Ohio County Year 1 Results May 2012 NDPC SD and WVDE

BASELINE DATA Red Flags:  Student Absences  Incidences resulting in ISS  Reading level of at-risk students

Baseline Data Details Students absent for 6-10 days – 23% All – 12% SWD Incidents of ISS for tardies in – 618 All – 69 SWD Average Lexile score for targeted students is 665

FOCUS TOPICS Considering current resources and practices, what did the team select as the focus area(s) for the work?

Focus Areas Attendance Behavior Academics/Course Performance

GOALS OUTCOMES EVALUATION What we did and our results

Goal 1: Increase graduation rate by 1%

Goal 1 Data Targets Graduation rate for Group All75%At least 76% SWD59%At least 60%

Goal 1 Strategies Implement Option Pathway Program Activate School-wide Monitoring Team Incorporate READ 180 curriculum and techSteps

Goal 1 Implementation Steps Full-time GED teacher to offer Option Pathway to students to meet graduation requirements Option Pathway team to identify students for the program Assemble a school-wide monitoring team that includes the following: OCS Attendance Director, WPHS Assistant Principals and Counselors, Graduation Coaches

Goal 1 Implementation Steps Credit checks and student academic progress monitored by the team regularly Identified 60 at-risk students for reading intervention to be scheduled into the READ 180 block classes

Goal 2: Decrease truancy by 2% Decrease the number of students receiving ISS for tardies by 8%

Goal 2 Data Targets Students absent for 6-10 days ISS for student tardies Group All23%21% SWD12%10% Group All SWD6963

Goal 2 Strategies Activate School-wide Monitoring Team Implement Tardy Monitoring Procedure

Goal 2 Implementation Steps Assemble a school-wide monitoring team that includes the following: OCS Attendance Director, WPHS Assistant Principals, Counselors, and Graduation Coaches Bi-weekly meetings to review attendance lists and to identify interventions needed (letter, phone call, home visit, Juvenile Mediation, court, DHHR, etc.)

Goal 2 Implementation Steps Daily updates to Google Doc used to monitor students identified at-risk (attendance, academics, behavior) Design a plan for conducting tardy sweeps and solicit teacher volunteers to participate Conduct tardy sweeps between each period and monitor student infractions and teacher implementation of school procedures

RESULTS What are our results at the end of one year? Where do we stand now with our progress? What conclusions have we identified?

Goal 1 Results Projected Graduation Rate for 2012 (2011 cohort) GroupState 2011WPHS 2011WPHS 2012Change All76%75%82%+7% SWD58%59%56%-3%

Goal 1 Results Targets Students Average Lexile Scores Beginning of YearEnd of Year 665?

Goal 1 Results Completed TechSteps Lessons Year9 th Grade10 th Grade11 th Grade12 th Grade

Goal 2 Results Attendance – Students absent for 6-10 days Group Change All23%13%-10% SWD12%10%-2%

Goal 2 Results ISS – Incidents of Student Tardies Group Incident Change% Change All % SWD %

GRADUATION DROPOUT POST SCHOOL OUTCOMES Where were we in the past? Where are we for 2012?

Graduation Rate Projection All StudentsStudents with IEPs Standard Diploma Cohort Denominator RateStandard Diploma Cohort Denominator Rate WHPS %335659% State16,63521,75976%2,0493,56657% NCLB Data for (2010 Cohort) Projected NCLB Data for (2011 Cohort) All StudentsStudents with IEPs Standard Diploma Cohort Denominator RateStandard Diploma Cohort Denominator Rate WHPS %244356%

Dropout Rate Projection All Students Grades 7-12Students with IEPs Grades 7-12 EnrollmentDropsRateEnrollmentDropsRate Ohio Co.2, % % State122,1152,7292.3%19, % Dropout Rate (2010 Cohort) Projected Dropout Rate for (2011 Cohort) All Students Grades 7-12Students with IEPs Grades 7-12 EnrollmentDropsRateEnrollmentDropsRate Ohio Co.2, % %

Post School Outcomes Projection WPHS needs to increase the response rate for the One Year Follow-up Exit Survey completed by students. This year each special education teacher will personally contact their advisees from 2011 to complete the survey.

NEXT STEPS What do we do next year? What does our future hold?

Next Steps and Plans for the Future Investigate an advisor/advisee system to support at-risk students More home visits conducted by school personnel Solicit additional teacher support for tardy sweep procedures

Next Steps and Plans for the Future Attendance/grades/discipline will be tied into privileges to attend dances and extra- curricular activities Collaborate with local agencies to improve transition services for students with disabilities

REFLECTIONS What have we learned? What do our students, staff, families and community members say? What will we change?

Lessons Learned-Observations- Reflections Assistant Principals need to loop with their students through the three/four years in high school Immediate action needs to be taken for truancy at day 6 Consistency on procedures and consequences must be maintained throughout all grade levels

CONTACT US Amy Minch Amy Rice Wheeling Park High School