Powell County School District

This Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) outlines strategies for Powell County Schools to enhance student achievement, foster growth, and eliminate achievement gaps. The plan focuses on improving performance in reading and mathematics, elevating state assessment results in science, social studies, and writing, and ensuring a positive school climate, safety, and postsecondary readiness. It emphasizes data-driven strategies, professional development, and aligned support systems to achieve these educational objectives.

The Powell County School District's Recruitment & Retention Plan serves as a blueprint for attracting, developing, and retaining highly qualified teachers and staff, aiming to prepare and inspire students to be self-sufficient, responsible, and productive lifelong learners embodying the 4Cs. Key strategic areas include position advertising, competitive compensation and benefits, community support, ensuring qualified staffing, providing personalized and ongoing professional learning, and fostering a safe, supportive, and transparent culture and climate.

This Executive Summary outlines Powell County Schools' commitment to preparing every student for success in college, careers, and life. The plan focuses on five key priorities: strengthening Tier 1 instruction, implementing High-Quality Instructional Resources with fidelity, leveraging data for instruction, embedding the Learner Profile, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This strategic direction aims to ensure equitable access to high-quality learning experiences and equip graduates with the necessary skills and confidence.

This Comprehensive School Improvement Plan serves as a roadmap to support student achievement, foster growth, and eliminate achievement gaps. The plan outlines long-term goals (3-5 years) and short-term yearly objectives across key areas. It prioritizes improving state assessment results in reading, mathematics, science, social studies, and writing, and addresses achievement gaps for specific student groups. Strategies focus on data-driven instruction, professional learning communities, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), and the implementation of high-quality instructional resources (HQIRs), all guided by Kentucky's Key Core Work Processes.

This document outlines a Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) framework, emphasizing student achievement, growth, and the elimination of achievement gaps. It defines key components such as goals, objectives, strategies, activities, and progress monitoring. The plan targets improvements in state assessment results across reading, mathematics, science, social studies, and writing, as well as English Learner progress and school climate and safety. It also details compliance with state and federal requirements, including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).