Erica Covington

This comprehensive plan outlines the Benton Area School District's commitment to providing diverse opportunities and an evolving educational environment for student success. Key strategic priorities include enhancing instructional practices, with specific measurable goals to increase math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates by 5% over a two-year period, utilizing data collection and analysis to inform daily instruction and address individual student needs. The plan also focuses on leveraging strengths in career readiness, K-6 attendance, science/math scores, and high school graduation rates, while providing student-centered supports and continuously improving leadership and teaching effectiveness.

The strategic plan focuses on special education services within the Benton Area School District. It covers various aspects including identification methods for students with specific learning disabilities, oversight of non-resident and incarcerated students, least restrictive environment practices, positive behavior support, and special education personnel development. The plan emphasizes compliance with state and federal guidelines, inclusion of students with disabilities in general education programs, and the use of data-driven decision-making to enhance services and programs.

The Benton Area School District's District Level Plan focuses on providing an excellent education to maximize the potential of all students and prepare them for the challenges of work and life. Key priorities include ensuring all students have the opportunity to succeed, encouraging lifelong learning, fostering community responsibility, and focusing the curriculum on basic skills in math, literacy, science, and history. The plan also emphasizes creating a positive, drug-free learning environment, promoting technology use, providing remediation for standardized tests, and offering parents a secure website to monitor their child's progress.

The Benton Area School District's 2023-2026 Comprehensive Plan addresses key challenges and leverages existing strengths to improve student outcomes. The plan prioritizes enhancing math instruction through data-driven strategies, increasing math proficiency by 10% over two years. It also aims to expand career readiness by building partnerships with local businesses to provide more internship and cooperative placement opportunities for students. The plan focuses on improving high school attendance, addressing student needs in math and ELA across all grade levels, reducing the special education percentage, and providing support for economically disadvantaged and disabled students. The district will utilize its existing strengths in career readiness, K-8 attendance, science scores, high school graduation rates, and its established 339 plan to achieve these goals.