Comprehensive District Improvement Plan

The CDIP is the district’s plan for improving teaching and learning as mandated by Kentucky’s Unbridled Learning Accountability Plan.

Unbridled Learning: College and/or CareerReadiness for All

The good news: We have a unified accountability system

For 2012-2013

School and district accountability will be measured by:Achievement (academic proficiency in reading, math, science, social studies and writing)Gap (percent proficient and distinguished for non-duplicated gap group for all 5 content areas)Growth in reading and math (percentage of students at typical or higher levels of growth)College/Career ReadinessGraduation Rate

Our old accountability model was a growth model which compared student academic performance on statewide achievement testing to student performance the previous year at the same grade level.

Our new accountability model is a normative model comparing our elementary schools to the other elementary schools in the state, our middle schools to other middle schools, our high school to other high schools and our district to other districts using the Unbridled Learning formula.

Current Challenges:Kentucky has adopted new, more rigorous academic achievement standards.Kentucky has adopted an accountability system that is very different from our previous system.It is difficult to predict how schools and districts will fare with this new system.Technology is changing the business of teaching and learning at a rapid pace.

Challenges:Even though we are closing achievement gapsin Reading, achievement gaps exist for:

African American Students;Hispanic Students;Students eligible for free and reduced lunch; Students with disabilities; andStudents who speak English as a Second Language.

In Math, achievement gaps exist for:

Students eligible for free and reduced lunch;

Students with disabilities; andStudents who speak English as a second

language.

Challenges: Technology is Changing our Work

If teachers only provide: Content Facts Dates Formulas Research Theories Stories Information

From Prezi, created for ASB Unplugged conference in Munbai, India 2101

Then our role is obsolete because students can find information on anything, anywhere, anytime.

Through Blogs You Tube Google iPods Cell Phones

Virtually Limitless Information

Teachers are no longer the source of information. We are the filter.

So, what does it really mean to teaching and learning in BGISD in a changing landscape?

CDIP includes Strategies

To teach students how to Validate information Synthesize information Leverage information Communicate information Collaborate with information Create with information Problem solve with information

CDIP includes strategies to teach students

Responsibility

Reliability

Integrity

Our CDIP shows that

We are rethinking the problems we ask students to solve, the tools we ask students and teachers to use and our role as life coaches and guides.

Solutions:We will form partnerships to teach in ways that engage students with content and motivate them to think critically and solve problems

We will focus on relationships first

All children belong to all of us.

We will intentionally teach respect, reliability and integrity as well as communication and

collaborative skills

We will teach global awareness and respect for cultural diversity.

We will embrace technology to engage and challenge students.

We will challenge our teachers and leaders with continuous opportunities for professional growth through professional dialogue.

We will continuously involve parents and community leaders as full partners in our efforts to improve teaching and learning.

We have moral purpose, clear direction and collective capacity. We are prepared to lead change.