This plan is developed to guide efforts to improve opportunities for students to achieve and schools to serve their communities.

Roane County Schools will improve academic achievement by 5% in ELA and Math proficiency.

Progress Monitoring Tools

• WVGSA Data

• iReady Benchmark Data

• Graduation rate

• Walkthrough data

• Grades/Reporting

Strategies & Action Steps:

1. Improve Instructional Practices

   1. Monitoring of instructional practices

   2. Professional Development to address instructional needs

   3. Collaborative time to address instructional needs

   4. Instructional support personnel
      

2. Improve Instructional Resources

   1. Continue to evaluate effectiveness of current instructional programs

   2. Align needs to available resources

   3. Monitor use of educational resources

   4. Provide professional development support to educators in use and best practices aligned to resources

3. Regular and systematic data analysis

   1. PLC utilization and monitoring

   2. Data Talks with students, parents, teachers, administrators

4. Utilize the MTSS framework for academic concerns

   1. Intervention plans and support

   2. Problem Solving Team approach and use of the SAT process

5. Maintain the graduation rate

   1. Create Transition plan from MS to HS

   2. Implement Freshman Academy

   3. Implement SAT prep

   4. Heightened attention to the educational needs of students preparing for career readiness

Roane County Schools will improve student well-being through a comprehensive approach to student support services.

Progress Monitoring Tools

• Absentee Data

• Behavior Data

• Panorama Data

• Climate Survey Data

Strategies & Action Steps

1. Improve student attendance

   1. PD on Attendance policy

   2. Identify at-risk students

   3. Track student attendance

   4. Attendance Meetings

2. Address the Social and Emotional needs of the children

   1. Trauma-informed educators

   2. Focus on the needs of children experiencing foster care and homelessness

   3. SEL education

   4. Access to mental health resources

       

3. Increase awareness, identification, and support of students experiencing homelessness and foster care.

   1. Employ county social worker

   2. PD on identification of students experiencing homelessness

       

4. Improve the climate and culture of each school building

   1. Positive Behavior Intervention System District-Wide

      1. Support schools' implementation of the PBIS model and monitor progress towards fidelity

      2. Evaluate team progress and determine next steps

      3. Tier 1 and Tier 2 Classroom Management Training

          

5. Utilize an MTSS framework for support

Roane County Schools will improve the district’s organizational effectiveness to improve educational outcomes for students.

Progress Monitoring Tools

• Climate Survey Results

• PBIS Listening Tours

• Enrollment Retention Data

• Positive Community

• Public Relations Data

Strategies & Action Steps

1. Improve public and community relations

2. Enhance Parent-school partnerships

   1. Parent involvement in schools to include student progress, parent notification, meeting preparation, parent engagement activities, etc.

3. Improve internal communications

4. Provide opportunities to increase teacher, administrator, and district level leadership capacity and effectiveness

   1. Provide personalized professional learning opportunities for all professionals

   2. Provide educational learning opportunities to instructional service personnel

5. Address barriers and threats to declining student enrollment

    

6. Evaluate employee job satisfaction

    

7. Create a culture of engagement and accountability