Cynthia Andersen

The document outlines the Workforce Development Program MBO Plan for Advanced Technology Academy for the 2023-2024 school year. It focuses on providing students with interdisciplinary learning experiences, career readiness, and opportunities for college credit through partnerships with various universities and trade programs. The plan emphasizes preparing students for careers in business, engineering, healthcare, and technology, with goals including increasing access to CTE programs, expanding work-based learning experiences, and ensuring students have post-secondary plans. It also highlights various programs such as Early Middle College, dual enrollment, and summer internships.

The strategic plan for Advanced Technology Academy focuses on leveraging the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) to ensure secondary and postsecondary learners with disabilities have access to high-quality CTE programs and instruction. Key areas of focus include providing high-quality career guidance, leveraging data to close equity gaps, providing professional development to staff, and ensuring access to high-quality work-based learning opportunities for learners with disabilities.

The Academy Board of Directors held a meeting to address the requirements of the extended COVID-19 learning plan (ECLP) legislation. The board confirmed that instruction would continue to be delivered virtually or in a hybrid format for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year, with virtual students having opportunities for on-site services. Public comment was solicited from parents or legal guardians of enrolled pupils. The board also announced the weekly two-way interaction rates between students and teachers, making these rates accessible through the transparency reporting link on the Academy's website.

The Advanced Technology Academy Board approved the acquisition of a Mobile Technology Learning Lab, specifically a Thor Outlaw Model 29J Class C Motor Coach, to engage students in their community and improve participation, attendance, and class completion. The purchase is supported by grant funding from the Michigan Department of Education through the federal CARES Act Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). The Mobile Technology Learning Lab will be equipped with teaching technologies and tools to provide satellite class instruction and address learning loss through supplemental content and interventions. The board approved the purchase from Sirpilla RV Centers, Akron OH, contingent on the Michigan Department of Education's approval of the revised MTLL to a Class C Motor Coach.

The school improvement plan is designed to improve student achievement and address system needs through goals focused on mathematics, reading, science, social studies, and writing. Key strategies include one-on-one and small group instruction, professional development for teachers, and departmentalized content instruction. The plan aims to increase proficiency in core subjects, reduce achievement gaps among subgroups, and enhance parental involvement.