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School Plan

VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
2131 Valley View Drive, = Jonesboro, AR=20 72404

Arkansas Comprehensive School Improvement Plan

2009-2010

The mission of the Valley View Junior and = Senior=20 High Schools is to maintain a caring, safe, = effective, and=20 disciplined environment that is conducive to = learning and=20 maximum student achievement. The school climate will = promote=20 opportunities that encourage self-esteem, = responsibility,=20 and higher-order thinking skills. We are committed = to=20 providing challenging educational opportunities that = will=20 develop the skills needed to make students = productive and=20 effective citizens. Our goal is excellence in = education for=20 all students.

Grade Span: 7-12

Title I: Not Applicable

School Improvement: =

Table of Contents

Priority 1:=20 Mathematics
    Goal: = Students=20 will demonstrate an improvement in math skills related = to the=20 supporting data to increase levels of proficiency on = the=20 seventh and eighth grade benchmark exams, End of = Course=20 Algebra and Geometry Exams, and the ACT=20 Exam.

Priority 2:=20 Literacy
    Goal: = Students will=20 improve critical reading and writing=20 skills.

Priority 3: Behavior=20 Management
    Goal: To = reduce=20 the number of discipline referrals by 3% during the = 2009-2010=20 school year.

Priority 4:=20 Wellness
    Goal: = Valley View=20 High School will provide support for students in = making=20 Healthy Lifestyle Choices by implementing systems to = aid in=20 decreasing the average BMI on routine annual student=20 screening.

Priority 1:

To improve mathematics skills.

Supporting Data:

We currently have two sub-groups: = Economically=20 Disadvantged and Caucasian. The Caucasian = sub-group=20 scored at or above the combined population=20 percentages.

After studying mathematics = CRT=20 data, our weakest area is open-response=20 questions.

The combined population, as = well as=20 the economically disadvantaged sub-group, = scored at or=20 above the 50th percentile on the NRT at all = grade=20 levels.
CRITERION REFERENCED TEST

Combined=20 Population--2006/2007/2008/2009
Percent = Proficient=20 or Advanced~~Number Tested
Seventh Grade=20 73%-84%-83%-86%~~137-136-180-158
Eighth = Grade=20 61%-65%-75%-79%~~136-138-135-178
EOC = Algebra=20 87%-89%-87%-90%~~152-155-168-157
EOC = Geometry=20 = 91%-81%-83%-83%~~93-157-162-165

Economically=20 Disadvantaged--2006/2007/2008/2009
Percent=20 Proficient or Advanced~~Number = Tested
Seventh Grade=20 57%-79%-56%-67%~~0-28-29-37
Eighth Grade=20 41%-53%-68%-50%~~32-30-30-30
EOC Algebra=20 81%-81%-81%-81%~~32-21-33-31
EOC Geometry=20 88%-77%-76%-77%~~17-20-22-30
NORM REFERENCED TEST

COMBINED = POPULATION=20 Grade:7
ITBS SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 = 2008 2009=20
Number Tested 143 180 158
% At/Above = 50th NPR=20 In:
Reading Comprehension 74.8% 75.6% = 70.9%=20
Math Problem Solving 83.2% 78.3% 84.8%=20

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED Grade:7 =
ITBS=20 SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 2008 2009
Number = Tested=20 27 29 38
% At/Above 50th NPR In: =
Reading=20 Comprehension 66.7% 55.2% 52.6%
Math = Problem=20 Solving 74.1% 62.1% 65.8%

COMBINED = POPULATION=20 Grade:8
ITBS SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 = 2008 2009=20
Number Tested 147 135 178
% At/Above = 50th NPR=20 In:
Reading Comprehension 69.4% 70.4% = 75.3%=20
Math Problem Solving 76.2% 83.0% 83.7%=20

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED Grade:8 =
ITBS=20 SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 2008 2009
Number = Tested=20 30 30 31
% At/Above 50th NPR In: =
Reading=20 Comprehension 50.0% 66.7% 54.8%
Math = Problem=20 Solving 63.3% 80.0% 64.5%

COMBINED = POPULATION=20 Grade:9
ITBS SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 = 2008 2009=20
Number Tested 139 156 137
% At/Above = 50th NPR=20 In:
Reading Comprehension 68.3% 73.7% = 70.8%=20
Math Problem Solving 79.9% 84.6% 91.2%=20

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED Grade:9 =
ITBS=20 SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 2008 2009
Number = Tested=20 21 40 31
% At/Above 50th NPR In: =
Reading=20 Comprehension 42.9% 50.0% 61.3%
Math = Problem=20 Solving 57.1% 67.5% 80.6%
ACT Average Math Scores:
2004-2005: = (78=20 Tested) V.V. 20.9/State 19.6
2005-2006: = (99=20 Tested) V.V. 21.9/State 19.9
2006-2007: = (101=20 Tested) V.V. 21.7/State 19.9
2007-2008: = (120=20 Tested) V.V. 21.5/State 20.1
2008-2009: = (109=20 Tested) V.V. 21.9/State 20.1
Graduation rate:
2006-96.5% =
2007-96.6%=20
2008-86.5%

Attendance rate: =
2006-95.5%=20
2007-95.1%
2008-94.8% =

Goal

Students will demonstrate an improvement in = math=20 skills related to the supporting data to = increase levels=20 of proficiency on the seventh and eighth grade = benchmark=20 exams, End of Course Algebra and Geometry Exams, = and the=20 ACT Exam.

Benchmark

We have met AYP in all areas.

The = annual=20 expected performance level for 9-12 math in = 2008-2009=20 was 55.75% proficient. We currently have two = sub-groups:=20 Caucasian and economically disadvantaged. Our=20 performance levels include: combined population = 84.7%=20 proficient, Caucasian 86.0% proficient and = economically=20 disadvantaged 69.4% proficient.

We will = show a=20 three percent increase in the number of students = demonstrating proficiency or higher in = mathematical=20 performance on the seventh and eighth grade = benchmark=20 exams and on the End of Course Algebra and End = of Course=20 Geometry exams.

Intervention:
Alignment = of math=20 curriculum in grades seven through twelve = in order=20 to ensure sequential coverage in deficient = areas=20 as indicated from a variety of test data.=20

Scientific Based Research:=20

Schmidt, Williams H. (February = 2004). A=20 Vision For Mathematics, Educational = Leadership,=20 Volume 61, Issue 5, pp. 6-11. =

DuFour,=20 Richard. (May 2004). What is a = "Professional=20 Learning Community"?, Educational = Leadership=20 Volume 61, Issue 8, pp.=20 6-11.

Perkins-Gough, Deborah. = (December=20 2003/January 2004). Preparing students for = tomorrow requires that we thoughtfully = reexamine=20 and rethink the curriculum, Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 62, Issue 4, pp.=20 12-17.

Rettig, Michael D., = McCullough,=20 Laurie L., Santos, Karen & Watson, = Chuck.=20 (November 2003). A Blueprint for = Increasing=20 Student Achievement, Educational = Leadership,=20 Volume 61, Issue 3, pp. = 71-76.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Math committee members will study = seventh and=20 eighth grade benchmark data, EOC Algebra = &=20 Geometry data, ACT data, and seventh, = eighth, and=20 ninth grade NRT data during the summer. = Strengths=20 and weaknesses in the curriculum will be = noted and=20 adjusted as needed. Academic Improvement = Plans=20 will be written for each student not = meeting=20 proficiency for seventh and eighth grade = math=20 benchmark exams and EOC Algebra and = Geometry=20 exams.
Action Type: AIP/IRI
Action = Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Professional Development

Math Department--Rhonda Shannon, = Chair--Sherry=20 Mason, Co-chair

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will attend staff development = and be=20 trained to use JEDI. This program will = become part=20 of the curriculum for students not = proficient on=20 the seventh and eighth grade benchmark = exams.=20
Action Type: AIP/IRI
Action Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 07/02/2009
End: = 09/22/2009

Administrative Staff
Computers
District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The math department will continue to = work on=20 horizontal and vertical curriculum = alignment.=20
Action Type: Alignment
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action Type: Professional = Development

Rhonda Shannnon & Sherry Mason

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

NRT & CRT data will be compared to = the=20 previous year's test data to see if = adjustments in=20 the curriculum have improved student = achievement.=20

Evidence from CRT data show a = three=20 percent increase in seventh grade math = scores, a=20 four percent increase in eighth grade math = scores,=20 a three percent increase in Algebra I = scores, and=20 consistent scores in Geometry. =

Evidence=20 from NRT data show a one percent decrease = in=20 seventh grade, a two percent increase in = eighth=20 grade scores, and a four percent increase = in ninth=20 grade scores.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation

Math Department

Start: 07/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will be allowed release time to = plan=20 cross curriculum lesson plans and = activities such=20 as a research projects involving = technology and=20 industry.
Action Type: = Collaboration

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/18/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Intervention:
Utilize = technology=20 for remediation purposes and to help = reinforce,=20 visualize, tutor, and enhance = learning.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Penuel, William R., Roschelle, = Jeremy=20 & Abrahamson, Louis.(February 2004). = The=20 Networked Classroom, Educational = Leadership,=20 Volume 61, Issue 5, p. 50-54. =

Olson,=20 Allan.(February 2005). Improving Schools = One=20 Student at a Time,Educational = Leadership=94 Volume=20 62, Issue 5, p. = 37-40.

O-Hanlon,=20 Charlene. (2007). Board Certified, The=20 Journal-Transforming Education Through = Technology,=20 Volume 34, Issue 6, pp. 30-34. Lessons = using an=20 interactive whiteboard can end up being a = big=20 PowerPoint presentation. But what we're = seeing is=20 that when the technology is put into the = hand of=20 teachers with training, they get it.=20

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Utilize TI-84 silver edition graphing=20 calculators, TI Navigators, and CBL's = purchased=20 for math and science teachers. This = technology=20 will be used on a regular basis per NCTM=20 standards. Teachers will continue = technology=20 professional development throughout the = school=20 year.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Math Department

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Contact math and science teachers = outside the=20 district on current, successful uses of=20 calculators, computers, and other = technology=20 within individual classrooms. Example: ADE = Math=20 Consultant and secondary mathematics = specialists=20 from ASU and UCA.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Rhonda Shannon

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Make computer software such as JEDI = accessible=20 to teachers and students to further = enhance=20 students=92 ability to master state and = national=20 standards.
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Relocate older graphing calculators to = the=20 library and make them available for = student=20 checkout.
Action Type: = Equity
Action Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Vickie Young

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

None


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Study NRT data, CRT data, and each = quarter's=20 math grades to determine if the use of new = technology and software helped increase = student=20 achievement on NRT, benchmark and EOC = exams.=20 Survey teachers and students to see if = they think=20 technology had a positive or negative = impact.=20

Evidence from CRT data show a = three=20 percent increase in seventh grade math = scores, a=20 four percent increase in eighth grade math = scores,=20 a three percent increase in Algebra I = scores, and=20 consistent scores in Geometry. =

Evidence=20 from NRT data show a one percent decrease = in=20 seventh grade, a two percent increase in = eighth=20 grade scores, and a four percent increase = in ninth=20 grade scores.

Students and teachers = agree=20 that technology has a positive impact in=20 achievement.
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 07/01/2009
End: = 08/31/2009

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Computers purchased with 2005-2006 NSLA = monies=20 will continue to be used for remediation = in=20 regular classrooms.
Action Type:=20 AIP/IRI
Action Type: Equity
Action = Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Bubba Carter

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative = Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Professional development will be = provided on=20 the use of the InterWrite tablets = (miniature=20 SmartBoards).
Action Type: = Professional=20 Development

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff
Outside = Consultants


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will utilize new technology = with the=20 mathematics and science textbook adoptions = in the=20 classroom.
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/5010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Students who score below proficiency = levels on=20 the sixth, seventh and eighth grade = benchmark=20 exams, and EOC Algebra and Geometry exams = will=20 participate in a remedial individualized = program=20 (AIP) including the use JEDI technology.=20

All students completed their=20 AIP's.

Pre- and post-tests indicate = a gain=20 of 28% for students in math remediation. = Fifty-two=20 percent of students scored 70% or above on = the=20 pre-test while 80% scored 70% or above on = the=20 post-test.

Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action=20 Type: Equity
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 09/02/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
Computers
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize computers and the JEdI program = in=20 special education classrooms to improve = math=20 skills.

Pre- and post-tests = indicate an=20 average gain of 3% overall for students in = ninth,=20 tenth, and twelfth grade math resource = classes.=20 Thirteen students scored between 2.4% and = 5.3% on=20 the pre-test and between 4.7% and 12.1% on = the=20 post-test.

Action Type:=20 Equity
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Special=20 Education
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sandy Wortham

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Tutoring will be available to jr. high=20 students who are failing mathematics = according to=20 mid-term grade reports. Instruction will = be=20 provided by four mathematics teachers one = day each=20 week for one hour after school=20 Monday-Thursday.

Sr. high students = may=20 attend math and/or science tutoring = provided by=20 two high school math and science teachers = two=20 mornings and two afternoons per week=20 Monday-Thursday.
Action Type: = Technology=20 Inclusion

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 09/14/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers

$8716.76

NSLA (State-281) - Employee = Benefits:	$1646.27
NSLA (State-281) - Employee = Salaries:	$7070.49

ACTION BUDGET:

ACT summer tutoring will be provided for = students not scoring 19 on the mathematics = sub-test of the ACT exam in an effort to = increase=20 test scores. Technology will be included = in the=20 tutoring sessions. Students will take the = ACT exam=20 on the next testing date after tutoring is = completed. A certified math teacher will = provide=20 the tutoring.
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Mason

Start: 06/01/2010
End: = 06/15/2010

Teachers

$2000

General Revenue:	$2000.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Purchase JEDI (Juvenile Education = Initiative)=20 Program to be used in grades 7-12 and = special=20 education for instructional and = remediation=20 purposes.
Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action Type:=20 Special Education
Action Type: = Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
District Staff
Performance Assessments
Teachers

$6215.5

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$250.00
NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$5965.50

ACTION BUDGET:

Purchase TI-Nspire Graphing Calculators = for=20 math teachers.
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 09/18/2009

Administrative = Staff

$7530

NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$7530.00

ACTION BUDGET:

The JEdI program will be used for credit = recovery for students in Algebra I. A = certified=20 mathematics teacher will provide = instruction as=20 well.
Action Type: Technology = Inclusion

Fawntina Holloway

Start: 07/06/2009
End: = 07/31/2009

Computers
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

$24462.26

Intervention: Engage parents = and=20 community volunteers in the educational=20 process.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Wherry, J.H. (2007). Is Parent = Involvement=20 Still Important?, Principal, Vol. 56, = Issue 4, p.=20 6.

Payne, R.K., PH.D. (2006). = Working with=20 parents-building relationsips for student = success,=20 aha! Process, Inc.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Teachers will post lesson plans on the = school=20 website to provide access to current = assignments=20 and objectives for students and = parents.
Action=20 Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The junior and senior high will host a = "Back=20 to School" open house for parents to = discuss=20 changes in the student handbook and = provide=20 information to promote a collaborative = spirit with=20 administration, parents, teachers, and=20 students.

Information concerning = the=20 school's process for resolving parental = concerns=20 can be found in the handbook.
Action = Type:=20 Parental Engagement

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 08/11/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Parents will be notified on the 5th week = of=20 every nine week period with their = student's=20 progress report.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 09/22/2009
End: = 04/30/2010

Administrative Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize GRADEBOOK 2 Software. Teachers = will=20 update grades on-line weekly. Parents will = be able=20 to view their child=92s grades on-line = through this=20 system at any time.
Action Type: = Parental=20 Engagement
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Dorothy Witt

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

AIP Conferences will be held with = parents for=20 students not reaching the proficiency = level on the=20 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade = mathematics=20 benchmark exam and End of Course Algebra = and=20 Geometry exams.
Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action=20 Type: Equity
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 09/02/2009
End: = 10/31/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Smart Core/Core Parent meetings will be = held=20 each spring for parents of sixth grade = students to=20 explain the curriculum for the next school = year.=20 Parents will be given an opportunity to = ask=20 questions.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Barry Jones, & Catherine = Williams

Start: 03/01/2010
End: = 05/15/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Pre-AP and Advanced Placement Parent = Meetings=20 will be held each spring to help parents=20 understand the differences in regular = classes,=20 pre-AP classes, concurrent college credit = classes,=20 and advanced placement classes. Parents = will be=20 given an opportunity to ask questions = concerning=20 the pre-AP and AP program.
Action Type: = Parental Engagement

Robyn Ford, & Patricia Brashers

Start: 03/15/2010
End: = 04/30/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Survey parents to see how often they = used the=20 on-line gradebook system (to view student = grades)=20 and how often they visited the teachers's = on-line=20 lesson plans.

Parent surveys = reveal that=20 the majority of parents use the on-line = gradebook=20 system weekly to keep up with their = child's grades=20 (as a result, some parents do not feel = they need=20 to attend parent/teacher conferences). The = major=20 concern expressed was that some teachers = do not=20 update gradebook often enough. The other = major=20 concern was problems gaining access to = access the=20 site.

The same concerns were = expressed for=20 lesson plans. When grades and lesson plans = are=20 updated in a timely manner, parents are = very happy=20 with these communication tools.
Action = Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 08/11/2009

Administrative = Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Parents may visit the school website at=20 http://blazers.k12.ar.us and click on the = junior=20 high or senior high link to gather = information=20 about being involved in = decisions.

Links=20 found on the website include the course = catalog=20 guide, ACT dates and information, math and = science=20 tutoring information, college student = checklist,=20 school news and announcements, teacher = websites/=20 lesson plans, and gradebook = access.

Letters=20 are sent to parents in the spring, prior = to=20 registration for the next school year, = asking them=20 to help their student in choosing classes. = Information about courses, and their=20 prerequisites, are found on-line in the = course=20 catalog guide.

Career day is held = the week=20 before spring registration in order to = help=20 students make wise choices for next year's = schedules.

Counselor meet with = students=20 during English class to review their = Career Action=20 Plans (developed in eighth grade Career=20 Orientation class) and revisit = requirements for=20 Smart Core/Core before registration = packets are=20 sent home.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Parental Engagement

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = Robyn=20 Ford, Barry Jones, Rob Lindley & = Dorothy=20 Witt

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The distict shall schedule two parent = teacher=20 conferences a year. The dates for the = 2009-2010=20 school year are: October 22 and March 18.=20
Action Type: Parental = Engagement

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 10/22/2009
End: = 03/18/2010


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

$13986.24

Intervention: Provide = Mathematics=20 and Science Teachers with Quality = Professional=20 Development to Improve Classroom=20 Instruction.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Stigley, James W. & Hiebert,=20 James.(February 2004). Improving = Mathematics=20 Teaching, Educational Leadership, Volume = 61, Issue=20 5, pp. 12-17.

Schmidt, William H.=20 (February 2004). A Vision for Mathematics, = Educational Leadership, Volume 61, Issue = 5, pp.=20 6-11.

Weiss, Iris R. & Pasley, = Joan=20 D.(February 2004). What Is High-Quality=20 Instruction?Educational Leadership, Volume = 61,=20 Issue 5, pp. 24-28.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Math and science teachers will attend = NCTM=20 Conferences, NSTA Conferences, ACT = Conference in=20 Little Rock, ACTM Professional Development = Institute in Conway, Math/Science = Institutes at=20 ASU or other workshops to obtain new and=20 innovative materials & ideas that = correlate to=20 national and state standards.
Action = Type:=20 Professional Development
Action Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Rob Lindley, & Barry Jones

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers

$12500

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$10000.00
PD (State-223) - Materials &=20 Supplies:	$2500.00

ACTION BUDGET:

A math teacher from the jr. high faculty = will=20 attend math coaches training at = Crowley=92s Ridge=20 Education Co-op one day per month for the=20 2007-2008 school year.
Action Type:=20 Professional Development

Sherry Moody

Start: 09/13/2007
End: = 05/25/2008

Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Special Education teachers will attend = Easter=20 Seals beginning and intermediate alternate = portfolio training. Easter Seals will also = send a=20 team for on-site training to review = portfolios and=20 make recommendations for = improvement.
Action=20 Type: Professional Development
Action = Type:=20 Special Education

Sandy Wortham

Start: 09/02/2009
End: = 02/28/2010

Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Survey teachers to see if their = professional=20 development needs were met during the = current=20 school year.

Teachers were surveyed = last=20 spring to see what professional = development=20 workshops they would be interested in=20 participating in during the summer. = Professional=20 development opportunities were scheduled = from=20 these surveys and evaluations were = collected after=20 each workshop. Ninety-nine percent of = teachers=20 were very pleased with the workshops they = attended=20 and found the information useful. = Additional=20 comments were collected from the = evaluations for=20 future workshop opportunities.
Action = Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation

Sherry Moody

Start: 04/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will attend Pre AP and/or AP = Math and=20 Science Institutes. Jr. and Sr. High will = offer=20 pre-AP and AP curriculum in all four core = areas.=20 Taylor Theilemier (AP Statistics), Monty = May=20 (Pre-AP Mathematics), Rhonda Shannon (AP=20 Calculus), and Cindy Chadwick (AP=20 Calculus)attended training this summer. = Mrs.=20 Shannon's and Mrs. Chadwick's registration = fees=20 were paid for by state grant = money.
Action=20 Type: Professional Development
Action = Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/10/2009

Teachers

$1486.24

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$1486.24

ACTION BUDGET:

Total Budget:

Priority 2:

Improve literacy skills.

Supporting Data:

We currently have two sub-groups: = Economically=20 Disadvantged and Caucasian. The Caucasian = sub-group=20 scored at or above the combined population=20 percentages.

After studying literacy = CRT data,=20 our weakest area is open-response=20 questions.

The combined population = scored at or=20 above the 50th percentile on the NRT at all = grade=20 levels. The economically disadvantaged = sub-group in=20 seventh grade scored at the 42nd percentile, = while the=20 eighth and ninth grade groups scored above the = 50th=20 percentile.
CRITERION REFERENCED TEST

Combined=20 Population--2006/2007/2008/2009
Percent = Proficient=20 or Advanced~~Number Tested
Seventh Grade=20 76%-79%-79%-84%~~137-136-180-158
Eighth = Grade=20 79%-83%-87%-91%~~136-138-135-178
Eleventh = Grade=20 = 68%-71%-75%-81%~~114-154-130-138

Economically=20 Disadvantaged--2006/2007/2008/2009
Percent = Proficient or Advanced~~Number = Tested
Seventh Grade=20 56%-68%-52%-67%~~0-28-29-37
Eighth Grade=20 56%-60%-84%-76%~~32-30-30-30
Eleventh Grade = 43%-47%-76%-71%~~21-17-19-28
NORM REFERENCED TEST

COMBINED = POPULATION=20 Grade:7
ITBS SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 = 2008 2009=20
Number Tested 143 180 158
% At/Above = 50th NPR=20 In:
Reading Comprehension 74.8% 75.6% = 70.9%=20
Math Problem Solving 83.2% 78.3% 84.8%=20

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED Grade:7 =
ITBS=20 SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 2008 2009
Number = Tested=20 27 29 38
% At/Above 50th NPR In: =
Reading=20 Comprehension 66.7% 55.2% 52.6%
Math = Problem=20 Solving 74.1% 62.1% 65.8%

COMBINED = POPULATION=20 Grade:8
ITBS SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 = 2008 2009=20
Number Tested 147 135 178
% At/Above = 50th NPR=20 In:
Reading Comprehension 69.4% 70.4% = 75.3%=20
Math Problem Solving 76.2% 83.0% 83.7%=20

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED Grade:8 =
ITBS=20 SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 2008 2009
Number = Tested=20 30 30 31
% At/Above 50th NPR In: =
Reading=20 Comprehension 50.0% 66.7% 54.8%
Math = Problem=20 Solving 63.3% 80.0% 64.5%

COMBINED = POPULATION=20 Grade:9
ITBS SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 = 2008 2009=20
Number Tested 139 156 137
% At/Above = 50th NPR=20 In:
Reading Comprehension 68.3% 73.7% = 70.8%=20
Math Problem Solving 79.9% 84.6% 91.2%=20

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED Grade:9 =
ITBS=20 SAT10 SAT10
Year 2007 2008 2009
Number = Tested=20 21 40 31
% At/Above 50th NPR In: =
Reading=20 Comprehension 42.9% 50.0% 61.3%
Math = Problem=20 Solving 57.1% 67.5% 80.6%
ACT Average English Scores:
2004-2005: = (78=20 Tested) V.V. 22.3/State 20.5
2005-2006: = (99=20 Tested) V.V. 23.5/State 20.7 =
2006-2007:(101=20 Tested) V.V. 23.1/State 20.5 =
2007-2008:(120=20 Tested) V.V. 20.8/State 20.7 =
2008-2009:(109=20 Tested) V.V. 22.3/State 20.6

ACT = Average=20 Reading Scores:
2004-2005: (78 Tested) = V.V.=20 22.6/State 20.6
2005-2006: (99 Tested) = V.V.=20 23.3/State 20.9
2006-2007: (101 Tested) = V.V.=20 23.0/State 20.9
2007-2008:(120 Tested) V.V. = 21.0/State 21.0
2008-2009:(109 Tested) V.V. = 22.3/State 21.0
Graduation rate:
2006-96.5% =
2007-96.6%=20
2008-86.5%

Attendance rate: =
2006-95.5%=20
2007-95.1% =
2008-94.8%

Goal

Students will improve critical reading and = writing=20 skills.

Benchmark

We have met AYP in all areas.

The = annual=20 expected performance level for 9-12 literacy in=20 2008-2009 was 59.69% proficient. We currently = have two=20 sub-groups: Caucasian and economically = disadvantaged.=20 Our performance levels include: combined = population=20 86.4% proficient, Caucasian 87.7% proficient, = and=20 economically disadvantaged 74.7% proficient.=20

Students will show a 3% improvement in = the=20 overall score on the seventh and eighth grade = augmented=20 benchmark exam and End-of-Course Literacy = Exam.

Intervention:
Improve = reading by=20 teaching reading skills and strategies,=20 specifically inference, prediction, = context clues,=20 charts and graphs, reference materials, = and=20 vocabulary.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Coutant, Carolyn & = Perchemlides,=20 Natalia. (October 2005). Strategies for = Teen=20 Readers, Educational Leadership, Volume = 63, Issue=20 2, pp. 42-47.

Tovani, Cris. = (October 2005).=20 The Power of Purposeful Reading, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 63, Issue 2, pp.=20 48-51.

Husman, J., Brem, S., & = Duggan,=20 M.A. (2005). Student goal orientation and=20 formative assessment. Academic Exchange = Quarterly,=20 9 (3), 355-359.=20 = http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5Oct304715.htm.=20

Topping, K.J., & Sanders, W.L. = (2000).=20 Teacher effectiveness and computer = assessment of=20 reading: Relating value-added and learning = information systems data. School = Effectiveness and=20 School Improvement, 11 (3), 305-307.=20

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

English teachers will attend Literacy = Lab, IRA=20 Conferences, ACT Conference in Little = Rock, or=20 workshops at Crowley's Ridge Education = Co-op and=20 Northeast Arkansas Co-op to obtain new and = innovative materials & ideas that = correlate to=20 national and state standards.
Action = Type:=20 Professional Development

Barry Jones & Barry Jones

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Outside Consultants
Public Library
School Library
Teachers

$12500

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$10000.00
PD (State-223) - Materials &=20 Supplies:	$2500.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Teachers will attend Pre AP and/or AP = English=20 and Social Studies Institutes. Jr. and Sr. = High=20 will offer pre-AP and AP curriculum in all = four=20 core areas. Billy Vestal (Pre-AP English), = Melanie=20 Leonard (Pre-AP English), and Sherry = Roland (AP=20 English Language) attended training this = summer.=20 The training cost was covered by a state=20 grant.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/10/2009

Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Jr. high teachers will utilize = literature=20 circle groups in English classes with = classroom=20 libraries and other sources.

Carol Rhein, English Chair

Start: 08/18/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Public Library
School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will provide time for student=20 independent reading.

English Department

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Public Library
School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will provide daily practice = based on=20 frameworks and on benchmark areas of = concern,=20 focusing on open-response questions. = Teachers will=20 utilize consumable materials for = appropriate=20 activities.

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers
Teaching Aids


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Continue peer-tutoring program during = lunch=20 and after school.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: = Equity

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

English classes will utilize Accelerated = Reader (progress monitoring)to improve = reading=20 skills. Pre- and post-tests will be given = to=20 assess the students' beginning and ending = reading=20 levels. Students will be tested after each = assignment for comprehension. =

Accelerated=20 Reader Statistics
2007-2008 = Comprehension=20 Percentages compared to 2008-2009 = Comprehension=20 Percentages & Total = Gains

Seventh Grade=20 79.1%--81.3%--+2.2%
Eighth Grade=20 74.9%--82.7%--+7.8%
Ninth Grade=20 73.3%--77.4%--+4.1%
Tenth Grade=20 66.4%--76.8%--+10.4%
Eleventh Grade=20 70.5%--74.5%--+4.0%

Total = Comprehension=20 Gains for Grades 7-11 was +5.7%
Action = Type:=20 Program Evaluation
Action Type: = Technology=20 Inclusion

Cissy Lindley & Vickie Young

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
School Library

$6363

NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$6363.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Utilize computer workstations in HS = library=20 for Accelerated Reader.
Action Type: = Technology=20 Inclusion

Vicki Young

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
School Library


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Implement "PROJECT READ"=97This program = utilizes=20 high interest, teen oriented novels for = use in=20 reading discussion groups. Teachers will = evaluate=20 student progress using portfolios and make = necessary adjustments in assignments, book = selection, and writing projects. Teachers = will=20 develop varied reading and writing = activities to=20 use with discussion groups.
Action = Type:=20 Collaboration

Melanie Leonard

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Meetings will be held by English = teachers to=20 develop and discuss diagnostic tools and = results=20 of rubrics and open-response writing. =
Action=20 Type: Collaboration

Melanie Leonard & Carol Rhein

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

ACT summer tutoring will be provided for = students not scoring 19 on the English and = reading=20 sub-tests of the ACT exam in an effort to = raise=20 test scores. Students will take the ACT = exam the=20 first testing date after tutoring is = completed.=20 Two certified teachers will provide the=20 tutoring.

David White & Tammi Goodrich

Start: 06/01/2010
End: = 06/15/2010

Teachers

$4000

General Revenue:	$4000.00

ACTION BUDGET:

All teachers in grades 7-12 will attend = a two=20 day workshop on MAX Teaching with Reading = and=20 Writing.

The MAX Teaching with = Reading and=20 Writing program is designed to provide = teachers=20 with strategies to assist students with = reading=20 and writing skills needed in the = classroom. In the=20 training, the presenter will model the way = reading=20 and writing can be used in the classroom = in any=20 content area and help teachers realize = that these=20 strategies really do work to help students = acquire=20 literacy skills at the same time that they = are=20 learning content.
Action Type: = Equity
Action=20 Type: Professional Development
Action = Type:=20 Special Education

Sherry Moody

Start: 08/06/2008
End: = 08/07/2008

District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Foreign language teachers will attend = TPRS=20 (Total Physical Response Storytelling)=20 training.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development

Rob Lindley

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/10/2009

Outside = Consultants

$1000

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$1000.00

ACTION BUDGET:

A MAX Teaching professional development=20 workshop will be held to help with the=20 implementation process for teachers in = grades=20 9-12.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development

Traci Smith

Start: 08/12/2009
End: = 08/12/2009

Teachers

$200

PD (State-223) - Materials &=20 Supplies:	$200.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Schedule a certified teacher to work = with=20 Limited English Proficient students = individually=20 and in small groups two days per week. (.5 = FTE)=20
Action Type: Equity

Patricia Brashears

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff
Teachers

$243.92

NSLA (State-281) - Employee = Benefits:	$43.95
NSLA (State-281) - Employee = Salaries:	$199.97

ACTION BUDGET:

The jr. high library will be open every = Monday=20 throughout the summer to allow students to = check=20 out books and take Accelerated Reader=20 tests.
Action Type: Technology = Inclusion

Cissy Lindley & Carol Rhein

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/03/2009

Computers
District Staff
School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

$24306.92

Intervention:
Improve = writing,=20 specifically in regard to content, style = and=20 open-response questions.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Saddler, Bruce & Andrade, = Heidi.=20 (October 2004). The Writing Rubric, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 62, Issue 2, pp.=20 48-52.

Romano, Tom. (October 2004). = The=20 Power of Voice, Educational Leadership, = Volume 62,=20 Issue 2, pp. 20-23.

Baldwin, Doug. = (October 2004). A Guide to Standardized = Writing=20 Assessment, Educational Leadership, Volume = 62,=20 Issue 2, pp. 72-75.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Teachers will utilize the computer lab = to=20 improve reading, research, and writing = skills=20 across the curriculum.

Students's = reading=20 scores increased 14% based on = pre-tests(35%) and=20 post-tests(49%). This represents scores of = 70% and=20 above. Writing scores increased by 21% as = well.=20 Fifty-five percent of students scored 70% = or=20 better on pre-tests compared to 76% = scoring 70% or=20 above on post-tests.
Action Type: = Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

English Department

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Students will work on writing = individually and=20 in groups, learning to generate and use = their own=20 rubrics and grade each other=92s writing = based on=20 rubrics.
Action Type: = Collaboration

Rhein,Vestal & Rickert

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Students will be trained to develop and=20 practice open-response items (in a timed = setting)=20 in responding to prompts in writing and=20 formatting.
Action Type: = Collaboration

Melanie Leonard

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Provide release time for jr. high = students to=20 participate in the language arts=20 festival.
Action Type: = Collaboration

Rhein, Vestal, & Rickert

Start: 12/01/2009
End: = 05/23/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Intervention:
Alignment = of=20 English/Language Arts curriculum in grades = seven=20 through twelve in order to ensure = sequential=20 coverage in deficient areas as indicated = from a=20 variety of test data.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Perkins-Gough, Deborah. (December=20 2003/January 2004). Creating a Timely = Curriculum-A=20 Conversation with Heidi Hayes Jacobs, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 61, Issue 4, pp. 12-17. =

Rettig, Michael D., = McCullough, Laurie=20 L., Santos, Karen & Watson, Chuck. = (November=20 2003). A Blueprint for Increasing Student=20 Achievement, Educational Leadership, = Volume 61,=20 Issue 3, pp. 71-76.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Literacy committee members will study = Spring=20 seventh and eighth grade augmented = benchmark data,=20 EOC Literacy data, ACT data, and seventh, = eighth,=20 and ninth grade NRT data in order to make=20 curriculum revisions as needed. Academic=20 Improvement Plans will be written for each = student=20 not meeting proficiency for seventh and = eighth=20 grade literacy benchmark exams and EOC = Literacy.=20 Team members will collaborate to determine = specific needs of students for = remediation.=20
Action Type: AIP/IRI
Action Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Professional Development

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 09/02/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will utilize JEDI (Juvenile = Education=20 Initiative). This programs will become = part of the=20 curriculum for students not proficient on = the=20 seventh and eighth grade benchmark exams = and EOC=20 Literacy exam. These programs may also be = used as=20 enrichment for those already at the = proficient=20 level.

In language arts, 55% of = students=20 scored between 70%-100% on pre-tests = compared to=20 76% on post-tests. This represents a 21% = increase=20 in scores.
Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
Computers
District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Curriculum maps will be shared by the = English=20 department. Teachers will continue = horizontal and=20 vertical alignment.
Action Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Professional Development

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

English teachers grade 7-12 will meet to = share=20 writing styles, reading lists (during the = summer=20 and school year) and other = strategies/ideas used=20 in their classrooms.
Action Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: = Collaboration

Carol Rhein

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

NRT data, augmented benchmark data, and=20 literacy exam data will be compared to the = previous year's data to see if revisions = in the=20 curriculum helped improve student=20 achievement.

Evidence from CRT data = show a=20 five percent increase in seventh grade = literacy=20 scores, a four percent increase in eighth = grade=20 literacy scores, and a six percent gain in = eleventh grade literacy scores. =

Evidence=20 from NRT data showed a five percent = decrease in=20 seventh grade reading comprehension, a = three=20 percent increase in eighth grade reading=20 comprehension, and a two percent decrease = in ninth=20 grade reading comprehension.
Action = Type:=20 Alignment
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Program Evaluation

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2010
End: = 08/15/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Intervention:
Develop = cross=20 curriculum projects between Sr. High = English, Art,=20 Social Studies, and Vocational departments = to=20 emphasize reading and writing = skills.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Rickards, Debbie & Hawes, = Shirl.=20 (October 2004). Raising Writers: The = Teacher's=20 Role, Educational Leadership, Volume 62, = Issue 2,=20 pp. 68-71.

Salinger, Terry = &=20 Fleischman, Steve. (October 2005). = Teaching=20 Students to Interact with Text, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 62, Issue 2, pp.=20 90-92.

Camilleri, Vanessa A. = &=20 Jackson, Anthony D. (March 2005) Nurturing = Excellence Through the Arts, Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 62, Issue 6, pp.=20 60-64.

Seif, Elliott. (December = 2003/January 2004). Social Studies = Revived,=20 Educational Leadership, Volume 61, Issue = 4, pp.=20 54-59.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Provide release time for teachers to = organize=20 cross curriculum literature between = history=20 classes and English classes.
Action = Type:=20 Collaboration

Dana Shoemaker

Start: 06/01/2008
End: = 08/18/2008

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Arkansas State University Model United = Nations=20 students will come to the school to teach=20 parliamentary procedure to Valley View = Model=20 United Nations students.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration

Dana Shoemaker

Start: 09/15/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

=93Art With A View=94 project--Each = month art=20 students will be selected to display a = collection=20 of their art in the school library. = Students will=20 use writing skills to reflect on their art = exhibit.
Action Type: = Collaboration

Donna Pierson

Start: 10/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Senior English classes will create an=20 autobiography reflecting on family history = and=20 personal history.
Action Type: Parental = Engagement
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Roland

Start: 03/01/2010
End: = 03/31/2010

Public Library
School Library


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Parents will be involved in planning and = participating in an autobiography awards = ceremony.=20
Action Type: Parental = Engagement

Sherry Roland

Start: 04/13/2010
End: = 05/13/2010

Administrative Staff
School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Social Studies and English teachers will = meet=20 to evaluate progress in cross curriculum = and plan=20 a summer, fall, and spring reading list.=20

Great progress has been made in=20 coordination between the social studies = and=20 English departments in cross-curricular = projects=20 and reading materials. Summer required = readings=20 (for pre-AP and AP classes) are updated = each year=20 and posted on the district's = website.
Action=20 Type: Collaboration
Action Type: = Program=20 Evaluation

Dana Shoemaker

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Students in the medical professions = class will=20 write papers on ethics/history of = medicine.

Paula Eaton

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Outside Consultants
School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Career orientation students will create = their=20 own books and participate in resume'=20 writing.

Janeene Lynch

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
School Library
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Family and Consumer Science students = will=20 study written and verbal instructions = involving=20 patterns.

Donna Lackey & Jennifer Wray

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Students in Computer Applications will = learn=20 to interpret charts and graphs.

Shelia Bruff

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The American Government class will = present a=20 program over the Amendments of the = Constitution to=20 all 5th grade students. Other = presentations will=20 be planned in the future.

Traci Smith

Start: 09/15/2009
End: = 05/31/5010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The Vocational Agriculture Department = will=20 conduct research projects with poinsettias = and=20 bedding plants. Mathematics and literacy=20 curriculum frameworks will be used in this = project.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Technology Inclusion

Ralph Cheshier

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Community Leaders
Computers
District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Intervention:
Utilize = technology=20 for remediation purposes and to help = reinforce,=20 visualize, tutor, and enhance = learning.

Scientific Based Research:=20

U.S. Department of Education: = National=20 Center on Student Progress Monitoring. = (2006).=20 Review of progress monitoring tools = [Review of=20 STAR Reading]. Washington, DC: Author.=20 www.studentprogress.org/chart/chart.asp.=20

U.S. Department of Education: = Southwest=20 Educational Development Laboratory. = (2006).=20 Reading assessment database [Review of = STAR=20 Reading]. Austin, TX: Author.=20 www.sedl.org/reading/rad/ (search for STAR = Reading).

Salvia, J.,Ysseldyke, = J., &=20 Bolt, S. (2007). Standardized Test for the = Assessment of Reading (S.T.A.R.). In = Assessment:=20 In special and inclusive education (10th = ed., pp.=20 440-442). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. =

Blake=20 Yancey, Kathleen. (October 2004). Using = Multiple=20 Technologies to Teach Writing, Educational = Leadership, Volume 62, Issue 2, pp.=20 38-40.

O'Hanlon, Charlene. (2007). = Board=20 Certified, The Journal-Transforming = Education=20 Through Technology, Volume 34, Issue 6, = pp. 30-34.=20 Board Certified,Lessons using an = interactive=20 whiteboard can end up being a big = PowerPoint=20 presentation. But what we're seeing is = that when=20 the technology is put into the hand of = teachers=20 with training, they get it. =

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Students will utilize computers to = participate=20 in an online writing assessment. =
Action Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Purchase JEdI computer software = accessible to=20 teachers and students to further enhance = students=92=20 ability to master state and national = standards.=20
Action Type: Technology = Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
Teachers

$5965.5

NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$5965.50

ACTION BUDGET:

Technology Tuesday's and WebPage = Wednesday's=20 will be offered every Tuesday and = Wednesday in the=20 summer for professional development = training for=20 all faculty and staff. Topics include: = InterWrite=20 Tablets, Beginning, Intermediate & = Advanced=20 WebPage Design, JEDI, Document Cameras, = Roxio=20 Creator 10 Multimedia Software, Adding a = Group of=20 Pictures to your Website, Pinnacle = Gradebook=20 Training.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Outside Consultants
Teachers

$1425

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$1425.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Study test data to determine if the use = of=20 computer software helped increase student=20 achievement on augmented benchmark and EOC = literacy exam.

Results of test data = indicate the use of computer software had = a=20 positive effect on student achievement. =
Action=20 Type: Program Evaluation
Action Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2010
End: = 08/15/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize LCD Projectors in classroom=20 presentations.
Action Type: Technology = Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff
Teachers

$1676.12

NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$1676.12

ACTION BUDGET:

Ultilize computers and other technology=20 purchased with 2005-2006 NSLA monies for = literacy=20 remediation.
Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action=20 Type: Equity
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Bubba Carter

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize Mind Plan/My Reading Coach = software in=20 special education classes to help with = reading=20 strategies. Assessments are built in to = each=20 lesson to track student progress. =

My=20 Reading Coach is consistent with the=20 Orton-Gillingham approach to reading. It = is a=20 structured, flexible, mastery-based, = multi-sensory=20 program that provides a virtual reading = specialist=20 and speech pathologist to every student. = Embedded=20 Teacher Intelligence=99 individualizes = instruction=20 to help each student reach grade level in = the=20 skill areas of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics = Sounds=20 and Rules, Vocabulary, Word Structure, = Syntactic=20 Processing and Reading = Comprehension.

A=20 pre-test is administered to determine the=20 beginning level of each student. A = post-test will=20 be administered to determine the ending = level and=20 yearly growth.

Class reports for = junior=20 high and high school self-contained = classes show a=20 14% improvement from pre- to post-=20 tests.
Action Type: Equity
Action = Type:=20 Program Evaluation
Action Type: Special = Education
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sandy Wortham

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize Accelerated Reader in secondary=20 language arts and social studies=20 classrooms.
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

English and Social Studies = Departments

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Require students who score below = proficiency=20 levels on the seventh and eighth grade = augmented=20 benchmark exams and EOC Literacy exam to=20 participate in a remedial individualized = program=20 (AIP) which will include JEDI technology.=20 Individual portfolios will be kept for = each=20 student showing his/her progress during = the=20 remediation period.

All students = completed=20 their remediation program. Gains were made = by all=20 students in the area of reading (14%), = writing=20 (21%), and language arts(21%) based on = pre- and=20 post-tests.
Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action=20 Type: Equity
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 09/05/2009
End: = 04/11/2010

Administrative Staff
Computers
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize computers in special education=20 classrooms(resource and self-contained) to = improve=20 literacy skills.
Action Type: = Equity
Action=20 Type: Special Education
Action Type: = Technology=20 Inclusion

Sandy Wortham

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Purchase AVerVision 300AF Document = Cameras.=20 These document cameras will be utilized to = address=20 the needs of the visual learner in all = subject=20 areas...not just literacy classrooms. =
Action=20 Type: Equity
Action Type: Special=20 Education
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers

$30911.45

NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$30911.45

ACTION BUDGET:

Purchase STAR Reading. This program will = be=20 used for literacy screening and progress=20 monitoring. STAR Reading provides = nationally=20 norm-referenced reading scores as well as=20 criterion-referenced evaluations of skill = levels.=20 This is the first year for program=20 evaluation.
Action Type: = AIP/IRI
Action=20 Type: Program Evaluation
Action Type:=20 Technology Inclusion

Sherry Moody

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Computers

$3841.84

NSLA (State-281) - Other = Objects:	$3841.84

ACTION BUDGET:

Total Budget:

$43819.91

$1410

Intervention:
Engage = parents and=20 community volunteers in the educational=20 process.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Teachers will post their lesson plans on = the=20 school website to provide access to = current=20 assignments and objectives for students = and=20 parents.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement
Action Type: Professional=20 Development

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Back to school open house for parents to = discuss changes in the student handbook = and=20 provide information to promote a = collaborative=20 spirit with administration, parents, = teachers, and=20 students.

Information concerning = the=20 school's process for resolving parental = concerns=20 can be found in the handbook.
Action = Type:=20 Parental Engagement

Rob Lindley & Barry Jones

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 08/11/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Parents will be notified on the 5th week = of=20 every nine week period with their = student's=20 progress report.
Action Type: Parental = Engagement

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 09/22/2009
End: = 04/30/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize GRADEBOOK 2 Software. Teachers = will=20 up-date grades weekly. Parents will be = able to=20 view their child=92s grades on-line = through this=20 system at any time.
Action Type: = Parental=20 Engagement
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Dorothy Witt

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

AIP Conferences will be held with = parents for=20 students not reaching the proficiency = level on the=20 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade literacy=20 benchmark exam and the EOC literacy=20 exam.
Action Type: AIP/IRI
Action = Type:=20 Equity
Action Type: Parental = Engagement

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 09/02/2009
End: = 10/31/2009

District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

A parent meeting will be held each = spring for=20 the Pre-AP and AP program. Differences in = pre-AP,=20 AP, and concurrent college credit will be=20 explained. Parents will have the = opportunity to=20 ask questions.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 03/15/2010
End: = 04/01/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Smart Core/Core Parent meetings for = sixth=20 grade parents will be held each spring. = The=20 meeting will focus on the Smart Core/Core=20 curriculum and the requirements for = graduation.=20 Parents will be given opportunities to ask = questions.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Barry Jones, & Catherine = Williams

Start: 03/01/2010
End: = 05/23/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/10/2010
End: = 08/11/2010

Administrative = Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

BOOK BATTLES=85Last year, the Valley = View Jr.=20 High Library program organized a reading = activity=20 that we call Book Battles. The faculty = meets and=20 chooses eight books that we would love to = see all=20 students in our school read. We then spend = the=20 year motivating the students to read the = books at=20 their convenience. Our goal for the Book = Battle=20 activity is to get students to read = outside of=20 their normal comfort zone. We want to = encourage=20 them to read good books that they may not = actually=20 pick up on their own. The Book Battle = helps us=20 guide their reading without having to = mandate what=20 they read. We also organize a Book Battle = practice=20 round at the end of the first semester. = The=20 practice round is a party like atmosphere = where=20 the students who have read one of the = books gets=20 to practice competing with trivia type = questions=20 against other students who have read the = same=20 book. At the end of the year, students who = have=20 read all eight books get to participate in = a=20 tournament, and each year the finals are = held in=20 our Fine Arts Center in front of the = entire=20 student body.

Our PTA sponsors BOOK = BATTLES.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Parental Engagement

Cissy Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Community Leaders
District Staff

$1200

Local Revenue:	$1200.00

ACTION BUDGET:

MONTHLY BOOK CLUB LUNCHEONS=85Once a = month we=20 try to highlight one of the eight Book = Battle=20 books by inviting the students who have = read the=20 book to a luncheon in the library. We try = to=20 always decorate the library in a theme to = match=20 the book. We also organize special = activities and=20 even plan the food around concepts from = the=20 book.

Parents and community = representatives=20 help sponsor the monthly book club = luncheons.=20
Action Type: Collaboration
Action = Type:=20 Parental Engagement

Cissy Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Community Leaders

$210

Local Revenue:	$210.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Parents may visit the school website at=20 http://blazers.k12.ar.us and click on the = junior=20 high or senior high link to gather = information=20 about being involved in = decisions.

Links=20 found on the website include the course = catalog=20 guide, ACT dates and information, college = student=20 checklist, school news and announcements, = teacher=20 websites/ lesson plans, and gradebook=20 access.

Letters are sent to parents = in the=20 spring, prior to registration for the next = school=20 year, asking them to help their student in = choosing classes. Information about = courses, and=20 their prerequisites, are found on-line in = the=20 course catalog guide.

Career day is = held=20 the week before spring registration in = order to=20 help students make wise choices for next = year's=20 schedules.

Counselor meet with = students=20 during English class to review their = Career Action=20 Plans (developed in eighth grade Career=20 Orientation class) and revisit = requirements for=20 Smart Core/Core before registration = packets are=20 sent home.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = Robyn=20 Ford, Barry Jones, Rob Lindley, & = Dorothy=20 Witt

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

PTA meetings will be held the second = Tuesday=20 of each month (September-May). Included in = the=20 school website is a PTA weblink with a = calendar of=20 events for the school year as well as = membership=20 information.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Richard Huggins

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Information will be distributed at the=20 beginning of each school year (and during = the=20 school year for new students) with = parental=20 involvement program information including: = PTA=20 membership, on-line Gradebook system = (parent=20 passwords will be given out each year), = school web=20 address which includes teacher contact = information=20 such as e-mail addresses, building = telephone=20 numbers, and a yearly calendar of events = to=20 encourage parental involvement. Surveys = for the=20 parent regarding his/her interests = concerning=20 volunteering at the school will be = included in the=20 PTA packet.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The distict shall schedule two parent = teacher=20 conferences a year. The dates for the = 2009-2010=20 school year are: October 22 and March 18.=20
Action Type: Parental = Engagement

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 10/22/2009
End: = 03/18/2010


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Priority 3:

To support positive behavior management in the = jr.=20 high school.

Supporting Data:

Referrals Per 100 Students=97All=20 = Referrals
2008-2009=9748.41
2007-2008=9774.58
2006-2007=9792.33<= BR>
Referrals=20 Per 100 Students=97Major Referrals=20 = Only
2008-2009=9734.49
2007-2008=9774.37
2006-2007=9770.93
Referrals=20 Per 100 Students=97Minor Referrals=20 = Only
2008-2009=9713.91
2007-2008=9700.21
2006-2007=9721.40
SWIS Discipline Data for Jr. High=20 (2008-2009):
Eighty-nine (89) students = received 167=20 discipline referrals this school year.
The = months=20 with the greatest number of referrals were = March=20 (32)and May (34).
Most discipline = referrals=20 occurred at 8:00 a.m. (22) and 2:30 p.m. = (18).
The=20 greatest problem behaviors include: = minor-tardies=20 (33),=20 = defiance/disrespect/insubordination/non-compliance(14),=20 abusive language/inappropriate = language/profanity=20 (18), disruption (16), and technology = violation (20).=20
Most discipline referrals occurred in the=20 classroom (121) and on the bus (11).
There = were 28=20 students receiving in- school = suspension.
Two=20 students received out-of-school=20 suspension.

SWIS Discipline Data for = Jr. High=20 (2007-2008):
One hundred fifty-nine (159) = students=20 received 355 discipline referrals this school=20 year.
The months with the greatest number = of=20 referrals were October (65), November (50), = and April=20 (46).
Most discipline referrals occurred = at 8:00=20 a.m. (46), 11:00 a.m. (34), 1:30 p.m., and = 2:30 p.m.=20 (35).
The greatest problem behaviors = include:=20 tardies (82),=20 = defiance/disrespect/insubordination/non-compliance=20 (47), abusive language/inappropriate=20 language/profanity (41), fighting/physical = aggression=20 (36), technology violation (34), and dress = code=20 violation (32).
Most discipline referrals = occurred=20 in the classroom (194), hall/breezway (49), = bus (41),=20 and cafeteria (33).
There were 54 students=20 receiving in- school suspension.
Seven = students=20 received out-of-school suspension.

SWIS = Discipline Data for Jr. High = (2006-2007):
One=20 hundred sixty-three (163) students received = 365=20 discipline referrals this school year.
The = months=20 with the greatest number of referrals were = February=20 (82), March (64), and April (63).
Most = discipline=20 referrals occurred at 8:00 a.m. (57) and 8:30 = a.m.=20 (24).
The greatest problem behaviors = include:=20 = defiance/disrespect/insubordination/non-compliance=20 (53),technology violation (45), disruption = (42), and=20 inappropriate language (38).
Most = discipline=20 referrals occurred in the classroom (270),=20 hall/breezway (28), bus (22), and cafeteria=20 (17).

Goal

To reduce the number of discipline referrals = by 3%=20 during the 2009-2010 school year.

Benchmark

SWIS data will be reviewed weekly to determine = the=20 effectiveness of the Positive Behavior = Intervention=20 Support program.

$2721

Intervention: Implement = Positive=20 Behavior Intervention Support in jr. high = school.=20 PBIS is comprised of a broad range of = systemic and=20 individualized strategies for achieving = important=20 social and learning outcomes while = preventing=20 problem behaviors with all students. PBIS = is not a=20 specific =93model=94 but a compilation of = effective=20 practices, interventions, and systems = change=20 strategies that have a long history of = empirical=20 support and development and individually = have been=20 demonstrated to be empirically effective = and=20 efficient. PBIS has relevant applications = to=20 educating all students in schools, not = just=20 students with disabilities.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Kameenui, E.J. & Darch, C.B. = (2004).=20 Instructional classroom management: A = proactive=20 approach to behavior management. (2nd = edition).=20 White Plains, NY:Longman.

San = Antonio,=20 Donna M. & Salzfass, Elizabeth A. (May = 2007).=20 How We Treat One Another in School, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 64, Issure 8, pp.=20 32-38.

Crone, D.A. & Homer, = R.H.=20 (2003). Building positive behavior support = systems=20 in schools: Functional behavioral = assessment. New=20 York: Guilford.

McCloud, = Susan.(February=20 2005). From Chaos to Consistency, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 62, Issue 5, pp.=20 46-49.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Administrators will attend the Positive=20 Behavior Support Implementation Forum to = learn=20 about PBIS.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Professional = Development

Sherry Moody

Start: 10/20/2006
End: = 10/21/2006

Administrative = Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Establish a PBIS Leadership = Team.
Action=20 Type: Collaboration

Barry Jones

Start: 03/01/2007
End: = 03/31/2007

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Leadership team will attend building = level=20 team training at Mid-South Health=20 Systems.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Professional Development

Barry Jones

Start: 05/01/2007
End: = 05/31/2007

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The leadership team will attend the = secondary=20 and tertiary interventions training for = students=20 who have more significant behavior support = needs.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Professional Development

Barry Jones

Start: 09/24/2009
End: = 09/24/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Leadership Team will attend Day 1 of = PBIS=20 universal team training at SUCCESS School = in=20 Jonesboro. Conduct PBIS Self-Assessment = &=20 Develop Action Plan.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Professional = Development

Barry Jones

Start: 06/28/2007
End: = 06/28/2007

Administrative Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The leadership team will attend Day 2 of = PBIS=20 universal team training. The team coach = will=20 attend a third day.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Professional = Development

Barry Jones

Start: 09/21/2007
End: = 09/22/2007

Administrative Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Conduct a quarterly leadership team = meeting.=20 At this meeting, student discipline data = from=20 APSCN and SWIS will be shared. Additional = "Cool=20 tools" will be developed as = necessary.
Action=20 Type: Collaboration

Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Conduct introductory overview to jr. = high=20 teachers.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Professional Development

Barry Jones

Start: 10/02/2006
End: = 10/31/2006

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Utilize the SWIS data systems. This = system=20 will track student discipline data. This = data will=20 be used to make decisions concerning our = action=20 plan.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Ron Bishop

Start: 08/18/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
Teachers

$250

Title IV-A - Purchased = Services:	$250.00

ACTION BUDGET:

"Kick-off" for PBIS. At this yearly = assembly,=20 a presentation for the school rules "Be=20 Responsible, Be Respectful, and Be Safe" = will be=20 given by the leadership team.
Action = Type:=20 Equity

Barry Jones

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 08/21/2009

Administrative Staff
Community Leaders
District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Teachers will be trained using Cool = Tools and=20 practice using the "same language" when=20 interacting with students. PBIS=20 emphasizes...Teaching behaviors like we = teach=20 academics...Modeling and practicing = expected=20 behaviors...Reinforcing expected behaviors = and,=20 Pre-correcting to ensure positive = behaviors are=20 displayed. Cool tools will be revisted = every year=20 during in-service week.
Action Type:=20 Professional Development

PBIS Leadership Team

Start: 08/08/2007
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Evaluate student discipline data from = SWIS at=20 the end of each quarter and the end of the = school=20 year to determine if PBIS is an effective = approach=20 to positive behavior.

The goal to = reduce=20 the number of discipline referrals by 3% = was met=20 and exceded. In fact, there has been a 61% = decrease in discipline referrals since the = PBIS=20 program began in the jr. high school three = years=20 ago.

Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: = Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

PBIS Leadership Team

Start: 10/23/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Recognize students on a daily, weekly, = and=20 quarterly basis...individually, by = grade-level, or=20 whole jr. high school celebrations for = positive=20 behavior.

Catherine Williams & Barry = Jones

Start: 08/24/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
Community Leaders
District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

A member of the PBIS Leadership Team = will=20 attend 2009 PBIS National Forum in = Chicago,=20 IL.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action Type:=20 Professional Development

Barry Jones

Start: 10/10/2009
End: = 10/31/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers

$1000

PD (State-223) - Other Objects:	$1000.00

ACTION BUDGET:

A mental health therapist from Families, = Inc.=20 and a district mental health therapist = will be=20 housed in the high school for referrals = and crisis=20 situations. They will work with students = on=20 managing behavior.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Outside = Consultants


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Parents will be introduced to the PBIS = model=20 during parent meetings the week before = school=20 starts.
Action Type: Parental=20 Engagement

Barry Jones

Start: 08/11/2009
End: = 08/11/2009

Administrative Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Purchase curriculum materials for = guidance=20 counselors to use to promote safe and drug = free=20 schools.
Action Type: Technology=20 Inclusion

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 08/18/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff
Teaching Aids

$250

Title IV-A - Materials & = Supplies:	$250.00

ACTION BUDGET:

Students will attend a motivational = program on=20 drugs, alcohol, tobacco, character = education,=20 & bullying.

Catherine Williams, Patricia Brashears, = &=20 Robyn Ford

Start: 10/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Outside = Consultants

$1221

Title IV-A - Purchased = Services:	$1221.00

ACTION BUDGET:

An "Out of the Dark" chapter will be=20 established in the high school promoting = drug=20 abuse prevention and awareness.

Robyn Ford

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Community Leaders
Outside = Consultants


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Priority 4:

To increase the awareness of a healthy = lifestyle,=20 and improve the wellness program for our = students to=20 make healthy choices in life.

Supporting Data:

The Valley View High School Body Mass = Index=20 data presented indicates the percentage of = students=20 who may be at risk of poor academic=20 performance.

Body Mass Index Data=20 (2008-09)
The high school population = consists of=20 920 high school students in grades 7-12 with = 251=20 students participating in the assessment. =
The=20 following represents the percent of student = overweight=20 and obese: = Males--41.9%/Females--26.8%

Body=20 Mass Index Data (2007-08)
The high school=20 population consists of 909 high school = students in=20 grades 7-12 with 203 students participating in = the=20 assessment.
The following represents the = percent=20 of students at risk of overweight and = overweight:=20 Males--28.8%/ Females--21.7%

Body Mass = Index=20 Data (2006-07)
The high school population = consists=20 of 864 high school students in grades 7-12 = with 581=20 students participating in the assessment. =
The=20 following represents the percent of students = at risk=20 of overweight and overweight:=20 Males--37%/Females--25.7%

Body Mass = Index Data=20 (2005-06)
The high school population = consists of=20 803 students in grades 7-12 with 632 students=20 participating in the BMI assessment.
The = following=20 represents the percent of students at risk of=20 overweight and overweight:=20 Males--44.5%/Females--28.5
School Health Index-Overall Score Card = (2008-2009)
Module 1: School Health = Policies and=20 Environment High School 93%
Module 2: = Health=20 Education High School 92%
Module 3: = Physical=20 Education and Other Physical Activity Programs = High=20 School 84%
Module 4: Nutrition Services = High=20 School 93%
Module 8: Family and Community=20 Involvement High School 89%

School = Health=20 Index-Overall Score Card (2007-2008) =
Module 1:=20 School Health Policies and Environment High = School 96%=20
Module 2: Health Education High School 89% =
Module 3: Physical Education and Other = Physical=20 Activity Programs High School 88%
Module = 4:=20 Nutrition Services High School 98%
Module = 8:=20 Family and Community Involvement High School=20 78%

School Health Index-Overall Score = Card=20 (2006-2007)
Module 1: School Health = Policies and=20 Environment High School 88%
Module 2: = Health=20 Education High School 98%
Module 3: = Physical=20 Education and Other Physical Activity Programs = High=20 School 91%
Module 4: Nutrition Services = High=20 School 100%
Module 8: Family and Community = Involvement High School 33%

School = Health=20 Index-Overall Score Card (2005-2006) =
Module 1:=20 School Health Policies and Environment High = School 74%=20
Module 2: Health Education High School 77% =
Module 3: Physical Education and Other = Physical=20 Activity Programs High School 72%
Module = 4:=20 Nutrition Services High School 90%
Module = 8:=20 Family and Community Involvement High School = 22%
Free and Reduced Price Meal = Eligibility School=20 year 2007-2008: High School--88% paid/12% free = and=20 reduced
Free and Reduced Price Meal = Eligibility=20 School year 2006-2007:High School--84.3% = paid/15.7%=20 free and reduced
Free and Reduced Price = Meal=20 Eligibility School year 2005-2006:High = School--79%=20 paid/ 21% free and reduced =

Goal

Valley View High School will provide support = for=20 students in making Healthy Lifestyle Choices by=20 implementing systems to aid in decreasing the = average=20 BMI on routine annual student = screening.

Benchmark

By the School year 2009-2010 there will be a=20 decrease of the average Body Mass Index for = students by=20 =BD% as evaluated by the annual Body Mass Index = Screening.=20

Intervention: Schools will = implement=20 practices to provide opportunities for = students to=20 practice healthy behaviors at school and = encourage=20 them to make healthy food and physical = activity=20 choices resulting in increased academic=20 performance.

Scientific Based Research:=20

Pateman, Beth. (December = 2003/January=20 2004). Healthier Students, Better = Learners,=20 Educational Leadership, Volume 61, Issue = 4, pp.=20 70-74.

Satcher, David. (September = 2005).=20 Healthy and Ready to Learn, Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 63, Issue 1, pp.=20 32-36.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

All students in grades 7-8 will receive = a=20 minimum of nine weeks of regular physical=20 education (the equivalent of 60 minutes = per week).=20 Students in grades 9-12 must take one = semester of=20 physical education as required for high = school=20 graduation.
Action Type: = Wellness

Barry Jones & Rob Lindley

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Health standards will be incorporated in = to=20 physical education and Family and Consumer = Science=20 as well as regular health classes. The = Nutrition=20 and Wellness course will be offered as an=20 elective.
Action Type: = Wellness

Bart Hyde, Trey Harding, Donna Lackey, = &=20 Jennifer Wray

Start: 08/18/2009
End: = 05/23/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Physical Education and health teachers = will=20 attend professional development training = on the=20 new frameworks and innovative activites = that can=20 be used in physical education and health=20 classes.
Action Type: Professional=20 Development
Action Type: = Wellness

Sherry Moody

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Students in grades 8 & 10 will = participate=20 in BMI testing. Students in grades 11 = & 12 are=20 exempt. Parents may refuse to have their = child's=20 BMI percentile for age assessed and = reported, by=20 providing a written refusal to the=20 school.

BMI results for high school = students show a 13.1% increase for males = and a 5.1=20 % increase for females in the 2008-2009 = school=20 year. In the past three years; however, = the=20 results show there has been an overall = decrease in=20 BMI results of 2.6% in males and a = decrease of=20 1.7% in females. Overall, the results of = our=20 physical and nutritional programs for our = students=20 are improving.
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: = Wellness

Candy Godwin & Adrienne Rhodes

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/5010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Jr. high health classes will participate = in a=20 fitness pedometer program each nine weeks = during=20 rotation classes. Pedometers made possible = through=20 coordinated School Health "PANT" Grant. = This=20 includes curriculum for the = program.
Action=20 Type: Wellness

Mellanee Harmon

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Eighth grade students will be certified = in=20 CPR/First Aid in health class.
Action = Type:=20 Wellness

Mellanee Harmon

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

The Wellness Committee will evaluate the = results of the School Health = Index.

In the=20 past three years, the School Health Index = survey=20 percentages have greatly improved in high = school.=20 Since the first surveys were completed in = 2006,=20 the following gains have been made: =

Module=20 1=9719%
Module 2=9715%
Module = 3=9712%
Module=20 4=97 3%
Module = 8=9767%

Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: = Wellness

Wellness Committee

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Each year, the Wellness Committee will=20 complete the required School Health Index = Module=20 surveys.
Action Type: = Collaboration
Action=20 Type: Wellness

Wellness Committee

Start: 05/01/2010
End: = 05/31/2010

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Intervention: =
Administrative=20 Support for Wellness

Scientific Based Research:=20

Cooper, Pat. (September 2005). A=20 Coordinated School Health Plan, = Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 63, Issue 1, pp.=20 32-36.

Satcher, David. (September = 2005).=20 Healthy and Ready to Learn, Educational=20 Leadership, Volume 63, Issue 1, pp.=20 32-36.

Actions

Person Responsible

Timeline

Resources

Source of Funds

Crisis Planning will be addressed with = all=20 staff at the beginning of the school year. = Emergency situations such as: asthma = awareness,=20 diabetes awareness, and food/insect = allergies will=20 be provided by the school nurses. The = district=20 Crisis Coordinator will address emergency=20 situations such as fire, tornado, = earthquake, bomb=20 threat, etc.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Professional = Development
Action Type: = Wellness

Richard Huggins & Nurses

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 08/18/2009

Administrative Staff
District Staff
Outside Consultants
Teachers


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Student surveys will be completed for = food=20 choices/offerings. Data will be used in = making=20 plans for the next school year.

In = January=20 2009, different chicken patties were = sampled in=20 High School (9-12th) and surveys were = completed.=20 One was recommended above all and has been = placed=20 on our menu.
Action Type:=20 Collaboration
Action Type: Program=20 Evaluation
Action Type: = Wellness

Johnnie Faughn

Start: 08/19/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

An AED will be located in each building = in the=20 teachers' lounge closest to the nurse's=20 station.
Action Type: Wellness

Radius Baker

Start: 08/10/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Nurses will provide CPR/First Aid/AED = training=20 to all faculty and staff.
Action Type:=20 Professional Development
Action Type:=20 Wellness

Candy Godwin & Adrienne Rhodes

Start: 06/01/2009
End: = 05/31/2010

District Staff


ACTION BUDGET:	$

Total Budget:

Planning Team

Classification Name Position Committee

Classroom Teacher B.J. Zipfel P.E./Coach Wellness

Classroom Teacher Bart Hyde Health/P.E. Wellness

Classroom Teacher Betty Ann Smith Art Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher Billy Vestal Jr. High English Literacy

Classroom Teacher Brooklynne Rapert Sr. High Science Science

Classroom Teacher Bryant Rushing Business Education Career & = Technical

Classroom Teacher Carol Rhein Jr. High English Jr. High Literacy = Chair

Classroom Teacher Catherine Williams 6-8 Counselor Data & Behavior

Classroom Teacher Chip Dunivan Science Science

Classroom Teacher Chris Jennings Computer Technology Career & = Technical

Classroom Teacher Cynthia Chadwick Secondary Mathematics Math

Classroom Teacher Dana Shoemaker Secondary Social Studies Building Co-Chairman

Classroom Teacher David White Secondary English Literacy & Building=20 Chairperson

Classroom Teacher Donna Lackey Family Consumer Science Wellness and Career &=20 Technical

Classroom Teacher Donna Pierson Art Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher Edie Hall Secondary Science Science

Classroom Teacher Fawntina Holloway Jr. High Math Jr. High Math & Parental=20 Involvement

Classroom Teacher Holly Turley Secondary English Literacy

Classroom Teacher Irely Reid Spanish Foreign Language

Classroom Teacher Janeene Lynch Career Orientation Career & = Technical

Classroom Teacher Jason Manchester P.E./Coach Wellness

Classroom Teacher Jennifer Wray Family & Consumer = Science Wellness and Career &=20 Technical

Classroom Teacher Jesse Gunter French Foreign Language & = Building=20 Co-Chair

Classroom Teacher Jo Ann Steed Secondary English Literacy

Classroom Teacher Jo Brinkle Music Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher John Burgi Jr. High Social Studies Social Studies

Classroom Teacher John Cooke Band Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher Kelly Findley Secondary English Sr. High Literacy

Classroom Teacher Kelly Green Special Education Special Education

Classroom Teacher Lyndsey Lamberson Jr. High Social Studies Behavior & Social = Studies

Classroom Teacher Lynn Moody Secondary Social Studies Social Studies & Parental=20 Involvment

Classroom Teacher Marty Riley Secondary Math Math

Classroom Teacher Melanie Leonard Secondary English Sr. High Literacy = Chair

Classroom Teacher Mellanee Harmon P.E. Wellness

Classroom Teacher Michelle Moss Theatre Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher Mike Perryman Social Studies Social Studies

Classroom Teacher Monty May Secondary Mathematics Math

Classroom Teacher Paula Eaton Medical Professions Career & = Technical

Classroom Teacher Peggy Alexander Secondary Social Studies Social Studies

Classroom Teacher Phil Parker Special Education Special Education

Classroom Teacher Ralph Cheshier Agriculture Career & = Technical

Classroom Teacher Rhonda Shannon Secondary Mathematics Sr. High Math Chair

Classroom Teacher Robyn Ford 11-12 Counselor Data and Title IV Safe & = Drug=20 Free

Classroom Teacher Rod Plunkett Instrumental Music Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher Ron Teat Jr. High Social Studies Social Studies

Classroom Teacher Ronald Bishop Jr. High Science Behavior & = Science

Classroom Teacher Rozan Cowling Special Education Special Education

Classroom Teacher Sarah Rickert Jr. High English Literacy

Classroom Teacher Shannon Sherman Jr. High Math Math

Classroom Teacher Sharon Ward Cooper Music Fine Arts

Classroom Teacher Shelia Bruff Business Education Behavior and Career &=20 Technical

Classroom Teacher Sherry Mason Jr. High Math Jr. High Math = Chairman

Classroom Teacher Sherry Roland Secondary English Literacy

Classroom Teacher Sherry Williams Special Education Special Education

Classroom Teacher Stacy Johns Jr. High Science Science

Classroom Teacher Sue Morrison Special Education Special Education

Classroom Teacher Tammi Goodrich Spanish Foreign Language

Classroom Teacher Taylor Thielemier Secondary Mathematics Math

Classroom Teacher Tessa George Science Science

Classroom Teacher Tim Walters JROTC Career & = Technical

Classroom Teacher Tina Golden Special Education Special Education

Classroom Teacher Todd Dooley Secondary Science Science

Classroom Teacher Traci Smith Secondary Social Studies Social Studies

Classroom Teacher Travis Crader Secondary Social Studies Social Studies

Classroom Teacher Trey Harding P.E./Coach Wellness

Community Representative Lori Poston PBIS County Coordinator Behavior

District-Level = Professional Cissy Lindley Library/Media Specialist Literacy

District-Level = Professional Mark Yates Resource Office Title IV Safe and Drug = Free

District-Level = Professional Sandy Wortham LEA Supervisor Special Education

District-Level = Professional Sherry Moody Curriculum Specialist Building Steering = Committee

District-Level = Professional Vickie Young Library/Media Specialist Literacy

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff Adrienne Rhodes Nurse Wellness

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff Brenda George Jr. High Secretary Jr. High Data

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff Candy Godwin Nurse Wellness

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff John Shipman Resource Office Title IV Safe and Drug = Free

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff Patricia Brashears 9-10 Counselor Data and Title IV Safe & = Drug=20 Free

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff Richard Huggins Dean of Students Behavior & Parental = Involvement=20 Chair

Non-Classroom Professional = Staff Warner Calhoun Resource Office IV Safe and Drug = Free

Parent Anna Greaser Literacy

Parent Debbie Newlon Literacy

Parent Keri Horne Literacy

Parent Leslie Gay Math

Parent Shannon Puryear Literacy

Parent Tracy King Literacy

Parent Tracy Mullen Literacy

Principal Barry Jones Jr. High Principal Building Steering Committee = &=20 Behavior

Principal Rob Lindley Sr. High Principal Building Steering=20 Committee

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