1. Kennedy Krieger High School
3825 Greenspring Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211

2. Administration Derek Glaaser – Educational Director
Kathryn Miller – Principal
Shanna Pool – Assistant Principal
Anthony Endler – Assistant Principal
Rick Abbott – Dean of Students
Hon Yin Eubanks– ACT Manager

3. Demographics 171 students Average class size
Academy I
Academy II
Staffing in each classroom
Teacher/AT
PAs per IEP
Graduates
13 Certificate of Completion Graduates
20 Diploma Graduates
Students pursue 2 or 4 year college
Technical Schools
Independent or supported work programs

4. Academy 1 Academy IA- 5 Classrooms
Educational Administrator – Anthony Endler, Assistant Principal
Lead Teacher – Joe Ryland
Lead Clinician – Caryn Putchat
Academy IB- 5 Classrooms (more social support)
Lead Teacher – Faith Morse
Lead Clinician – Matt Casey
IA and IB Traveling Schedule
Students travel primarily in grade level cohorts

5. Academy I Changes this Year Academy IA and IB Academy IB
Common Core Skills Course
Graduated Homework Schedule
Advisory Period
Class Wiki
Academy IB
Social Thinking
Reduced Transitions

6. Academy 2 Academy II - 10 Classrooms
Educational Administrator – Kathryn Miller, Principal
Lead Teacher – Tovah Ferullo
Lead Teacher – Jessica Grubbs
Lead Clinician – Rebecca Duclos
Alt-MSA / Certificate of Completion
Homerooms are formed based on instructional and social-emotional needs of students, resulting in disability based, specialty classrooms
4 classrooms participate in “dyad” traveling, moving between two content area classrooms for periods of exposure to the general curriculum as well as traveling out for Industry and Electives
6 classrooms are primarily self-contained with traveling out to Industry and Electives

7. Certificate/Life Skills Track
Curriculum
Diploma Track
Certificate/Life Skills Track
Baltimore County Curriculum for General Content with the exception of some specific LSS curriculum requirements
Common Core State Standards/Maryland State Curriculum
IEP driven accommodations and modifications
Baltimore County Curriculum for General Content on a rotating sequence
Common Core State Standards/Maryland State Curriculum
IEP driven accommodations and modifications
Functional Skills Curriculums (Syracuse, task analysis for CBI, Cooking, and Career Prep)

8. Diploma Matriculation Model 2013-2014
9th
10th
11th
12th
English 9: Exploring Literature 9 (1.0)
English 10: World Literature (1.0)
English 11: American Literature (1.0)
English 12: British Literature (1.0)
Biology (1.0)
Environmental Science (1.0)
Earth Science (1.0)
General Chemistry(1.0)
World History (1.0)
American Government (1.0)
U.S. History (1.0)
Elective
Algebraic Concepts (1.0)
Algebra (1.0)
Geometry (1.0)
Algebra II (1.0)
Survey (1.0)
Industry I (1.0)
Industry II (1.0)
Industry III(1.0)
Personal Fitness (1.0)
Health/Sexuality Education (1.0)
Art Fundamentals (1.0)
Foundations of Technology(1.0)
Specific LSS requirements may also apply:
Economics
Financial Literacy
Music Fundamentals
DC History
World History II
Probability and Statistics
Additional Electives:
Spanish
Broadcast Media
Military Science
Advanced Art
Life Skills

9. Sample Diploma Schedule IA
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
AM HR
BU 474
Period 1
8:05–8:50
Comm. Core Skills
Lewis
Period 2
8:50–9:35
English 9
BU 452
Hill
Period 3
9:35–10:20
Group Therapy
BU 354
Career Survey
BO 210
Hope
Period 4
10:20–11:10
Biology
Period 5
11:10–12:00
World History
BU 430
Cord
Period 6
12:00–12:25
Independent Study
Lunch
12:25-12:50
Cafeteria
Period 7
12:50–1:35
Personal Fitness
BO 231
Wagner
Period 8
1:35–2:20
Algebraic Concepts
BU 460
Schlittler
Indiv. Therapy
PM HR

10. Sample Diploma Schedule IB
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Period 1
8:05-8:50
Common Core Skills
Ms. Cord
BU 430
Common Core
Skills
Period 2
8:50-9:35
Alg Concepts
Mr. Schlittler
BU 460
Period 3
9:35-10:20
World History
Period 4
10:20-11:10
Career Survey
Ms. Hope
BO 210
Period 5
11:10-11:55
English 9
Mr. Hill
BU 452
Individual Tx.
Period 6
12:00-12:50
Lunch
Independent Study
Period 7
12:50-1:35
Social Thinking
MH push-in
Period 8
1:35-2:20
Personal Fitness
Mr. Wagner
BO 231

11. Sample Certificate Schedule

12. Graduation Requirements
Diploma Track
Certificate/Life Skills Track
All Diploma Track students must meet their own LSS diploma requirements,
varies from 21 to 26 credits
All students pursuing a Maryland State diploma must meet MSDE assessment requirements (HSA in Biology and Government; PARCC in English 10 and Algebra)
Complete Service Learning Hours (per LSS Requirement)
Certificate of Completion issued after minimum of 4 years of successful high school experience
Certificate students are eligible to remain at KKHS until age 21.
NCSC for Writing, Reading, and Math
ALT-MSA for Biology

13. Assessment Requirements
HSA
PARCC
Option for student who have participated in HSA previously
Based on the Maryland Core Learning Goals
End of course assessment
Biology
Government
Students entering 9th grade
Based on the Common Core Curriculum
Performance Based Assessment (PBA)
End of Year Assessment (EYA)
Algebra I
English 10

14. PARCC English 10 Assessment
Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR)—Combines a traditional selected-response question with a second selected-response question
Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR)—Uses technology to capture student comprehension of texts (e.g., drag and drop, cut and paste, shade text, move items to show relationships).
Range of Prose Constructed Responses (PCR)—Elicits evidence that students have understood a text or texts they have read and can communicate that understanding well both in terms of written expression and knowledge of language and conventions. There are four of these items of varying types on each annual performance-based assessment.

15. PARCC ALGEBRA 1 ASSESSMENT
Type I tasks include a balance of conceptual understanding, fluency, and application.  Type I tasks will be machine scorable and will include innovative, computer-based formats.  Type I tasks will appear on the EYA and PBA.
Type II tasks call for write arguments/justifications, critique of reasoning, or precision in mathematical statements. These tasks include a mix of innovative, machine scored and hand scored responses. Type II tasks will be included on the PBA.
Type III tasks call for modeling/application in a real-world context. These tasks include a mix of innovative, machine scored and hand scored responses. Type III tasks will be included on the PBA.

16. Assessment Graduation Requirements
Pass the Course – Biology, Government, Algebra, English 10
Take the exam
Pass = Requirement met for that content area
Fail = Remediation Class
Remediation Class
Retake exam
Fail = Bridge Plan for academic validation

17. Future Requirements Assessments (not graduation requirements)
English 9
English 11
Algebra 2
Geometry

18. Accommodations PARCC Accommodations HSA Accommodations
These are included on each student’s current IEP
Definitions and Implementation guidelines are aligned with the Maryland Accommodations Manual
PARCC Accommodations
Link
Accommodations and a Personal Needs Profile need to be completed for each student taking a PARCC assessment. The accommodations need to be selected by the IEP team.

19. Assessment Options Certificate/Life Skills Track Alt – MSA for Biology
NCSC (National Center and State Collaborative)
Math
Reading
Writing

20. Information Technology
Industry Program
Career Survey
Grade 9
Retail
Information Technology
Construction
Hospitality
Horticulture

21. Information Technology
Industry Activities
Construction
Student Run Business: Bulldog Enterprises
Job activities include carpentry, hanging drywall, painting, plumbing and electrical work.
Horticulture
Student Run Business: Bulldog Gardens
Job activities include planting crops, harvesting crops, maintaining compost areas and plant sales.
Hospitality
Student Run Business: Café James
Job activities include working towards skills as banquet servers, kitchen stewards, and short order cooks.
Information Technology
Student Run Business: Paper Trails
Job activities include working in programs including Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Photoshop.
Retail
Student Run Business: Bulldog Banking, M&M Boutique, Bulldog Depot
Job activities include customer service, stock, inventory management, marketing and sales.

22. Industry Declarations
Student, Parent, Guardian, Career Survey Teacher Input during Career Survey
Educational, Mental Health, and Related Service Feedback/Input on Student Strengths and Needs
Industry Declaration for Student

23. Industry Declarations
Can my student change their major?
Is he/she in a Certificate Program?
Is he/she in a Diploma Program?
Yes he/she can change their major with parent, student, team and LSS approval
This will depend on Diploma Credits currently earned in Industry, LSS requirements and student/parent/team approval

24. Work Based Learning (WBL)
WBL offers on and off campus internships.
Internships are directly related to their chosen industry or interest.
Supervision is provided by KKHS staff specifically assigned to WBL.
WBL staff members act as job coaches, though students may eventually work within a business partner's setting with very limited KKHS support.
WBL provides students with an opportunity to use and expand the knowledge and skills they have obtained within their industry classrooms.

25. Work Based Learning (WBL)
Examples of On Campus Jobs Include:
Examples of Off Campus Jobs Include:
Copy Room Clerk
Mail Room Clerk
Cafeteria Aide
Coffee Service
Library Aide
Parks and People Foundation
Port Discovery Children’s Museum
Johns Hopkins Children’s House
Baltimore City Head Start

26. School Wide Behavioral System
Similar to Middle School System
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Bulldog Bucks
Class and School Wide “PAW PRINTS”
Point sheet called PDR (Professional Development Record)
5 Levels (1-5)
Token Economy
Varied privileges offered on different levels
Reinforcer Activities and Trips, Classroom visits, No Escorts

27. Behavioral Supports
Classroom Strategies
BIPS
Resource Rooms
SPAL

28. Student Life
Student Life Activity Team
Student Government

29. Sports Teams
Basketball
Volleyball
Soccer

30. Activities Quarterly Reinforcers Prom End of Year Festival
Special Olympics

31. Questions?
Contact Information for Additional Questions:
(443) 923 – 7800