NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Report Overview

1. NDPC/N Program Assessment and ReviewReport Overview Positives • Comprehensively addressing dropout • Evidence of a continuum of services plan • Virtual delivery of high quality curriculum • Staff feels a sense of ownership in changes taking place

2. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Positives • Facilities and grounds in most places above average • Technology very good • Staff development commitment is very high; evidenced by allocation and use of professional development dollars

3. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Concerns • Rate of change is fast paced • Need to continue to address quality as changes are implemented • Increase level of staff and stakeholder involvement to assure continued support and ownership • Complicated governance structure in this county wide effort

4. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Concerns • Need for more flexibility with actual delivery of the virtual (BTOL) curriculum • Clear need for a more systematic gathering of quantifiable data to support program effectiveness and improvement • More attention to the transition of student between alternative and conventional means of education to assure long term success insuring graduation

5. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Recommendations - CBI • Develop a comprehensive tracking system for CBI students • Enhance the CBI curriculum and provide additional behavioral/social resources • Expand existing alternatives to suspension and expulsion to include all associate districts

6. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Recommendations - CBI • Continue professional development allocations with additional focus on topics and presenters brought to the staff that supports the current alternative education mission and vision

7. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Recommendations - Options Academy - Wokini • Develop a comprehensive data collection process to document program effect • Provide a structured process for stakeholder input • Further develop the transition program for students entering and exiting

8. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Recommendations - Options Academy - Wokini • Strategies to increase home and community involvement should be explored • Need for on-going focused professional development for the entire staff • Be aware of the overwhelming administrative work load and make attempts to reduce or spread the responsibilities whenever possible

9. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Recommendations - Options Academy - Wokini • Provide some type of incentive to staff members to work at the Options Academy • Develop a comprehensive adult mentoring program • Further develop the service learning component to closely tie all learning to service • Enhance BTOL curriculum with additional group activities and relating the curriculum to life issues, including work and careers

10. NDPC/N Program Assessment and Review Recommendations - Options Academy - Wokini • Greater focus on: • Student support services • Engaging students in the decision making process • Supporting differentiated assessment processes • Differentiated curriculum and delivery methods • Voluntary participation • Provide distinctive alternatives that are different from conventional schools • Emphasize a learning environment that relates to student learning styles