Text Box: Calhoun County Adult School School Improvement Plan 2006-2007 Text Box: SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL   TEACHERS      PARENTS   Glen “Sonny Nobles                                                                            N/A      Jana Hill                                                                                                                                                                                                         ADMINISTRATION                                                                        BUSINESS/COMMUNITY     Willy Pitts                                                                                                       Ken Shepherd                                                                                                                             Ruby Eberly                                                                                                                                                           STUDENTS     Vada Tipton (Graduate) Text Box: SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School Mission/Vision Statement

    

Calhoun County Adult School will provide students with a rigorous and relevant alternative education designed to give them the opportunity to acquire, apply, and practice the knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to fulfill their adult roles and responsibilities as a productive citizen and life-long learners.

 

 

 

Beliefs

     To be sensitive to the needs of each student as we try to become more familiar with both their family and environmental backgrounds.  To offer support help when needed, as well as encourage students with various learning abilities to reach the highest level of competence in the shortest period of time while we try to instill pride and build self-esteem.

FLORIDA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOAL #6:   Teachers and Staff:   The schools, districts, colleges of education, postsecondary institutions, and state work collaboratively to provide professional teachers and staff who possess the competencies and demonstrate the performance needed to maximize learning among all students.

 

FLORIDA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS: #1 All teachers and staff demonstrate the skills, values, and knowledge needed to assist students in meeting the standards and outcomes in Florida’s System of School Improvement and Accountability.

SCHOOL GOAL:  Teachers will receive in-service training in order to become more knowledgeable in teaching the competencies and skills necessary for adult school students to receive the High School Diploma or GED.

 

PRESENT STATUS AND/OR EVIDENCE OF NEED

 

It is a given that continuous training is needed for any teacher to maintain a level of competency that is parallel to current techniques and standards.  Although the staff at the Calhoun County Adult School holds current teaching certifications, standards change and techniques are modified that may directly effect the Adult School student’s possible achievement.  Therefore on-going attendance of inservices relating to the needs of our students is beneficial.

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MEASURABLE OBJECTIVE:

 

All Adult School teachers will participate in at least 10 hours of in-service relating to the academic and/or transitional needs of the Adult School students.

 

 

Objective is:   NEW ____     CONTINUATION __X__     OBJECTIVE NUMBER ____

 

What will determine adequate progress on this improvement objective at the end of the 2006-2007 school year?

 

Record of inservices attended will be available and evidence of strategy completion will be available.

How will you know if you have successfully completed this improvement objective?  (Evaluation Plan?)

 

Record of inservices attended will be available and evidence of strategy completion will be available.

Adequate Progress made:    YES ____     NO ____

 

FLORIDA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOAL #7:   Adult Floridians are literate and have the knowledge and skills needed to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

 

FLORIDA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS: #3  Adult Floridians have mastered the student performance standards and outcomes identified in Goal 3

SCHOOL GOAL:             Calhoun County Adult School will provide marketing throughout the local area in order to inform adults of the services offered.

 

PRESENT STATUS AND/OR EVIDENCE OF NEED

 

During the 2005-2006 school year, Calhoun County Adult School’s enrollment dropped from 102 the previous year to 77.  Only 67 students where enrolled in the Adult School programming for ABE and GED prep.  The other students were co-enrolled from the local high schools.  According to the County School data entry coordinator, enrollment dropped county-wide this past year.  However, based on the 2000 Census, 33.2% of the population ages 25 and older do not have a GED or diploma and 12.6% of Calhoun County’s population had less than a 9th grade education.  From the statistics and enrollment data, it seems that there are many individuals who are not being reached by our services.  Therefore, we feel it would be beneficial to develop and implement a marketing plan.

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MEASURABLE OBJECTIVE:

 

The school advisory committee at the Adult School will develop a five-year marketing plan by the end of the 2006-2007 school year.

 

Objective is:   NEW     X          CONTINUATION ____     OBJECTIVE NUMBER ____

 

What will determine adequate progress on this improvement objective at the end of the 2006-2007 school year?

 

A five-year marketing plan will be evidenced.

How will you know if you have successfully completed this improvement objective?  (Evaluation Plan?)

 

See above

Adequate Progress made:    YES ____     NO ____

 

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Describe the comprehensive needs assessment conducted by the School Advisory Council.  School Advisory Councils address all goals through needs assessment, but do not have to include improvement objectives for all eight goals in the school improvement plan.

Needs Assessment Data Used:  Test scores on TABE, review of GED pass/fail rates, School discipline/suspension data, review of teacher evaluation and certification, enrollment data. 

Needs Assessment Summary:

 

·          Of the 67 Adult School students enrolled in the 2005-2006 school year, 52.2% of those students scored at or below an 8th grade total battery grade equivalency on the TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education).  52.2% of the students scored at an ABE level (at or below an 8th grade equivalency) in Math, 53.8% scored at the ABE level in Language and 44.7% scored at an ABE level in Reading. 

·          It is a given that continuous training is needed for any teacher to maintain a level of competency that is parallel to current techniques and standards.  Although the staff at the Calhoun County Adult School holds current teaching certifications, standards change and techniques are modified that may directly effect the Adult School student’s possible achievement. 

·          During the 2005-2006 school year, Calhoun County Adult School’s enrollment dropped from 102 the previous year to 77.  Only 67 students where enrolled in the Adult School programming for ABE and GED prep.  The other students were co-enrolled from the local high schools.  According to the County School data entry coordinator, enrollment dropped county-wide this past year.  However, based on the 2000 Census, 33.2% of the population ages 25 and older do not have a GED or diploma and 12.6% of Calhoun County’s population had less than a 9th grade education. 

Established Priorities:  Goal 3—Student Performance

                                        Goal 6—Staff Development

                                        Goal 7– Adult Literacy

 

SCHOOL NAME:  Calhoun County Adult School                                                                                     SCHOOL YEAR:  2006-2007

 

 

DISTRICT

Calhoun

SCHOOL

Calhoun County Adult School

SCHOOL YEAR

2006-2007

PRINCIPAL

Willy Pitts

 

CONTACT PERSON

Jana Hill

FLORIDA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY GOAL #3:   Student Performance:   Students make annual learning gains sufficient to acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to master state standards;  successfully compete at the highest levels nationally and internationally, and be prepared to make well-reasoned, thoughtful, and healthy lifelong decisions.

 

FLORIDA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS:   #2 & 3

#2:  Florida students communicate in English and other languages using information, concepts, prose, symbols, reports, audio and video recordings, speeches, graphic displays, and computer-based programs.  #3:  Florida students use numeric operations and concepts to describe, analyze, disaggregate, communicate, and synthesize numeric data, and to identify and solve problems.

SCHOOL GOAL:  Calhoun County Adult School students will make learning gains sufficient to increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to meet their personal goals of adult education.

 

 

 

PRESENT STATUS AND/OR EVIDENCE OF NEED

 

Of the 67 Adult School students enrolled in the 2005-2006 school year, 52.2% of those students scored at or below an 8th grade total battery grade equivalency on the TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education).  52.2% of the students scored at an ABE level (at or below an 8th grade equivalency) in Math, 53.8% scored at the ABE level in Language and 44.7% scored at an ABE level in Reading.  Based on these initial testing scores, Math is the subject area that indicates the greatest need for focus.  This is parallel to the latest GED Statistical Report  (2004), whereas Math has the lowest pass rate of the five subtests.

MEASURABLE OBJECTIVE: 

 

80% of the students in attendance for at least 12 weeks will either pass the GED Math subtest or demonstrate statistically significant gains on the TABE Math Computation subtest or the Applied subtests (5 percentile points).

 

 

Objective is:   NEW ___X__  CONTINUATION ____     OBJECTIVE NUMBER ____

 

What will determine adequate progress on this improvement objective at the end of the 2006-2007 school year?

 

See the above objective. 

How will you know if you have successfully completed this improvement objective?  (Evaluation Plan?)

 

TABE scores will be compared, with strategies completed.

Adequate Progress made:    YES ____     NO ____