1. Closing the Achievement Gap in Park City School District Nicole Todd, Ph.D. Special Education Coordinator

2. PC out-performs State

3. PC out-performs comparable districts

4. Changing Demographics…

5. 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

6. Are we happy with our data?Are we happy with our data?

7. PCs LEP students not outperforming state

8. LEP not out-performing comparable districts

9. 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

10. 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

11. The steps- Tiers 2 & 3 Interventions and the Problem Solving Model Standard Protocol Committee Track interventions in SIS

12. The steps- Additionally After School Programs 6-week Summer School Family Literacy District-wide Preschool

13. Our Results… As a result of these efforts, we are seeing the data turn in the right direction.

14. LEP as compared to State Average

15. PC LEP students exceeding comparable districts

16. Currently… Tier 1 Focus: Journeys, Math Adoption, SIOP PD Tier 3 Focus: Reading Interventions District-wide Preschool

17. Tier 1 Focus: Journeys Math Adoption SIOP Are we keeping kids at benchmark?

18. % of students at Benchmark BOY that are at Benchmark EOY

19. Tier 3 Reading Interventions Established Are we moving kids from intensive?

20. % of students at Intensive BOY that move out of Intensive at EOY

21. District-wide Preschool Implementation

22. Preschool impacting Kindergarten Fewer kids entering at Intensive

23. Questions? Nicole Stewart nstewart@pcschools.us