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14-15 Plan for KDE Comprehensive

Improvement Plan for Districts

Fulton Independent

304 W State Line Fulton, KY 42041

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview 3

CDIP Committee Members ……………………………………………………………………………………5

Goals Summary 6

Goal 1: (2015) Increase the averaged combined reading and math K-PREP scores for elementary

(30.0 to 62.9), middle (33.4 to 67.9), and high school (22.6 to 64.6) in 2017. 7

Goal 2: (2015) Meet the 4 year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate goal of 84.5% by May 2015…...14

Goal 3: (2015) Meet the percentage goal for students who are college-career ready of 64.5% by

May 2015. 17

Goal 4: (2015) Increase the average combined reading and math proficency ratings for all students

in the non- duplicated gap group from 26.1% to 62.9% in the elementary, 32.9% to 67.9% in the

middle school and 22.7% to 64.6% in the high school in 2017. 20

Goal 5: (2015) Collaborate to implement teacher effectiveness technology and support by 05/15/15

as measured by 75% of FIS teachers scoring "accomplished" or "exemplary" on the PGES

evaluation. 22

Goal 6: (2015) Faculty, staff, students and parents will have a 5% increase in positive responses in

the stakeholder survey by fall 2014 24

Activity Summary by Funding Source……………………………………………………………………….26

KDE Assurances…………………………………………… ……………………………………………….…56 Superintendent Assurances .………………………………………………………………………………….69 Safe Schools Diagnostic ………………………………………………………………………………………72 The Missing Piece………………………………………………………………………………………………74

Executive Summary

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14-15 Plan for KDE Comprehensive Improvement Plan for Districts

Fulton Independent

Executive Summary

Description of the School System

The Fulton Independent School district is a one school district with two school campuses. Carr Elementary is located at

400 West State Line, Fulton, Ky and houses preschool through fifth grade students. Fulton High School is located at 700

Stephen Beale Drive, Fulton, KY and houses sixth through twelfth grade students. The total enrollment for the district is

approximately 400 students including preschool students. Fulton Independent School has many activities for students including

drama club in elementary, middle and high school, academic teams in middle and high school, football, volleyball, basketball,

cheer-leading, baseball and softball at the middle and high school levels.

The main emphasis of the 2014-15 District Improvement Plan will be on student achievement. After reviewing the

progress of the district in completing the 2013-14 plan and the needs statement of the school, the Fulton Independent

Improvement Planning Committee agreed that the plan should have three components. The three components are: student

achievement, parent/community involvement and reducing the achievement gap. The committee feels that to support student

achievement, the school must work with the parents and community to reach the goal of student success and implementing

the components of Senate Bill 1.

The main strategies of our plan will concentrate on professional development designed to implement Senate Bill 1

requirements and PGES implementation, improved communications with the parents and community, opportunities for our

students to have a wide variety of learning experiences aimed at helping them reach proficiency, and reducing the

achievement gaps while addressing equity issues.

The Improvement Planning process is on-going throughout each school year. The board of education policy 02.442 on

Improvement Planning is used to guide the district planning process. The district is a one school district. Only a district plan is

required. The guidelines provided by the KDE District Planning Framework documents are also used as planning guides for

the district plan. The needs assessment process actually begins with the analysis of assessment data at the school and

district level when results are available. The school will review Implementation and Impact Checklists quarterly at the school

level. The Improvement Plan is reviewed and discussed monthly at district Administrative meetings. Goal Managers prepared

a monthly report on the progress made on accomplishing activities to meet the objectives associated with their assigned CDIP

Goal. Parent, Student, and Teacher surveys are given in the fall and the results are used to create the Improvement Plan

along with the current School Report Card. A CDIP committee that includes parents, staff, faculty, community members,

administrators, and student representatives has been formed. The CDIP committee meets during the months of October,

November and December to devise the action plan for the components and then report their results to

the Board of Education at the December School Board meeting. A public meeting is held prior to the board meeting in December

to allow the community to review the plan and make recommendations. The district plan is presented for board review and

adoption in December and is posted to the school website in January at www.fultonind.kyschools.us.

Executive Summary

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System's Purpose

Mission

Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It

Vision

At Fulton Independent School District we guide students to success by providing rigorous learning experiences in a safe

school climate supported by a partnership of students, parents, community members, staff and administrators.

Beliefs

- All students are unique and can learn

- We create and maintain a rich and rigorous curriculum

- We believe it is important to develop strong character

- We develop students' critical thinking skills, problem solving skills and real world applications

- We believe every person deserves respect and a safe learning environment

- We prepare students to become contributing members of society

- We believe a committed, high quality staff is necessary for continued student success

Notable Achievements and Areas of Improvement

Improved KPREP score for District from 55.2 in 2013 to 66.3 in 2014.

Improved Elementary KPREP score from 50.4 in 2013 to 64.5 in 2014.

Improved Middle School KPREP score from 57.1 in 2013 to 63.0 in 2014.

Improved High School KPREP score from 58.1 in 2013 to 1.4 in 2014.

High School is a High Progress School in 2014 and scored Proficient.

Middle School is a Progressing School in 2014.

Elementary School is a High Progress School in 2014.

100% graduation rate for 2014.

0% drop out rate for students in 2014.

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District Improvement Plan Committee Members 2014-2015

District Administrators:

Tamara Smith, Superintendent

DeAnna Miller, DPP/ Supervisor

Sarah Townsend, Director Special Education/Preschool/504

School Administrators:

Donna Garland, K-12 Principal

Sondra Gibbs, K-12 Assistant Principal

Mindy Rose, 7-12 Guidance Counselor

Gwen Jenkins, P-6 Guidance Counselor/Psychologist

Student/Community/Program Coordinators:

Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Coordinator

Michael Thomas, Community Education Director

Laurie Thorpe, Director of Finance

Teachers:

Geneva Storey, 7-12 Teacher

Davis, Tiea, Middle School Teacher

Lofton, Alisha, 4-5 grade teacher

Tammy Malray, 2nd grade teacher

Parents:

Erica Owens, High School Parent

Jenny Rushing, Middle School/Elem School Parent

Samantha Ray, Elem School Parent

Students:

Jordan Owens, High School Student

Linus Pulley, Carr Elem Student

Brandon Rushing, Middle School Student

Patrick Ray, Carr Elementary Student

School Board Member:

Carol Bransford, School Board Member

Community Member:

Elaine Forrester, Community Member


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Goals Summary

The following is a summary of the goals encompassed in this plan. The details for each goal are available in the next section.

# Goal Name Goal Details Goal Type Total Funding

1 (2015) Increase the averaged combined reading and math K-PREP scores for elementary (30.0 to 62.9), middle (33.4 to 67.9), and high school (22.6 to 64.6) in 2017.

Objectives: 1 Strategies: 3 Activities: 18

Organizational $100950

2 (2015) Meet the 4 year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate goal of 84.5% by May 2015.



3 (2015) Meet the percentage goal for students who are college-career ready of 64.5% by May 2015.



4 (2015) Increase the average combined reading and math proficency ratings for all students in the non- duplicated gap group from 26.1% to 62.9% in the elementary, 32.9% to 67.9% in the middle school and 22.7% to 64.6% in the high school in 2017.



5 (2015) Collaborate to implement teacher effectiveness technology and support by 05/15/15 as measured by 75% of FIS teachers scoring "accomplished" or "exemplary" on the PGES evaluation.



6 (2015) Faculty, staff, students and parents will have a 5% increase in positive responses in the stakeholder survey by fall 2014




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Goal 1: (2015) Increase the averaged combined reading and math K-PREP scores for elementary

(30.0 to 62.9), middle (33.4 to 67.9), and high school (22.6 to 64.6) in 2017. This plan includes progress notes which are at the very end of this document

Measurable Objective 1:

collaborate to increase the elementary (to 48.0%), middle (to 55.1%), and high school (to 55%) averaged combined reading and math K-Prep scores by 05/22/2015 as measured by the 2015 K-PREP scores.

Strategy 1:

Reading and Math Initiative - FIS administrators, faculty and staff will continue to work together with the purpose of aligning curriculum K-12 in the areas of reading and

math, select and recommend new instructional materials and assessments that are scientifically research based, design lessons and provide professional development

to improve the level of rigor in instruction and assessment, and monitor the level of improvement of scores from assessments such as Aimsweb, CERT, GRADE, and

GMADE in order to prepare for K-PREP assessments in May 2014. PLC groups will focus on data driven instruction and intervention in order to improve student

achievement.

Category: Continuous Improvement

Activity - Professional Learning Committees Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Professional Learning Committees will continue to meet at least twice per Academic 01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $2000 State Funds, Donna month in order to review our current literacy program / math program and Support School Garland, make revisions in order to improve student achievement in the area of Program Council Principal English Language Arts and Reading and Math through curriculum Funds, Text Sondra alignment, adequate resources, research-based teaching strategies, and Books Gibbs, timely interventions. Teachers in PLCs will spend time looking at data in Assistant order to make instructional decisions and revisions to lesson plans. Principal Teaching Strategies will be introduced in faculty meetings. DeAnna Job embedded PD will be provided. Miller, Teachers will make recommendations to address areas of concern in the Supervisor of TELL survey. Instruction

Jennifer Schools: All Schools Cochran, PLC

Leader Cyndi Brown, PLC Leader, Jennifer Caldwell, PLC Leader Tracey Grooms, PLC Leader Jennifer Dillon, PLC Leader


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Geneva Storey, P

Activity - Program Review Goals Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Program Review committees will meet quarterly to identify areas for improvement which will result in all program reviews scoring proficient or distinguished and as a result increasing student achievement. • UTM Partnership: Students teach dance, math, science • Evidence turned in electronically and hard copy\ • Great Body Shop • Integrating Curriculum • Professor Pop Corn • School Nurse teaches nutrition and wellness at Carr • Guest Speakers for Career Month • FEA Competition • Bilingual Buddies

Schools: All Schools

Academic Support Program

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 School Council Funds

Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal Chad Malray, PLCS Chair Allison Butner, A&H Chair Chris Roberts, Writing Chair Tammy Malray, Primary Chair Katie Parr, World Lang Chair

Activity - FHS Transition Courses Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Reading Transition courses and Math Transition courses will be provided during RTI for all students in grades 6-12 who have not met benchmarks in the areas of reading and mathematics on the EXPLORE, PLAN and ACT tests. • Performance Based Credit for Seniors who reach benchmark who are in the Intervention Course in addition to RTI

Schools: Fulton Independent School

Direct Instruction


Donna Garland, Principal

Activity - Intervention Teams Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible


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RTI teams will meet quarterly to review student progress in both intervention classes and regular classes. A sign-in sheet and minutes will be kept on file at the Board of Education.



01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $0 No Funding Required

Jennifer Caldwell, RTA/RTI Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor

Activity - Professional Consultation Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Math, Literacy, Special Education, and Behavior Consultants (WKEC Staff) will meet with district and school administrators to give advice on how to strengthen the rigor of the curriculum and instruction provided to all students.



01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 General Fund, Title I Schoolwide

Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal

Activity - Writing Assignments Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible


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All teachers will develop and deliver assignments for students where written technical instructions are followed to complete a technical process. Middle/High School:

Writing RTI Curriculum Maps were developed. MS Writing Rotation Lab was created in the MS schedule. Writing Plan schedule was developed for HS and MS. Writing pieces are put into student files.

Carr Elementary: sponsors Writers of the Week Writing Folders AIMS WEB Writing Assessment


Direct Instruction


Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst Principal

Activity - RTI Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

RTI will be provided for all students in three separate levels known as Tier I, Tier 2, and Tier 3 in the areas of Reading (K-12), Math (K-12), Writing (K- 12), and Behavior (K-3). Universal screenings will be given 3 times per year and progress monitoring assessments will be used to gather data that will be used to inform instructional decisions and services for all students.


Direct Instruction


Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Sondra GIbbs, Asst. Principal DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor Gwen Jenkins, School Psychologist

Activity - Technology Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Technology will be used by students and teachers for student learning and Direct 01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $7500 District Tamara achievement during instruction in order to better prepare students for life Instruction Funding, Smith, long learning and the 21st century workplace. School Superintende

Council nt Schools: All Schools Funds, KETS Becky Fisette,

DTC/CIO Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal


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Activity - Kindergarten Readiness Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

100% of Kindergarten students will be screened for Kindergarten Academic 07/27/2015 09/01/2015 $20050 School Gwen readiness. Plans will be made to address needs for enrichment and Support Council Jenkins, BAC resource. KERA & IDEA Preschool instruction prepares students for Program Funds, IDEA, Townsend, Kindergarten beginning at age 3 enrollment. State Funds Sarah

Preschool Schools: All Schools

Activity - Enrichment Services Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Enrichment opportunities will be provided to students who have mastered the classroom content and need more challenging opportunities through gifted and talented or a different learning environment.


Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $11000 State Funds Tiffany Ray, Gifted Coordinator DeAnna Miller, Supv of Instruction

Strategy 2:

Academic Support - Administrators will provide resources and professional development to enable teachers to provide quality instruction.

Category: Professional Learning & Support

Activity - CIITS Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Administrators will provide professional development to teachers in order to Academic 01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $3500 District Tamara learn to use CIITS updates, monitor the use of CIITS in the district by all Support Funding, Smith, teachers, analyze the data entered into CIITS for school wide instructional Program Race to the Superintende improvements and implement TPGES. Top, School nt

Council DeAnna Schools: All Schools Funds Miller,

Instructional Supervisor Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

Activity - Teacher Input / TELL Survey recommendations Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible


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A committee of teachers will make recommendations for district improvements of professional development, resources, and instruction based on the TELL survey. Each PLC will discuss improvements for the 4 lowest scoring areas in the TELL survey during their two PLC meetings in April. PLC leaders will meet together in late April to combine the recommendations and these will be presented to Mrs. Miller by mid-May.


Professional Learning


Each PLC leader will lead a discussion on improvements for the TELL survey.

Activity - Improvement Strategies Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Student engagement, Questioning and Student led discussion will be a focus in the classroom during the 2014-2015 school year and the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year. Teachers will be trained in these areas and these areas will be reviewed frequently in PLC meetings, on walkthroughs and on end of the year evaluations.



11/03/2014 12/18/2015 $2000 District Funding

Tamara Smith, DeAnna Miller, Sarah Townsend Donna Garland, Sondra Gibbs' Jennifer Cothran, Jennifer Caldwell, Tracey Grooms, Jennifer Dillon, Geneva Storey

Activity - Textbooks Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

The textbook committee will meet to determine textbook needs in the district. Textbooks will be purchased as textbook funding is allotted by KDE.


Direct Instruction

06/15/2015 12/18/2015 $6000 Text Books DeAnna Miller, Textbooks Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

Activity - School Climate Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible


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The climate of Fulton Independent School will be one of learning and Academic 01/05/2015 12/31/2015 $17000 School Donna safety for all students. In an effort to ensure this, enrichment rooms will be Support Council Garland, provided at both buildings and motivational/celebratory activities will be Program Funds, Safe Principal held throughout the year (KPREP celebrations, No referral recognition, Schools Sondra Honor roll recognition, CCR recognition, Attendance recognition, etc). Gibbs,

Assistant Schools: All Schools Principal

Activity - Extended School Services Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Extended School Services will be provided in grades 3-12. The B3 grant program will provide daily tutoring services after school for students in grades 3-8. After school tutoring will be provided for grades 6-12 at FHS.



01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $25000 State Funds, Grant Funds

Kimberly Jobe, B3 DeAnna Miller, ESS

Activity - Professional Development Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

FIS will hold four mandatory PD days for all instructional staff. In addition PD will be provided throughout the year at faculty meetings, during planning periods, during PLC meetings and in job embedded opportunities for teachers. A Professional Development Plan, developed by the PD committee, will be kept up to date. Consultants from the West Kentucky Educational Coop will be called upon for services.



01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $3000 State Funds DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction

Strategy 3:

Truancy Reduction - Efforts will be made to reduce the number of truant students in the district by collaborating with community and school resources, parents, and

students.

Category: Persistance to Graduation

Activity - Attendance Rate Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Activities to promote good attendance for both students and faculty will be initiated in the district. Students with Perfect Attendance will be recognized monthly, Grades and Classrooms with the best attendance percentage will be recognized. Letters will be mailed to parents of truant students. DPP will collaborate with the court system and DCBS to prevent truancy cases.



01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $200 General Fund DeAnna Miller, DPP


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Goal 2: (2015) Meet the 4 year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate goal of 84.5% by May 2015.


collaborate to provide instruction by equitably placing highly skilled teachers and counselors in schools in order for all students to be college and career ready therefore being prepared to graduate from high school by 05/22/2014 as measured by the 4 year adjusted cohort graduation rate for Fulton Independent School will be at 84.5%.

Strategy 1:

Resources used to meet graduation goal - Multiple resources will be utilized to ensure all students reach the goal of graduation.


Activity - Targeted Intervention Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Students at risk of drop out will be identified through the Persistence to Graduation report. The students will have individualized plans written for to assist them in achieving on time graduation.




Gwen Jenkins, School Psychologist Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor DeAnna Miller, DPP Sarah Townsend, DOSE

Activity - ILP Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

The ILP will be utilized for all students in grades 6-12 in order for their career interests to be aligned with their course selections. FIS will have 100% completion of ILPs for students in grades 6-12.


Career Preparation/O rientation


Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Sarah Townsend, DOSE

Activity - Mentoring Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

A mentoring program will be provided for selected students who need an adult role model to discuss career choices, behavioral choices and academics. Community members will serve as mentors for these selected students. This program will be operated through the FRYSC. The Community Education liason will work in our community to help recruit mentors for the program.


Community Engagement

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 FRYSC Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Mike Thomas, Community Education Donna Garland, Principal


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Strategy 2:

Career Readiness - Students will have exposure to different types of careers and college opportunities in all grade levels in order to select career interests. All students

in grades 9-12 will select a career pathway and take classes to work towards earning the Career ready status.

Category: Career Readiness Pathways

Activity - Career Exploration Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Students in 6th, 8th, and 10th grade will participate in the Reality Store to explore different types of careers. The Community Education liason will work with community members to recruit volunteers for this program.




Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Mike Thomas, Community Education Program

Activity - Bulldog Academy Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

A college preparatory academy will continue to allow students the opportunity to take dual credit courses and college preparatory courses through Fulton High School, Fulton County ATC, MSU and WKCTC.




Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Geneva Storey, Bulldog Academy Director Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor

Activity - Careers in ARC meetings Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible


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All students ages 13 and older will have a course of study chosen and career goals in their IEP. These will be discussed in all ARC meetings.




Sarah Townsend, DOSE Mark Paitsel, SP Ed Teacher Beverly Pledge, Sp Ed Teacher

Activity - Career Month Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

The month of September will be deemed "Career Month." Students will Career 09/01/2015 09/30/2015 $400 Career and Donna participate in many different career activities during this time. Faculty Preparation/O Technical Garland, members will promote College and Career exploration during this time. rientation Education Principal

Funds, Sondra Schools: All Schools School Gibbs,

Council Assistant Funds Principal

Strategy 3:

Truancy Reduction - Truant students and their parents will be contacted and counseled in order to improve attendance and prevent students from dropping out.


Activity - Attendance Rate Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Students will be contacted with truancy letters and truancy charges when absences and tardies exceed the allowable limits, counseled with by counselors in an effort to keep students focused on being in school to prepare to graduate on time. Recognition will be provided for perfect attendance and 98% attendance for nine week periods. Activities will include monthly recognition of perfect attendance and highest attendance percentages, 9 week recognition of students and semester recognition(drawings, etc). Attendance rate will increase from 95.4% to 96% for the 2014-2015 school year.




DeAnna Miller, DPP Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst. Principal Becky Fisette, CIO


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Goal 3: (2015) Meet the percentage goal for students who are college-career ready of 64.5% by

May 2015.


collaborate to use intentional scheduling of courses and assessment in order to ensure career pathway availabilities with the ultimate goal of reaching 64.5% CCR by 05/21/2015 as measured by the percentage of graduates who are CCR..

Strategy 1:

College / Career Readiness - Students will work towards achieving the status of college or career ready in order to pursue their chosen career from those options

offered at Fulton High School and Fulton County Area Technology Center.

Category: Career Readiness Pathways

Activity - Bulldog Academy Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

An in house Academy will continue to offer dual credit and college/career preparatory courses for students


Direct Instruction


Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Tamara Smith, Superintende nt

Activity - Intervention Courses for Benchmarks Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

RTI classes will be offered to every student in grade 6-12 who did not meet benchmark in reading or mathematics on the EXPLORE, PLAN or ACT.


Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $2000 Title I Part A, School Council Funds


Activity - Area Technology Center Visit Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

All 8th grade students will tour the Area Technology Center in the spring prior to their freshman year of high school. ATC classes will be presented to students as career preparation options.




Donna Garland, Principal Laurie Thorpe, Director of Transporation Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor


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Activity - Career Preparation for IEP students Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

All students with an IEP will have a career choice area of interest and plan for implementation before entering high school. IEP students will be presented with the option of ATC classes as career preparation.




Beverly Pledge Mark Paitsel Sarah Townsend Mindy Rose Donna Garland

Activity - Freshman Career Paths Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

All freshman will choose a career path and note it in their ILP. Courses will be chosen based upon this career path. All FHS students will select a career path and work towards it even if they choose to go to college and work towards College readiness.




Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Donna Garland, Principal Tamara Smith, Superintende nt

Activity - Middle School CCR Preparation Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

All 6-8 grade students will take a Practical Living Career Studies course for one nine week period.




Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor

Activity - Career Month Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

All students K-12 will participate in activities during Career Month Academic 01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $2400 Annual Giving Donna (September) in order to explore college and career choices. Activities will Support Fund, School Garland, include College bulletin boards and door decorations, "If I were not a Program Council Principal teacher, I would be a .." decorations, Career fair, etc. Incentives are Funds, Mindy Rose, provided to encourage meeting CCR. Incentives include the CCR District Guidance Luncheons, field trips, t shirts, study time and K-5 Guidance Classes. Funding Counselor

Sondra Schools: All Schools Gibbs, Asst.

Principal Gwen Jenkins, Guidance Counselor


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Michael Thomas, Community Education Director

Activity - Mentoring Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Bulldog Academy Student Mentors will go into 6-12 grade classrooms to Academic 01/02/2015 12/18/2015 $300 General Mindy Rose, promote college readiness through speaking about benchmarks, GPAs, Support Fund, Grant Guidance KEES money, etc. Program Funds, Counselor District will participate in Operation Preparation for students in grades 8 & FRYSC Mike Thomas, 10. These students will be advised by a mentor through the school using Community the ILP student program in order to promote a career pathway and Education improving student achievement. Tracy Pulley,

FRYSC Schools: All Schools Gwen

Jenkins, Guidance Counselor Geneva Storey, Bulldog Academy Director Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

Activity - College Preparation Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Seniors will have the opportunity to visit college campuses. They will Academic 01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $2000 District Donna receive information on available scholarships. They will receive assistance Support Funding, Garland, in applying to colleges. Program School Principal

Council Mindy Rose, Middle School CCR Recognition: To promote reaching college readiness Funds Guidance benchmarks in 8th grade, middle school students will participate in Counselor activities such as special lunches, t-shirts, bulletin board recognition, etc. Geneva

Storey, High School CCR Recognition: To promote reaching college / career Teacher readiness benchmarks, high school students will participate in activities such as special lunches, t-shirts, bulletin board recognition, etc.



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Goal 4: (2015) Increase the average combined reading and math proficency ratings for all

students in the non-duplicated gap group from 26.1% to 62.9% in the elementary, 32.9% to 67.9%

in the middle school and 22.7% to 64.6% in the high school in 2017. This plan includes progress notes which are at the very end of this document


collaborate to increase the average combined reading and math proficiency ratings for all students in the non-duplicated gap group from 44.1% to 48% in the elementary, 37.2% to 55.1% in the middle school, and 54.4% to 56% in the high school by 05/21/2015 as measured by Spring 2015 test scores in math and reading. Highly skilled teachers are placed in 100% of classrooms and students are equitably assigned to classes and teachers based upon their educational needs. .

Strategy 1:

Intervention - Teachers and Administrators will monitor formative and summative assessments and organizational charts twice each nine week grading period to

monitor progress for students.

Category: Continuous Improvement

Activity - Progress Monitoring Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Teachers will review organizational charts for students twice per every nine week period in order to monitor growth for students and make adjustments in instruction accordingly.




Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supv Sarah Townsend, DOSE All teachers

Activity - Gap Group Intervention Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Data for gap groups will be reviewed and a plan implemented for Academic 01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $42624 District DeAnna intervention for students including: Support Funding, Title Miller, DAC Analyzing student achievement by gap groups Program I Part A, Title Sarah Selecting a review format to make modifications in instruction relative to II Part A Townsend, data DOSE Develop a bank of intervention strategies Donna Identify non-cognitive data Garland, Define the use of best practice Principal RTI classes will be structured according to ACT, PLAN, EXPLORE and Sondra


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CERT benchmarks met by students at FHS and Aimsweb, GRADE, Gibbs, Asst GMADE and STAR at Carr Elementary. Principal Classroom sizes will be reduced to meet student needs for achievement.


Activity - Safe School Gap Initative Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

*Utilize the PTGT (Persistence to Graduation Tool) in Infinite Campus to identify gap students. Cross reference with other data to determine which students are at immediate risk of failure and require intensive intervention and support. Counselors will develop and implement individual Persistence to Graduation plans for at-risk students based on PTGT data. *Identify current supports and structures being used for this group of students. Add intervention from the Evidence Based Strategies Toolkit on the KDE website. *Identify Tiered Behavioral Levels and behavioral plans for students at Tier 3 behavioral level.


Behavioral Support Program


DeAnna Miller, Safe Schools Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst Principal Gwen Jenkins, School Psychologist/ Counselor Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor

Activity - Increased Transition Rate for Students with Disabilities Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Increase the percentage of students with disabilities' transition to post secondary school or a career to 100% in order to meet the state target. This will be completed by developing a plan for each high school student (multi year course of study) that includes a career choice area and steps to reach that career.




Beverly Pledge Mark Paitsel Mindy Rose Donna Garland Sarah Townsend

Activity - Co-Teaching Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible


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Co-teaching will be implemented and monitored by principals and DOSE to ensure quality instruction for students with disabilities.


Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $10000 IDEA Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

Activity - Name, Claim and Plan the Game Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Students who are close to moving to the next level of achievement on state testing will be targeted and a plan designed to move them to the next level. Seniors who are not yet College Career Ready will be "claimed" by FHS faculty in order to move those students to CCR status.



01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 Title I Schoolwide

DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal Sarah Townsend, DOSE Geneva Storey, CCR

Goal 5: (2015) Collaborate to implement teacher effectiveness technology and support by

05/15/15 as measured by 75% of FIS teachers scoring "accomplished" or "exemplary" on the

PGES evaluation.

This plan includes progress notes which are at the very end of this document


collaborate to have the percentage of effective (accompliushed or exemplary)teachers at 85% in 2015 and increase to 100% in 2020. To have the percentage of effective principals at 100% in 2015 and in 2020 by 05/15/2015 as measured by the percentage of administrators eligible to evaluate teachers using the PGES..

Strategy 1:

Teachscape - We will use RTTT funding to certify administrators to support teacher effectiveness



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Activity - Principal Certification Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Teachscape Observation Recalibration Certification will be completed Professional 07/01/2015 10/01/2016 $2900 School Tamara annually. Learning Council Smith,

Funds, Superintende Schools: All Schools District nt

Funding, DeAnna School Miller, Council Supervisor of Funds Instruction

Strategy 2:

Professional Development - Teachers will receive needed professional learning in order to be effective in the classroom.


Activity - PD Advisory Team Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

An advisory team of administrators and teachers will make recommendations for PD in the district that will enable teachers to become effective. A Professional Development Action Plan will be developed and implemented.



01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $2000 State Funds DeAnna Miller, PD Coordinator Donna Garland, Principal Chris Roberts, FHS Teacher Jennifer Caldwell, Carr Teacher

Activity - Professional Growth Plan Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Individual Teacher Growth Plans will be developed and entered into CIITS at the first of the school year. The plans will be reviewed with teachers by Principals twice each year. Teachers will also develop a student growth goal yearly.




Donna Garland, Principal Sondra GIbbs, Asst. Principal Tamara Smith, Superintende nt


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Goal 6: (2015) Faculty, staff, students and parents will have a 5% increase in positive responses

in the stakeholder survey by fall 2014 This plan includes progress notes which are at the very end of this document


collaborate to inform all stakeholders about the school district services and goals. Stakeholders will embrace the district as evidenced by positive responses on the fall 2015 stakeholder survey by 05/17/2013 as measured by an ASSIST stakeholder survey in October 2015..

Strategy 1:

Increase Stakeholder Involvement - Efforts will be made to involve parents, students, faculty members and community members as active stakeholders in the education

of students.

Category: Stakeholder Engagement

Activity - Parent Programs Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Efforts will be made to involve parents, students, faculty members and Parent 01/05/2015 12/31/2015 $34000 Booster Fund, Tamara community members as active stakeholders in the education of students. Involvement Perkins, Smith, Such activities will include: FRYSC, Title Superintende

I Part A, nt / Title I

Grant Funds Tracy Pulley, *Develop a comprehensive plan to accelerate and increase parent FRYSC involvement through Title I Mike Thomas, *Track parental involvement in schools through Title I Community

Education *Use Title I funds to engage parental involvement in the schools and use Donna Title I funds to host parental trainings on fluency and numeration: Garland, Launching Young Readers Night / Family Reading Nights in August, Principal September, October, November of 2015 (Parr), the Animal Underground Sondra show, book fair parent/community night, Family Science Night (Pulley) Gibbs,

Assistant Support Programs that engage the community such as: Principal Community Sponsored Opening Day for Teachers (Thomas) Open House Night at schools (Garland, Gibbs, Townsend) Dinner Theater Productions (Butner, Drama Booster Club, Garland) Informational and up to date District Website (Jobe, Fisette, Garland, Gibbs, Smith) Student Transition Night (Garland, Rose) Open Board Meetings (Smith) Dawg Bites School Newsletter (Jobe) Spring Clean (Thomas)

Support and encourage parent/community clubs and organizations that provide services to our students and community through activities such as:


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Active PTO (Garland, Gibbs) Bulldog Academy Appreciation Reception (Storey) Articles in local Newspaper (Smith, Garland, Gibbs, Jobe)

Write grants that will provide additional instructional and support services to students such as: 21st Century Grant after school Program: Bulldogs Beyond the Bell The Leader in Me Fresh Fruit Grant Carl Perkins vocational funding Community Education FRYSC


Activity - Stakeholder Involvement in Decision Making Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Involve teachers, students, and community members in decision making for the schools by including parents on each of the four Program Review Committees, maintaining and supporting a student council at each school location, encouraging all teachers to participate in the TELL survey and analyze results at the administrative level and address concerns, and survey families, students, and staff for CDIP and analyze results.




Tamara Smith, Superintende nt / Title I DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

Activity - TELL Survey Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Source Of Funding

Staff Responsible

Take recommendations from a teacher committee on ways to improve areas from the TELL survey that did not have positive responses.


Recruitment and Retention


DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst. Principal


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Activity Summary by Funding Source

Below is a breakdown of your activities by funding source

No Funding Required

Activity Name Activity Description Activity Type Begin Date End Date Resource Assigned

Staff Responsible

Increased Transition Rate for Students with Disabilities

Increase the percentage of students with disabilities' transition to post secondary school or a career to 100% in order to meet the state target. This will be completed by developing a plan for each high school student (multi year course of study) that includes a career choice area and steps to reach that career.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $0 Beverly Pledge Mark Paitsel Mindy Rose Donna Garland Sarah Townsend

Professional Growth Plan Individual Teacher Growth Plans will be developed and entered into CIITS at the first of the school year. The plans will be reviewed with teachers by Principals twice each year. Teachers will also develop a student growth goal yearly.


01/01/2015 12/16/2016 $0 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra GIbbs, Asst. Principal Tamara Smith, Superintende nt

Freshman Career Paths All freshman will choose a career path and note it in their ILP. Courses will be chosen based upon this career path. All FHS students will select a career path and work towards it even if they choose to go to college and work towards College readiness.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $0 Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Donna Garland, Principal Tamara Smith, Superintende nt

Careers in ARC meetings All students ages 13 and older will have a course of study chosen and career goals in their IEP. These will be discussed in all ARC meetings.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $0 Sarah Townsend, DOSE Mark Paitsel, SP Ed Teacher Beverly Pledge, Sp Ed Teacher


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Total

School Council Funds


Staff Responsible

School Climate The climate of Fulton Independent School will be one of learning and safety for all students. In an effort to ensure this, enrichment rooms will be provided at both buildings and motivational/celebratory activities will be held throughout the year (KPREP celebrations, No referral recognition, Honor roll recognition, CCR recognition, Attendance recognition, etc).


01/05/2015 12/31/2015 $1000 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

Teacher Input / TELL Survey recommendations

A committee of teachers will make recommendations for district improvements of professional development, resources, and instruction based on the TELL survey. Each PLC will discuss improvements for the 4 lowest scoring areas in the TELL survey during their two PLC meetings in April. PLC leaders will meet together in late April to combine the recommendations and these will be presented to Mrs. Miller by mid-May.


04/24/2015 05/15/2015 $0 Each PLC leader will lead a discussion on improvements for the TELL survey.

Intervention Teams RTI teams will meet quarterly to review student progress in both intervention classes and regular classes. A sign-in sheet and minutes will be kept on file at the Board of Education.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $0 Jennifer Caldwell, RTA/RTI Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor

$0


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Career Exploration Students in 6th, 8th, and 10th grade will participate in the Reality Store to explore different types of careers. The Community Education liason will work with community members to recruit volunteers for this program.


09/01/2015 09/30/2015 $1000 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Mike Thomas, Community Education Program

Career Month The month of September will be deemed "Career Month." Students will participate in many different career activities during this time. Faculty members will promote College and Career exploration during this time.



Middle School CCR Preparation

All 6-8 grade students will take a Practical Living Career Studies course for one nine week period.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $600 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor

Targeted Intervention Students at risk of drop out will be identified through the Persistence to Graduation report. The students will have individualized plans written for to assist them in achieving on time graduation.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $200 Gwen Jenkins, School Psychologist Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor DeAnna Miller, DPP Sarah Townsend, DOSE

ILP The ILP will be utilized for all students in grades 6-12 in order for their career interests to be aligned with their course selections. FIS will have 100% completion of ILPs for students in grades 6-12.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $0 Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Sarah Townsend, DOSE

Intervention Courses for Benchmarks


Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1500 Donna Garland, Principal


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Career Month All students K-12 will participate in activities during Career Month (September) in order to explore college and career choices. Activities will include College bulletin boards and door decorations, "If I were not a teacher, I would be a .." decorations, Career fair, etc. Incentives are provided to encourage meeting CCR. Incentives include the CCR Luncheons, field trips, t shirts, study time and K-5 Guidance Classes.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Sondra Gibbs, Asst. Principal Gwen Jenkins, Guidance Counselor Michael Thomas, Community Education Director

Technology Technology will be used by students and teachers for student learning and achievement during instruction in order to better prepare students for life long learning and the 21st century workplace.

Direct Instruction

01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $1500 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt Becky Fisette, DTC/CIO Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

College Preparation Seniors will have the opportunity to visit college campuses. They will receive information on available scholarships. They will receive assistance in applying to colleges. Middle School CCR Recognition: To promote reaching college readiness benchmarks in 8th grade, middle school students will participate in activities such as special lunches, t-shirts, bulletin board recognition, etc.

High School CCR Recognition: To promote reaching college / career readiness benchmarks, high school students will participate in activities such as special lunches, t-shirts, bulletin board recognition, etc.


01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $500 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Geneva Storey, Teacher

Kindergarten Readiness 100% of Kindergarten students will be screened for Kindergarten readiness. Plans will be made to address needs for enrichment and resource. KERA & IDEA Preschool instruction prepares students for Kindergarten beginning at age 3 enrollment.


07/27/2015 09/01/2015 $50 Gwen Jenkins, BAC Townsend, Sarah Preschool


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Principal Certification Teachscape Observation Recalibration Certification will be completed annually.


07/01/2015 10/01/2016 $400 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction

TELL Survey Take recommendations from a teacher committee on ways to improve areas from the TELL survey that did not have positive responses.

Recruitment and Retention

01/05/2015 12/31/2015 $500 DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst. Principal

Stakeholder Involvement in Decision Making

Involve teachers, students, and community members in decision making for the schools by including parents on each of the four Program Review Committees, maintaining and supporting a student council at each school location, encouraging all teachers to participate in the TELL survey and analyze results at the administrative level and address concerns, and survey families, students, and staff for CDIP and analyze results.


01/05/2015 12/31/2015 $200 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt / Title I DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal


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Professional Learning Committees

Professional Learning Committees will continue to meet at least twice per month in order to review our current literacy program / math program and make revisions in order to improve student achievement in the area of English Language Arts and Reading and Math through curriculum alignment, adequate resources, research-based teaching strategies, and timely interventions. Teachers in PLCs will spend time looking at data in order to make instructional decisions and revisions to lesson plans. Teaching Strategies will be introduced in faculty meetings. Job embedded PD will be provided. Teachers will make recommendations to address areas of concern in the TELL survey.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Jennifer Cochran, PLC Leader Cyndi Brown, PLC Leader, Jennifer Caldwell, PLC Leader Tracey Grooms, PLC Leader Jennifer Dillon, PLC Leader Geneva Storey, P

Area Technology Center Visit All 8th grade students will tour the Area Technology Center in the spring prior to their freshman year of high school. ATC classes will be presented to students as career preparation options.


01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $200 Donna Garland, Principal Laurie Thorpe, Director of Transporation Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor


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CIITS Administrators will provide professional development to teachers in order to learn to use CIITS updates, monitor the use of CIITS in the district by all teachers, analyze the data entered into CIITS for school wide instructional improvements and implement TPGES.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $500 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

FHS Transition Courses Reading Transition courses and Math Transition courses will be provided during RTI for all students in grades 6-12 who have not met benchmarks in the areas of reading and mathematics on the EXPLORE, PLAN and ACT tests. • Performance Based Credit for Seniors who reach benchmark who are in the Intervention Course in addition to RTI

Direct Instruction


Writing Assignments All teachers will develop and deliver assignments for students where written technical instructions are followed to complete a technical process. Middle/High School:

Writing RTI Curriculum Maps were developed. MS Writing Rotation Lab was created in the MS

schedule. Writing Plan schedule was developed for HS and MS. Writing pieces are put into student files.

Carr Elementary: sponsors Writers of the Week Writing Folders AIMS WEB Writing Assessment

Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $200 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst Principal





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Total

Race to the Top


Staff Responsible

RTI RTI will be provided for all students in three separate levels known as Tier I, Tier 2, and Tier 3 in the areas of Reading (K-12), Math (K-12), Writing (K-12), and Behavior (K-3). Universal screenings will be given 3 times per year and progress monitoring assessments will be used to gather data that will be used to inform instructional decisions and services for all students.

Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Sondra GIbbs, Asst. Principal DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor Gwen Jenkins, School Psychologist

Program Review Goals Program Review committees will meet quarterly to identify areas for improvement which will result in all program reviews scoring proficient or distinguished and as a result increasing student achievement. • UTM Partnership: Students teach dance, math, science • Evidence turned in electronically and hard copy\ • Great Body Shop • Integrating Curriculum • Professor Pop Corn • School Nurse teaches nutrition and wellness at Carr • Guest Speakers for Career Month • FEA Competition • Bilingual Buddies


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal Chad Malray, PLCS Chair Allison Butner, A&H Chair Chris Roberts, Writing Chair Tammy Malray, Primary Chair Katie Parr, World Lang Chair

$13550


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Total

District Funding


Staff Responsible


Direct Instruction





$2000


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Gap Group Intervention Data for gap groups will be reviewed and a plan implemented for intervention for students including: Analyzing student achievement by gap groups Selecting a review format to make modifications in instruction relative to data Develop a bank of intervention strategies Identify non-cognitive data Define the use of best practice RTI classes will be structured according to ACT, PLAN, EXPLORE and CERT benchmarks met by students at FHS and Aimsweb, GRADE, GMADE and STAR at Carr Elementary. Classroom sizes will be reduced to meet student needs for achievement.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $200 DeAnna Miller, DAC Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst Principal




Bulldog Academy An in house Academy will continue to offer dual credit and college/career preparatory courses for students

Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $10000 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Tamara Smith, Superintende nt


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Progress Monitoring Teachers will review organizational charts for students twice per every nine week period in order to monitor growth for students and make adjustments in instruction accordingly.


01/05/2015 12/11/2015 $200 Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supv Sarah Townsend, DOSE All teachers

Improvement Strategies Student engagement, Questioning and Student led discussion will be a focus in the classroom during the 2014- 2015 school year and the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year. Teachers will be trained in these areas and these areas will be reviewed frequently in PLC meetings, on walkthroughs and on end of the year evaluations.


11/03/2014 12/18/2015 $2000 Tamara Smith, DeAnna Miller, Sarah Townsend Donna Garland, Sondra Gibbs' Jennifer Cothran, Jennifer Caldwell, Tracey Grooms, Jennifer Dillon, Geneva Storey





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Safe School Gap Initative *Utilize the PTGT (Persistence to Graduation Tool) in Infinite Campus to identify gap students. Cross reference with other data to determine which students are at immediate risk of failure and require intensive intervention and support. Counselors will develop and implement individual Persistence to Graduation plans for at-risk students based on PTGT data. *Identify current supports and structures being used for this group of students. Add intervention from the Evidence Based Strategies Toolkit on the KDE website. *Identify Tiered Behavioral Levels and behavioral plans for students at Tier 3 behavioral level.

Behavioral Support Program

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $200 DeAnna Miller, Safe Schools Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst Principal Gwen Jenkins, School Psychologist/ Counselor Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor

Bulldog Academy A college preparatory academy will continue to allow students the opportunity to take dual credit courses and college preparatory courses through Fulton High School, Fulton County ATC, MSU and WKCTC.


01/05/2015 05/19/2016 $10000 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Geneva Storey, Bulldog Academy Director Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Instructional Supervisor

Attendance Rate Students will be contacted with truancy letters and truancy charges when absences and tardies exceed the allowable limits, counseled with by counselors in an effort to keep students focused on being in school to prepare to graduate on time. Recognition will be provided for perfect attendance and 98% attendance for nine week periods. Activities will include monthly recognition of perfect attendance and highest attendance percentages, 9 week recognition of students and semester recognition(drawings, etc). Attendance rate will increase from 95.4% to 96% for the 2014-2015 school year.


08/04/2014 05/21/2015 $2000 DeAnna Miller, DPP Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Asst. Principal Becky Fisette, CIO


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Total

Booster Fund


Staff Responsible

College Preparation Seniors will have the opportunity to visit college campuses. They will receive information on available scholarships. They will receive assistance in applying to colleges. Middle School CCR Recognition: To promote reaching college readiness benchmarks in 8th grade, middle school students will participate in activities such as special lunches, t-shirts, bulletin board recognition, etc.

High School CCR Recognition: To promote reaching college / career readiness benchmarks, high school students will participate in activities such as special lunches, t-shirts, bulletin board recognition, etc.


01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $1500 Donna Garland, Principal Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Geneva Storey, Teacher

Career Preparation for IEP students

All students with an IEP will have a career choice area of interest and plan for implementation before entering high school. IEP students will be presented with the option of ATC classes as career preparation.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $200 Beverly Pledge Mark Paitsel Sarah Townsend Mindy Rose Donna Garland




$32700


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Total

Career and Technical Education Funds

Parent Programs Efforts will be made to involve parents, students, faculty members and community members as active stakeholders in the education of students. Such activities will include:

*Develop a comprehensive plan to accelerate and increase parent involvement through Title I *Track parental involvement in schools through Title I

*Use Title I funds to engage parental involvement in the schools and use Title I funds to host parental trainings on fluency and numeration: Launching Young Readers Night / Family Reading Nights in August, September, October, November of 2015 (Parr), the Animal Underground show, book fair parent/community night, Family Science Night (Pulley)

Support Programs that engage the community such as: Community Sponsored Opening Day for Teachers (Thomas) Open House Night at schools (Garland, Gibbs, Townsend) Dinner Theater Productions (Butner, Drama Booster Club, Garland) Informational and up to date District Website (Jobe, Fisette, Garland, Gibbs, Smith) Student Transition Night (Garland, Rose) Open Board Meetings (Smith) Dawg Bites School Newsletter (Jobe) Spring Clean (Thomas) Support and encourage parent/community clubs and organizations that provide services to our students and community through activities such as: Active PTO (Garland, Gibbs) Bulldog Academy Appreciation Reception (Storey) Articles in local Newspaper (Smith, Garland, Gibbs, Jobe) Write grants that will provide additional instructional and support services to students such as: 21st Century Grant after school Program: Bulldogs Beyond the Bell The Leader in Me Fresh Fruit Grant Carl Perkins vocational funding Community Education FRYSC

Parent Involvement

01/05/2015 12/31/2015 $3000 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt / Title I Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Mike Thomas, Community Education Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

$3000


Fulton Independent

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Total

Annual Giving Fund

Total

FRYSC


Staff Responsible


Staff Responsible

Career Month The month of September will be deemed "Career Month." Students will participate in many different career activities during this time. Faculty members will promote College and Career exploration during this time.



$200


Staff Responsible




$1000


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*Use Title I funds to engage parental involvement in the schools and use Title I funds to host parental trainings on fluency and numeration: Launching Young Readers Night / Family Reading Nights in August, September, October, November of 2015 (Parr), the Animal Underground show, book fair parent/community night, Family Science Night (Pulley) Support Programs that engage the community such as: Community Sponsored Opening Day for Teachers (Thomas) Open House Night at schools (Garland, Gibbs, Townsend) Dinner Theater Productions (Butner, Drama Booster Club, Garland) Informational and up to date District Website (Jobe, Fisette, Garland, Gibbs, Smith) Student Transition Night (Garland, Rose) Open Board Meetings (Smith) Dawg Bites School Newsletter (Jobe) Spring Clean (Thomas)

Support and encourage parent/community clubs and organizations that provide services to our students and community through activities such as: Active PTO (Garland, Gibbs) Bulldog Academy Appreciation Reception (Storey) Articles in local Newspaper (Smith, Garland, Gibbs, Jobe) Write grants that will provide additional instructional and support services to students such as: 21st Century Grant after school Program: Bulldogs Beyond the Bell The Leader in Me Fresh Fruit Grant Carl Perkins vocational funding Community Education FRYSC

Parent Involvement



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Total

Text Books


Staff Responsible

Mentoring A mentoring program will be provided for selected students who need an adult role model to discuss career choices, behavioral choices and academics. Community members will serve as mentors for these selected students. This program will be operated through the FRYSC. The Community Education liason will work in our community to help recruit mentors for the program.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Mike Thomas, Community Education Donna Garland, Principal

Mentoring Bulldog Academy Student Mentors will go into 6-12 grade classrooms to promote college readiness through speaking about benchmarks, GPAs, KEES money, etc. District will participate in Operation Preparation for students in grades 8 & 10. These students will be advised by a mentor through the school using the ILP student program in order to promote a career pathway and improving student achievement.


01/02/2015 12/18/2015 $100 Mindy Rose, Guidance Counselor Mike Thomas, Community Education Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Gwen Jenkins, Guidance Counselor Geneva Storey, Bulldog Academy Director Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

$11100


Fulton Independent

43

Total

Safe Schools


Staff Responsible

School Climate The climate of Fulton Independent School will be one of learning and safety for all students. In an effort to ensure this, enrichment rooms will be provided at both buildings and motivational/celebratory activities will be held throughout the year (KPREP celebrations, No referral recognition, Honor roll recognition, CCR recognition, Attendance recognition, etc).







Textbooks The textbook committee will meet to determine textbook needs in the district. Textbooks will be purchased as textbook funding is allotted by KDE.

Direct Instruction

06/15/2015 12/18/2015 $6000 DeAnna Miller, Textbooks Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal

$6500


Fulton Independent

44

Total

General Fund


Staff Responsible




Attendance Rate Activities to promote good attendance for both students and faculty will be initiated in the district. Students with Perfect Attendance will be recognized monthly, Grades and Classrooms with the best attendance percentage will be recognized. Letters will be mailed to parents of truant students. DPP will collaborate with the court system and DCBS to prevent truancy cases.


01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $200 DeAnna Miller, DPP

Professional Consultation Math, Literacy, Special Education, and Behavior Consultants (WKEC Staff) will meet with district and school administrators to give advice on how to strengthen the rigor of the curriculum and instruction provided to all students.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $500 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal

$16000


Fulton Independent

45

Total $800


Fulton Independent

46

Title II Part A

Total

Perkins


Staff Responsible


Staff Responsible




$38424


Fulton Independent

47

Total

Grant Funds





Parent Involvement


$10000


Fulton Independent

48


Staff Responsible





Parent Involvement



Fulton Independent

49

Total

Title I Part A


Staff Responsible

Extended School Services Extended School Services will be provided in grades 3-12. The B3 grant program will provide daily tutoring services after school for students in grades 3-8. After school tutoring will be provided for grades 6-12 at FHS.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $10000 Kimberly Jobe, B3 DeAnna Miller, ESS




$20100


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*Use Title I funds to engage parental involvement in the schools and use Title I funds to host parental trainings on fluency and numeration: Launching Young Readers Night / Family Reading Nights in August, September, October, November of 2015 (Parr), the Animal Underground show, book fair parent/community night, Family Science Night (Pulley) Support Programs that engage the community such as: Community Sponsored Opening Day for Teachers (Thomas) Open House Night at schools (Garland, Gibbs, Townsend) Dinner Theater Productions (Butner, Drama Booster Club, Garland) Informational and up to date District Website (Jobe, Fisette, Garland, Gibbs, Smith) Student Transition Night (Garland, Rose) Open Board Meetings (Smith) Dawg Bites School Newsletter (Jobe) Spring Clean (Thomas)

Support and encourage parent/community clubs and organizations that provide services to our students and community through activities such as: Active PTO (Garland, Gibbs) Bulldog Academy Appreciation Reception (Storey) Articles in local Newspaper (Smith, Garland, Gibbs, Jobe) Write grants that will provide additional instructional and support services to students such as: 21st Century Grant after school Program: Bulldogs Beyond the Bell The Leader in Me Fresh Fruit Grant Carl Perkins vocational funding Community Education FRYSC

Parent Involvement



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51

Total

Title I Schoolwide


Staff Responsible

Name, Claim and Plan the Game

Students who are close to moving to the next level of achievement on state testing will be targeted and a plan designed to move them to the next level. Seniors who are not yet College Career Ready will be "claimed" by FHS faculty in order to move those students to CCR status.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $1000 DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal Sarah Townsend, DOSE Geneva Storey, CCR




Intervention Courses for Benchmarks


Direct Instruction


$5500


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52

Professional Consultation Math, Literacy, Special Education, and Behavior Consultants (WKEC Staff) will meet with district and school administrators to give advice on how to strengthen the rigor of the curriculum and instruction provided to all students.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $500 Tamara Smith, Superintende nt DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction Donna Garland, Principal


Fulton Independent

53

Total

IDEA

Total

State Funds


Staff Responsible

PD Advisory Team An advisory team of administrators and teachers will make recommendations for PD in the district that will enable teachers to become effective. A Professional Development Action Plan will be developed and implemented.


01/01/2015 12/31/2015 $2000 DeAnna Miller, PD Coordinator Donna Garland, Principal Chris Roberts, FHS Teacher Jennifer Caldwell, Carr Teacher




$1500


Staff Responsible

Co-Teaching Co-teaching will be implemented and monitored by principals and DOSE to ensure quality instruction for students with disabilities.

Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $10000 Sarah Townsend, DOSE Donna Garland, Principal Sondra Gibbs, Assistant Principal




$20000


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Total

KETS

Professional Development FIS will hold four mandatory PD days for all instructional staff. In addition PD will be provided throughout the year at faculty meetings, during planning periods, during PLC meetings and in job embedded opportunities for teachers. A Professional Development Plan, developed by the PD committee, will be kept up to date. Consultants from the West Kentucky Educational Coop will be called upon for services.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $3000 DeAnna Miller, Supervisor of Instruction





Extended School Services Extended School Services will be provided in grades 3-12. The B3 grant program will provide daily tutoring services after school for students in grades 3-8. After school tutoring will be provided for grades 6-12 at FHS.


01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $15000 Kimberly Jobe, B3 DeAnna Miller, ESS

Enrichment Services Enrichment opportunities will be provided to students who have mastered the classroom content and need more challenging opportunities through gifted and talented or a different learning environment.

Direct Instruction

01/05/2015 12/18/2015 $11000 Tiffany Ray, Gifted Coordinator DeAnna Miller, Supv of Instruction

$41500


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Staff Responsible


Direct Instruction


$3000

KDE Superintendent Assurances

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KDE Needs Assessment

Data Analysis

Our data shows that reading is a weakness in our district. We are taking steps to improve reading by adopting a new reading

series for 1-5 grade students that is rigorous. FIS staff and administration feel like it is helping our students strengthen their

reading skills. Our goal is to get these books or something similar for middle school.

We are pleased with our high school scores this year and want to continue our proficient status at that level. We are

implementing and looking for new ideas to continue to improve student achievement by placing an emphasis on reading and

math while using the instructional strategies of student questioning and student engagement techniques in order to keep

student interest high during instruction.

Areas of Strengths

Fulton Independent School had a 100% graduation rate in 2014.

Fulton High School scored PROFICIENT as indicated on our school report card.

Carr Elementary was titled a HIGH PROGRESS SCHOOL.

Fulton Middle School was titled a PROGRESS school and Fulton High School was titled a HIGH PROGRESS school.

The Annual Measureable Objective (AMO) was met at the elementary level, the middle school level and the high school

level.

Writing plans and RTI plans are board approved and implemented at all grade levels.

Opportunities for Improvement

Reading and writing are areas that need improvement at all levels. We will look at a new reading series for our middle

school in reading that contains high rigor and aligns with the Common Core. The RTI program will also be evaluated and

modified to meet the needs of students.

Oversight and Monitoring

Principals will monitor lesson plans and instruction and report to Superintendent at each monthly administrative

meeting. Principals will ensure that bell to bell instruction will be provided by teachers at all grade levels. Teachers will meet

with principals, Supervisor and Superintendent to discuss their student successes, concerns, and suggestions for

improvement. Content Area committees will meet to align content and rigor both vertically and horizontally. Instructional

Supervisor will monitor curriculum maps, plans, instruction and work with principals and teachers to provide needed resources

and professional development to ensure that rigorous instruction is taking place daily. Job embedded PD will be provided to


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teachers and content area specialists will be asked to work with teachers.

Conclusion

The Fulton Independent Administrative team and faculty are committed to student achievement and improvement. We

will actively work our CDIP in order to provide the required instruction and opportunities for our students to improve.

District Assurances

Label Assurance Response Comment Attachment

1. All schools in our district have planned or developed strategies to increase parental involvement in the design, implementation, evaluation and communication of data and information.

Yes Our district included parent involvement as a goal in our 14- 15 CDIP. Ms. Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Director, implements this plan along with our Principal and teachers.


2. The current school year Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) and all our schools Comprehensive School Improvement Plans (CSIPs) are available for stakeholders to examine on the district website.

Yes www.fultonind.kyschools.us


3. All teachers in our district including those providing services to private school students are highly qualified.

Yes All teachers in the Fulton Independent School district are highly qualified.


4. All paraeducators in our district including those providing services to private school students are highly qualified.

Yes


5. All schools in our district notify parents when their children are taught for four or more consecutive weeks by teachers who are not highly qualified. If no, list the schools below.

Yes


6. Our district provides professional development for staff based on a comprehensive needs assessment, which included a review of academic achievement data and additional criteria, to ensure all students are college and career ready.

Yes We also use the Professional Growth Plans of teachers to schedule PD for teachers.


7. Our district has planned strategies to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers.

Yes


8. Our district will allocate and spend federal program funds only on programs and activities for identified eligible students and will maintain appropriate financial records in this regard.

Yes

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9. Our district ensure that program funds are targeted to schools that have the lowest proportion of highly qualified teachers, have the largest average class size, or are identified as focus or priority schools.

Yes


10. Our district ensures that all class-size reduction teachers are utilized to reduce class size below the state requirements. Paraprofessionals are utilized to meet the state requirements before hiring any additional teachers serving in that capacity.

Yes


11. Our district ensure class-size reduction needs are determined by analysis of data complied through such processes as achievement test results, needs assessments, and class size data reviews.

Yes


12. Our district ensure that all personnel compensated from federal program funds are performing assignments aligned to the program purpose according to the program plan and appropriate documentation is maintained.

Yes


13. Our district ensures that private schools have been consulted with regard to available federal funds for use with eligible students and/or teachers according to federal program requirements.

Yes A packet is sent out with this information at the beginning of every school year.


14. Our district ensures that services provided to private schools with federal funds are delivered according to specific federal program requirements and appropriate documentation is maintained.

Yes No home schools currently participate in any services.


15. Procedures have been established for the identification and tracking of purchases made with federal funds, including the retrieval and/or disposal of materials when no longer needed.

Yes


16. Our district ensures that all federal program complaint procedures have been communicated to all stakeholders and are properly implemented when applicable.

Yes


17. Our district maintains proper time and effort documentation for all personnel paid with federal funds according to specific federal program requirements.

Yes


18. Our district ensures proper maintenance of records according to federal program guidelines.

Yes


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19. Our district has followed the proper procedures for the acquisition of equipment and materials with federal funds.

Yes


20. Our district ensures that all federal programs are evaluated annually for program effectiveness and compliance.

Yes


21. Our district ensures that only eligible schools are served by Title I, Part A.

Yes


22. Our district ensures that low-income data for all schools is taken on the same day.

Yes


23. Our district ensures that district and school allocations on the Title I Ranking Report correspond with the MUNIS budget.

Yes


24. Our district ensures that there is documentation to support the child count for local institutions for neglected children that was submitted to KDE.

Yes


25. Our district ensures that setaside funds for neglected institutions in the district are expended on identified student needs.

Yes


26. Our district ensures that neglected student needs were identified through consultation with staff at all neglected institutions in the district.

Yes


27. Our district ensures that Title I funds are reserved and expended to meet the needs of homeless children and youth in non-Title I schools.

Yes


28. Our district ensures that if it receives more than $500,000 in Title I, Part A funding, 1% of the total district allocation has been reserved for parent involvement activities and that 95% of the reserved funds has been allocated to eligible schools including eligible private schools.

Yes


29. Our district ensures that parents are involved in deciding ways in which parent involvement funds are used.

Yes


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30. Our district ensures that there is an annual meeting to inform parents of program requirements, including the right of parents to be involved in planning, review and improvement of parent programs.

Yes


31. Our district ensures that all parents of students in Title I schools have been notified that they may request information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's teachers.

Yes


33. Our district ensures that private schools (within and outside the district) serving students from participating public school attendance areas have been contacted to offer equitable services.

Yes


34. Our district ensures that written affirmation signed by an official from each of the participating private schools that consultation occurred during the design, implementation, and assessment of the Title I activities in the private schools is maintained.

Yes


35. For any staff member that does not meet the highly qualified teacher status, the district develops an individual plan to assist them with becoming highly qualified.

Yes


36. Our district ensures that district and school allocations on the Title II Teacher Quality Program Budget correspond with the MUNIS budget.

Yes


32. Our district ensures that it communicates with school staff on an ongoing basis including information on program requirements, analysis of data and review of the schoolwide program (SWP) or targeted assistance (TAS) program plan to ensure compliance and effectiveness.

Yes


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Superintendent Assurances

Delivery Targets

Five year delivery goals are set for schools and districts to ensure that students are college and career-ready. Within the

school and district goals Delivery Targets are set to identify the annual incremental growth needed to achieve the five year goal

in the areas of Proficiency, College and Career Readiness, Achievement Gap, and Graduation Rate. These targets shall be

used to set goals and monitor progress in student achievement throughout the instructional year.

Next Generation Professionals will be addressed through identifying the district’s plan for implementation of the Professional

Growth and Effectiveness System for Teachers and Principals in the 2014-2015 school year. Supporting documentation for

these responses can be provided by additional narrative responses, the district Certified Evaluation Plan and an APPROVED

Waiver if applicable.

The Superintendent has communicated in open board meetings the progress of the goals and targets throughout the

instructional year and has communicated the vision and strategy for moving the work forward through the Comprehensive

District Improvement Plan (CDIP).

The CDIP discussions include updates on student achievement through the use of student performance data, goals and plans

created to achieve and monitor student success and areas for improvement, sustainability of growth and resources used for

student achievement, and measuring the effectiveness of teachers and principals.

Statement or Question Response Rating

1. Proficiency: Increase the averaged combined reading and math K-Prep scores for elementary students.

Has Met District Targets N/A


2. Proficiency: Increase the averaged combined reading and math K-Prep scores for middle students.

Has Not Met District Targets N/A


3. Proficiency: Increase the averaged combined reading and math EOC scores for high schools.



4. Graduation Rate:

Increase the cohort graduation rate. Has Met District Targets N/A


5. College and Career Readiness:

Increase the percentage of students who graduate college and career ready.



6. Closing Achievement Gap:

Increase the average combined reading and math proficiency ratings for all students in the non-duplicated gap group.



7. Next Generation Run dual systems using some/all of the Professionals for Has Met District Targets Teachers:


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Kentucky Professional Growth and Effectiveness System components and will not

be used for personnel decisions for teachers in

2014-2015 as set forth in the district’s Certified

Evaluation Plan.


8. Next Generation Run dual systems using some/all of the Kentucky Professional Growth and Effectiveness System components and will not

be used for personnel decisions for teachers in

2014-2015 as set forth in the district’s Certified

Evaluation Plan as set forth in the district’s

Certified Evaluation Plan.

Has Met District Targets Professionals for Principals:


9. Delivery Targets and PGES implementation artifacts have been documented in The LOCAL BOARD MINUTES (UPLOAD OF BOARD MINUTES TO SUPPORT ALL RESPONSES IS REQUIRED).

Yes supt eval dec 2014.pdf Minutes 12-9- 14.docx

Resources and Support Systems

Resources and Support Systems identify the district’s operational areas and their status and progress. In open board meetings

the Superintendent must have communicated the health and status of the operational budget for the district and ensures that

the district is operating in compliance of all ethical, legal and policy standards of the district, state and federal government.


1. Operational Establishes a balanced operational budget for Has We had approximately 9% supt eval dec Budget: school programs and activities which include developed a Contingency. 2014.doc

correct prior year audit findings and submit a balanced balanced working budget and tentative budget Operational that includes the required 2% contingency. Budget


2. Compliance: Maintains compliance with legal, ethical and policy standards. External audit for 2014-2015 school year will indicate 0 violations of ethics and policy standards.

Is in compliance

Audit Completed in good standing.


3. Direct Effectively communicates the district's budget Superintend District Financials are in every Communication: and resource allocation to the local board. ent has monthly board meeting action

Provides budget updates to the board at every provided items. regularly scheduled meeting. budget and

resource allocation updates


4. Delivery artifacts have been incorporated into the Superintendent assurances and documented in the artifacts in the areas of budget and resources of LOCAL BOARD MINUTES (UPLOAD OF BOARD MINUTES TO SUPPORT ALL RESPONSES IS REQUIRED).

Yes See the added attachments for evidence.

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Facilities/Support Systems

Facilities and Support Systems identify the operational needs and environment for district schools. In open board

meetings the Superintendent must have communicated progress, actions taken and updates in the areas of instruction,

materials, technology, educational materials and resources and overall environment from the KY TELL Survey. In non-

KY TELL Survey years the Superintendent may explain progress and updates to the prior year targets.


a) Teachers have sufficient access to appropriate instructional materials.

Agree N/A


b) Teachers have sufficient access to instructional technology, including computers, printers, software and internet access.

Strongly Agree N/A


c) Teachers have access to reliable communication technology, including phones, faxes and email.

Strongly Agree N/A


d) Teachers have sufficient access to office equipment and supplies such as copy machines, paper, pens, etc.

Strongly Agree N/A


e) Teachers have sufficient access to a broad range of professional support personnel.

Agree N/A


f) The school environment is clean and well maintained.

Agree N/A


g) Teachers have adequate space to work productively.

Agree N/A


h) The physical environment of classrooms in the school supports teaching and learning.

Strongly Agree N/A


i) The reliability and speed of internet connections in the school are sufficient to support instructional practices.

Agree N/A


j) Delivery artifacts have been incorporated into the Superintendent assurances and have been documented in the artifacts of LOCAL BOARD MINUTES (UPLOAD OF BOARD MINUTES TO SUPPORT ALL RESPONSES IS REQUIRED).

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Safe School Diagnostic

Introduction

In response to recent tragic events in our nation’s schools, during the 2013 legislative session the Kentucky

General Assembly took action, through the passage of Senate Bill 8/House Bill 354, to assure that our schools are

safer places for students and staff to work and learn.

Among other things, SB8/HB354 required changes to emergency plan requirements, the development of school

safety practices, and additional severe weather, lockdown and earthquake drills. The bill also required local school

district superintendents to verify to the Kentucky Department of Education that all schools in the district are in

compliance with these requirements. This diagnostic is the means by which this reporting is accomplished.

School Safety Requirements


1. Does each school have a written Emergency Management Plan (EMP)?

Yes


2. Did the SBDM Council adopt a policy requiring the development and adoption of an EMP?

Yes No SBDM at school. School Board approved the EMP.


3. Did the SBDM Council adopt the EMP? Yes School Board adopted EMP in the absence of a SBDM


4. Has each school provided the local first responders with a copy of the school's EMP and a copy of the school's floor plan?

Yes


5. Has the EMP been reviewed and revised as needed by the SBDM council, principal, and first responders (annually)?

Yes


6. Was the EMP reviewed with the faculty and staff prior to the first instructional day of the school year?

Yes 7-31-14


7. Were local law enforcement and/or fire officials invited to review the EMP?

Yes


9. Are evacuation routes posted in each room at any doorway used for evacuation, with primary and secondary routes indicated?

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10. Has the local Fire Marshal reviewed the designated safe zones for severe weather and are they posted in each room?

Yes


11. Have practices been developed for students to follow during an earthquake?

Yes


12. Has each school developed and adhered to practices designed to ensure control of access to each school (i.e., controlling access to exterior doors, front entrance, classrooms, requiring visitor sign-in and display of identification badges)?

Yes


13. Has each school completed all four emergency response drills during the first 30 days of the school year? (Fire in compliance with <a href="http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/815/010/060.ht m" TARGET="_blank"> Fire Safety</a> regulations), Lockdown, Severe Weather and Earthquake)

Yes


14. Are processes in place to ensure all four emergency response drills (Fire in compliance with <a href="http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/815/010/060.ht m" TARGET="_blank"> Fire Safety</a> regulations), Lockdown, Severe Weather and Earthquake) will occur within the first thirty instructional days beginning January 1?

Yes

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The Missing Piece

Introduction

This Missing Piece diagnostic is a comprehensive performance assessment tool that proposes specific school-

level descriptors for the six objectives of the Commissioner's Parent's Advisory Council. They include provisions that

every student in Kentucky will have a parent, or another adult, who knows how to support that student's academic

achievement. These objectives support Kentucky education laws as it recognizes the importance of parent involvement

(KRS 158.645) (KRS.160.345) (KRS 156.497) (KRS 158-031) (KRS 157.3175)

Stakeholders

School staff engaged a variety of stakeholders when completing the Missing Piece Diagnostic

Tracy Pulley, FRYSC

Coordinator Mike Thomas,

Community Education


Sondra Gibbs, Principal

Christie Rodgers, Parent and PTO

President Annie Ingram, Parent

Mindy Rose, Counselor

Tinequa Pryor-Noonan,

FHS Student Mariah

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Relationship Building

School staff builds productive, personal relationships with parents of all their students. Overall Rating: 2.86


1. Parents report that school staff understands and demonstrates how strong relationships with parents contribute to effective teaching and learning.

Parents report that school staff understands and demonstrates how strong relationships with parents contribute to effective teaching and learning.

Proficient


2. School staff implements systematic steps to welcome the parents of new and English as-a- Second-Language (ESL) students (for example, using home visits, personal calls or letters, open houses and/or other methods).

Relationships with parents of new and ESL students are informal, occasional or accidental, and information is provided if requested.

Apprentice


3. Parents and other stakeholders report that they are actively welcomed when they visit the school.

Parents and other stakeholders report that they are actively welcomed when they visit the school.

Proficient


4. School staff implements systematic steps to encourage parents to attend school activities and participate in decisions about their children's learning.

School staff implements systematic steps to encourage parents to attend school activities and participate in decisions about their children's learning.

Proficient


5. School staff involves parents in personal communication about their students' progress at least once a month.

School staff involves parents in personal communication about their students' progress at least once a month.

Proficient


6. School staff completes needs assessment with all parents to determine resources necessary for their child's academic success.

School staff completes needs assessment with all parents to determine resources necessary for their child's academic success.

Proficient


7. All parents are asked for feedback on the school's efforts to welcome and engage parents and the feedback is used to improve the school's efforts.

All parents are asked for feedback on school's efforts to welcome and engage parents, and the feedback is used to improve school's efforts.

Proficient

Communications Two-way information in many forms flows regularly between school staff and parents about students' academic achievement and individual needs. Overall Rating: 2.71


1. School staff implements systematic efforts to inform parents about academic goals, class work, grades and homework for their children in their home language. (For example, classroom contracts, student assignment books, homework websites, and online grade books).

School staff implements systematic efforts to inform parents about academic goals, class work, grades and homework for their children in their home language. (For example, using classroom contracts, student assignment books, homework websites, and online grade books.)

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2. School staff offers varied ways that parents can share information with teachers about their children's learning needs. (For example, phone and e-mail contacts, offering parent conferences, making home visits, or other methods).

School staff offers varied ways that parents can share information with teachers about their children's learning needs. (For example, phone and e-mail contacts, offering parent conferences, and making home visits.)

Proficient


3. School staff partners with community leaders and organizations to build parent understanding of academic expectations, school strategies, and student achievement results.

School staff sometimes provides community organizations with information about academic expectations for parents who use their services.

Apprentice


4. School staff offers parents opportunities to discuss school-wide achievement issues, including assessment data, at least once a semester.

School staff offers parents opportunities to discuss school-wide achievement issues, including assessment data, at least once a semester.

Proficient


5. School staff implements systematic efforts to maximize parent-teacher conference participation. (For example, offering multiple locations, convenient times, follow-up with parents who do not reply to first notices, and opportunities for student-led conferences).

School staff implements systematic efforts to maximize parent-teacher conference participation. (For example, offering multiple locations, convenient times, follow-up with parents who do not reply to first notices, opportunities for student-led conferences.)

Proficient


6. At least 50 percent of parents respond to annual school and/or district stakeholder surveys.

District-wide stakeholder surveys are given to parents and teachers encourage parents to respond.

Apprentice


7. Stakeholder survey data is consistently used to plan school improvement efforts and to evaluate their effectiveness.

Stakeholder survey data is consistently used to plan school improvement efforts and to evaluate their effectiveness.

Proficient

Decision Making School staff encourages, supports and expects parents to be involved in school improvement decisions and to monitor and assist school improvement. Overall Rating: 2.14


1. The school staff offers professional learning community opportunities, workshops, and easily accessible written information to equip parents for service on the SBDM council and committees.

Parents elected to serve on school council and some other parents who serve on SBDM committees are invited to attend training offered by school or district.

Apprentice


2. School council and committees facilitate broad parent participation by actively recruiting diverse membership, providing interpreters and translated materials when needed, setting convenient meeting times, and seeking wide parent input. At least 40 percent of parents vote in SBDM parent election.

School council and committees have some parent members, may provide translators, meet at time and place convenient to staff. Elections are held at convenient times and are publicized, but less than 20% of the parents vote in SBDM parent election.

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3. Parents on the SBDM council and committees engage and mentor many other parents by reporting to multiple groups and seeking input through surveys, meetings, and varied other methods.

School council chair sends council minutes to largest parent organization with no follow-up.

Novice


4. The school council adopts measurable objectives and plans coherent strategies to build authentic parent participation, and the school council monitors the implementation and impact of that work.

School council adopts measurable objectives and plans coherent strategies to build authentic parent participation, and the school council monitors the implementation and impact of that work.

Proficient


5. School council policies ensure active roles for parents on SBDM council and committees, and other groups making decisions about school improvement.

School council policies ensure active roles for parents on SBDM committees, in school improvement planning, and also in decisions about the education of their individual children.

Proficient


6. Parents report that they are treated as valued partners on school leadership teams, SBDM council and committees, the school council, and other groups making decisions about school improvement.

Parents report that they are sometimes encouraged to take part in discussions about school improvement.

Apprentice


7. School staff has a plan to identify new and experienced parent leaders who support and build capacity for parents to serve effectively on the school council and committee work.

School staff provides opportunities for outgoing parent council members to meet with new parent council members to share knowledge of serving on the council.

Apprentice

Advocacy For each student, school staff identifies and supports a parent or another adult who can take personal responsibility for understanding and speaking for that child's learning needs. Overall Rating: 2.67


1. School staff ensures every student has a parent and/or another adult who knows how to advocate, or speak up for them, regarding the student's academic goals and individual needs.

There is evidence that school staff know which students have a parent or another adult who can speak up for them regarding their academic goals and learning needs.

Apprentice


2. Most parents participate actively in student led conferences or other two-way communication about meeting their child's individual learning needs.

Most parents participate actively in student led conferences or other two-way communication about meeting their child's individual learning needs.

Proficient


3. Parents report participating actively and effectively in required planning for individual learning, for example, Individual Education Plans, Individual Learning Plans, Gifted Student Plans, 504 Plans, and intervention strategies to ensure college readiness (Senate Bill 130).

Parents report participating actively and effectively in required planning for individual learning, for example, Individual Education Plans, Individual Learning Plans, Gifted Student Plans, 504 Plans, and intervention strategies to ensure college readiness (Senate Bill 130.)

Proficient


4. School staff gives parents clear, complete information on the procedures for resolving concerns and filing complaints, and the council reviews summary data on those complaints to identify needed improvements.

School staff gives parents clear, complete information on the procedures for resolving concerns and filing complaints, and the council reviews summary data on those complaints to identify needed improvements.

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5. School staff ensures that parents and community members are well informed about how to become educational advocates, or how to access a trained educational advocate when needed.

School staff ensures that parents and community members are well informed about how to become an educational advocate or how to access an educational advocate when needed.

Proficient


6. As students are identified by school staff as having disabilities or performing at the novice level, additional intentional steps are taken to ensure that parents have the option to use a trained advocate to assist them in speaking for their child's needs.

Novice level students are identified by school staff to receive targeted strategies for academic improvement. Parents are informed of the strategies but do not receive training on how to use those strategies or how progress will be measured.

Apprentice

Learning Opportunities School staff ensures that families have multiple learning opportunities to understand how to support their children's learning. Overall Rating: 2.83


1. Parents have multiple opportunities to learn about and discuss the following: - Kentucky standards and expectations for all students - The school's curriculum, instructional methods, and student services - The school's decision-making process, including opportunities for parents to participate on SBDM councils and committees - Their children's learning and development, along with legal and practical options for helping their children succeed, such the IEP and/or ILP process - Community resources to support learning - Opportunities to participate in state and district school improvement efforts, such as forums, committees, and surveys

Parents have multiple opportunities to learn about and discuss: • Kentucky standards and expectations for all students. • School's curriculum, instructional methods, and student services. • School's decision-making process, including opportunities to participate on SBDM councils and committees. • Their children's learning and development, along with legal and practical options for helping their children succeed such as participation in IEP and/or ILP process. • Community resources to support learning. • Opportunities to participate in state and district school improvement efforts, such as forums, committees, and surveys.

Proficient


2. School staff makes systematic use of written communications (for example, newsletters, websites, and bulletin boards) to help parents understand their own children's progress and the progress of the school.

School staff makes systematic use of written communications (for example, newsletters, Web sites, bulletin boards) to help parents understand their own children's academic progress and the progress of school.

Proficient


3. School staff displays proficient student work with scoring guides to demonstrate academic expectations to parents and students, and updates the displays regularly.

School staff displays proficient student work with scoring guides to demonstrate academic expectations to parents and students, and updates the displays regularly.

Proficient


4. School staff offers parent workshops and meetings in convenient locations to help parents develop skills in supporting their children's learning and the school's improvement efforts.

School staff offers parent workshops or meetings in convenient locations to help parents develop skills in supporting their children's learning and school's improvement efforts.

Proficient


5. School council has a classroom observation policy that welcomes families to visit all classrooms.

School council has a classroom observation policy that welcomes families to visit all classrooms.

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6. School staff develops parent leaders who contribute regularly to other parents' understanding and who help meet other parent learning needs.

School staff relies on the parent organizations to provide learning opportunities for parent leadership.

Apprentice

Community Partnerships

School staff engages and partners with community members to plan and implement substantive work to improve student achievement. Overall Rating: 2.67


1. School leadership regularly shares information on student achievement and involves business and community leaders in school improvement efforts.

School leadership periodically meets with some business leaders to discuss information on student achievement.

Apprentice


2. School leadership develops partnerships with several businesses, organizations, and agencies to support student learning and create mentors for students and parents.

School leadership develops partnerships with several businesses, organizations, and agencies to support student learning and create mentors for students and parents.

Proficient


3. School leadership collaborates with employers to support parent and volunteer participation in students' education.

Employer-partners adopt practices to promote and support parent and volunteer participation in students' education.

Apprentice


4. School staff collaborates with businesses, organizations, and agencies to address individual student needs and shares that information with parents.

School staff collaborates with businesses, organizations, and agencies to address individual student needs and shares that information with parents.

Proficient


5. Parents make active use of the school's resources and community resources and report that they provide meaningful help to resolve family challenges that could interfere with student learning. (For example, FRYSC or Title I coordinators connect family with community resources and follow up.)

Parents make active use of school and community resources and report that they provide meaningful help to resolve family challenges that could interfere with student learning. (For example, FRYSC or Title 1 coordinators connect family with community resources and follow up.)

Proficient


6. School staff offers and publicizes community- based learning activities aligned with the curriculum, such as tutoring linked to the curriculum and internships, for all students and parents.

School staff offers and publicizes community- based learning activities, such as tutoring linked to the curriculum, for all students and parents.

Proficient



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Report Summary

Scores By Section

Section Score

1 2 3 4

Relationship Building

Communications Decision Making

Advocacy

Learning Opportunities

Community Partnerships

Sections

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