Paxton Consolidated Schools Target Improvement Plan

Impact Area 1: Our goal for this impact area was that all special education students would increase their MAP Growth RIT Score by at least 1 point.

We now use MAP Growth data with students in grades K-12 as a means of analyzing whether or not students achieved at least a 1 point increase on their math scores. Three of our five elementary special education students achieved at least a 1 point increase on their MAP Growth assessment. One elementary student maintained the same score as the previous year, and 1 elementary student’s MAP Growth score decreased. Five of our seven special education students in grades 6-12 increased by at least 1 point on MAP Growth. Two students’ MAP Growth scores decreased and did not improve at all.

An analysis of MAP Growth scores for our 12 special education students in grades K-12 indicates that four of the 12 students did not meet our goal of increasing their RIT scores by 1 point. Eight of those students did meet the goal of increasing their RIT scores by 1 point.

Strengths: In accordance with our school improvement goal, we determined it would be best to use MAP Growth data to monitor progress on our TIP in the future. We will use Fall MAP Growth scores moving forward.

Challenges: Our special education students are not making adequate progress toward the math goals we have set for them. The same can be said for our general education students. In collaboration with ESU 16, we adopted and implemented a new high quality math curriculum, Reveal Math, for students in grades K-12.

Infrastructure: Resource Teachers, Regular Education Teachers and administration will work together with ESU 16 staff to evaluate, adopt and implement a high quality math program for students in grades K-12

Impact Area 2: Parent Attendance at Parent/Teacher Conferences

Fall 2019 Elementary: 99% Fall 2019 MS/HS: 74%

Spring 2020 (Elementary Only): No data due to Covid-19 closure

Strengths: Teachers and administrators work together with families to plan IEP/MDT and parent/teacher conferences to suit the families’ needs. We schedule conferences for families with multiple students in consecutive order, and begin scheduling IEP/MDT conferences very early to allow for rescheduling if necessary.

Challenges: We have a very high number of option enrolled students from the Ogallala School District. Scheduling meetings with parents who live/work in a neighboring town can be difficult, and sometimes requires us to reschedule.

Infrastructure: The teaching staff works together to schedule parent/teacher conferences so that families with multiple children have conferences that are scheduled consecutively. General and Special education teachers work together to schedule meetings and work cooperatively with families to accommodate for their schedules. Teachers are required to hold parent/teacher conferences at a later date, if parents miss their regularly scheduled conference. We utilize our district web site, digital sign, live feed and local newspaper to announce and remind parents of parent/teacher conferences. Special education teachers call parents to confirm their attendance at IEP/MDT meetings 2 days before the meetings are to occur.

Impact Area 3: We have a 100% graduation rate for students in special education.

Our post-secondary data from the class of 2018 indicates that students who received special education services are currently employed in, or working towards a post-secondary degree in their chosen field.

Strengths: We have very clearly defined and well supported transition activities for students transitioning from pre-k to kindergarten, kindergarten to 1st Grade, elementary to middle school, middle school to high school and high school to college/career. We have been very successful at adding programming for two 18-21 students during the past 2 school years. We have always offered 18-21 services to students and their families, but have only recently worked with families who decided to take advantage of those services.

Challenges: Due to the nature of our rural location, and being so close to the time zone borderline between Central Time Zone and Mountain Time Zone, we often struggle to find an adequate number of, and/or appropriate job placements for students.

Infrastructure:

Back to School Night

Preschool round up

Kindergarten round up

Elementary to Middle School classroom visitation day

Middle School to High School classroom visit

Middle School Orientation

ACCESS period each day for 20 minutes