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 and is annually certified for quality assurance by AVID Center. AVID uses the WICOR curriculum (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading), which supports 21st century skills, to prepare students for college, careers, and life.

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

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. Schools monitor student success through their continuous school improvement work and ensure that all learners are receiving equitable opportunities to learn 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 standard 2.7 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 ensure equitable opportunities for all students.

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 set the standard for high instructional expectations 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.

DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Tool 2.0

The DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Tool (DWLT) provides administrators and educators with guidelines and expectations regarding instructional practices. Administrators are provided with the expectation to engage in five learning walkthroughs each week and use the LWT as a method to monitor that students have equitable access to learning opportunities in all classrooms.

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 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 provide guidance and support to ESOL teachers regarding instructional accommodations and modifications for ESOL students.

Educators receive instructional information about each ESOL student including their language 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 focused on student achievement. All educators engage in Focused Collaboration on a weekly basis. Educators review evidence of student learning and use this information to make instructional decisions to ensure equitable access to learning opportunities.

Forward Integrated Support Teams (FIST):

• Facilities

• Manpower

• Procurement

• Resource Management (Budget)

The Pacific East District Forward Integrated Support Teams (FIST) provides policies to guide school and district operations in alignment with the identified goals of the district. All schools demonstrate alignment with the DoDEA guidelines and policies.

FIST encompasses the divisions that manage and implement the Pacific East District’s resouces, which includes fiscal support for student services and programs.

Internal Review Visits

Internal Review Visits (IRVs) within the Pacific East District are the method used to measure school continuous improvement. The annual IRV process provides the district with insight into growth areas and ways to provide support for schools. Schools demonstrate 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 for ensuring equitable learning opportunities for students. Results from the IRVs have suggested that the Pacific East District has improved in providing equitable 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 2.7, 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 for schools to analyze data. The implementation of PEDMS enables schools and the district to measure and examine student learning according to the DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards.

Professional Learning

The Pacific East District Professional Learning Plan outlines the professional learning opportunities for educators within the district. The plan uses the Kirkpatrick Model of Evaluation to describe how the district will evaluate the results, behavior, learning, and participant reaction to the professional learning opportunities within the district. The Pacific East utilizes ongoing professional learning to ensure all educators know how to provide equitable learning opportunities for all students. Professional learning includes a focus on yearly strategic themes (student-led discourse, digital learning, and project-based learning).

Strategic Plan

The Pacific East Strategic Plan, developed by the Pacific East Steering Committee outlines the 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.

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

• School 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 reduce the underachievement of 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.

• Special Education and 504 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.

• Counselors and school psychologists work to support social emotional needs of students and 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 all students.

Mathematics Support

The Pacific East District provides math 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.

Pacific East Data Dashboard

The Pacific East implemented the Pacific East Data Dashboard to make data easily accessible to colleagues throughout the district. This allows educators to analyze student performance and make adjustments to instruction.