records in February for review. Logs will be kept to
document monitoring.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: SE 3
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
By December 6, 2010, submit evidence of training for special education staff on the requirement to
consistently sign the written determination for the specific learning disability eligibility process.
Include the dates of the training, the agenda, training materials used, and the signed attendance sheets
including staff role and building.
By March 18, 2011, submit a report of the district’s internal review of records in which a student
suspected of having a specific learning disability was evaluated after the training. Include the
following:
1. The number of student records reviewed;
2. The number of student records in compliance;
3. For all records not in compliance with this criterion, determine the root cause(s) of the noncompliance; and
4. The district’s plan to remedy the non-compliance.
Please note that when conducting internal 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 record review; b) Date of the review; c) Name of person(s) who conducted the
review, their role(s), and their signature(s).
Progress Report Due Date(s): December 6, 2010 and March 18, 2011
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: SE 13 Progress Reports and
Rating: Partially Implemented
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Department CPR Finding: A review of student records indicates that the district does not consistently
inform parents of the student’s progress towards reaching the goals set in the IEP at least as often as
parents are informed of the progress of non-disabled students.
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Narrative Description of Corrective Action: The district will train special education professional
staff on the requirement to consistently inform parents of the student’s progress towards
reaching the goals set in the IEP at least as often as parents are informed of the progress of nondisabled students. This training will occur during building-based special education staff
meetings in September, 2010. The district will then monitor implementation throughout the year
as paperwork is submitted from the buildings to the Special Education Office for filing in the
student record. Additionally, the district will randomly select several records of students in
February, 2011 to more formally review in order to determine compliance.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Administrator of Special
Corrective Action Activity: September, 2010
Education
for training; February 2011 for random
selection of student records for review
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: Meeting/training agendas and sign-in sheets;
Review of records indicating that staff are consistently writing progress reports and submitting
them to parents at the same frequency as parents of non-disabled students are informed of
progress.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: Special Education Office clerical staff will
monitor all paperwork as it arrives for inclusion in the student files for compliance and will be
directed to alert administration if forms are missing or are incomplete. Additionally, district
administrators will randomly select student records in February for review. Logs will be kept to
document monitoring.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: SE 13
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s): By December 6, 2010, submit evidence of staff training
on the requirement to consistently inform parents of the student’s progress towards reaching the goals
set in the IEP at least as often as parents are informed of the progress of non-disabled students. Include
the dates of the training, the agenda, training materials used, and the signed attendance sheets that
include staff role and building.
By March 18, 2011, submit a report of the district’s internal review of records in which progress
reports were completed after the training. Include the following information:
1. The number of student records reviewed;
2. The number of student records in compliance;
3. For all records not in compliance with this criterion, determine the root cause(s) of the noncompliance; and
4. The district’s plan to remedy the non-compliance.
Please note that when conducting internal 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 record review; b) Date of the review; c) Name of person(s) who conducted the
review, their role(s), and their signature(s).
Progress Report Due Date(s): December 6, 2010 and March 18, 2011
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
Charter School or District: Plympton Public Schools
Corrective Action Plan Forms
Program Area: Civil Rights
Prepared by: Joy Blackwood, 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 30, 2011
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: CR 24 Curriculum review
Rating: Partially Implemented
Department CPR Finding: Staff interviews indicate that the district does not ensure that individual
teachers review all educational materials for simplistic and demeaning generalizations, lacking
intellectual merit, on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin and sexual orientation and
provide balance and context for any such stereotypes depicted in such materials.
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: As part of the opening day agenda for the 2010-2011
school year all professional staff members were instructed to review all curriculum materials
used in the classroom throughout the year for any simplistic and demeaning generalizations,
lacking intellectual merit, on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin and sexual
orientation and provide balance and context for any such stereotypes depicted in such materials.
All professional staff signed off on attending the presentation and it has also been added to the
faculty handbook which also has a sign off receipt. Materials will be monitored during teacher
observations and classroom walk-throughs by administrators.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Assistant Superintendent and
Corrective Action Activity: September 1,
Principal
2010 for training; January 2011 and ongoing
for monitoring
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: Opening Day agendas and sign off attendance
sheets as well as faculty handbook read sign off sheets.
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: Training on curriculum review will be part of
the opening day agendas each year going forward as well as a permanent part of the faculty
handbooks. Additionally, materials will be monitored during teacher observations and
classroom walk-throughs by administrators.
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CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: CR 24
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
Department Order of Corrective Action:
Required Elements of Progress Report(s): By December 6, 2010, submit evidence of training for
staff on curriculum review procedures. Include the dates of the training, the agenda, training materials
used (including procedures on curriculum review and any forms to be used), and the signed attendance
sheets that include staff role and building.
Progress Report Due Date(s): December 6, 2010
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