1. Standard 1 Purpose and Direction
Miller County School System
Colquitt, GA

2.  Indicator The system engages in a systematic, inclusive, and comprehensive process to review, revise, and communicate a system-wide purpose for student success.

3. Indicator The system ensures that each school engages in a systematic, inclusive, and comprehensive process to review, revise, and communicate a school purpose for student success.
Needs Assessment Surveys
Parent Night: (Testing)
Superintendent’s Meetings

4. Student Services (RTI; SST; Counseling) Student with Disabilities
 Indicator The school leadership and staff at all levels of the system commit to a culture that is based on shared values and beliefs about teaching and learning and supports challenging, equitable educational programs and learning experiences for all students that include achievement of learning, thinking, and life skills.
Gifted
Student Services (RTI; SST; Counseling)
Student with Disabilities
Headstart agreement
Pre K: Lottery Funded
Extra Curriculum Activities

5.  Indicator Leadership at all levels of the system implement a continuous improvement process that provides clear direction for improving conditions that support student learning.
Strategic Planning
Data Driven Decision Making
School Improvement Process
Curriculum Alignment

6. Standard 2: Governance and Leadership

7.  Indicator The governing body establishes policies and supports practices that ensure effective administration of the system and its schools.
eboard solutions
Georgia School Board Association
GAC Accredited
Proposals from Schools
BOE Meetings

8. Indicator 2.2 - The governing body operates responsibly and functions effectively.
Dedicated to Improving the System / each School
Participate in BOE trainings & Certifications
Listen but Refer

9.  Indicator The governing body ensures that the leadership at all levels has the autonomy to meet goals for achievement and instruction and to manage day-to-day operations effectively.
BOE wants to understand the operations and may ask questions but they do not dictate day to day management of the system/schools.
Small Town/Public Understanding / BOE has to have a level understanding to be able to answer Public questions that are general in nature

10. Indicator Leadership and staff at all levels of the system foster a culture consistent with the system's purpose and direction.
System Wide Ethics Training – August 2015 \2016
RPR Parent Group / MCES
FFA
Band
Athletics
Leadership Teams
School Council

11.  Indicator Leadership engages stakeholders effectively in support of the system's purpose and direction.
School Council
Board Retreats
Leadership Teams

12.  Indicator Leadership and staff supervision and evaluation processes result in improved professional practice and student success.
Teacher Keys Evaluation System
Implementation of Counselor Keys Evaluation System ( )
Continuous/Timely Roll Out of Data (College Career Ready Performance Index score; Georgia Milestone Data; Trend Data for Needs Assessment;)
Evaluation of current year for changes for next year (example: student handbook)

13. Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing for Learning

14.  Indicator The system's curriculum provides equitable and challenging learning experiences that ensure all students have sufficient opportunities to develop learning, thinking, and life skills that lead to success at the next level.
State Frameworks
Curriculum Alignment
Vertical Alignment
Field Trips
Community Support: 4-H; GA Department of Public Safety (Gym); Trooper Visit

15.  Indicator Curriculum, instruction, and assessment throughout the system are monitored and adjusted systematically in response to data from multiple assessments of student learning and an examination of professional practice.
Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) {now Non SGPs)
Curriculum Alignment
Pacing Guides
Student Growth
Are the people on your bus in the right seat? (Jim Collins: Good to Great)
Where is the disconnect?

16. Indicator Teachers throughout the district engage students in their learning through instructional strategies that ensure achievement of learning expectations.
RTI: Instructional Strategies: Research Based
Differentiated Instruction: What is it? What does it look like? How do you implement it?
Common Planning: MCES & MCMS…..very hard to accomplish at MCHS but this allows for sharing of strategies that work with shared children

17.  Indicator System and school leaders monitor and support the improvement of instructional practices of teachers to ensure student success.
Principals are given the flexibility to focus on certain instructional strategies over others if they deem necessary for their school
Professional Development is available through: RESA and online learning modules (Safe Schools, FIP [Formative Instructional Practices Professional Learning])
Instructional Focus Walk Throughs

18.  Indicator The system operates as a collaborative learning organization through structures that support improved instruction and student learning at all levels.
K-12 Building allows to follow students
Easily Discuss among teachers, academic coaches, principals what is working and not working (ex: computer software to support instruction)
Vertical Alignment

19.  Indicator Teachers implement the system's instructional process in support of student learning.
System Wide Lesson Plan
Curriculum Alignment
Testing Procedures
RESA Visit for Instructional Improvement

20. Indicator Mentoring, coaching, and induction programs support instructional improvement consistent with the system's values and beliefs about teaching and learning.
New Teacher’s (staff) are Mentored by veteran teachers (staff)
Even those that are moved to new grade levels are supported

21.  Indicator The system and all of its schools engage families in meaningful ways in their children's education and keep them informed of their children's learning progress.
Website
Notify Me
Important Upcoming Dates on Progress Reports / Report Cards
Parent / Student Portal (App for Smart Phone)
Parent Nights
Testing Information Nights (Change Over from CRCT to GA Milestone)

22. Students (Mentoring) ** Work in Progress** Small Community
 Indicator The system designs and evaluates structures in all schools whereby each student is well known by at least one adult advocate in the student's school who supports that student's educational experience.
Students (Mentoring) ** Work in Progress**
Small Community
Are we missing someone?? One to one is important…..
This has been discussed in Superintendent meeting and at the middle school level leadership team

23. Indicator Grading and reporting are based on clearly defined criteria that represent the attainment of content knowledge and skills and are consistent across grade levels and courses.
Promotion / Retention
Grading has been discussed at Superintendent Meetings and Leadership
Principals have addressed it through written commuication with their teachers

24.  Indicator 3.11 - All staff members participate in a continuous program of professional learning.
In this profession…everyday is a learning day!! 
Most staff development is done in the Summer Time
Instructional Time is valuable and we try to protect it
Online Modules as mention before help with professional learning during the year
Mini professional development is done during planning times (ex: SLDS training: SMARTboard training)

25.  Indicator The system and its schools provide and coordinate learning support services to meet the unique learning needs of students.
Schedules play a major part in this
Move on When Ready (Bainbridge State College)
Support Services for Students (Speech, ASPIRE, Special Education, Intervention, OT Services, Gifted)

26. Standard 5: Using Results for Continuous Improvement

27.  Indicator The system establishes and maintains a clearly defined and comprehensive student assessment system.
State Mandated Assessment System (GA Milestones)
Istation / iLearn
Local Assessment Plan for Non – SGPs; Benchmarks; and 9 weeks Tests

28. CCRPI Presentations MCES & MCMS (MCHS emailed)
Indicator Professional and support staff continuously collect, analyze and apply learning from a range of data sources, including comparison and trend data about student learning, instruction, program evaluation, and organizational conditions that support learning.
AMA Attendance
CCRPI Presentations MCES & MCMS (MCHS ed)
Istation / iLearn (MCES & MCMS) IXL (MCHS)
GA Milestones Data
Target Setting from Trend Data

29. Indicator Throughout the system professional and support staff are trained in the interpretation and use of data.
SLDS
Grade Level Meetings (MCMS)
CCRPI Presentations (MCES & MCMS) (MCHS ed)
Parent Meeting with GA Milestones to go over results
Bobby Smith CCPRI Academy (RESA)

30.  Indicator The system engages in a continuous process to determine verifiable improvement in student learning, including readiness for and success at the next level.
Curriculum Alignment: next step resource alignment
School Improvement Plans: Updated each year
Promotion / Retention Guidelines
RTI / SST Teams
Data to help make decisions for placement each year

31. Indicator 5.5 System and school leaders monitor and communicate comprehensive information about student learning, school performance, and the achievement of system and school improvement goals to stakeholders.
Data BOE
Data Books for each Principal to share with their schools
Dropbox: Superintendent; Principals; Academic Coaches; Federal Programs Director