District and Community Activities / Cross Sector Work / Administrative Effectiveness / Teacher Effectiveness / Instructional Tools / Learning Environments / Data Driven Improvement / Family Engagement / Continuity and Pathways / District and Community Activities
Governance / Visible Leadership / Focus on Instruction / Standards / Culturally Inclusive / Child- Based Data / Core Priority / Access and Continuity of Services
·  Director of Early Learning & EL coordinator
·  Diverse PreK-3 Advisory Committee
·  Board Director
·  Edivate (PD 360) / ·  Director of Early Learning
·  Early Learning Coordinator
·  Chief Officer of Academic and Innovations
·  Heritage University Administrative Leadership ELL Class (12 central office and building administrators enrolled in yearlong program)
·  3 KSD staff and a board member enrolled in UW P-3 Institute
·  Learning Walks / ·  Building math content via P5 Math Grant
·  Outreach to feeder preschool and co-professional development for KSD teachers, ECEAP/Head Start and feeder preschool teachers planned for winter 2016
·  PK-6 ELA professional development (pull out and embedded for Journeys, Expeditionary Learning and ARC/IRLA reading assessment
·  Coaching Network
·  CEL (Instructional Framework)
·  CEL 5D Framework and State 8 Criteria / ·  Adoption & implementation of CCSS (implementation complete in 2014-2015 school year & NGSS (implementation to begin in 2015-2016 school year). This year a volunteer cohort participating in an online study / ·  Providing Ready! In Spanish
·  Equity Committee in process of developing Board Equity Policy & Procedure including culturally responsive PD for all staff.
·  CEL 5 D evaluation rubric
·  Bilingual, dual language classrooms three schools & expanding to two more schools in 2015-2016
·  PreK classroom – ECEAP, Title, developmental & collaboration with KYFS Head start & ECEAP / ·  WaKIDS/TS GOLD in the Fall
·  SBA annually
·  IRLA 3 times annually
·  iReady 3 times annually
·  coGAT
·  Wa-AIMS / ·  Ready! For K parent classes
·  PASA (Parent Academy of Student Achievement)
·  Family Engagement is an explicit goal/priority
·  Use of Edivate to connect families to learning and professional development
·  Vroom
·  Families in the Driver’s Seat: Parent-Driven Lessons and Guidelines for Collective Engagement. Developed by KSD Design Team comprised of parents, teachers, principals, district administrators, & UW researchers, the curriculum was designed to be taught by families for families and includes lessons and design principles driven by parent priorities for both content and pedagogy.
·  / ·  Jumpstart August 2014 &15
·  22 KSD schools implementing WaKIDS in 2015-2016
·  ECEAP Preschool at Kent Valley Early Learning Center with 20 students.
·  Connected to existing Play Learn groups in Kent
·  Let’s Read Campaign – connect with providers
·  Growth of 4-8 link
·  STEAM partnership Birch Creek-East Hill
·  Kindergarten Academy at Birch Creek
·  Ready! for Kindergarten Parent classes
Strategic Plans / Foster Teamwork / Visible Practice / Curricula / Promote Relationships / School/Program-based Data / Two Way Communication / PreK-3rd Grade Pathways
·  P-3B Action Plan
·  Additional strategic plan/integration into new district-wide strategic plan during next strategic plan development process
·  RttT Universal Kindergarten Registration Campaign / ·  Director of Early Learning is beginning to establish this
·  Learning communities/PLCs PK-3
·  DST Team work / ·  Beginning to Align Language Acquisition Standard and math Standards
·  Blended classrooms
·  Math Labs (Studios)
·  ELA Labs (Studios)
·  Learning Walks / ·  KSD K-3 ELA & k-12 math frameworks developed
·  English Language Proficiency Standards aligned to CCSS & NGSS
·  K-6 Journey’s & Expeditionary Learning ELA curricula
·  Preschools SPLASH curriculum / ·  Inviting Families and Licensed Child Care Providers for Ready! For K Program.
·  Learning walks/lab site visits to inform PD for teachers, admin and coaches / ·  WaKIDS data identifies patterns of achievement across sub-groups of children
·  Jumpstart and Ready for K! attendance and other data
·  TS GOLD data for incoming kindergarten students from feeder preschools that use TS GOLD / ·  Ready! For K sessions with families and providers
·  WaKIDS family connection meetings
·  Kindergarten Round Up events
·  School Success Workshop - KCHA, City of Kent and KSD
·  Translation services in person , on the phone and online / ·  Jumpstart
·  Ready for K!
·  Formal Partnerships with multiple Community Based Organizations and feeder preschools
·  K transition plan
·  Free Play & Learn groups at KSD CBO’s
·  Partnerships with other ECEAP & Head Start providers in Kent – KYFS & Learning Land
Funding / Instructional Leadership / Work as Teams / Assessments / Structured to Support Diverse Learners / Sources for Data:
KSD Data Dashboard
Homeroom
SchoolPace
iReady
EWIS
Skyward
TS GOLD / Shared Leadership/ Decision Making / Career & Technical Education
·  High school courses: Careers with Children Careers in Education
·  Kentridge learning lab preschool
·  Kentwood learning lab childcare
·  Kent Meridian Green River College Career Pathway Program of Study for education careers & Early Childhood Education
·  Two sources of public funds: District and RTTT
·  One source of private funds/”glue money”:P-5 Math Gates Foundation
·  ECEAP grant (20 slots)
·  2 Title I funded preschools (Park Orchard and Meridian) / ·  Board Director, Director of Early Learning, Early Learning Coordinator will be attending the UW P-3 Leadership Institute
·  Director of Early Learning collaborates with across districts
·  EL Team Attends regional PD (RTTT)
·  Use of WaKIDS data to inform coaching and PD
·  Coaching Network / ·  Partner with Seattle and Federal Way for P-5 math labs
·  Partner with Licensed child care providers to provide Ready! K curricula 2015-2016 school year.
·  Use CLASS, ECERS, TS GOLD / ·  WaKIDS TS Gold
·  Smarter Balanced Assessment
·  American Reading Comp Ind. Reading Level Assessment (IRLA)
·  iReady – math & reading comprehension
·  coGAT
·  Wa-AIMS / ·  Sheltered instruction
·  English Language Learners Administrator Academy
·  Subsidized degree & certification programs in English Language Learning (Seattle University) for KSD teachers to prepare to earn ELL endorsement –
·  English Language Proficiency Standards alignment and professional develop for all staff
·  Inclusive Education & Highly Capable / ·  This is new work happening.
·  Parent and community based childcare and preschool representation on Early Learning Advisory Committee
·  School- parent compact at Title Schools
·  Childfind