Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

The Pacific East District’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program focuses on providing students with equal access to learning opportunities. The AVID program focuses on providing students with opportunities to develop the necessary skills to be college and career ready and provides students with support to reach their educational goals.

DoDEA Pacific EastDistrict has continued to gradually increase their enrollment in the AVID program to support student readiness.

Budgets / Allocations of Funds

The Pacific East District uses their allocation of funds to provide clear, consistent, and equitable support to lead to school improvement.

Continuous School Improvement Network

The Continuous School Improvement (CSI) networking sessions serve as opportunities for Continuous School Improvement teams within schools and complexes to engage in professional learning, share best practices, and collaborate on methods to improve schools with help from the CSILT Team.. Schools monitor student success through their continuous school improvement work and ensure that learners are engaging in 21st century learning opportunities through an analysis of their school data.

Department of Defense Performance Management and Appraisal Program (DPMAP)

The Department of Defense Performance Management and Appraisal Program (DPMAP) aligns with Cognia Standard 2.6 as it serves as the professional evaluation system within DoDEA. The DPMAP process provides professionals within DoDEA with performance elements aligned with expectations regarding their role. Evaluators engage in beginning-of-the-year, middle-of-the-year, and end-of-the-year meetings with each educator. As part of their performance elements, DoDEA educators are expected to provide 21st century learning opportunities for all students that are being clearly aligned to standards.

DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS)

DoDEA’s College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) provide rigorous standards and curriculum for all DoDEA students. The DoDEA CCRS implementation roll out frames the instructional expectations for all students and set the standard for high instructional expectations and best practice with 21st century skills for all students.

DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment System (DoDEA-CAS)

DoDEA’s Comprehensive Assessment System (DoDEA-CAS) provides the measurement and monitoring tool to determine whether the Pacific East District is increasing student learning. Educators utilize results from the DoDEA-CAS during their work in Focused Collaboration to determine instructional paths forward for students and ensure they are meeting the needs of all students and providing 21st century learning opportunities.

DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Tool 2.0

The DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Tool (LWT) provides administrators and educators with guidelines and expectations regarding instructional practices. Administrators are expected to engage in five learning walkthroughs each week and use the LWT as a method to monitor that students are engage in standards-driven curriculum and 21st century learning opportunities.

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is a program designed for students whose primary language, or home language, may may be a language other than English. The ESOL program within DoDEA utilizes the World- Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) to identify student ESOL levels. The DoDEA ESOL program guide and Instructional System Specialist (ISS) team provides guidance and support to ESOL teachers regarding instructional accommodations and modifications for ESOL students. Educators receive instructional information about each ESOL student including their comprehension in the domains of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, along with instructional accommodations and modifications. The policies and procedures for the ESOL program provide insight into how the Pacific East District ensures learners have equitable access to educational opportunities to develop the skills necessary to be college and career ready.

Focused Collaboration

Focused Collaboration serves as the vehicle for educators to collaboratively engage in job-embedded professional learning thus impacting student achievement. All educators engage in Focused Collaboration in a local or job alike setting . Educators review evidence of student learning and use this information to make instructional decisions, ensuring 21st century learning and equal opportunity to master content standards, grade level standards, and 21st century skills.

Internal Review Visits

Internal Review Visits (IRVs) within the Pacific East District are the method in which the Pacific East leadership measures the school 's continuous improvement process . The IRV process, which happens on an annual basis, provides the district with insight into areas of growth and ways to provide support for schools. Schools provide their progress toward four district selected Cognia standards focusing on continuous improvement, differentiation, assessment, and professional learning. The Pacific East District utilizes IRVs to monitor schools’ processes in ensuring equitable learning opportunities for all students. Results from the IRVs have suggested that the Pacific East District has improved by providing 21st century learning opportunities for all students.

Levels of Support

The Pacific East District developed the Levels of Support as a means to determine resource allocation regarding support for schools, which provides a method for the Pacific East District to support student learning and teacher instruction by providing a framework for structured and strategic assistance for schools.

Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS)

The Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS) aligns with Standard 2.6, as it was developed as a system for the district, schools, teams, and teachers to engage in ongoing data analysis. Embedded in PEDMS is a structured approach to assist schools with the process of analyzing data. The implementation of PEDMS enables schools and the district to measure and examine student learning which provides all students access to rigorous DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards.

Professional Learning

The Pacific East District Professional Learning Plan outlines the professional learning opportunities for educators within the Pacific East District. The plan uses the Kirkpatrick Model of Evaluation to describe how Pacific East stakeholders will evaluate the results, behavior, learning, and participant reaction to the professional learning opportunities within the district. The Pacific East district utilizes ongoing professional learning opportunities to ensure all educators provide 21st century learning opportunities. Professional learning includes a focus on student-led discourse, PBL and integrating digital learning.

Strategic Plan

The Pacific East Strategic Plan, developed by the Pacific East Steering Committee, outlines the Pacific East District’s expectations and plan to provide rigorous learning opportunities for all students through an emphasis on 21st century innovative skills of collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication are part ot the process.

Student Educational and Engagement Programs

The Pacific East District offers a variety of student educational programs to ensure that all students have equitable access to learning opportunities.

The district has programs to target areas, such as:

• Reading and mathematics remediation and interventions

• Extended learning opportunities through career and technical education (CTE) courses, fine arts, and world language

• Additional learning opportunities available through DoDEA Virtual School.

The Pacific East District provides early childhood education opportunities through Sure Start and Preschool Services for Children with Disabilities (PSCD).

Students also have the opportunity to engage in a variety of extracurricular activities that focus on physical fitness, college and career readiness, and student interests.

Student Services

• SPED

• SST Process

• 504 Policies

• Counseling

The Student Services Team is composed of general educators who provide support to teachers to improve the quality of the general education program and document support interventions for students.

Student services encompass a variety of processes, such as Student Support Teams (SST), Special Education, 504, school counselors, and school psychologists.

• The SST process provides schools with early intervention for struggling students.

• The Special Education and 504 programs follow established DoDEA guidance, processes, and procedures. Schools develop Case Study Committees (CSC), a school-level multidisciplinary team, which includes the parents, responsible for making educational decisions concerning a student with a disability. Students have the same opportunities to have access to curriculum that is clearly aligned to the standards and benefit from the same best practices as their peers

• Counselors and school psychologists work to support social emotional needs of students, and the support educators by providing support necessary to meet the needs of individual students.

Student Services in the Pacific East District serve as one way the district ensures equitable access to learning opportunities for that are standard aligned

System Quality Factors

The Pacific East District focused on SQF A: Clear Direction and SQF B: Healthy Culture and engaged in work to ensure that we provided all schools with the district’s expectations, vision, and direction in alignment with the district purpose statement. The focus on SQF A: Clear Direction, led to the development of the district strategic plan. Following a successful improvement with developing a clear direction, the Pacific East District decided to focus on SQF B: Healthy Culture and SQF D: Impact of Instruction.

DoDEA Blueprint for Continuous Improvement

The DoDEA Blueprint for Continuous provides the framework for continuous improvement across the organization. The Pacific East District utilizes the Blueprint to guide the continuous improvement work of the Pacific East District.

DoDEA Mission & Vision

The DoDEA Mission and Vision provides direction to districts within DoDEA. The Pacific East District utilizes DoDEA’s Mission and Vision to help drive the direction of the Pacific East District.

DoDEA Policy and Process for Textbook Adoption

The Curriculum Renewal Process assures that each curriculum and program area is evaluated, adapted, and developed on a continuing basis in accordance with a Program Evaluation Plan. The renewal process occurs over several years and focuses on:

• review of curriculum standards and instructional practices

• program alignment to the goals of the Community Strategic Plan

• collection and analysis of student assessment data to identify targets of curricular and instructional improvement

• national trends, current research, and a vision for curriculum excellence.

Fine Arts

The Pacific East District, in partnership with DoDEA Virtual School, offers a variety of courses, including:

• Elementary Art

• Elementary Music

• Band

• Choir

• Piano

• Guitar

• General Music

• Drama

• Visual Arts

• Art History

• AP Studio

• Painting

• Ceramics

• Drawing

Information Center Resources and Features

The role of the DoDEA School Library Information Center program is to support the DoDEA mission by providing access to diverse print and digital resource materials that are aligned to the DoDEA curriculum and engage student interest. DoDEA’s robust media and library services allows students to equally access information utilizing a wide variety of digital databases.

Literacy Support

The Pacific East District provides literacy support through remediation and intervention opportunities. At the elementary level, literacy support is offered through literacy support services, a pull out tier II intervention program. At the secondary level, students receive literacy support through reading elective courses, in addition to their English Language Arts courses.

Master Calendar

The Master Calendar aligns with the Pacific East District continuous improvement process by outlining professional learning and internal review visits in the district.

Mathematics Support

The Pacific East District provides literacy support through remediation and intervention opportunities. At the elementary level, mathematics support is offered through mathematics support services, a pull out tier II intervention program. At the secondary level, students receive mathematics support through mathematics lab or strategic mathematics elective courses, in addition to their mathematics courses.

Physical Education and Health Education

The Pacific East District, in partnership with DoDEA Virtual School, offers a variety of Physical Education courses, including:

• Lifetime Sports

• Personal Fitness

• Activity Nutrition

• Health Education

Preschool Services for Children with Disabilities (PSCD)

Preschool Services for Children with Disabilities (PSCD) is offered to young children with disabilities in the Pacific East District. The program is specially designed to provide instruction, support, and services to meet the individual needs of students in alignment with each child’s IEP.

Sure Start

The Pacific East District offers early child education through the Sure Start program. Sure Start is a full day preschool program serving eligible military children and families living overseas.

The Sure Start program utilizes the Teaching Strategies - Creative Curriculum program that builds children’s confidence, creativity, and critical thinking skills through hands-on, project-based investigations. It promotes discovery and inquiry with opportunities for children to think critically and develop process skills with rich, hands-on investigations of relevant and interesting topics in the classroom.

World Language

The Pacific East District, in partnership with DoDEA Virtual School, offers a variety of World Language courses, including:

• Japanese

• Spanish

• Chinese

• French

• German

Students engaging in levels 2 and 4 of language courses take the ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) to determine their proficiency levels in the target language.