2013-16
Strategic Plan
AdvancED Standards
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Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
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Annual Department Improvement Plan
Instruction
Human Resources
Facility and Safety
Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
Department: Student Support Services
School Year: 2015-16
AdvancED Standard(s) 2013-16 Strategic Plan
Actions, Strategies and Interventions
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Purpose and Direction
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
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Instruction
Facility and Safety Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
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District Collaboration – Work closely with Teaching and
Learning, Special Education, Safety, Public
Communication and Technology to support student
learning, achievement, and success, as outlined in the
FCS Learner Profile.
Collaborate consistently with all building level leaders to
assess their needs from Student Support Services.
District Collaboration – Provide professional development
in K-12 Vertical Student Support Teams focused on
aligning and growing common vocabulary and
expectations for embedded social emotional learning in all
classrooms.
District Collaboration – Provide professional development
and planning in K-12 Vertical Student Support Teams to
improve transition information and activities for students
and parents from elementary, to middle, to high school.
Personalized Learning – Research and develop a vision
and implementation plan for social emotional learning as
part of personalizing learning in FCS.
Collaborate with Teaching and Learning to develop
classroom culture that supports the learning and success
of the whole child.
Utilize Student Support Leadership Team Members to
receive professional learning from the State of Georgia
and develop a training module for the new State Suicide
Prevention Policy.
Collaborate with members of Teaching and Learning to
update the Promotion Retention Policy.
Timeline
Ongoing
© 2013 FCS Public Information and Communications Department
2013-16
Strategic Plan
AdvancED Standards
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
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Instruction
Human Resources
Facility and Safety
Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
Purpose and Direction
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
Instruction
Annual Department Improvement Plan
Department: Student Support Services
School Year: 2015-16
Counseling – Elementary, Middle, and High School
 Work collaboratively with Teaching and Learning and
Technology to support elementary counselors in the
development of career lessons and Child Lure lessons
using itslearning.
 Form a training team of elementary and middle school
counselors to provide professional development on
Student Led Conferencing, embedded in daily
classroom instruction, as part of the personalized
learning model.
 High School – Support high school counselors in the
development of academic, career, and social/emotional
skills to be college and career ready. Comprehensive
school counseling programs will respond to student,
school, and community needs based on data, and
development of prevention and intervention strategies
that enhance students’ academic, career, and
social/emotional development.
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Ongoing
© 2013 FCS Public Information and Communications Department
2013-16
Strategic Plan
AdvancED Standards
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
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Annual Department Improvement Plan
Instruction
Human Resources
Facility and Safety
Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
Department: Student Support Services
School Year: 2015-16
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Purpose and Direction
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
Instruction
Facility and Safety Services
Human Resources
Provide professional learning and resources that
support the needs of students suffering from anxiety,
depression, and mental illness.
Form a team of counselors, representative of high,
middle, and elementary school, who will be trained in
depth, on identifying resources and strategies at the
school level for students exhibiting anxiety or mental
illness concerns.
Health Services
 Increase early identification of students with hearing and
vision deficits and improve timeline for resolution of the
problem – Health assistants will work with the school
nurse in conducting vision and hearing screening and
paperwork.
 Increase early identification of students with health
conditions to implement accommodations needed to
improve health and decrease absences. – Utilize health
assistants, where possible, to complete clerical work,
stocking supplies, and other supportive measures for
the school clinic, providing additional time for nurses to
serve students.
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Spring / Summer
2016
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Ongoing
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Fall 2015
© 2013 FCS Public Information and Communications Department
2013-16
Strategic Plan
AdvancED Standards
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
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Instruction
Human Resources
Facility and Safety
Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
Purpose and Direction
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
Instruction
Facility and Safety Services
Technology
Operational Services
Annual Department Improvement Plan
Department: Student Support Services
School Year: 2015-16
Prevention
 Reduce the age of substance abuse onset among
Forsyth County Students utilizing Too Good for Drugs
Program (middle school), Mentoring Program (K-12),
Alcohol Prevention Project, CHAMPS, continued
support for the Olweus Anti Bullying Program, and
working with schools to improve communication skills
through Directionality Training.
 Provide training for a differentiated Mentoring program
for school based at risk students, REACH Scholars, and
students assigned to Gateway.
 Work collaboratively with Public Communications,
Teaching and Learning, and Technology to update
Parent Toolbox.
 Work closely with Public Communications and
community resources to raise funds for the 2016-17
REACH Scholarship Program.
 Continue to support middle and high schools with
REACH Scholars by providing training and resources for
REACH Mentors.
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Ongoing
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Winter 2016
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Ongoing
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Ongoing
© 2013 FCS Public Information and Communications Department
2013-16
Strategic Plan
AdvancED Standards
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
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Instruction
Human Resources
Facility and Safety
Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
Purpose and Direction
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Instruction
Facility and Safety Services
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
Purpose and Direction
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement
Instruction
Technology Services
Annual Department Improvement Plan
Department: Student Support Services
School Year: 2015-16
Social Work
 Increase access to mental health services for students
and their families through identifying local resources and
providing referrals to mental health practitioners.
 Develop district wide K-12 plan for decreasing chronic
absenteeism by revising procedures, gathering input
from building level leaders, researching best practices
for attendance interventions, and implementing effective
interventions.
 Continue to build positive community relationships
through collaborative meetings and communication with
the Forsyth County Court System, DFCS, Forsyth
County Non Profits, and the Forsyth County Sheriffs
Department
Psychology
 Collaborate with Special Education Department in
providing professional learning in the area of mental
illness.
 Provide professional learning with special education
facilitators and school psychologists to develop
collaborative relationships between the two departments
that will support school personnel, parents, and students
through the RTI and special education processes.
 Support the role out of the new FASTBridge Program at
all elementary, middle, and high schools (universal
screening and progress monitoring). Work closely with
the FASTBridge Program and all schools to implement
new tools as they become available.
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Ongoing
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Fall/Spring 2016
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Ongoing
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Ongoing
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Fall/Spring 2015-16
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Ongoing
© 2013 FCS Public Information and Communications Department
2013-16
Strategic Plan
AdvancED Standards
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for Continuous
Improvement





Annual Department Improvement Plan
Instruction
Human Resources
Facility and Safety
Services
Technology Services
Operational Services
Department: Student Support Services
School Year: 2015-16
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Through Focus Choice professional learning, provide
ongoing training and updates for school psychologists
on the FASTBridge Program, Data Teams, the RTI
process, and RTI Desktop.
Expand the knowledge and use of the RTI Desktop
Program at all K-12 Forsyth County Schools – School
Psychologists will provide training for school staff at their
assigned schools.
Continue training and support of school administration
and staff on the implementation of the RTI process.
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Ongoing
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Ongoing
© 2013 FCS Public Information and Communications Department