Shelley Johnson

This document outlines the mission and goals for Valley Springs School District, aiming to develop students into confident, participating, and contributing citizens. Key strategic areas include providing a safe and positive learning environment, supporting building-level improvement programs, increasing student performance on state assessments, fostering teacher professional development, and enhancing parental involvement. Additionally, the plan emphasizes academic excellence, rigorous curriculum, individualized support, and data-driven instruction across elementary, middle, and high school levels, with a focus on continuous improvement and student well-being.

This document outlines the mission of Valley Springs Public Schools to develop each student into a confident, participating, continually learning, and positively contributing citizen. Key strategic goals include providing a safe and positive learning environment, supporting building-level improvement programs, increasing student performance on state assessments, facilitating teacher professional development, and enhancing parental involvement and home-school connections.

This document outlines the Valley Springs School District's comprehensive School Counseling Plan for 2025-2026. The plan aims to meet the developmental needs of all students, ensure maximum educational benefit, and provide experiences for personal growth and satisfaction, with a strong emphasis on prevention and proactive support through a Multi-Tiered System of Support. Key focus areas include fostering academic excellence, providing social-emotional support, promoting career exploration and planning, and implementing suicide and bullying prevention strategies across elementary, middle, and high school levels. The plan seeks to empower students to become positive, contributing, and responsible citizens, prepared for future success, through individual, group, and large-group counseling, consultation, coordination, and strong parental and community involvement.

This school improvement plan outlines strategies to enhance student achievement and growth across ELA, Math, Science, and Reading. Key priorities include identifying student weaknesses, implementing targeted interventions through a tiered Response to Intervention (RTI) process, and aligning curriculum and assessment with Arkansas Standards. The plan emphasizes professional development for educators, frequent standards-based assessments, and collaborative instructional teams to analyze data and refine instructional practices. A specific literacy plan for 2025-2026 details professional development initiatives, educator responsibilities, student identification and intervention protocols, and strategies for parent and community engagement to improve reading proficiency.

This improvement plan for Valley Springs High School outlines strategies to enhance student achievement in ELA and Math, identify specific weaknesses, and provide targeted interventions through a multi-tiered system of support (RTI). Key focus areas include aligning instruction with Arkansas Standards, developing curriculum and assessment, and implementing a tiered system of instructional and behavioral supports. The plan also aims to expand academic and career opportunities, such as Precision Ag, AP Precalculus, concurrent credits, internships, and 'adulting classes,' while utilizing student learning data to inform instruction and provide comprehensive dyslexia screening and interventions.