1. Comprehensive Plan Overview

2. Goals Review Comprehensive Planning Process
Mission, Vision, & Shared Values
School Performance Profile: A-CV Data
Challenges & Concerns
Question & Answer

3. Overview of Timeline
Project overview

4. Process Begin: Spring 2018 Fall of 2018
Form and organize strategic planning committee
Identify district data for analysis
Review and revise, as necessary, the mission, vision, and shared values
Identify accomplishments
Identify challenges
Plan action steps to improve challenges
Fall of 2018
Present and display the plan
Submit to PDE

5. Mission, Vision, Shared Values

6. Mission Statement
A-C Valley, in conjunction with the community, will ensure a comprehensive education that inspires students to: Dream Big, Work Hard and Act Responsibly.

7. Vision Statement
In a personalized, safe environment, the Allegheny- Clarion Valley School District will prepare our students to be ready for the challenges of a diverse world, so they can:
Meet/exceed high expectations in
Literacy
Innovation
Analytical problem solving and strategic thinking
Co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities
Succeed in college and careers
Be technologically adaptive
Value life-long learning
Live as responsible and productive citizens
Demonstrate compassion and empathy
Achieve personal potential

8. Shared Values
The Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District community believes that people of character consistently demonstrate and act on the following values:
Literacy – Acquiring information and knowledge, interpreting its value, and using it to solve real world problems
Communication – Using Interpersonal and Intrapersonal skills to summarize, package, and deliver a message or an idea.
Environmental Awareness – Be good stewards of our natural resources
Innovation – Develop new and unique approaches
Entrepreneurial Spirit – Willing to take a calculated risk
Self Discipline – Understand, consider, and accept the impact and consequences of personal actions and decisions
Integrity – Do what is right, legally and morally. Be willing to do what is right even when no one is looking
Work Ethic – Strive for excellence, taking pride in their work, always giving their best efforts, persevering in spite of adversities, reflecting on the results of their efforts an applying what they’ve learned to new endeavors
Citizenship – Contribute to the well being of their communities (both locally and globally) as responsible citizens acting in positive and creative ways

9. Comprehensive Plan
Accomplishments, SPP Data, & Challenges

10. Accomplishments

11. Accomplishments: Educational Programming
Edited schedules to flex educational time and create PLC time
Added various electronic devices to increase access to 21st century learning
SST Process
Act 339 College and Career Readiness
Journeys Reading Series at Elementary School
Textbook Rotation
Cyber Bullying and Safe Touch Programs
Passages Programs

12. Accomplishments: Instruction and Curriculum
Realignment of curriculum to align with PA Core Standards
Curriculum Mapping Aligned to ELA and State Math Framework
Additional Advanced Placement Courses

13. Accomplishments: Data & Assessments
Learned how to analyze PVAAS data to inform and target interventions
Step-by-Step Learning
OnHands Data Warehouse
Get More Math
Review Local Assessments
CDT
STAR
DIBELS

14. Accomplishments: Professional Development
Using data for decision making
Successful transition along the literacy continuum
Family engagement and family literacy
Reading Apprenticeship
Literacy Design Collaborative
Universal Design for Learning & Digital Technology
Navigating content with ELL
Supporting learners with special needs
Mental Health
Technology
PBIS Training

15. Accomplishments: Community & Culture
Core Night
Little Lending Libraries
Falcon Fridays (spirit wear)
Reading Under the Lights
Bingo for Books
ARCA programming
Blueprint Community Planning
Family and Community Engagement
Bookmobile
Increased Social Media Presence
Parent Advisory Committee

16. School Performance Profile: A-CV Data

17. Indicators of A-CV Academic Achievement Elementary Mathematics
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Proficient or Advanced
54.5%
26.1%
23.7%
16.2%
Growth
N/A
-12.2
-2.0
+3.9

18. Indicators of A-CV Academic Achievement High School Mathematics
7th Grade
8th Grade
Keystones
Proficient or Advanced
17%
18%
76%
Growth
+.1
+2.0
-1.5

19. Indicators of A-CV Academic Achievement Elementary English Language Arts
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Proficient or Advanced
77.3%
50%
47.4%
Growth
N/A
-9.8
+3.8
-1.9

20. Indicators of A-CV Academic Achievement High School English Language Arts
7th Grade
8th Grade
Keystones
Proficient or Advanced
45%
50%
70%
Growth
-4.3
-1.9
+4.0

21. Indicators of A-CV Academic Achievement Elementary Science
4th Grade
Proficient or Advanced
63.1%
Growth
-72.1

22. Indicators of A-CV Academic Achievement High School Science
7th Grade
8th Grade
Keystones
Proficient or Advanced
N/A
51%
80%
Percentage of Growth
+21.4
+4.0

23. Other Academic Indicators Elementary School
Attendance Rate
95.27
95.09
N/A
94.93
94.44
Promotion Rate
99.41
99.70
99.12

24. Other Academic Indicators Jr./Sr. High School
Cohort Graduation Rate
89.47
93.42
95.31
98.21
98.25
Attendance Rate
94.86
94.69
94.97
94.72
94.57
Advanced Placement
25.00
50.00
75.00
PSAT Participation
78.59
56.42
100

25. Extra Credit For Advanced Achievement Jr./Sr. High School
Math/Algebra Advanced
43.20
30.34
22.22
9.86
9.55
Reading/Lit Advanced
26.04
28.89
1.85
8.33
5.70
Biology/Sci Advanced
18.92
16.81
5.56
20.43
26.85
Industry Standards Advanced
I.S.
80.00
87.50
81.82
63.16
A.P. 3+
27.27
26.79

26. Elementary School Performance Profile
School Performance Profile Score
71.3
68.3
N/A
66.3
58.1

27. Jr./Sr. High School Performance Profile
School Performance Profile Score
73.5
67.7
70.7
68.7 64

28. Challenges & Concerns

29. Challenge #1
Establish a district system that fully ensures consistent implementation of standards aligned curricula across all schools for all students.
Inadequate reading and writing across the curriculum resulting in inconsistent student achievement.
Local assessments are focused on a wide range of content and facts memorization, while current standardized assessments focus on "power standards" and require significantly more emphasis on strategic thinking and transfer of learning to novel problems.

30. Challenge #2
Establish a district system that fully ensures staff members in every school use standards aligned assessments to monitor student achievement and adjust instructional practices.
Inadequate reading and writing across the curriculum resulting in inconsistent student achievement.
Local assessments are focused on a wide range of content and facts memorization, while current standardized assessments focus on "power standards" and require significantly more emphasis on strategic thinking and transfer of learning to novel problems.
Students are permitted to be un-engaged from the process of monitoring their academic progress.

31. Challenge #3
Establish a district system that fully ensures the consistent implementation of effective instructional practices across all classrooms in each school.
Inadequate reading and writing across the curriculum resulting in inconsistent student achievement.
There is inconsistency in the enforcement of student expectations and behavioral conduct, resulting in the development of negative attitudes toward school and general apathy.
Local assessments are focused on a wide range of content and facts memorization, while current standardized assessments focus on "power standards" and require significantly more emphasis on strategic thinking and transfer of learning to novel problems.

32. Challenge #4
Establish a district system that fully ensures specially designed instruction is provided to meet the unique learning needs of children with disabilities at no cost to a parent.
Local assessments are focused on a wide range of content and facts memorization, while current standardized assessments focus on "power standards" and require significantly more emphasis on strategic thinking and transfer of learning to novel problems.
Students are permitted to be un-engaged from the process of monitoring their academic progress.

33. Challenge #5
Establish a district system that fully ensures each member of the district community promotes, enhances and sustains a shared vision of positive school climate and ensures family and community support of student participation in the learning process.
There is a need for an annual review of the School Crisis Plan with administration and relevant staff.
The district needs to continue to collect perceptual data from all stakeholders and use the data to drive systematic changes within the district.
There is inconsistency in the enforcement of student expectations and behavioral conduct, resulting in the development of negative attitudes toward school and general apathy.
Students are permitted to be un-engaged from the process of monitoring their academic progress.

34. Discussion

35. This is all about: Dreaming Big, Working Hard, and Acting Responsibly