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Dear Educator,
The central premise of the district reform initiative is that the district is the nexus for educational improvement as it provides the leadership along with the fiscal, human and technical resources to fully implement a solid instructional program for all students. The district's capacities for self-examination and its willingness to implement educational changes to promote the academic achievement of all students are prerequisites to deep and sustainable reform.
The reform process begins with a comprehensive needs assessment and continues with the identification, prioritization, and implementation of actions that have the potential to bring about dramatic improvements in district and school operations. An essential component of the needs assessment is the Academic Program Survey (APS), which includes key stakeholders' responses to targeted items.
You have been identified as a key stakeholder in the district, and are invited to participate in this survey. Your participation is extremely important to the district's efforts to build an educational system that supports student achievement.
If you have any questions regarding this survey, please call:
Leah Barta
Pivot Learning Partners
Wasco Union High School District's CDE-approved DAIT provider
818-715-9865 |
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| What is your Educational Role? |
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Answer the following question by checking the appropriate answer.
I have been employed for ____ with the district. |
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| At what level of the system do you work/participate? |
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Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
Fully - 100% |
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1.1 The school/district provides the current* State Board of Education (SBE)-adopted basic core instructional programs and materials in Reading/Language Arts (RLA)/English language development (ELD), including ancillary materials for universal access. These programs are implemented as designed and documented to be in daily use in every classroom with materials for every student.
* The SBE RLA/ELD 2008 and Mathematics 2007 adoptions and the previous SBE standards-based adoptions will meet the intent of this objective.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all students, including English learners (ELs), students with disabilities (SWDs), students with learning difficulties, and advanced learners in all grade levels, are provided the current SBE-adopted basic core instructional program materials in RLA/ELD. These materials are implemented daily as designed to support the needs of all students.
• At all levels, teachers use the adopted basic core and program ancillary materials designed for universal access/differentiated instruction to meet the needs of students, including strategic learners.
• All SBE-adopted programs have been designed with additional ancillary materials including intensive vocabulary instructional support kindergarten through grade three (K-3), and reading intervention kits (grades one through three) that are to be used with and beyond the basic program. The ancillary materials are used for universal access. Universal access is a term that describes differentiated instruction that meets the needs of all students, including ELs, students with reading difficulties, students with disabilities (SWDs), and advanced learners.
• Some SWDs may need special modifications and/or accommodations of curriculum or instruction, as specified in their Individualized Education Plan (IEP), to enable them to participate successfully in a basic core classroom.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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1.2 The school/district provides either the 2008 SBE-adopted basic core instructional programs and materials in ELD or materials from the previous SBE-approved lists. These programs are implemented as designed and documented to be in daily use with materials for every identified EL student.
* The SBE RLA/ELD 2008 and Mathematics 2007 adoptions and the previous SBE standards-based adoptions will meet the intent of this objective.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
• Students are appropriately placed into ELD using California English Language Development Test (CELDT) and all available English proficiency measures.
• At all grade levels, teachers use the ELD components as described in the full implementation statement with students identified for ELD on an English proficiency assessment.
• For districts using the 2008 SBE-adopted RLA/ELD:
-At all grade levels, teachers use the ELD components of the 2008 SBE-adopted RLA/ELD program (Programs 2 and 3).
-For districts/sites adopting only Program 1, teachers use the ELD materials from the 2002 SBE basic core adoption or from earlier SBE-approved supplemental materials lists (AB 1802 materials, or other adopted supplementary materials).
• For districts using the 2002 SBE-adopted RLA/ELD teachers use the ELD materials from the 2002 SBE basic core adoption or from earlier SBE-approved supplemental materials lists.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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1.3 The school/district provides the current* SBE-adopted RLA/ELD intensive intervention programs and materials in grades four through eight. These programs are implemented as designed and documented to be in daily use in every intervention classroom with materials for every identified student.
* The SBE RLA/ELD 2008 and Mathematics 2007 adoptions and the previous SBE standards-based adoptions will meet the intent of this objective.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all students identified as needing intensive intervention in grade four through eight, including ELs and SWDs, who are two or more years below grade level are provided the current* SBE-adopted intensive intervention materials that provide accelerated instruction at the students’ assessed level of need. These materials are implemented daily as designed.
• Intervention programs are stand-alone, intensive RLA programs that have been designed to accelerate student learning two grade levels for every year of instruction.
• The programs should position students to progress rapidly toward successful reentry into the basic program at their appropriate grade level. Students who reenter the basic program may need an additional strategic support.
• Districts are either using the SBE-adopted intensive intervention program from the SBE-adopted 2002 list or Programs 4 or 5 from the 2008 list.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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1.4 The school/district provides the current* SBE-adopted basic core instructional programs and materials in mathematics, including ancillary materials for universal access. These programs are implemented as designed and documented to be in daily use in every classroom with materials for every student.
* The SBE RLA/ELD 2008 and Mathematics 2007 adoptions and the previous SBE standards-based adoptions will meet the intent of this objective.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all students, including ELs, SWDs, students with learning difficulties, and advanced learners in all grade levels are provided the current* SBE-adopted basic core instructional program materials in mathematics. These materials are implemented daily as designed to support the needs of all students.
• At all levels, teachers use the adopted basic core mathematics program and ancillary materials designed for universal access/differentiated instruction to meet the needs of students, including strategic learners.
• All SBE-adopted programs have been designed with additional ancillary materials that are to be used with and beyond the basic program. The ancillary materials are used for universal access. Universal access is a term that describes differentiated instruction that meets the needs of all students, including ELs, students with mathematics difficulties, SWDs, and advanced learners.
• Some SWDs may need special modifications and/or accommodations of curriculum or instruction, as specified in their IEP, to enable them to participate successfully in a basic core classroom.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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1.5 The school/district provides the 2007 SBE-adopted mathematics intervention program and materials in grades four through seven. These programs are implemented as designed and documented to be in use with materials for every identified intensive student.
Districts using the 2001 SBE adoptions: Students who have been assessed and identified as needing intensive mathematics intervention should be provided additional time and support using the ancillary materials from the adopted program.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all students identified as needing intensive intervention in grades four through seven, including ELs and SWDs, who are two or more years below level in mathematics are provided the current SBE-adopted intervention materials at their assessed level of need. These materials are implemented as designed and documented to be in use when additional intervention support is needed.
• For mathematics, grades four through seven intensive intervention materials are not designed as a curriculum to replace core instruction.
• The intensive intervention materials are to be used as an addition to the basic core instructional program so that students learn foundational skills and concepts essential for success in a basic grade-level mathematics program.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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1.6 The school/district provides the 2007 SBE-adopted Algebra Readiness program and materials, including ancillary materials for universal access. This program is implemented as designed and documented to be in daily use for identified grade eight intensive intervention students needing specialized instruction to acquire the pre-algebraic skills and concepts necessary to succeed in Algebra I.
Districts using the 2001 and 2005 SBE adoptions: Students who have been assessed and identified as needing intensive mathematics intervention should be provided additional time and support using the ancillary materials from the adopted program.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all students in grade eight, including identified ELs, SWDs, and students with learning difficulties needing specialized instruction to acquire the pre-algebraic skills and concepts necessary to succeed in Algebra I, are appropriately assessed and provided the 2007 SBE-adopted instructional program and materials in Algebra Readiness. These materials are provided to all identified students and implemented daily as designed.
• The Algebra Readiness program is a one-period, stand-alone, intervention program to prepare students to enter into grade-level Algebra I core classroom, supported by an additional class of strategic support the following school year.
• Some SWDs placed in an Algebra Readiness course may need special modifications and/or accommodations of curriculum or instruction, as specified in their IEP, to enable them to participate successfully in this classroom.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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2. Instructional Time
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
Fully - 100% |
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2.1 The school/district complies with and monitors daily implementation of instructional time for the current SBE-adopted basic core programs for RLA/ELD. This time is given priority and protected from interruptions:
• Kindergarten: 60 minutes
• Grades one through three: 2.5 hours
• Grades four through six: 2.0 hours
• Grades six through eight: 1.0 and up to 2.0 hours (or up to two periods)
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school’s schedule allocates for all RLA/ELD classrooms the appropriate daily instructional time in the current SBE-adopted RLA/ELD basic core materials.** This provides all students, including ELs, SWDs, students with learning difficulties, and advanced learners sufficient instruction and practice to meet their instructional needs.
• This time is given priority and protected from interruptions.
** Note for the 2008 SBE-adopted RLA/ELD, this means Programs 1, 2, or 3.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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2.2 The school/district complies with and monitors daily implementation of additional instructional time within the school day for students identified for strategic support in RLA, using the current SBE-adopted basic core program ancillary materials.
• Kindergarten through grade six: 30 minutes
• Grades six through eight: 30-45 minutes (or up to 1 period) additional strategic support at each grade level linked to a grade-level core course.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation of strategic support means that the school schedule allocates sufficient additional instructional time beyond the basic core program to support identified strategic students, including ELs, SWDs and students with learning difficulties. The district/ school uses assessments and placement criteria to determine the instructional needs of strategic students and the intensity of support offered to these students.
• This time is given priority and protected from interruptions.
• Students identified in need of strategic support are defined as students demonstrating proficiency in reading/English language-arts standards no more than two years below grade level.
• All SBE-adopted programs have been designed with additional ancillary materials including intensive vocabulary instructional support (kindergarten through grade three), and reading intervention kits (grades one through three) that are to be used with and beyond the basic program and designed to provide extra support for struggling readers and ELs.
• This instructional time does not replace the additional 30-60 minutes of ELD to build students’ language proficiency.
• For grades six through eight, strategic learners are assessed and need additional instructional time beyond the core.
- For high-priority strategic students, the support is a strategic period in addition to the basic core program to pre/re-teach concepts and skills taught in the grade-level course.
- Some strategic students may have occasional trouble within the day-to-day core English-language arts instruction. These students may not need additional strategic time beyond the core period. In this case, teachers are to provide these students additional targeted differentiated instruction using the core ancillary materials to support their achievement of grade-level skills and concepts in their core RLA classroom.
• The SBE-basic core adopted materials and the core ancillary materials serve as the predominant instructional program provided to meet the instructional needs of identified strategic students so that they can participate in and progress through daily lessons in the core program with their peers.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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2.3 The school/district complies with and monitors the daily implementation of additional instructional time within the school day for English Language Development (ELD) instruction for identified ELs using either the 2008 SBE-adopted basic core instructional program and materials in ELD or materials from the 2002 SBE standards-based adoption and/or SBE-approved supplementary materials lists. This time is given priority and protected from interruptions.
• Kindergarten through grade six: 30-60 minutes
• Grades six through eight: 30-60 minutes (or up to one period)
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that that the school’s schedule allocates 30-60 minutes of daily ELD instructional time for all identified ELs in either the 2008 SBE-adopted basic core instructional programs and materials in ELD (Programs 2 or 3 or for Program 1 districts, the locally adopted ELD materials) or for districts not adopting from the 2008 SBE-adoption, materials from the previous SBE 2002 adoption and/or SBE-approved English Learners’ Supplementary Materials lists. These ELD instructional minutes are in addition to instructional time in the basic core program, are given priority, and protected from interruptions.
• ELs are appropriately placed into ELD using CELDT and all available English proficiency measures.
• Districts that have adopted from the 2008 SBE-adopted materials list should be using the ELD materials in Programs 2 or 3 or if using Program 1 ELs should be provided daily ELD instruction at the appropriate language proficiency levels from the previous SBE 2002 adoption and/or SBE-approved supplementary materials lists.
• Districts not adopting from the 2008 list should provide daily ELD instruction at the appropriate language proficiency levels using materials from the previous SBE 2002 adoption and/or SBE-approved supplementary materials lists.
• ELs who are also identified as SWDs must receive 30-60 minutes of daily ELD instruction.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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2.4 The school/district complies with and monitors daily implementation of instructional time for the current SBE-adopted intensive intervention programs in RLA. This time is given priority and protected from interruptions.
• Grades four through six: 2.5-3.0 hours
• Grades six through eight: 2.5-3.0 hours (or up to three periods)
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school schedule allocates the appropriate uninterrupted instructional time for all students identified as needing intensive intervention, including ELs and SWDs. The SBE-adopted RLA/ELD intensive intervention reading program materials are utilized daily to support the needs of all intensive intervention students to provide sufficient instruction and practice to meet their instructional needs.
• This time is given priority and protected from interruption.
• Students in need of intensive intervention are defined as students demonstrating proficiency in RLA two or more years below grade level.
• The school schedule allocates appropriate instructional time for implementation of the intensive intervention programs (2008 SBE-adopted Programs 4 and 5 or 2002/2005 SBE-adopted intensive intervention programs) as stated in the framework and designed by publishers.
• The school schedule reflects that English Learners in an intensive reading intervention program designated for English Learners also receive embedded ELD instruction as per program design. Program 5 (Intensive Reading Intervention for ELs) or the intensive reading intervention materials designated for English Learners from the previous 2002/2005 SBE-adopted materials lists meet the recommended 30-60 minutes of ELD daily instruction.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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2.5 The school/district complies with and monitors daily implementation of instructional time for the current SBE-adopted basic core programs for mathematics. This time is given priority and is protected from interruptions.
• Kindergarten: 30 minutes
• Grades one through six: 60 minutes
• Grades six through eight: 50-60 minutes (or one period)
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school schedule allocates for all mathematics classrooms the appropriate daily instructional time in the current SBE-adopted mathematics basic core materials. This schedule provides all students, including ELs, SWDs, students with learning difficulties, and advanced learners, sufficient instruction and practice to meet their instructional needs.
• This time is given priority and is protected from interruptions.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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2.6 The school/district complies with and monitors daily implementation of additional instructional time within the school day for kindergarten through grade eight students identified for strategic intervention support in mathematics, using the current SBE-adopted basic core ancillary program mathematics materials.
• Kindergarten through grade six: 15-30 minutes
• Grades six and seven: 30-60 minutes (or up to one period) additional strategic support at each grade level linked to a grade-level core course.
• Grade eight: 30-60 minutes (or up to one period) additional strategic support linked to the grade-level Algebra I course.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school schedule allocates sufficient additional time to support identified strategic students, including ELs, SWDs, and students with learning difficulties. The district uses assessments and placement criteria to determine the instructional needs of strategic students and the intensity of support offered to these students.
• For grades six and seven, strategic students are defined as demonstrating proficiency of mathematics standards within two grade levels and are unable to master grade-level standards.
• For grades six and seven, strategic students are assessed and need additional instructional time beyond the core.
- For high-priority strategic students, the support is an additional time/period to pre/re-teach concepts and skills taught in the grade level course.
- Some grade six and seven strategic students may have occasional trouble within day-to-day grade-level standards instruction. These students may not need additional strategic time beyond the core instruction/period. In this case, teachers are to provide these students additional targeted differentiated instruction using the core ancillary materials to support their achievement of grade-level skills and concepts in their core mathematics classroom.
• For grade eight, strategic students demonstrate proficiency at or above the seventh grade mathematics standards but are unable to master Algebra I standards.
• For grade eight, strategic learners are assessed and need additional instructional time beyond the core.
- For high-priority strategic students, the support is an additional period to pre/re-teach concepts and skills taught in the grade-level Algebra I course.
- Some grade eight strategic students may have occasional trouble within day-to-day grade-level standards instruction. These students may not need additional strategic time beyond the core period. In this case, teachers are to provide these students additional targeted differentiated instruction using the core ancillary materials to support their achievement of grade-level skills and concepts in their core mathematics classroom.
• For kindergarten through grade eight, the SBE-adopted core materials and the core ancillary materials will serve as the predominant instructional program provided to meet the instructional needs of identified strategic students so that they can participate in and progress through daily lessons in the core program with their peers.
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2.7 The school/district complies with and monitors implementation of instructional time for the current SBE-adopted mathematics intervention materials for identified intensive intervention students needing specialized instruction to acquire the mathematics skills and concepts necessary to meet grade-level mathematics standards.
• Grades four through six: 15-30 minutes.
• Grades six and seven: 30-60 minutes (or up to one period) additional support linked to a grade-level basic core course) when additional intervention support is needed.
For districts using the 2007 SBE-adoption:
• Grade eight: One period of Algebra Readiness daily for identified intervention students.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school’s schedule allocates sufficient instructional time for students identified as needing intensive intervention to acquire the grade-level or pre-algebraic skills and concepts necessary to succeed in Algebra I. The district/ school uses assessments and placement criteria to determine the instructional needs of intensive intervention students.
• For grades four through seven, students needing intensive intervention are defined as demonstrating proficiency of mathematics standards below two grade levels and are unable to master grade-level standards.
• For grade eight, mathematics intensive intervention students are defined as those who are achieving below seventh-grade mathematics standards. These students are appropriately assessed and placed in a SBE-adopted Algebra Readiness instructional program.
For districts using the 2007 SBE-adoption:
• The SBE-adopted grades four through seven intensive intervention materials are not designed as a curriculum to replace basic core instruction. The intensive intervention materials are to be used when additional intervention support is needed.
• For grade eight, the Algebra Readiness program is a one-period, stand-alone, intensive program to prepare students to enter into the grade-level Algebra I core classroom supported by an additional class of strategic support the following school year.
For districts using the 2001 and 2005 SBE adoptions:
• Students who have been assessed and identified as needing intensive mathematics intervention should be provided additional time and support using the ancillary materials from the adopted program.
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3. Lesson Pacing Guide
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
Fully - 100% |
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3.1 The school/district prepares, distributes, and monitors the use of an annual district instructional/ assessment pacing guide documented to be in use for each grade level (kindergarten through grade eight) for the current SBE-adopted RLA/ELD and intensive intervention programs in order for all teachers to follow a common sequence of instruction and assessment.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the annual district instructional/assessment pacing guides are in dally use to fully implement the current SBE-adopted RLA/ELD and intensive intervention programs by grade level and/or program level (and by tracks if in a year-round school).
• Use of the pacing guide ensures that all students receive a common sequence of grade-level instruction and common assessments. Data analysis of common assessments in teacher collaboration informs instructional planning and decision-making.
• The core course pacing guide is the foundational pacing guide for the strategic support class. The strategic support teacher uses the core course pacing guide and intensifies the focus on key standards ensuring: 1) an alignment to the grade-level RLA/ELD content being taught; 2) the use of the adopted basic core program ancillary materials; 3) time for pre/re-teaching; and 4) time to address specific skill needs of students.
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3.2 The school/district prepares, distributes, and monitors the use of an annual district instructional/assessment pacing guide documented to be in use for each grade level (kindergarten through grade eight) for the current SBE-adopted mathematics program in order for all teachers to follow a common sequence of instruction and assessment.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that there is an annual district pacing guide that is constructed to be used daily in all classrooms to fully implement the current SBE-adopted mathematics program by grade-level (and by tracks if on a year-round school).
• Use of the pacing guide ensures that all students receive a common sequence of grade level instruction and common assessments. Data analysis of common assessments in teacher collaboration informs instructional planning and decision-making.
• The core course pacing guide is the foundational pacing guide for the strategic support class. The strategic support teacher uses the core course pacing guide and intensifies the focus on key standards ensuring: 1) an alignment to the grade-level mathematics content being taught; 2) the use of the adopted basic core program ancillary materials; 3) time for pre/re-teaching; and 4) time to address specific skill needs of students.
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4. School Administrator Instructional Leadership Training
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
Fully - 100% |
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4.1 The district provides the principal and vice-principal(s) with professional development focused on leadership, support and monitoring needed for the full implementation of the SBE-adopted RLA/ELD basic core and intervention program materials in use at the school through a knowledgeable, experienced provider.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means the district validates that the principal and vice-principal(s) are engaged in professional development focused on the SBE-adopted RLA/ELD basic core and intervention program materials. The professional development provided by a knowledgeable, experienced provider will focus on the following:
• The RLA/ELD basic core or intensive reading intervention materials.
• The ancillary materials available to differentiate instruction for ELs and SWDs, advanced/benchmark and struggling strategic learners;
• Curriculum Framework language and the academic content standards addressed in the materials;
• The use of the instructional/assessment pacing guide;
• Leadership strategies to support and monitor the use of a variety of formative and summative assessments including state, placement and common standards-based curriculum embedded and benchmark assessments, to determine student placement/exit, ongoing progress monitoring and program effectiveness;
• Structured teacher collaboration time to analyze and use assessment data to inform classroom and school-wide practices; and
• A professional development system to advance teachers to a level of fully and skillfully implementing all components of the adopted program; and the understanding and using research-based practices to plan and deliver instruction to meet varying student needs.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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4.2 The district provides the principal and vice-principal(s) with professional development focused on leadership, support and monitoring needed for the full implementation of the SBE-adopted mathematics basic core and intervention materials through a knowledgeable, experienced provider.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means the district validates that the principal and vice-principal(s) are engaged in professional development focused on the SBE-adopted mathematics basic core and intervention program materials. The professional development provided by a knowledgeable, experienced provider will focus on the following:
• The current SBE-adopted mathematics materials used in the school;
• The ancillary materials available to differentiate instruction for ELs and SWDs, advanced/benchmark and struggling strategic learners;
• Curriculum Framework language and the academic content standards addressed in the materials;
• The use of the instructional/assessment pacing guide;
• Leadership strategies to support and monitor the use of a variety of formative and summative assessments including state, placement and common standards-based curriculum embedded and benchmark assessments, to determine student placement/exit, ongoing progress monitoring and program effectiveness;
• Structured teacher collaboration time to analyze and use assessment data to inform classroom and school-wide practices; and
• A professional development system to advance teachers to a level of fully and skillfully implementing all components of the adopted program; and the understanding and using research-based practices to plan and deliver instruction to meet varying student needs.
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4.3 The district provides and monitors on-going targeted professional development and support beyond the administrator training practicum to increase the principal’s and vice-principal’s instructional leadership skills to monitor and support the full implementation of the EPCs.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the district provides and monitors regular, on-going targeted professional development and support for the principal and vice-principal(s) to monitor and support the full implementation of the EPCs.
Targeted professional development and support may include:
• Development, use, and monitoring of classroom observation protocols to include:
-Full and skillful implementation of instructional materials including use of ancillaries as per the district pacing guide.
-The effective implementation of targeted research-based instructional strategies to meet the needs of all students including ELs and SWDs.
• Data team protocol training to lead grade/subject area teachers in the analysis and use data including formative curriculum embedded ongoing assessments, district benchmarks, state summative data to inform classroom and school-wide practices.
• Training on facilitating meetings, having difficult conversations and on providing teachers with constructive instructional feedback.
• Participation in English learner professional development to highlight instructional practices to support ELs in learning academic content standards.
• Training on Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtI2) including support on providing tiered intervention; and implementation and monitoring of standards-based IEP.
• Training in effective communication with teachers, parent and community stakeholders about implementation of instructional materials.
• Supporting and training general, special education, and intervention teachers to use common, ongoing, standards-aligned, formative assessments to collaborate about the progress of common students and adapt and adjust instruction to support struggling learners.
• Coaching for the principal and vice-principal(s) to fully implement the various EPC objectives.
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5. Credentialed Teachers and Professional Development Opportunity
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
Fully - 100% |
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5.1 The school/district staffs all classrooms with fully credentialed, highly qualified teachers, per the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all classrooms have highly-qualified teachers appropriately credentialed for their assignments.
Please select the most appropriate implementation status rating. |
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5.2 The school/district provides teachers of RLA/ELD (in all grade levels and programs, including special education and ELD) with instructional materials professional development focused on the SBE-adopted RLA/ELD and/or SBE-adopted intensive intervention program in use at the school.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all teachers of RLA/ELD and intensive intervention are engaged in instructional materials professional development focused on the SBE-adopted RLA/ELD program and/or intensive intervention program in use at the school.
The professional development focuses on the content, structure, lesson planning, pacing, and instructional delivery of the SBE-adopted materials, including the ancillary materials available to differentiate instruction for ELs and SWDs, advanced/benchmark and struggling strategic learners; curriculum Framework language and the academic content standards addressed in the materials; the use of variety of assessments including placement and common standards-based curriculum embedded/formative assessments for student placement/exit and progress monitoring; protocols for collaborative data conversations; and the need for ongoing professional development at the school site to skillfully implement all components of the adopted program and understand and use research-based practices to plan and deliver instruction to meet varying student needs.
Some activities might include:
• Data team protocol training to analyze and use data to inform classroom and school-wide practices.
• Participation in Grade Level/Team Meetings: Weekly/monthly collaborative time to discuss and use student achievement results to determine student progress, the degree to which the adopted curriculum is being implemented, the effective use of research-based practices, and to plan, deliver and adjust instruction.
• Coaching Participation: Classroom coaching tied directly to the skillful implementation of all components of the adopted program, which may include content support as well as research-based strategies for effective delivery of instruction.
• Participation in English language learner professional development to highlight instructional practices to support ELs in learning academic content standards.
• Teacher-led Demonstration Lessons: Reflection and summary sheets from an exemplary classroom lesson of the adopted curriculum provided by a coach or mentor.
• Curriculum-Embedded Technology Support: Use of technology tools provided with the adopted curriculum to enhance curriculum knowledge and implementation.
• Training on RtI2 including support on providing tiered intervention.
• Implementation and monitoring of standards-based IEP.
• Training for general, special education, and intervention teachers to use common, ongoing, standards-aligned, formative assessments to collaborate about the progress of common students and adapt and adjust instruction to support struggling learners.
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5.3 The school/district provides teachers of mathematics (in all grade levels and programs, including special education) with instructional materials professional development focused on SBE-adopted mathematics program and/or SBE-adopted intensive intervention program in use at the school.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that all teachers of mathematics are engaged in instructional materials professional development focused on the SBE-adopted mathematics program and/or intensive intervention program in use at the school.
The professional development focuses on the content, structure, lesson planning, pacing, and instructional delivery of the SBE-adopted materials, including the ancillary materials available to differentiate instruction for ELs and SWDs, advanced/benchmark and struggling strategic learners; curriculum Framework language and the academic content standards addressed in the materials; the use of variety of assessments including placement and common standards-based curriculum embedded/formative assessments for student placement/exit and progress monitoring; protocols for collaborative data conversations; and the need for ongoing professional development at the school site to skillfully implement all components of the adopted program and understand and use research-based practices to plan and deliver instruction to meet varying student needs.
Some activities might include:
• Use of the SBE-adopted grade four through seven intensive intervention instructional materials along with the basic core program.
• Data team protocol training to analyze and use data to inform classroom and school-wide practices.
• Participation in Grade Level/Team Meetings: Weekly/monthly collaborative time to discuss and use student achievement results to determine student progress, the degree to which the adopted curriculum is being implemented, the effective use of research-based practices, and to plan, deliver and adjust instruction.
• Coaching Participation: Classroom coaching tied directly to the skillful implementation of all components of the adopted program, which may include content support as well as research-based strategies for effective delivery of instruction.
• Participation in English learner professional development to highlight instructional practices to support ELs in learning academic content standards.
• Teacher-led Demonstration Lessons: Reflection and summary sheets from an exemplary classroom lesson of the adopted curriculum provided by a coach or mentor.
• Curriculum-Embedded Technology Support: Use of technology tools provided with the adopted curriculum to enhance curriculum knowledge and implementation.
• Training on RtI2 including support on providing tiered intervention.
• Implementation and monitoring of standards-based IEP.
• Training for general, special education, and intervention teachers to use common, ongoing, standards-aligned, formative assessments to collaborate about the progress of common students and adapt and adjust instruction to support struggling learners.
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6. Ongoing Instructional Assistance and Support for Teachers
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
Fully - 100% |
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6.1 The school/district provides instructional assistance and ongoing support to all teachers of RLA/ELD and intensive intervention. Some possible options include: trained coaches, content experts, and specialists who are knowledgeable about the adopted program, and work inside the classrooms to support teachers and deepen their knowledge about the content and the delivery of instruction.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school/district provides to all RLA/ELD and intervention teachers ongoing, targeted support through trained and experienced content experts, coaches, specialists, or other teacher support personnel with subject-matter expertise. The coaches, content experts, and specialists who work primarily in the classroom assist with the full and skillful implementation of the district’s current SBE-adopted RLA/ELD and intensive intervention instructional programs to improve student achievement.
• The ongoing instructional assistance includes ensuring all teachers are trained to an advanced level on research-based practices and instructional delivery through onsite professional development and demonstration lessons, including observation and feedback for next steps.
• Support includes assisting teachers with planning and preparation, teacher collaboration, student goal setting, progress monitoring, data analysis, intervention placement and monitoring, and strategies for instructing intervention students, ELs, SWDs, benchmark, and advanced learners.
• The coaches/content experts are trained in and knowledgeable about the current adopted program and are provided ongoing professional development and support to assist them in strengthening the instructional practices of teachers.
• The principal structures and monitors the use and impact of coaching services on students’ achievement.
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6.2 The school/district provides instructional assistance and ongoing support to all teachers of mathematics. Some possible options include trained coaches, content experts, and specialists who are knowledgeable about the current adopted program and work inside the classrooms to support teachers and deepen their knowledge about the content and the delivery of instruction.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school/district provides all mathematics and intervention teachers ongoing, targeted support through content experts, coaches, specialists, or other teacher support personnel with subject matter expertise. The content experts, coaches, and specialists who work primarily in the classroom assist with the full and skillful implementation of the district’s current SBE-adopted instructional programs in mathematics to improve student achievement.
• The ongoing instructional assistance includes ensuring that all teachers are trained to an advanced level on research-based practices and instructional delivery through onsite professional development and demonstration lessons, including observation and feedback for next steps.
• Support includes assisting teachers with planning and preparation, teacher collaboration, student goal setting, progress monitoring, data analysis, intervention placement and monitoring, and strategies for instructing intervention students, ELs, SWDs, benchmark, and advanced learners.
• The coaches/content experts are trained in and knowledgeable about the current adopted program and are provided ongoing professional development and support to assist them in strengthening the instructional practices of teachers.
• The principal structures and monitors the use and impact of coaching services on students’ achievement.
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7. Student Achievement Monitoring System
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
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7.1 The school/district uses an ongoing assessment and monitoring system that provides timely data from common assessments based on the current SBE-adopted RLA/ELD and intensive intervention programs. Student achievement results from assessments (i.e., entry-level placement and/or diagnostic; progress monitoring, including frequent formative and curriculum-embedded; and summative assessments) are used to inform teachers and principals on student placement, diagnosis, progress, and effectiveness of instruction.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the district provides and supports an easily accessible electronic data management system, and the school is uniformly administering, scoring, analyzing, and using student achievement data from entry-level and/or diagnostic assessments, progress monitoring assessments (including frequent formative and curriculum-embedded assessments), and summative assessments on a timely basis.
• The data from these assessments are disaggregated and used to determine student placement and/or diagnosis of readiness for grade-level, standards-based instruction, monitor ongoing student progress, identify individual student needs, inform decisions regarding classroom and school wide instructional practices, and determine effectiveness of instructional practices and implementation of the adopted programs.
• For the ongoing monitoring system, data collection (including electronic) is used, and teachers are trained to disaggregate and analyze student data to assist with identifying patterns of performance and modifying instruction to meet the needs of all students, including ELs and SWDs.
• Common curriculum embedded/formative assessments are given at least every six to eight weeks to monitor student progress, but more frequent formative assessments will assist teachers to collaborate and identify more immediate student needs.
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7.2 The school/district uses an ongoing assessment and monitoring system that provides timely data from common assessments based on the current SBE-adopted basic core mathematics and intensive intervention programs. Student achievement results from assessments (i.e., entry-level diagnostic; progress monitoring, including frequent formative and curriculum-embedded; and summative assessments) are used to inform teachers and principals on student placement, diagnosis, progress, and effectiveness of instruction.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the district provides and supports an easily accessible electronic data management system, and the school is uniformly administering, scoring, analyzing, and using student achievement data from entry-level and/or diagnostic assessments, and progress monitoring assessments (including frequent formative and curriculum-embedded assessments) and summative assessments on a timely basis.
• The data from these assessments are disaggregated and used to determine student placement and/or diagnosis of readiness for grade-level, standards-based instruction, monitor ongoing student progress, identify individual student needs, inform decisions regarding classroom and school wide instructional practices, and determine effectiveness of instructional practices and implementation of the adopted programs.
• For the ongoing monitoring system, data collection (including electronic) is used, and teachers are trained to disaggregate and analyze student data to assist with identifying patterns of performance and modifying instruction to meet the needs of all students, including ELs and SWDs.
• Common formative assessments are given at least every six to eight weeks to monitor student progress, but more frequent formative assessments will assist teachers to collaborate and identify more immediate student needs.
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8. Monthly Collaboration by Grade Level or Program Level for Teachers Facilitated by the Principal
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
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8.1 The school/district facilitates and supports a one-hour structured collaboration meeting (preferably two) per month in order for teachers to analyze, discuss, and utilize the results of the school/district assessment system to guide student placement, instructional planning and delivery, and progress monitoring, within the current SBE-adopted RLA/ELD programs.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school/district, through the principal or designee, uniformly provides and supports structured opportunities to collaborate monthly on a continuous and frequent basis (preferably at least twice a month) for all teachers of reading and language arts, including strategic and intensive intervention, special education, and ELD teachers.
• Teachers are trained in collaboration meeting protocols.
• Collaboration meetings frequently include using and analyzing timely results from the common school/district assessments:
- Entry-level placement and/or diagnostic;
- Progress monitoring, including frequent formative and curriculum-embedded; and
- Summative benchmark assessments.
• Collaborative discussions are centered on strengthening the implementation of the adopted instructional programs, lesson design, and delivery, including the use of research-based strategies, to support the mastery of content standards for all students, including ELs and SWDs.
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8.2 The school/district facilitates and supports one-hour structured collaboration meeting (preferably two) per month in order for subject matter/course-level teachers to analyze, discuss, and utilize the results of the school/district assessment system to guide student placement, instructional planning and delivery, and progress monitoring within the current adopted mathematics programs, including Algebra I and Algebra Readiness.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the school/district, through the principal or designee, uniformly provides and supports structured opportunities to collaborate monthly on a continuous and frequent basis (preferably at least twice monthly) for all teachers of mathematics, including strategic and intensive intervention, special education, and ELD teachers.
• Teachers are trained in collaboration meeting protocols.
• Collaboration meetings frequently include using and analyzing timely results from the common school/district assessments:
- Entry-level placement and/or diagnostic;
- Progress monitoring, including frequent formative and curriculum-embedded assessments; and
- Summative benchmark assessments.
• Collaborative discussions are centered on strengthening the implementation of the adopted instructional programs, lesson design and delivery, including the use of research-based strategies, to support the mastery of content standards for all students, including ELs and SWDs.
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9. Fiscal Support
Please rate the implementation status of each Essential Program Component (EPC) item according to the following scale:
Minimally - Less than 50%
Partially - At least 50%
Substiantially - At least 75%
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9.1 The school/district’s general and categorical funds are coordinated, prioritized, and allocated to align with the full implementation of the EPCs in RLA/ELD and the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA).
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the allocation and coordination of district and school site general and categorical funds to support implementation of the EPCs in RLA, and ELD, are aligned and prioritized in the SPSA.
• The SPSA is aligned with the goals and activities in the LEA Plan.
• The district, working in conjunction with the school, provides ongoing support, fiscal and in-kind resources to implement fully and sustain the strategic priorities identified by the school/district in the APS, and applied in the SPSA.
• The district requires that SPSA expenditures detail EPC alignment.
• District general and categorical budgets and LEA Plan demonstrate on-going commitment to continue support for EPC-related school reform.
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9.2 The school/district’s general and categorical funds are coordinated, prioritized, and allocated to align with the full implementation of the EPCs in mathematics and the SPSA.
Use the following criteria and clarifications to make your decision about how to rate the current site level implementation status.
Full implementation means that the allocation and coordination of district and school site general and categorical funds to support implementation of the EPCs in mathematics are aligned and prioritized in the SPSA.
• The SPSA is aligned with the goals and activities in the LEA Plan.
• The district, working in conjunction with the school, provides ongoing support, fiscal and in-kind resources to implement fully and sustain the strategic priorities identified by the school/district in the APS, and applied in the SPSA.
• The district requires that SPSA expenditures detail EPC alignment.
• District general and categorical budgets and LEA Plan demonstrate on-going commitment to continue support for EPC-related school reform.
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