1. Ohio County Year 1 Results May 2012 NDPC SD and WVDE

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

3. Baseline Data Details Students absent for 6-10 days – 23% All – 12% SWD Incidents of ISS for tardies in 2010-11 – 618 All – 69 SWD Average Lexile score for targeted students is 665

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

5. Focus Areas Attendance Behavior Academics/Course Performance

6. GOALS OUTCOMES EVALUATION What we did and our results

7. Goal 1: Increase graduation rate by 1%

8. Goal 1 Data Targets Graduation rate for 2011-2012 Group2010-20112011-2012 All75%At least 76% SWD59%At least 60%

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. Goal 2 Data Targets Students absent for 6-10 days ISS for student tardies Group20112012 All23%21% SWD12%10% Group20112012 All618568 SWD6963

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

15. 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.)

16. 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

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

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

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

20. Goal 1 Results Completed TechSteps Lessons Year9 th Grade10 th Grade11 th Grade12 th Grade 20110000 20125813030265

21. Goal 2 Results Attendance – Students absent for 6-10 days Group20112012Change All23%13%-10% SWD12%10%-2%

22. Goal 2 Results ISS – Incidents of Student Tardies Group 20112012Incident Change% Change All 618419-19932% SWD 6947-2232%

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

24. Graduation Rate Projection All StudentsStudents with IEPs Standard Diploma Cohort Denominator RateStandard Diploma Cohort Denominator Rate WHPS33144375%335659% State16,63521,75976%2,0493,56657% NCLB Data for 2010-2011 (2010 Cohort) Projected NCLB Data for 2011-2012 (2011 Cohort) All StudentsStudents with IEPs Standard Diploma Cohort Denominator RateStandard Diploma Cohort Denominator Rate WHPS33540982%244356%

25. Dropout Rate Projection All Students Grades 7-12Students with IEPs Grades 7-12 EnrollmentDropsRateEnrollmentDropsRate Ohio Co.2,452471.9%28682.8% State122,1152,7292.3%19,1035232.7% Dropout Rate 2010-2011 (2010 Cohort) Projected Dropout Rate for 2011-2012 (2011 Cohort) All Students Grades 7-12Students with IEPs Grades 7-12 EnrollmentDropsRateEnrollmentDropsRate Ohio Co.2,460542.1%279165.7%

26. 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.

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

28. 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

29. 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

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

31. 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

32. CONTACT US Amy Minch aminch@access.k12.wv.us Amy Rice acrice@access.k12.wv.us Wheeling Park High School 304-243-0400