1. Closing the Gap!
By: Traci Sharpe

2. The ECE Department

4. Question?
What is special about special education in Taylor County?

5. FROM THERE! Leadership Team
Communication Plan
Problem Solving and Program Goals
Accommodations and Modifications Training for all staff
Strategic plan for testing
Relationships
Content

6. DATA *\0/*

7. Question?
If you were in a court of law, could you prove that you really knew your students and were meeting the needs of those students?

8. Know Your Students Student Data Profiles – Required Contents
IEP or student at a glance forms
Intervention log
Current school wide assessment data
Current weekly progress monitoring data
Work samples

9. We Have Data – What’s Next? ECE Data Analysis
Chart all known data – also called Naming and Claiming Students
Report on disability category of each student
Collect all benchmarking data chart it into three categories:
1. below the 10%
2. below the 25%
3. above the 25%
Collect all state assessment scores
KCCT, ACT, PLAN, EXPLORE, etc.

10. We’ve Analyzed Data – Now What?
Make a list of all available interventions
List should include grades and content areas targeted
Match each student up with appropriate interventions
Continue to look (every 6-9 weeks) at weekly progress monitoring and adjust interventions as necessary.

11. THE CHANGE!!! The 5 Step Data Analysis Process Table Chart
Observations
Hypothesis
Connections

12. ECE DATA DAYS

13. ECE DATA DAYS

14. ECE DATA DAYS

15. Other Key Factors:
Meeting with Teresa Combs, Superintendent, and Judges
Meeting with all mental health providers to discuss meeting needs
Parents:
Build a relationship to establish team
Earn their trust
Educate
Hold them accountable as a team member

16. Other Key Factors: We have an Amazing Staff Great CBWTP Coordinator
Work with administrators to hire superstars
Have high expectations for all staff
Hold them accountable
Make tough decisions—we are not an employment agency, we are to do what is best for kids!
Great CBWTP Coordinator

17. The District

18. District Initiatives Performance Based Education Non-negotiables:
Students are accelerated at the level they can perform
Non-negotiables:
No Failures
No Hold Backs
No Zeros
No Drop-Outs

19. District Initiatives Drop-Out Prevention Coordinator
College and Career Readiness Counselor
Virtual Academy
Early College
STAR Program
Academic Pep Rally
Staff Recognition

20. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME 
You have some Taylor County School District hand outs
We are hosting the KY Leads the Nation Summit
Happy to set a date for members to come and hear from district administration and tour the district