1. Overview of Strategic Planning Process to Support Alabama Plan 2020 Dr. Linda Felton-Smith, Office of Learning Support Dr. Tony Thacker, Research and Development September 27, 2012

2. The Plan’s Four Domains Alabama’s 2020 Learners Alabama’s 2020 Support Systems Alabama’s 2020 Professionals Alabama’s 2020 Schools and Systems

3. The Plan’s Four Domains Alabama’s 2020 Learners –Increase College/Career Readiness 2% Annually –This speaks to the integrity of the education provided Alabama’s 2020 Support Systems Alabama’s 2020 Professionals Alabama’s 2020 Schools and Systems

4. The Plan’s Four Domains Alabama’s 2020 Learners Alabama’s 2020 Support Systems –Increase Graduation Rate by 3% Annually –How can we support this goal… Alabama’s 2020 Professionals Alabama’s 2020 Schools and Systems

5. The Challenge Putting in place a systematic and strategic plan for ensuring that the ambitious goals of Alabama’s Plan 2020 are the focus of our work and Determining legitimate benchmarks to help gauge the progress being made towards those goals.

6. Four Plans College and Career Readiness Graduation Rates Teacher Leader Effectiveness Effective Schools and Systems

7. Components of Each Plan Determination of the Impact of Current Activities Focus on 5-7 High-Impact Activities Write a Narrative Profile Construct a Delivery Chain Develop a Trajectory Detailing Expected Impacts Data Gathering and Analysis

8. Supporting Increased Graduation Rates Dr. Linda Felton-Smith

9. 6 Strategies Addressed Access Credit Recovery Graduation Indicators –Alabama Graduation Tracking System –Absence Tracking Comprehensive Guidance and School Health Comprehensive Monitoring eCip Effective Preschool

10. Key Aspects of the Access Credit Recovery Strategy Rigorous Web-based and Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) courses Technical infrastructure to deliver courses aligned to CCRS via a statewide network Statewide coordination, scheduling, and support for distance learning

11. Reason for Inclusion Provides equity of access to high- quality coursework Provides additional opportunities for students to stay with cohort through online credit recovery Provides scheduling flexibility necessary to meet specific needs of a wide variety of students

12. Delivery Chain

13. Trajectory Discussion

14. Questions