School Plan

DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
P. O. Box 939 Danville, AR 72833

Arkansas Comprehensive School Improvement Plan

2010-2011


The mission of the Danville School District and the Central Office is to provide support and leadership for the district’s schools to insure that appropriate instructional programs are taught in a safe environment allowing our students to become educated, healthy, and productive citizens.

Grade Span: K-12 Title I: Not Applicable School Improvement:

Table of Contents

Priority 1: Administrative Support
    Goal: To provide services and support in time, professional development, materials, supplies and funding to individual school personnel as they work to provide educational services to individual students in improving student achievement.
Priority 2: Safe and Drug-free schools
    Goal: All Danville public school students will be provided a safe learning environment so that they may reach their maximum achievement potential in mathematics and literacy.
Priority 3: Wellness
    Goal: The Danville School District will provide support for students in making Healthy Lifestyle Choices by implementing systems to aid in decreasing the average BMI on routine annual student screening and increasing collaboration between all segments of the school community in support of positive lifestyle choices.
Priority 4: Special Education
    Goal: The Danville School District will reduce the relative proportion of hispanic students to caucasian students receiving special education services to within one standard deviation of the state average by the end of the 2010-11 school year.
Priority 5: English Language Learners
    Goal: All students served in the Danville ESL program will demonstrate proficiency on the literacy and math Benchmark and End-of-Course Exams. For K-2 students, proficiency will be computed using state guidelines for converting norm-referenced test scores.
Priority 1: The Danville School District will provide administrative support in terms of allotment and time and financial support for teachers in the efforts of the district to ensure that every child achieves proficiency in mathematics and literacy, to reduce disproportionality of students receiving special education services.
Supporting Data:
  1. All supporting Data Statements are contained in the three school ACSIP plans. Supporting data is not contained here per instructions from the ADE support team in ACSIP.
GoalTo provide services and support in time, professional development, materials, supplies and funding to individual school personnel as they work to provide educational services to individual students in improving student achievement.
BenchmarkDanville Public School administration will provide administrative support to teachers and building administrators to aid them in increasing student achievement so that AYP guidlines set by the ADE are met or exceeded.
Intervention: Provide professional development, instructional materials, and technology to enhance instruction.
Scientific Based Research: Marzano, Robert J. (2003), "What works in schools," Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Actions Person Responsible Timeline Resources Source of Funds
The Danville School District will provide professional development to certified and paraprofessional staff to include, but not be limited to, OdysseyWare, HIVE data disaggregation, Higher-order thinking strategies for instruction, Compass Learning, STAR assessment, TLI interim formative assessments, reading/writing strategies, parental involvement, technology, AR History, math instructional strategies, data analysis, SmartBoard technology, and ACSIP development in order to meet and exceed the "Highly Qualified" standards set forth by ESEA/No Child Left Behind.
Action Type: AIP/IRI
Action Type: Professional Development
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Nolan Bryant, High School Principal, Nancy Barrick, Elementary Principal, Ginny Huckaba Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Outside Consultants
  • Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will provide administrative support for the improvement of math and literacy scores through the use of a literacy instructional facilitator, curriculum coordinator and outside consultants. This action will ensure meeting as well as exceeding state requirement. The District will continue providing supplemental student instructional support through Title I for the purpose of improving students' math and literacy assessment scores. Compass Learning site licenses will be purchased to allow for additional lab time. OdysseyWare site licenses will be purchased to supplement student instruction both within and outside of the school day. Services of The Learning Institute will be purchased for interim formative assessments in math, literacy and science, core reading guides in literacy, science curriculum resources, and individual student interventions. This exceeds state requirement.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Professional Development
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Randy Isely, Instructional Facilitator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • District Staff
  • Outside Consultants
  • Teaching Aids
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will support professional development delivered by Arch Ford Educational Cooperative specialists (Nancy Via, Madelon Cheatham, Christy Trantina, Aimee Evans, Tammy Rainey, Nina Magie, Tanya Newton, Teresa Parish, Janis Winfrey, and Angie Zimmerman), district curriculum coordinator, literacy instructional facilitator, and outside consultants (including but not limited to Javier Taylor, STEM at ATU and Belinda Robertson, STEM at UCA)for teachers and paraprofessionals to improve scores on the NRT, Benchmark tests, and End of Course tests. This exceeds state requirements.
Action Type: Professional Development
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • Outside Consultants
PD (State-223) - Other Objects:$50.00
PD (State-223) - Purchased Services:$5200.00
PD (State-223) - Materials & Supplies:$500.00
ACTION BUDGET:$5750
The Danville School District will support parental involvement activities in the schools by maintaining the Parent Center that assists parents in guiding, influencing and collaborating with faculty/staff on the academic achievement of their child. The district will conduct an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the Parent Involvement Policy by conducting a parent survey.
Action Type: AIP/IRI
Action Type: Parental Engagement
 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • District Staff
  • Teaching Aids
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will support the schools in the provision of materials and supplies for homeless students on an individual basis. This exceeds state requirement.
Action Type: Equity
 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • Community Leaders
  • District Staff
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will support teachers and schools through the provision of instructional materials and supplies including, but not limited to, math, science and literacy instruction in an integrated manner throughout the content areas in all schools. This is for the purpose of supporting effective instruction and increased student achievement in these subject areas. This exceeds state requirement.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
Action Type: Title I Schoolwide
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
Title I - Materials & Supplies:$9224.52
ACTION BUDGET:$9224.52
The Danville School District will provide the needed support to purchase materials and supplies in both English and Spanish for the Parent Involvement Center and school forms to help parents of both cultures in involvement in school policies and school activities. Education in issues involving drugs, bullying, alcohol, fighting, and healthy eating will be part of the information provided to parents.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Parental Engagement
 Ginny Huckaba, Curr. Coordinator, Phyllis Dickey, Parent Facilitator, Doug Sanders, Parent Facilitator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • District Staff
  • Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will recruit and retain a highly-qualified teaching staff. A curriculum coordinator(1.0 FTE) will be employed to provide assistance in curriculum alignment and instructional supervision. In order to attain its goal of recruiting and retaining HQ staff, the District will maintain its salary schedule above the state-required minimum and supplement salaries with a one-time bonus from NSLA monies using the NSLA flexibility rules, fund availablity permitting. This exceeds state requirement. Action Type: Alignment
Action Type: Alignment
 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Teachers
NSLA (State-281) - Employee Benefits:$32300.51
NSLA (State-281) - Employee Salaries:$138682.00
General Revenue:$96000.00
ELL (State-276) - Employee Benefits:$506.00
ELL (State-276) - Employee Salaries:$4000.00
ACTION BUDGET:$271488.51
The Danville School District will provide professional development, exceeding state requirement, to meet the needs of students and staff by expending professional-development funds on approved programs as identified in the rules governing ACSIP and in each school's ACSIP plan. The district will participate in the Arch Ford Educational Service Cooperative professional development consortium to insure a continuous source of highly quality professional development course offerings. Content specialists from Arch Ford will be utilized both at the Arch Ford location and in the Danville district, to provide ongoing support to teachers. Professional development funds will be used to pay registration fees and travel expenses.
Action Type: Professional Development
 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Outside Consultants
  • Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville Public School District will partner with the Western Yell County School District to provide an Alternative Learning Environment to meet the goals of eliminating traditional barriers to student learning and providing a non-traditional, flexible program to improve student achievement in the core academic subjects for students. An ALE bus (.5 FTE) will transport students to the WYC campus. ALE and NSLA funds will be used to purchase the OdysseyWare educational web-based software to be used by ALE teaching staff to enhance instruction to their students. OdysseyWare will be used both in the ALE classroom. OdysseyWare will also be used to enhance the regular classroom instruction, remedial instruction and out-of-school tutoring of Danville non-ALE students (exceeding state requirement). Professional development will be provided to teachers on the use of OdysseyWare instructional software. The goal for students in the ALE program is to re-integrate back into a traditional classroom environment and completion of the requirements to earn a high school diploma. The program evaluation will be the data showing the rate of successful high school graduation of ALE students.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Professional Development
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Nolan Bryant, Principal Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Computers
  • District Staff
  • Outside Consultants
  • Teachers
ALE (State-275) - Employee Benefits:$880.00
ALE (State-275) - Employee Salaries:$3950.00
ACTION BUDGET:$4830
The district will provide support to special education teachers and students by paying for the special education administrative services from the Arch Ford Educational Service Cooperative in the form of a Special Education Supervisor and appraisal testing.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Special Education
 Tammy Rainey, Sp Ed Supervisor Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Outside Consultants
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will be in compliance with the schoolwide components for Schoolwide Title I schools and will exceed state requirement in: needs assessment, alignment, instruction from highly qualified teachers, professional development, recruitment and retention of highly-qualified teachers, parental involvement, transition, collaboration, point-in-time remediation, and coordination of federal and state funds.
Action Type: Collaboration
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Professional Development
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coodinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Teachers
  • Title Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will support the use of NSLA and Title I funds for the following programs that are shown and budgeted throughout the ACSIP district and school plans (and exceeds state requirements): literacy instructional facilitator, supplemental music/band teacher, Compass computer lab supervisor, Renaissance Learning (Star Assessment and Accelerated Reader), OdysseyWare, TLI interim formative assessments (for program evaluations) and professional development, student tutoring before and after school and in summer, additional stipend for parental involvement facilitators, purchase of additional technology, including but not limited to: OdysseyWare, BrainPop and Compass Learning on-line student subscriptions, calculators, math instructional supplies, science equipment, Smart View, Math Tools, BrainPop, Senteo student response systems, math, science and literacy instructional materials. This exceeds state requirement. Title I and NSLA funds will be used to provide professional development to K-12 math, science and literacy teachers including, but not limited to, instructional materials, registration fee and travel expenses.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Program Evaluation
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
Title I - Purchased Services:$15300.00
ACTION BUDGET:$15300
The Danville Public School District will ensure that an annual Title I parent meeting is conducted at every school to inform parents of their right to involvement in planning, reviewing and improving parent programs, the curriculum used to deliver instruction, the types of local assessments used, and their student's level of proficiency. The district will supervise the meeting of federal requirements for Title I parent meetings (meetings' agendas and parent sign-in sheets will be maintained as documentation). The district will ensure that schools provide annual training to parent volunteers according to Act 397 of 2009.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Nancy Barrick, Principal, Nolan Bryant, Principal Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will, on an annual basis, supervise the development and distribution at each school of a Student/Parent/School Compact that outlines school, parent, and student responsibilities for improved student academic achievement. Signed compacts will be maintained at each school by the building principal and his/her designee.
Action Type: Parental Engagement
Action Type: Title I Schoolwide
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • District Staff
  • Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will provide support and information to the high school (WSI-1) so that the requirements of whole-school improvement, year 1, are met. The Danville School district will ensure that peer reviews of school ACSIP plans are conducted and documented. The district will also see to it that parents are notified of schools' school improvement status as well as School Choice and SES information that is relevant to the school's improvement status that their child attends.
Action Type: Equity
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • District Staff
  • Teachers
ACTION BUDGET:$
In order to support student learning and to increase speed and greatest student-user access to technology and on-line learning programs, such as Accelerated Reader, Compass Learning, OdysseyWare, Discovery Education, The Learning Institute, BrainPop, and STAR Assessment, Danville School District will purchase a file server, load balancing router and SonicWall firewall for content filtering.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ron Laster, Technology Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
  • Administrative Staff
  • Central Office
  • Computers
  • District Staff
  • Outside Consultants
ACTION BUDGET:$
The Danville School District will pay a portion of a master teacher's salary(.5540 FTE) with Title II-A funds to provide ongoing professional development to district teachers in the implementation of standards-based best practices of literacy instruction in grades K-12. This exceeds state requirement.
Action Type: Professional Development
 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
End: 06/30/2011
    Title II-A - Employee Salaries:$25205.25
    Title II-A - Employee Benefits:$6670.28
    ACTION BUDGET:$31875.53
    In accordance with Act 397 of 2009, the Danville School District will ensure that teachers are provided two hours and administrators are provided three hours of parental engagement strategies' professional development annually.
    Action Type: Parental Engagement
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2010
    • Administrative Staff
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The district will ensure that parents have received (mailed) written notification of the high school's Whole School Improvment Year 1 status, 14 days prior to the start of school. The letter will also inform parents of the requirement of providing the option of School Choice with the explanation that the district is unable to provide this given that there is only one high school in the district. As required by mandate, 20% of Title I allocation will be set-aside for School Choice transportation.
    Action Type: Equity
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 06/30/2010
    End: 07/01/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    Title I - Purchased Services:$0.00
    Local Revenue:$31000.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$31000
    Total Budget:$369468.56
    Priority 2: All students in the Danville public schools will show that they perceive school as a safe place in which to learn and achieve academically. There will be adequate yearly progress of students scoring below proficient on the ACTAAP mathematics and literacy state exams.
    Supporting Data:
    1. In school plans.
    2. In school plans.
    3. In school plans.
    GoalAll Danville public school students will be provided a safe learning environment so that they may reach their maximum achievement potential in mathematics and literacy.
    BenchmarkIt is the goal of the Danville Public School District that all students perceive their school as a safe place in which to learn and achieve academically. There will be adequate yearly progress of students scoring below proficient on the ACTAAP mathematics and literacy state exams. Students not riding buses to school will have a safe zone of passage, including adult supervision of major street crossings. The precentage of parents participating in school activities and volunteerism will increase. The percentage of Danville School students participating in drug (and alcohol) use, bullying or fighting will be reduced.
    Intervention: A district school resource officer (SRO) will work with students with an emphasis on working with at-risk students and students in subpopulation groups so that all students are provided a safe and drug-free learning environment. Support during times of crises will be provided to students by the SRO who will also be available throughout the school day and year to provide support and safe-schools, safe-practices information to students.
    Scientific Based Research: Finn, Peter. Comparison of Program Activities and Lessons Learned among Nineteen School Resource Officer (SRO) Programs. February 2005. Doc No 209272. Center for the Prevention of School Violence. Safe Schools: Academic Success Depends on it, The Challenge, Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Volume 14. Retrieved October 1, 2008 from http://www.thechallenge.org/vol14_2/safe.html Goals 2000, Exemplary and Promising Safe, Discipline Drug Free Schools, U.S. Dept. of Education, 2001. Gaddy, Gary D., High School Order and Academic Achievement, American Journal of Education (August 1988); 496-518.
    Actions Person Responsible Timeline Resources Source of Funds
    The Danville Public School District will employ a school resource officer (.0118 FTE-title IV-A, .9882 FTE-Op)to be visible on the campus to interact with students in the halls, cafeteria, and on school grounds. The SRO will counsel on safety issues, advise on student behavioral issues and keep the principal knowledgeable of any off-campus events that may impact the school. The SRO will be available to students to provide information and education on issues related to drugs, alcohol, bullying and fighting. This is to provide support for a learning environment conducive for optimal student learning and academic success. This exceeds state requirements.
    Action Type: Equity
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    Title IV-A - Employee Salaries:$250.00
    Title IV-A - Employee Benefits:$58.84
    General Revenue:$21249.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$21557.84
    The Danville School District will use purchased surveillance equipment (cameras) to increase safety for students. This exceeds state requirement.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Technology Inclusion
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ronald Laster, Technology Coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Computers
    • District Staff
    Title IV-A - Materials & Supplies:$308.84
    ACTION BUDGET:$308.84
    Danville Public Schools will provide character education materials and speakers, as well as family activities, to promote drug-free and anti-bullying educational activities. In addition, the district will sponsor community service announcements on local radio stations that promote a safe and drug-free home environment. This exceeds state requirement.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Parental Engagement
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Nolan Bryant, Principal, Nancy Barrick, Principal Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    • Teaching Aids
    Title IV-A - Purchased Services:$154.42
    ACTION BUDGET:$154.42
    Total Budget:$22021.1
    Priority 3: Danville Public Schools will, in order to provide support for student wellness and healthy lifestyle choices, take action to address and improve the wellness needs of its students.
    Supporting Data:
    1. In school plans.
    GoalThe Danville School District will provide support for students in making Healthy Lifestyle Choices by implementing systems to aid in decreasing the average BMI on routine annual student screening and increasing collaboration between all segments of the school community in support of positive lifestyle choices.
    BenchmarkBy the SY2007-08 there will be a decrease of the average Body Mass Index for studetns by 1/2% as evaluated by the annual Body Mass Index Screening.
    Intervention: Administrative Support for Wellness
    Scientific Based Research: Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 103(7): 887-93. 2003.NAL Call Number 289.8 Am34 Position of the American Dietetic Association: Child and adolescent food and nutrition programs. J. Stang, C.T. Bayerl. Clinical Pediatrics, 40(2): 63-70.2001.NAL Call Number:RJ1-C55, Behavorial and cognitive status in school-aged children with a history of failure to thrive during early childhood. R.A. Dykman, et al.
    Actions Person Responsible Timeline Resources Source of Funds
    The Danville School District Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee will maintain updated district wellness policies--which will be approved by the district school board. Policies include the five (5) federal requirements: Goals for nutrition education, physical activity and other school-based activities, Nutrition guidelines, Guidelines for reimburseable school meals, a Plan for measuring implementation of the local wellness policy, and Community involvement. The wellness policy statement has been submitted to ADE, Child Nutrition Unit, per the required submission deadline guidelines. The committee will monitor the Goals and will evaluate the effectiveness of interventions by reviewing data results, and other assessment related to Wellness (School Health Index Modules, Wellness Policy Checklist, etc.).
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    General Revenue:$500.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$500
    The Danville School District will: (1) provide support to schools to ensure successful implementation of the Wellness Policies; (2) provide resources and professional development to District and School staff to improve the overall school nutrition environment; and (3) will promote the health, physical education and physical activity curricula and (4) student health. Support will be provided to schools to ensure each one provides a pleasant and healthy environment and monitors schedules/other factors that may interfere with students' access to health information and resources. Program Evaluation: School Health Index (SHI) Modules will be used to evaluate effectiveness.
    Action Type: Professional Development
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Teachers
    General Revenue:$500.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$500
    The Danville School District will support schools in the alignment and implementation of the current Arkansas Nutrition and Physical Education and Physical Activity Standards and Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks. Resources, professional development opportunities and training will be provided to increase knowledge and advance skills for successful implementation. This exceeds state requirement.
    Action Type: Alignment
    Action Type: Professional Development
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    General Revenue:$500.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$500
    The Danville School District will maintain Point of Service (POS) software and equipment to help parents and staff guide an individual child's healthy meal choices.
    Action Type: Parental Engagement
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Marcia Tramel, FSD Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • District Staff
    General Revenue:$388.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$388
    Total Budget:$1888
    Intervention: Schools will implement practices to provide opportunities for students to practice healthy behaviors at school and encourage them to make healthy food and physical activity choices resulting in increased academic performance.
    Scientific Based Research: Guidelines for School Health Programs to promote Lifelong Healthy Eating (June 14, 1996/Vol. 45/No. RR-9); Guidelines for School Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity (March 7, 1997/Vol.46/No. RR-6).
    Actions Person Responsible Timeline Resources Source of Funds
    The Danville School District will support the schools in making physical activity and healthy foods widely available in all areas of the school campus and encourage students to make healthy behavior choices outside the school.
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Wellness committee Chair, Marcia Tramel, District Nutrition Direc Start: 08/01/2009
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Teachers
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will support schools offering the students choices of: two(2) entrees offered daily at lunch; two (2) choices of fruit or 100% fruit juice offered daily at lunch; two (2) choices of vegetables offered daily at lunch; and five (5) foods containing whole grain offered weekly.
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Marcia Tramel, District Nutrition Director Start: 08/19/2009
    End: 01/20/2010
    • Administrative Staff
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will involve parents in physical activity and nutrition education through homework, national school lunch program menus, and parent meeting presentations and professional development activities. Professional development will focus on physical activity and nutrition education, and health risk indicators that compromise sudents ability to perform academically. This exceeds state requirement.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Parental Engagement
    Action Type: Professional Development
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 08/19/2009
    End: 06/01/2010
    • Administrative Staff
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Teachers
    General Revenue:$500.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$500
    The Danville School District will support schools in using curricula that educate about healthy choices, including the following: "Media Smart Youth" to support healthy lifestyle choices and critical thinging skills; "Planet Health" middle-school nutrition and physical education curriculum; and marketing education that encourages student to make healthy food and physical activity choices (such as "Portion Distortion"--Obesity Education Initiative). All curricula will be aligned with Arkansas Frameworks (P.E., health, career technical education frameworks).
    Action Type: Alignment
    Action Type: Collaboration
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Nancy Barrick, Principal Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will create, communicate and enforce a policy eliminating advertising of foods and beverages on school property.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Parental Engagement
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will support schools in providing marketing education that encourages student to make healthy food and physical activity choices. (Exp. "Portion Distortion" slide presentation by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Obesity Education Initiative). Curriiculum will be integrated and aligned with Arkanss health and Physical education Frameworks and Career technical Education Frameworks.
    Action Type: Alignment
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 08/19/2009
    End: 06/01/2010
    • Administrative Staff
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will apply for a grant to develop and implement the Coordinated School Health Program.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 08/19/2009
    End: 06/01/2010
    • Administrative Staff
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will ensure that the Wellness Committee will observe and assist in the evaluation of the various methods used to distribute and collect free and reduced price meal applications as well as the student collection procedures to support the Child Nutrition Director in making appropriate changes that improve access to the program by all students. The Danville School District will ensure that the Wellness Committee will evaluate the effectiveness of the Health program by conducting pre and post assessment of School Health Index Module results and surveys given to students and teachers.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Equity
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    Action Type: Wellness
    		 Marcia Tramel, District Nutrition Director Start: 08/19/2009
    End: 06/01/2010
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Community Leaders
    • District Staff
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    Total Budget:$500
    Priority 4: Danville School District will reduce the disproportionality of caucasian students to hispanic students in special education to within one (1) standard deviation of the state average by the end of the 2008-09 school year.
    Supporting Data:
    1. All supporting Data Statements are contained in the three school ACSIP plans. Supporting data is not contained here per instructions from the ADE support team in ACSIP.
    GoalThe Danville School District will reduce the relative proportion of hispanic students to caucasian students receiving special education services to within one standard deviation of the state average by the end of the 2010-11 school year.
    BenchmarkDanville Public Schools will meet monitoring and ACSIP Special Education data guidelines for disproportionality by the end of the 2008-09 school year.
    Intervention: Danville Public Schools will refine the special education pre-referral process to ensure an equitable education for all students. Federal and state regulations will be followed in the placement of students into the special education services program.
    Scientific Based Research: Beck, Ray. (1995) Responding to Individual Differences in Education. Longmont, CO. Sopris West Educational Services.
    Actions Person Responsible Timeline Resources Source of Funds
    A pre-refferal committee will be formed, consisting of principal, counselor, teacher and special education designee and a referral process will be used. PROGRAM EVALUATION: The effectiveness of this action will be evaluated by comparing the number of students referred to and placed in special education services to previous years' data.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Parental Engagement
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    Action Type: Special Education
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Tammy Rainey, LEA Supervisor, Nancy Barrick, principal, Nolan Bryant, principal Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    • Teaching Aids
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    Special Education will receive money for supplies, materials, and transportation to work with IEP students (CEIS funds will not be used to make these purchases). All research-based materials will be approved by the principals and literacy and math coaches. PROGRAM EVALUATION: A record of all supplies purchased will be kept seperate and identified as special education.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Professional Development
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    Action Type: Special Education
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Nolan Bryant, Principal, Nancy Barrick, principal, Tammy Rainey, LEA, Supervisor Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Computers
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    • Teaching Aids
    Special Grants:$9559.46
    ACTION BUDGET:$9559.46
    The district will provide students with relative Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) at all schools with the goal of reducing the proportion of hispanic students to caucasian students receiving special education services to within 1 standard deviation of the state average by the end of each of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. PROGRAM EVALUATION: The examination of special education enrollment data to determine if proportionality has been achieved.
    Action Type: Equity
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    Action Type: Special Education
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Tammy Rainey, LEA Supervisor Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • District Staff
    • Teachers
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    District administration will provide teachers responsible for working with students in the regular classroom who are at risk of being referred for special education services with professional development in Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS), the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) strategies and other supporting instructional strategies. The purpose of the professional development is to reduce the disproportionate number of hispanic students relative to caucasian students receiving special education services. PROGRAM EVALUATION: Examination of special education student enrollment for caucasian and hispanic students during the school years 2010-11 and 2011-12 for proportionality will be conducted. This exceeds state requirement.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Equity
    Action Type: Professional Development
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    Action Type: Special Education
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Curriculum Coordinator, Tammy Rainey, LEA supervisor, Nancy Barrick, Pr Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    Special Grants:$1522.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$1522
    Administrative support will be provided to schools in reduction of disproportionality of hispanic students relative to caucasian students receiving special education services. Danville School District will provide support and professional development for Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) and Response To Intervention (RTI) for teachers and paraprofessional staff responsible for providing academic interventions for students at risk of being recommended for special education services. PROGRAM EVALUATION: The number of students receiving CEIS and RTI interventions in the regular classroom who are then referred for special education services will be used to determine the effectiveness of the action. This exceeds state requirement.
    Action Type: Collaboration
    Action Type: Equity
    Action Type: Professional Development
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    Action Type: Special Education
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Tammy Rainey, LEA Supervisor Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • District Staff
    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    Special Grants:$25897.00
    ACTION BUDGET:$25897
    Total Budget:$36978.46
    Priority 5: The Danville School District will offer a comperhensive education program to all K-12 English Language Learner students.
    Supporting Data:
    1. Supporting data is contained within the schools' ACSIP plans.
    GoalAll students served in the Danville ESL program will demonstrate proficiency on the literacy and math Benchmark and End-of-Course Exams. For K-2 students, proficiency will be computed using state guidelines for converting norm-referenced test scores.
    BenchmarkAll students will score proficient or advanced on the Benchmark and/or End-of-Course Exams. Each grade will increase the percentage of Hispanic students scoring proficient or advanced by 5%.
    Intervention: The Danville School District will provide a balanced ESL program that will prepare English Language Learners (ELLs) to function in both academic and social areas of their student lives. The district's goal is to have students succeed in the content areas while learning academic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing as well as mathematics.
    Scientific Based Research: Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers, 2009, Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman.
    Actions Person Responsible Timeline Resources Source of Funds
    The district will enable schools to design instruction using the 5 Basic Principles for Teaching English Language Learners: Increasing Comprehensibility, Increasing Interaction, Increasing Thinking and Study Skills, Increasing Academic Language and Increasing Making Connections. Materials will be used that are appropriate for the grade of each student. Expenditures will be budgeted in the schools' ACSIP.
    Action Type: Equity
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
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    • Outside Consultants
    • Teachers
    • Teaching Aids
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    PROGRAM EVALUATION: The ESL program will be evaluated annually to determine the effectiveness. The following data will be used to evaluate the ESL program's effectiveness: The most current ELDA scores to measure the Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO's) as well as criterion-referenced test results.
    Action Type: Equity
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    		 Krista Geurian, ESL coordinator, Ginny Huckaba, Federal/curriculum coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • District Staff
    • Performance Assessments
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The Danville School District will utilize ESL-licensed staff and coordinator to work collaboratively with district and school staff to insure the implementation of comprehensive curriculum and supplemental instruction for K-12th grade English Language Learners.
    Action Type: Equity
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Federal/curriculum coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • District Staff
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The district will ensure that all ELL students will receive their primary instruction from grade level classroom teachers with additional co-taught instruction being provided through the hiring of ESL Inclusion teachers.
    Action Type: Equity
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • District Staff
    • Teachers
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    The district will provide training and support so that schools are able to provide a variety of resources, to include curriculum, instruction, supplies and materials, in order to address the educational needs of students including, but not limited to, the following subgroups: Alternative Learning Environment, Hispanic, LEP, ELL, Migrant, Economically Disadvantaged, and students receiving services under IDEA in order to remove barriers to learning. NSLA, and ELL funding will be used to pay a portion of a qualified paraprofessionals' salary (1.0 FTE) at the elementary school and substitute salary when necessary for data desegregation in math/literacy along with teaming interventions. ELL funding will be used to purchase equipment for use with ELL program including but not limited to computers with ELL students. ELL funding for these support services will be budgeted in the schools' ACSIP. Program evaluation: CWT data will be used to determine the level of implementation/use of programs that address the needs of these groups of students.
    Action Type: Equity
    Action Type: Program Evaluation
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent, Ginny Huckaba, Federal/curriculum coordinator, Krista Geurian, ESL coordinator Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
    • Administrative Staff
    • Central Office
    • Computers
    • District Staff
    • Teachers
    • Teaching Aids
    ACTION BUDGET:$
    A Spanish-speaking parent liaison shall be employed to serve as a contact and resource person for Spanish speaking parents, and assist parents with school, community, and family needs. This exceeds state requirement (.5 FTE). Funding is budgeted in schools' ACSIP.
    Action Type: Equity
    		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
    End: 06/30/2011
      ACTION BUDGET:$
      A paid parental involvement coordinator (.0184 FTE) (NSLA Funds) (exceeding state requirement) will be designated and will coordinate efforts to involve parents, teachers, and people from the community. Interpreters will be utilized for all Parent /Teacher conferences, parent meetings, and in the daily office setting to further enhance staff communication with parents. Funds budgeted in the schools' ACSIP.
      Action Type: Equity
      Action Type: Parental Engagement
      		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
      End: 06/30/2011
      • Administrative Staff
      • District Staff
      ACTION BUDGET:$
      In response to 57% Hispanic student population and to allow all students the opportunity to become English language proficient as well as literacy proficient, ELL students will be provided additional instruction through inclusion classes. ELL funds and Title III funds will be used to pay a portion of a certified ELL teachers' salary(.2830 FTE-ELL. .7170 Title III) and an interpreter’s salary (1.0 FTE) that exceed state requirements. Funds budgeted in the schools' ACSIP.
      Action Type: Equity
      		 Alan Love, Superintendent Start: 07/01/2010
      End: 06/30/2011
      • Administrative Staff
      • District Staff
      • Teachers
      ACTION BUDGET:$
      Total Budget:$0
    • Planning Team

      Classification Name Position Committee
      Classroom Teacher Linda Sawyer ESL Teacher ACSIP Building Chair S. C. Tucker Elementary
      Classroom Teacher Shawn Hettinga Language Arts ACSIP Building Chair DMS
      District-Level Professional Alan Love Superintendent District
      District-Level Professional Ginny Huckaba Curriculum Coordinator District/District Chair
      District-Level Professional Nancy Barrick Principal Planning
      District-Level Professional Nolan Bryant Principal Planning
      Non-Classroom Professional Staff Andy Chisum Assistant Principal Planning
      Non-Classroom Professional Staff Anita Harper Business Manager Planning
      Non-Classroom Professional Staff Kim Foster Media Specialist ACSIP Building Chair DHS
      Non-Classroom Professional Staff Randy Isely Instructional Facilitator for Literacy Planning
      Non-Classroom Professional Staff Ron Laster Director of Technology Planning
      Parent Jan Cathey Committee Member ACSIP Wellness