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Goals
G 1 Culture of High Expectations
During the 2021-2022 school year, each school will:
- Build and promote a positive environment and caring culture in all schools.
- Hold high expectations for students at all levels of learning.
- Expose students to the world of college and career at all levels and provide opportunities early for students to experience success at the postsecondary level.
Performance Measure
The Hickman County School System will build and promote a positive culture as measured by the Tennessee Educator Survey, the Ready Graduate indicator, and the rate of chronic absenteeism.
Based on the 2022 Tennessee Educator Survey, a rate of less than 15% of teachers will select they believe less than 50% of their students will be on grade level at the end of the instructional year.
Based on the 2022 Academic Data, Hickman County will obtain a chronic absenteeism rate of 11.0% or less and the Ready Graduate indicator will increase to 45%.
Students with disabilities will be included in the LRE to the greatest extent possible, while receiving appropriate Tiered Interventions to build knowledge acquisition in basic skills. IEP data will be collected and reviewed at the end of each semester to determine LRE % for each level and at each school.
Sections
- Academic Achievement & Growth
- College & Career Readiness
- Climate and Access
S 1.1 Professional Development
Provide ongoing, high-quality professional development for administrators, teachers and other instructional staff to impact student achievement.
Teachers will receive ongoing professional learning on restorative practices. Behavioral data will be included in the discussion of all RTI meetings. RTI2-B will be implemented in each school. Special Education teachers will be included in these Professional Development offerings to support strong instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners and work toward improving achievement within that subgroup.
Each school has a social emotional liaison that will provide training to their schools during the summer and throughout the year on restorative practices.
Special Programs will provide training to teachers to address the APR Indicators of 6, 7, 11 and 13, to address the areas where state targets where not met.
Benchmark Indicator
Professional Learning will be documented by sign-in sheets, and implementation will be monitored through follow-up visits quarterly by building level liaisons and the Project AWARE team. The HCLA school will continue to implement strategies from Restorative Practices and Building Strong Brains in the 2021-2022 school year.
By Hickman County implementing best practices towards student behaviors, schools expectation will be to show an increase in engagement and less disruptions for behavior which will be measured by a rise in benchmark scores and less discipline referrals.
A 1.1.1 Restorative Practices
Implement Restorative Practices Training for teachers quarterly. Funding to provide substitutes for building reps and materials for training.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Becky Malugin | 2022-05-02 |
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S 1.2 Ready Graduate
If Hickman County increases the opportunities for students to prepare for the ACT and provides a variety of EPSO opportunities, the percentage of students who earn a diploma from high school as a Ready Graduate will increase. Hickman County believes that providing additional resources and college/career advisement will increase student preparedness for post-secondary goals. This will be measured by showing an increase each semester in the number of students participating in dual enrollment, industry certification, or AP classes. Another area of measurement will be improved overall ACT average and an increased number of students scoring 21 or better on the ACT. This designation increases students' probability of seamlessly enrolling in post-secondary education and securing high-quality employment.
Benchmark Indicator
The percentage of students in Hickman County that are designated as a Ready Graduate will increase to 45% for the graduating class of 2022.
A 1.2.1 ACT
Purchase ACT Preparation books for all juniors and seniors that are retaking the ACT test.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Becky Malugin | 2022-04-04 |
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A 1.2.2 Work Ethic Distinction Program
Hickman County will recognize graduating seniors that complete the requirements of the Work Ethic distinction program which include actions indicating a readiness for the work force including attendance, discipline, and post-secondary readiness.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Gilbert and Don Qualls | 2022-05-06 |
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G 2 High Quality Instruction
High quality instruction and a rigorous and engaging curriculum will positively impact student learning and improve achievement in ELA and Math. During the 2021-2022 school year, the district will create and sustain a thriving academic community focusing on student growth on standardized and local assessments, quality curriculum and instruction, and effective professional development.
- Increase literacy achievement and TVAAS growth across all grades.
- Increase numeracy achievement and TVAAS growth across all grades.
- Emphasize course offerings for early postsecondary and ACT success.
Performance Measure
Hickman County will show student growth at a level 3 for literacy and mathematics as measured by TVAAS.
Hickman County will demonstrate an increase in student achievement as measured by the student success rate goals in each grade band of the accountability model.
Hickman County will increase ACT scores and EPSO opportunities as measured by the Ready Graduate Indicator goal attainment.
Students with Disabilities will improve RLA and Math Assessment Growth to meet state target indicated.
Sections
- Academic Achievement & Growth
S 2.1 Professional Development
Provide costs associated with trainings, substitutes, attendance at conferences and/or workshops, and purchasing materials and supplies associated with trainings to improve the knowledge base and application of effective instructional practices especially in questioning, thinking, problem-solving, academic feedback, and TNReady assessments, to support educators, including special education teachers, on successful math and ELA strategies to impact student achievement gaps and improve results for: racial and ethnic groups; limited English proficient students; students with disabilities; economically disadvantaged students, as well as to acquire books for administrative professional development with book studies.
In addition, special education personnel will receive training on the requirements for a student to qualify for Alternate Assessment. The criteria, expectations for classroom performance, and grade level content standards that all students with disabilities should be receiving, will be included within this training.
Benchmark Indicator
If strong professional learning in reading and math is implemented, then Hickman County expects to see standards-aligned lessons, questions and tasks 60% of the time during the first round of instructional walks conducted by building-level and district-level administrators and members of the CORE office through partnership planning.
Survey results from each school are conducted twice yearly by a professional development committee representative for professional learning will be used to determine the level of comfort teachers have with new teaching materials and strategies. Surveys are completed by teachers after each professional development they attend for follow-up training needed.
A 2.1.1 Professional Development
Professional learning for the adopted and purchased ELA materials will be completed prior to implementing. Additionally, training will be offered on areas school administrators request to meet needs or fill gaps in instructional methods, deliver, etc. This professional learning will be provided by the vendor(s), and or instructional coaches for grades K-12.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson, Misty Shelton, Becky Malugin | 2022-05-02 |
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A 2.1.2 Instructional Walks
Hickman County will conduct instructional walks in reading and mathematics courses, utilizing tools from IPG for mathematics and the CORE office for Reading Language Arts in October, January, and March. Instructional walks will be conducted by building-level and district-level administrators through partnership planning.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson, Misty Shelton, Becky Malugin, Eric Cannon | 2022-03-25 |
A 2.1.3 Instructional Technology
Offer ongoing professional learning opportunities for teachers to integrate technology in the classroom through training with school technology ambassadors each quarter. In addition, scheduled professional learning as administrators request.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Brooks and Brad Gilbert | 2022-05-20 |
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S 2.2 Student Work
School-level administrators will review lesson plans weekly and complete informal classroom visits in between formal observations for each teacher and give written, actionable feedback for levels of mastery obtained in the student work assigned and completed. Special Education Teachers and English as a Second Language Teachers will also be included in classroom visits, teacher feedback given, and lesson plan review.
Benchmark Indicator
The student work produced in the classroom will meet the expectations of the grade-level standards 60% of the time based on the results of the first instructional walkthrough conducted in October 2021 by building-level and district-level administrators and the CORE office through partnership planning.
A 2.2.1 Weekly Actionable Feedback
Teachers will be provided weekly actionable feedback through lesson plans and after instructional walks regarding the alignment of the class activities and student work to the academic standards. Feedback will also be provided before and after announced observations through a pre and post-conference and after an unannounced observation through a scheduled post-conference.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson, Misty Shelton, Becky Malugin | 2022-04-04 |
A 2.2.2 Benchmark Assessments
Hickman County will administer three benchmark assessments during the 2021-2022 school year in reading, written expression and mathematics in September, December, and March. The results will be used for instruction and to plan for remediation. Data analysis will include the ALL subgroup, including the ED and SWD subgroups.
Teachers will collaborate during summer planning days and at each nine-week planning day to select the instrument used and to discuss data results to identify trends, develop remediate plans, etc.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson, Misty Shelton, Becky Malugin | 2022-05-06 |
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G 3 Effective Personnel
Retention of teachers will impact overall student achievement and instructional knowledge within each school. Maintaining teacher retention of educators with 7 or more years experience is imperative to building instructional capacity within each school
Performance Measure
Hickman County schools will increase the retention rate of teachers to no lower than 85% based on the Human Capital Report for 2021-2022.
Sections
- Academic Achievement & Growth
- Educators
S 3.1 Provide opportunities to build capacity
Research has shown that experience and highly effective teachers as qualities as the largest in-school factor impacting student achievement.
Veteran teachers will be given opportunities to build their capacity to perfect teaching methods, and to train or share their insights with more novice or less effective teachers.
Benchmark Indicator
Teachers with 3 years or less experience will participate in a teacher induction program at 95% participation. Teachers participating in this program will see an increase in TEAM observation scores each year, using their scores from the first year of teaching as a baseline.
50% of more of veteran teachers will be involved in leading professional development or serving as a mentor teacher.
A 3.1.1 Teacher Mentoring Program
Teachers with three years of experience or less will participate in a teacher mentoring program with 95% participation rate.
Teachers of each discipline will be paired (when possible) with mentors from their respective discipline to optimize the mentoring experience. This pairing will be required with teachers of students with disabilities, due to the unique needs of the population they serve and to attain the greatest benefit for the students they work with. Mentors will meet with assigned teachers monthly for reflection and setting of goals.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angie Manor | 2022-05-02 |
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A 3.1.2 Additional Endorsement for Hard-to-Fill
Reimburse the cost of assessments to add endorsements to a teaching license for current employees for hard-to-fill positions as positions are needed. Highly effective teachers will be identified for recruitment.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson | 2022-08-26 |
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S 3.2 Recruitment/Retention
By recruiting, hiring, and retaining high-quality personnel will positively impact school climate and culture which will lead to an improvement in student learning and achievement.
Benchmark Indicator
If Hickman County implements a strong human capital plan, retention rates will rise to 85% based on the human capital data report.
If Hickman County implements the action steps from Goal 1 for culture, the school climate indicators on the Tennessee Educator Survey will improve.
A 3.2.1 School Climate Survey
Administer School Climate Survey to all teachers and breakdown the results to what teachers feel are positive areas and reasons why they enjoy working with our system and want to remain. Positive feedback will also be used to help recruit teachers to our system. Areas of improvement will be looked for to help retain teachers. The climate survey will be administered in the spring and reviewed yearly. Results will also be shared with principals during their individual feedback and planning sessions.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson | 2021-12-15 |
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A 3.2.2 Hard-to-Fill Positions
Reimburse the cost of assessments to add endorsements to a teaching license for current employees for hard-to-fill positions as positions are needed. Highly effective teachers will be identified for recruitment.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Thomasson | 2022-03-26 |
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G 4 Family and Community Engagement
Over 40 years of research is clear—when schools, families, and communities work together to support learning, students do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more.
The district will nurture partnerships between schools and stakeholders to serve the community and its citizens by sharing resources to create learning opportunities.
Promote outreach to involve families and community members in the planning, implementing, and evaluating of district improvement activities. Provide workshops, material and other training opportunities using a variety of delivery systems to support parents and families in helping their children improve academics.
Performance Measure
Hickman County will expand the parent advisory council participation to ten members if we communicate effectively with parents by May 1, 2022.
By properly engaging community partnerships, Hickman County Task Force 4, which encompasses teacher, administrator, parent, and community members, will meet quarterly to plan, implement, and evaluate improvement activities as part of our strategic plan by the end of 2021-2022.
Byproperly engaging with local partnerships, Hickman County will partner with two businesses to participate in the Work Ethic Program by May 1, 2022.
Sections
- Academic Achievement & Growth
- Other Needs
S 4.1 Community Partnerships
Expand partnership opportunities with local businesses and employers in the community for real world applications. Integrating resources and services from the community into students' experiences to strengthen school programs.
Benchmark Indicator
By incorporating expectations for a work ethic distinction, we expect the graduates of the Class of 2022 will participate and obtain a work ethic distinction at a 20% achievement percentage.
Hickman County Schools will obtain at least two community partnerships with businesses that will accept the work ethic distinction as part of a preferred hiring for students that obtain the distinction.
A 4.1.1 College and Career Fair
College and career fairs at each high school during the academic year based on the results from YouScience. Colleges, Universities, and businesses will be invited to set up booths for students to visit to hear about their course and employment offerings, as well as answer any questions students may have about their school or business.
One college and career fair at each K-8 school during the academic year. In K-5 professionals from various careers visit the schools to speak about their jobs and what credentials are needed to obtain employment or submit videos for submission to be able to represent as many careers as possible in this event.
Within grades 6-8, students have the opportunity to rotate through areas of career interest throughout the day, based on their YouScience results to hear from guest speakers.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| School Counselors | 2022-04-04 |
A 4.1.2 Work Force Initiative
Hickman County will establish a Work Ethic Distinction for high school students during the 2021-2022 school year.
Administrators and counselors will meet with upcoming high school seniors to share the information, rubric, and tabulation document for the Work Ethic Distinction Program in May of 2021.
Seniors graduating in 2022 will submit tabulation sheets to the counselor for certification of completion of the Work Ethic Distinction in Hickman County by April of 2022 with a goal of 20% of graduating seniors completing the distinction program requirements.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Qualls | 2022-05-06 |
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S 4.2 Parent and Family Engagement
Develop, communicate, and consistently review expectations with families and members of the community to help improve student achievement. Help families establish supportive home environments by providing information and ideas of how to help students with homework and other curriculum related materials.
Based on the Tennessee Educator Survey, teachers and administrators in Hickman County communicated that parent engagement and the willingness of parents to utilize recommendations from the teacher regarding their child's academic progress were well below the state comparison data. If Hickman County strengthens engagement and communication between the home and school, we expect student achievement to improve as measured by the end-of-year state assessments.
Benchmark Indicator
Hickman County will improve the parent advisory council as measured by achieving the goal of ten parents in attendance at each meeting by August 2022.
Each school in Hickman County will have one parent/community representative on the school leadership team.
The task force for this goal will include district leaders, school leaders, teachers, parents, and community members. They will meet quarterly to set and review success of family engagement goals. Success of this will be measured by increased attendance at parent-teacher conference and family engagement events.
A 4.2.1 Parent Advisory Council
Expand the membership of the parent advisory council, which meets quarterly, to include attendance by ten parents at each meeting to increase family engagement and allow for input on: planning, activities, communication, etc., with at lease one parent representative from each school in the district attending.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Angie Manor | 2022-08-01 |
S 4.3 College and Career Center
Establish space at each high school for college and career center advisement to include space for parents to meet with counselors regarding college and career readiness.
Benchmark Indicator
Workspace established for colleges to be present for students to visit at each high school by December, 2021.
Workspace established for college and career advisement for students and parents at each high school by December, 2021.
Workspace established for parents and students to easily access information for college and career including scholarship applications, FAFSA completion, and TN Promise requirements.
A 4.3.1 College and Career Advisement
A college and career center will be established at each high school, to provide a space for high school students and students attending the HCLA to access information regarding college and career counseling, assistance with completion of documents, and advisement.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| High School Guidance Counselors | 2021-12-15 |