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Closing the Achievement Gap in Park City School District. Nicole Todd, Ph.D. Special Education Coordinator. PC out-performs State. PC out-performs comparable districts. Changing Demographics…. Elementary Schools 12-13 . School 1: 343 Total: 54% Hispanic, 48% FRL
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Closing the Achievement Gap in Park City School District Nicole Todd, Ph.D. Special Education Coordinator
Elementary Schools 12-13 • School 1: 343 Total: 54% Hispanic, 48% FRL • School 2: 590 Total: 24% Hispanic, 19% FRL • School 3: 498 Total: 17% Hispanic, 12% FRL • School 4: 528 Total: 14% Hispanic, 11% FRL
Disaggregated data revealed issues that needed to be addresses • Bi-monthly meetings with Curriculum, Student Services, and Elementary Principals • Why the Achievement Gap? • Tier 1 Instruction varied widely • Instruction not aligned with best practice • “Your kids, my kids” • Too many interventions, providers, poor fidelity • Lots of resources were not solving the problem
The steps- Tier 1 • Grade Level Team Meetings • Comprehensive SIOP PD for all staff • Comprehensive SIOP PD for every administrator and coach • SIOP model teacher cohorts
The steps- Tiers 2 & 3 • Interventions and the Problem Solving Model • Standard Protocol Committee • Track interventions in SIS
The steps- Additionally • After School Programs • 6-week Summer School • Family Literacy • District-wide Preschool
Our Results… • As a result of these efforts, we are seeing the data turn in the right direction.
Currently…Tier 1 Focus: Journeys, Math Adoption, SIOP PDTier 3 Focus: Reading InterventionsDistrict-wide Preschool
Tier 1 Focus:JourneysMath AdoptionSIOPAre we keeping kids at benchmark?
Tier 3 Reading Interventions EstablishedAre we moving kids from intensive?
% of students at Intensive BOY that move out of Intensive at EOY
Preschool impacting KindergartenFewer kids entering at Intensive