Iredell-Statesville Schools
Department Improvement Plan
A Continuous Improvement Strategic Plan
School Name: Secondary
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Year: 2010-11
Current NCLB Status: N/A
Current ABC Status: N/A
PLAN: Identify the gap and the approach
Overall SMART Goal (Two year projection): By 2012, ISS will improve district graduation rate to 90%.
Data Analysis. Answer the question below using any data and/or information you have about your performance.
In order to meet your Overall Goal, what is the most important area that needs improving and why? (If you have data that helped you answer this
question, please copy and paste it into this box.) Reduction in the district’s drop-out rate will have a direct correlation on the improvement of the
ISS graduation rate. ISS, as of October 2010, had 13 more drop-outs than last school year 2009-10. Our high schools must act to make sure students
are given every option that is available to stay in school.
School
CCTL
LNHS
Monticello
NIHS
SHS
Pressly
SIHS
VPAC
WIHS
Total
Total - 10/12/10
1
1
3
14
7
0
15
0
12
53
Total - 11/5/10
1
2
9
14
11
2
16
1
14
70
School
CCTL
LNHS
Monticello
NIHS
SHS
Pressly
SIHS
WIHS
Total
Total - 10/5/09
0
4
9
7
8
2
2
8
40
Total - 11/17/09
0
6
16
13
16
2
4
14
71
ISS Dropouts 2010-11
Total -
Total -
0
0
ISS Dropouts 2009-10
Total - 12/9/09
Total - 1/12/10
0
1
7
7
13
15
13
14
20
23
2
2
7
8
16
16
78
86
Total -
Total
Total
Total10/11
0
0
0
Total - 2/6/10
2
7
19
14
24
2
9
16
93
Total 3/4/10
2
9
23
17
31
3
10
18
113
Total 5/5/10
2
15
30
31
43
3
19
30
173
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Total 09/10
2
13
30
23
38
5
25
26
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1. What worked and how do you know? Having 2. What didn’t work and how do you know?
Drop-Outs as a standing agenda item gives
Not having NovaNET at our alternative
principals time to collaborate on best
schools created a curriculum void at these
practices to get these students in our
schools. One teacher cannot teach 20
alternative programs. As of November 5 ISS
different preps on their own without a
drop-outs are down by one from 2009-10
program that provided independent
school year. Puts a face to the names of the
instruction for each student.
drop-outs.
3. Do you need any additional assistance as
you look at your results and start planning for
Cycle 2? _X__Yes ___No
From whom do you need assistance? Title I
funds and the funds saved by the district
purchasing Castle Learning in lieu of
NovaNET, for a total of roughly $28,000.
Target SMART Goal (One year projection based on the answer to question 2 above.): By 2011, ISS will decrease the dropout rate from 2.97 to
1.50.
2. What will you do during cycle 1 (Identify key approach or strategy you will implement during cycle 1 to move toward achieving your target
goal.)? High School Principals, High School Executive Director, and counselors will begin contacting drop-outs with 15 or more credits to offer
the differentiated diploma at Pressly Alternative School. For students with less that 15 credits, the team will offer these students the “SAVE”
program at Monticello to recover credits, up to 15, and then enroll these students in the Differentiated Diploma at Pressly.
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DO: Develop and Implement Deployment Plan
Step # Cycle 1 List the specific steps your team will complete during Person(s)
the first cycle.
responsible for
completion of the
step.
#1
Identify the names and contact information of all our first
Laura Elliott
months’ drop-outs.
2
Meet with high school principals to analyze the data.
Todd Holden
3
4
Purchase NovaNET for Alternative schools for credit
recovery and stand alone credits.
Create a work order to have version 18 of NovaNET installed
on all computers at Monticello, Pressly, and 5 at SHS
Todd Holden
Todd Holden, IT
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Measure/Indicator
(How will you know if the
step is completed
correctly?)
Information list
Team meeting
agenda/minutes
Purchas Order
Work order completion
date
Start Date
End Date
October 1,
2010
October
10, 2010
October 7,
2010
November
1, 2010
October
10, 2010
Monthly Ongoing
November
1, 2010
November
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5
6
7
8
Begin calling all drop-outs on the district list.
HS counselors,
Monticello
Principal, Pressly
Principal
Begin enrolling former drop-outs at Monticello Save Program Monticello and
and Pressly Diff Program
Pressly Principals
Continue tracking student drop-out data with drop out
Rick Marcy
interviews
Monthly High School Principal agenda item
Todd Holden
Principals will report out
at monthly principal’s
meeting
November
1, 2010
June 2011
NC Wise
November
2010
November
2010
November
2010
January
2011
December
2011
Monthly ongoing
Interview data
Monthly Agendas
Implementation Plan Quality Check:
What resources/budget needs do you have for the first cycle? Utilize Title I funds from both Alternative schools and the $13,000 saved by district
by purchasing Castle Learning instead of NovaNET.
If you identified budget needs, what budget code will you use to meet the budget needs for this cycle? Title I
If funding is not available, identify the steps from the implementation plan that will address the funding gap. Write a Drop-out Prevention grant in
partnership with Statesville Housing Authority and the Boys and Girls Club of Iredell County.
What professional development, if any, will be offered in cycle 1 to support the staff in implementing the approach? Not applicable.
Determine the measures/data that will be used to determine the effectiveness of the first cycle approach by answering the following questions:
A. List the information or measures the team B. List the information or measures the team
C. List the information or measures the team will
will use to determine if the approach was
will use to determine if the approach wasn’t
use to determine what worked and what didn’t
implemented/completed. District drop-out
implemented correctly? NC Wise enrollment at work? Trend drop-out data.
data, monthly.
Pressly and Monticello, district drop-out
reports.
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Study – Analysis of data after implementing an approach
At the end of cycle 1, answer the following questions based on the data collected from the identified measures in boxes A, B, and C above:
3. What worked and how do you know?
4. What didn’t work and how do you know?
3. Do you need any additional assistance as you
look at your results and start planning for Cycle
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2? ___Yes ___No
From whom do you need assistance?
Reflect on the answers in box 1 and 2 above for cycle 1 and check which option best describes what you will do in your plan for cycle 2 (double
click the box and select “check” to check the box)?
Target goal has been met and is changed to a new target goal.
Target goal not met so we will continue current plan. We will make
Target goal not met but current plan is effective so we will
improvements to the plan based on what didn’t work as identified in #2 above.
continue current plan and repeat it for the next cycle.
Target goal not met and information indicates that we need to abandon the
current plan and identify a new approach.
A
Act – Revise or continue with implementation plan based on data analysis.
4. What is your next step for cycle 2 (Identify key approach or strategy)? If you are continuing with the approach from cycle 1, restate it here. If
you are changing your approach for cycle 2, state it here.
Step # Cycle 2 List the specific steps your team will complete during the Person(s)
Measure/Indicator Start Date End Date
second cycle.
responsible for
(How will you
completion of the
know if the step is
step.
completed
correctly?)
#1
Implementation Plan Quality Check:
What resources/budget needs do you have for cycle 2?
If you identified budget needs, what budget code will you use to meet the budget needs for this cycle?
If funding is not available, list the steps from the implementation plan that will address the funding gap.
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What professional development, if any, will be offered in cycle 2 to support the staff in implementing the approach?
Determine the measures/data that will be used to determine the effectiveness of the Cycle 2 approach by answering the following questions
A. List the information or measures the team
will use to determine if the approach was
implemented/completed? (Completion Data)
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B. List the information or measures the team
will use to determine if the approach wasn’t
implemented correctly? (Fidelity of
implementation.)
C. List the information or measures the team will
use to determine what worked and what didn’t
work? (Impact Data)
Study – Analysis of data after implementing an approach
At the end of cycle 2, answer the following questions based on the data collected from the identified measures in boxes A, B, and C above:
1. What worked and how do you know?
2.What didn’t work and how do you
3. Do you need any additional assistance as you
know?
look at your results and start planning for Cycle 2?
___Yes ___No
From whom do you need assistance?
Reflect on the answers in box 1 and 2 above for cycle 2 as well as the progress you made in cycle 1. Based on your work this year, begin defining
the direction of your DIP for 2010-11. Your current DIP will direct your actions through the end of the 2009-10 school year.
Reflect on the data analysis for the year so far and check the option below that best describes your direction for the 2010-11 DIP?
A
Act – Continue with the Target Goal or revise the Target Goal for next year.
Overall goal has been met and School Improvement Plan focus will change for next year.
Or…
Target goal has been met and is changed to a new target goal.
Target goal not met but current plan is effective so we will continue current plan and repeat it for the 2010-11 SIP to take our work to
sustaining..
.Target goal not met, so we will continue current plan for 2010-11. We will make improvements to the plan based on what didn’t work through
this year.
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