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A Year of Positive Change at Adair County Schools By Shamarie Claiborne, Adair County Board of Education District Migrant Recruiter / Media Promotions / Technology It is not often that a person, place, or community can look back over its shoulder and see positive change has not only occurred but been the dominating theme of its resent past. Yet, for the first time in years, the Adair County Schools can say, without question, positive change is truly what has defined us over the past year or so. I think Steven Covey, the creator of "Leader in Me", stated it best: "The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life."The following list shows just what can be accomplished when a Superintendant, Board of Education, Administrators, Teachers, and Staff have a shared agenda that is not only transparent but crystal clear. Implement Race to the Top: $2.4 million dollars (one of only 22 districts in KY) Early Release Fridays: Teachers participate in ongoing professional development, instructional planning, and progress monitoring to enhance student learning. Students: are provided with remedial, enrichment and personal growth activities. Data Teams: analyze data from assessments like MAP, KPREP, CIITS, etc. Personalized Learning Teams: to meet college and career awareness, PL Teams will develop a plan to address students' diverse needs through a customized, personalized learning environment. Standards Based Grading: focus will be on course completion to master standards. Students will move smoothly from standard to standard rather than grade to grade. ERFs will be used to work in data teams or other teacher groups to analyze data so they can adjust/plan strategies where kids will be successful for all K-5 students. Leader in Me: anchored in strategies from Stephen Covey's work Leader in Me and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: main focus is to teach students good leadership skills like building daily habits of goal-setting, teamwork, critical thinking, communication, creativity and problem solving so students can see relevance of what they are doing so they will build career skills to be college and career ready. **Project staff from GREEC have provided services/support for our district on all RTT initiatives. For example, CCR Counselor, Cognitive Coaches, Preschool Pals, Leader Mentors, materials like technology, preschool curricula, etc. Other I. Forged additional partnerships with 9 area colleges and universities to increase student choices and boost opportunities for dual credit. Began August 2014; Indian University founded. II. Satellite campus through KY Tech specializing in Health Sciences Occupations (with numerous certificates, and Welding and Metal Fabrication with DOT certification ($1.2 million in federal grants and certified teachers through OCTE). Public hearing Feb. 2014 was largest public turnout in history of AC schools to support an academic initiative: Opened 39 career paths. Every student must complete a career path. III. District staff led the Adair County "Work Ready Community" initiative. IV. 6 period day at ACHS to assure continuity. V. Full implementation of CIITS to administer assessments and use the results to target individual student needs. VI. Implement PGES (new evaluation system) to improve teacher and leader performance. VII. Continue/refine RTI to ensure students are meeting college and career readiness targets. VIII. Compulsory attendance age raised to 18 : one of the first in KY. IX. Tobacco-free campus to promote healthier, higher performing students and faculty. X. Campus-wide beautification to instill pride. XI. Implemented CCR coach and Career Center for ACHS and ACMS students. XII. Partnered with Louisville and N. Kentucky metro school districts in a pilot project "ccInspire" to connect students with Kentucky business leaders and mentors as part of CCR. XIII. More students CCR in 1st semester 13/14 than entire previous year. XIV. Opened new school (Adair County Primary Center), re-configured the district and saved over $1M dollars annually. Received design and build award from AGC, April 2014. XV. Demolition of two schools following reconfiguration. XVI. District-wide safety initiative with RFID employee tags and license readers for visitors in all buildings. XVII. Increased budget "bottom line" 3X in second year. XVIII. Increased career paths at ACHS from 3 to 39, each with industry certification. All students at ACHS must complete a career path; funded dual credit for first 15 students for state pilot "Energy Pathways" and simultaneous dual college credit. XIX. Opened "Indian University" and forged partnership with 9 colleges and universities for dual credit. XX. Increased average ACT Composite Score from 17: 19.2 in one year. XXI. Assessed all Core Subjects at all grade levels through Learning Checks and MAPP and linked scores to individual teacher performance. XXII. Equalized teacher and administrator raises with surrounding districts in order to stay competitive. 2% teacher raises 2014-15 and 2015-16, yet increased general fund ending balances from $750K in 2012, to $1.5M in 2013, to $2.1M in 2014. XXIII. Centralized network printing saves nearly $100K/yr. XXIV. Eliminated $20,000 in un-used phone lines. XXV. Consolidated central office positions saving at least $130K (Asst Supt., abolished; Maintenance Director (combined with Transportation Director), Maintenance Technician, abolished. XXVI. Initiative to cut sick leave day usage resulted in $100K savings. XXVII. Secured $1.5M in federal and state grants to build and equip satellite technology center at ACHS (CDBG and ARC grants). XXVIII. District-wide embrace of "Leader In Me". XXIX. New computers purchased for every teacher and district bandwidth up 10x and one-one computer initiative in the works. Rebuilding high speed district infrastructure. XXX. Purchased and prepared acreage for new transportation facility and bus garage. XXXI. Re-invention of Gifted and Talented program. XXXII. Zero dropouts at ACHS: 2013/14. XXXIII. Canopy projects complete at ACHS and ACES. XXXIV. Satellite campus project completed, Dec. 2014. XXXV.Bathroom renovation at ACHS completed. XXXVI. Campus-wide landscaping project from a master plan (on-going). XXXVII. Aerospace added as 40th career path. XXXVIII. Property acquired and architect hired for new bus garage construction. As Mr. Reed says, "We will never again lose another group of young minds. We will do WHATEVER it takes".So watch out world. Our future is bright and together we are leading the way! This story was posted on 2015-01-06 14:48:16
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