Jeff Banfield

This document outlines the District Technology Plan for Barbourville Independent School for the 2025-2026 academic years. It serves as a strategic roadmap designed to enhance curriculum and instruction integration, student technology literacy, professional development, and technology infrastructure. The plan is structured around key areas such as collaborative leadership, robust infrastructure and ecosystem, data security and privacy, strategic partnerships, digital learning and assessment, personalized professional learning, and effective use of space and time. It is aligned with the district's Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) and aims to support overall academic achievement, postsecondary readiness, and graduation rates.

This Comprehensive Improvement Plan for Districts outlines Barbourville Independent's strategy for enhancing student outcomes during the 2018-2019 school year. The plan focuses on six key goals: increasing student proficiency in core subjects and academic indicators, closing achievement gaps for identified subgroups, improving graduation rates, fostering student growth, and ensuring successful transition readiness for college or the workforce. Through these objectives, the district aims to systematically address priority needs, leverage resources, and build capacity for high-quality planning to support all students.

This transcript describes the "GEAR UP" program as a wraparound opportunity designed to provide services to students, families, and the community. The program aims to build foundational skills necessary for college and career readiness, emphasizing a coherent strategic approach to help individuals navigate these steps. The superintendent views GEAR UP as a game-changer for the district, representing its diversity and elevating it to a new level through expanded opportunities.

The Barbourville Independent School District's Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) focuses on improving student performance in reading, math, science, social studies, and writing, addressing achievement gaps, and enhancing school climate and safety. Specific goals include increasing the percentage of students scoring proficient/distinguished and decreasing the percentage scoring novice in these subject areas. The plan also aims to improve postsecondary readiness by ensuring a high percentage of students transition to college or the workforce and maintain a high graduation rate. Strategies include data analysis, professional development, differentiated instruction, targeted interventions (KyMTSS), and community partnerships. Funding sources include grants (PRI, ELGIN), Title I, Title II, and district funds.

Barbourville Independent School aims to decrease the gap in paid and free/reduced lunch programs by 1%. The strategy involves designing instruction aligned to the new Kentucky Academic Standards and providing interventions during the school day for gap students scoring in the bottom for reading and math at each grade level. Progress will be monitored through universal screeners, probes, state assessment results, and classroom assessments. The funding mechanisms include ESS, Gear Up grant, and general funds if needed.