District Plan
PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK
1621 Martin Luther King Dr. Little Rock AR, 72201
Arkansas Comprehensive School Improvement Plan
2014-2015
It is the mission of the Premier School District to provide hope for students through an encouraging, innovative learning
environment, where they are academically successful and develop into life long learners.
Grade Span:
Title I: Not Applicable
School Improvement:
Table of Contents
Priority 1: Administrative Support
Goal: To provide leadership, service, and support to our school to assist the achievement of AMO.
Priority 1:
Supporting Data:
Administrative support
1. The 2013-2014 year will be the baseline year for the District of Premier High School. As soon as
data becomes available we will adjust our plans.
Goal
Benchmark
To provide leadership, service, and support to our school to assist the achievement of AMO.
Annually, our school and district will achieve AMO for both performance and growth.
Intervention: The district will provide assessment and data anaylsis
Scientific Based Research: Driven By Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Actions
Person
Timeline
Responsible
Resources
Annually, the district leadership team will
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collect all available student assessment. The
Meadows
team will analyze results and provide a report on
trends, performance, and growth to the school
and board. This report will provide the basis for
determining high need areas and services
needed.
Action Type: Alignment
Action Type: Collaboration
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
All district leadership team and appropriate staff Mia
will be provided opportunities to analyze data.
Meadows
Action Type: Alignment
Action Type: Collaboration
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
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Source of Funds
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
District Staff
Total Budget:
$0
Intervention: Implement district-wide differentiated professional development
Scientific Based Research: Differentiated Professional Development in a Professional Learning Community by Linda Bowgen
and Kathryn Server
Actions
Person
Timeline
Responsible
All teachers shall complete 60 hours of
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approved pd each year. The 60 hours of
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professional development will be filled during
the district's contracted school year. The 60
hours of professional development will include
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
Resources
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Source of Funds
District Staff
Teachers
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
technology, parental involvement, and all
other specific training as outlined in the ADE
rules and regulations for professional
development.
Action Type: Professional Development
Professional Development funds will be used Dennis
to support required professional development Felton
activities. These funds will be used to provide
in state and out of state conferences,
registration fees, meals, lodging, travel, and
any needed conference materials such as
professional books, periodicals, videotapes,
and software. Professional development
activities will correlate directly with content
specific needs in math and literacy and will be
provided by corporate sponsor-Responsive Ed,
APSRC, and any other approved ADE
providers. Professional development activities
include Reading Horizons, Study Island, Math
Interventions, TESS, parental involvement,
First Aid/CPR
Action Type: Professional Development
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
The district will develop in cooperation with
teachers and staff a professional development
plan. Teachers, administrators, and
paraprofessionals shall be involved in the
design, implementation, and evaluation of all
offerings.
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
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Meadows
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District Staff
Teachers
Teaching Aids
Title Teachers
PD (State223) Purchased
Services:
$2201.00
ACTION
BUDGET:
$2201
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
Total Budget:
$2201
Intervention: Implementation of research based programs, strategies, and activities as district initiatives.
Scientific Based Research: Grant, L., Stronge, J. H., & Popp, P. A. (2008). Effective teaching and at-risk/highly mobile
students: What do award-winning teachers do? Case studies of award-winning teachers of at-risk/highly mobile students.
Person
Timeline
Responsible
Actions
Title I funds will be provided to set aside additional funds
for identified homeless students. The district will provide
policy and procedures to identify homeless students and
provide any supplemental resources necessary. The district
will use the first year to identify and provide a basis for
additional funding. No additional funding will be needed
based on last years expenditures.
Action Type: Collaboration
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Dennis
Felton
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
Resources Source of Funds
Title I Materials &
Supplies:
$400.09
ACTION
BUDGET:
$400.09
Total Budget:
$400.09
Intervention: Build the capacity in school leadership for comprehensive and effective parent involvement.
Scientific Based Research: Scientific Based Research: Shartrand, A. M. New skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in
Family Involvement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard. Epstein, J.L. "School Family/Community
Partnership: Caring for the Children We Share." Phi Delta Kappan, 76(9): 701-712. Reeves, D.B. Holistic Accountability:
Serving students, schools and community. Thousand Oaks, CA. Corwin Press. Whitaker, Todd. Dealing with Difficult
Parents, and "with Parents in Difficult Situation." Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education. 2001 ISBN 1-930556-47-0. Department
of Education New Rules Governing Parental Involvement Plans; July 2012.
Actions
Annually the District in collaboration
with parents will review and revise if
necessary our parental involvement plan.
Person
Timeline
Responsible
Edwin
Strickland
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
Resources
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Source of Funds
Administrative Staff
ACTION
Central Office
BUDGET:
Community Leaders
$
Our plan will be posted to the website and
be available for review at the district
office during normal school hours. The
parent involvement plan will be filed with
the Department of Eduction by October 1
Action Type: Parental Engagement
07/01/2014
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Computers
District Staff
School Library
Teachers
Teaching Aids
Annually the District will provide (2)
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hours of professional development for
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licensed staff and (3) hours of rofessional
development for administrators on
understanding effective parental
involvemnt strategies.
Action Type: Collaboration
Action Type: Professional Development
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Central Office
BUDGET:
District Staff
Teachers
Teaching Aids
Annually the District will provide training Cheryl
to instructional volunteers on District and Wade
School policy, instruction and working
with students with disabilities
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Professional Development
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Computers
BUDGET:
District Staff
Teachers
Teaching Aids
Annually the School Board will review
and approve the parental involvement
plan under district's authority. This
approval will take place before the
October 1 deadline for filing with the
Department of Education.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Edwin
Strickland
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Central Office
Annually the District will provide various Edwin
parent workshops to help them
Strickland
understand content and achievement
standards, state assessments, stragegies to
better help thier kids, use of technology,
adult literacy traning, make and take
reading workshops and trainings will be
provided as parent in-put and need
becomes available.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Professional Development
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Central Office
BUDGET:
Community Leaders
Computers
Teaching Aids
The District when appropriate will
coordinate and integrate parent
involvemnt programs and activities with
any and all school programs and when
funding becomes available establish a
parent resource center.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Professional Development
Alex
Pritchett
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
06/30/2015
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Computers
Outside Consultants
School Library
Teaching Aids
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
The District shall ensure that information Alex
related to scholl and parent programs,
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meetings, and other activities is sent to
the parents in a format and language the
parents and or students can understand.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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School Library
Teachers
Teaching Aids
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
$
$
$
Annually the District will send to parents Edwin
at the beginning of the school year a
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Parents' Right to Know letter concerning
their child's teacher and paraprofessional
qualifications
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Central Office
BUDGET:
Annually the District will conduct an
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annual meeting to disseminate
Strickland
infromation about the Title I and other
compensatory programs. The District will
notify parents of the required annual
meeting and inform them of their right to
request additional meetings.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Central Office
BUDGET:
Computers
Teaching Aids
$
Annually the District will disseminate to
parents and to the appropriate private
school officials (if participating)
information about the written complaint
procedures for reslovinig issues of any
perceived violation of a Federal statue or
regulation that applies to Title I, Part A
programs.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Computers
BUDGET:
School Library
Teaching Aids
$
Edwin
Strickland
Total Budget:
$
$0
Intervention: Build the capacity in school leadership for implementing a comprehensive school health program.
Scientific Based Research: United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publication: Guidelines for School Health
Programs to "Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating." A United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publication: Guidelines
for School Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity."
Actions
Person
Timeline
Responsible
Resources
Source of Funds
The District will establish and convene a
school nutrition and physiacl activity
advisory committee that shall include
members from the school district
governing boards, school administrators,
food service personne, teacehr
organizations, parents, students, and
professional groups such as nurses and
community members. The committee's
scope of responsibility will be as outlined
in the Rules governing Nutrition and
Physical Activity Standards and Body
Mass Index in Arkansas Public Schools
February 13, 2012, Section 6.0, 6.02
through 6.06
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Wellness
Alex
Pritchett
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
Community Leaders ACTION
BUDGET:
District Staff
School Library
Teachers
Teaching Aids
The District will develop a required local
wellness policy based on the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act. The
wellness policy will include the
requiremtns in Section 6.07 of the ADE
rules and regulations
Action Type: Wellness
Edwin
Strickland
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Computers
Teaching Aids
ACTION
BUDGET:
$
Annually the District utilizing Sections 8.0 Edwin
through 12.0 of the ADE rules and
Strickland
regulations will develop a program
evaluation instrument to determine
compliance and effectiveness. The District
Start:
07/01/2014
End:
07/01/2014
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Administrative Staff
ACTION
Central Office
BUDGET:
Computers
$
$
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will monitor each school's comprehensive
school health program.
Action Type: Wellness
Total Budget:
$0
 Planning Team
Classification
District Staff
Name
Position
Committee
Classroom Teacher Dr. Caleb Rose
Math Chair
Math
Classroom Teacher Vakeisha Jones
Director of CNP
Wellness Chair
Classroom Teacher Victoria Le
Literacy Chair
Literacy
Parent
Cassandra McGhee Parental Involvement Chair Parent Committee
Principal
Edwin Strickland
Interm Campus Director
ACSIP Chair