1. High Academic Achievement For All Update to the Board April 3, 2012

2. Introduction • High Academic Achievement for ALL Task Force formed to ensure equity and access for ALL of our students so that all students are assured a high-quality education regardless of differences. • The Board approved the recommendations from the task force on November 29. • The staff has now completed most of their pre-implementation work.

3. Modify Programming • Elimination of Remedial Classes • Pre-Algebra eliminated from 9th grade • No remedial classes is social studies, science or English • Support classes offered as interventions

4. Advanced Classes

5. Body of Evidence To be considered for an advanced course, students must first meet any prerequisites for that course and meet the following body of evidence Prior year CSAP/TCAP will be used until most recent scores are released

6. ICAP – Individual Career and Academic Plan • Purchased Naviance Software to begin in grade 7 • Training of staff scheduled • Identified by grade what students will be required to accomplish with ICAP • Review student course pathways to ensure challenging selections are made

7. International Baccalaureate • Continue to implement communication plan to raise awareness and learning of PYP, MYP and DP to all stakeholders (build IB identity) • Training schedule completed • Authorization for Frisco and Silverthorne are scheduled • Completed DP self-evaluation

8. Professional Development • Completed differentiation training for coaches • Offered a class on instructional coaching • Completed science scope and sequence • Working on math scope and sequence and best instructional practices in math • Ongoing classes offered on standards and formative assessment, and ELL strategies

9. Next Steps • Continue to develop the advanced courses • Communicate advanced class offerings and body of evidence to students and parents • Communicate advanced course progression from grades 6-12 to students and parents • Communicate ICAP training dates • Complete IB training as scheduled this summer • Develop plan to increase DP enrollment

10. Next Steps • Apply the body of evidence to place students in advanced classes and communicate with students and parents • Vertical and horizontal articulation of science and math standards in order to prepare students for higher level advanced science classes • Review rigor audit and implement recommendations as feasible • Ongoing professional development for staff