WORK PLAN

GIFTED WORK PLAN

Goal 1: To provide an innovative comprehensive educational program that realizes each student’s potential by evaluation and improving the district’s comprehensive plans for gifted services.
WHAT? What actions need to be taken to complete the task?	RESULTS? What data or documents will indicate closure or success for each action?	TIME FRAME? When will each action be conducted?	WHO? Who needs to be involved with each action?	RESOURCES? What tools/strategies need to be collected, developed or organized to complete the task?
Design a program evaluation process.	Pre-post evaluation procedures Longitudinal evaluation procedures Treatment group/control group procedures	1999-00 School Year	Assistant Superintendent At-Risk Programs Director Connections Teachers	Identify common measures, treatment groups and random sampling techniques Specify comparison protocol
Collect student achievement data for all students in Connections program; Primary Intermediate Jr High Comparison population at each grade level (3-8) Provide feedback on Connections students achievement through a 9-point scale on each of the four Connections goals	Cycle Status Reports from each teacher that reports comprehensive achievement results of each Connections student. ISAT Assessment comparison between Connections and Non-Connections students – 3^rd, 5^th & 8th Record Progress Sheet for each student that reports assessment results in the Connections Student Goal Areas – Solving Problems, Learning Study Habits, Developing Intellectual Confidence, Communicating	1999-00 school years	Connections Teachers	Compare the achievement of the Connections population receiving services to the achievement of the identified comparison sample over one school year.
Analyze and report student achievement data for all students in the Connections program.	A Connections site report with recommendations	Summer 2000	Assistant Superintendent At-Risk Programs Director	Identify areas of learning strength and challenge for Connections students to facilitate instructional targets for 2000-01.
Collect follow-up student achievement data for all students in Connections program; Primary Intermediate Jr High Comparison population at each grade level (3-8) Provide feedback on Connections students achievement through a 9-point scale on each of the four Connections goals	Cycle Status Reports from each teacher that reports comprehensive achievement results of each Connections student. ISAT Assessment comparison between Connections and Non-Connections students – 3^rd, 5^th & 8th Record Progress Sheet for each student that reports assessment results in the Connections Student Goal Areas – Solving Problems, Learning Study Habits, Developing Intellectual Confidence, Communicating	2000-01 school year	Connections Teachers	Compare the achievement of the Connections population receiving services to the achievement of the identified comparison sample over two school years.
Analyze and report student achievement data for all students who have been serviced in a Connections program.	A Connections site report with recommendations	Summer 2001	Assistant Superintendent At-Risk Programs Director	Identify areas of learning strength and challenge for Connections students to facilitate instructional targets for 2000-01.
Implement program recommendations	The implementation of program improvements.	Fall of 2001	Connections Teachers	The results and recommendation from the report.

Goal 2: Evaluate procedures and practices to improve school and family communication and collaboration.
WHAT? What actions need to be taken to complete the task?	RESULTS? What data or documents will indicate closure or success for each action?	TIME FRAME? When will each action be conducted?	WHO? Who needs to be involved with each action?	RESOURCES? What tools/strategies need to be collected, developed or organized to complete the task?
Design a program evaluation process.	Pre-post Needs Assessment procedures Longitudinal evaluation	1999-00 School Year	Assistant Superintendent At-Risk Programs Director Connections Teachers	Identify common measures and collection methods.
Collect Cluster teacher Needs Assessment data for all teachers involved in the Connections program; Collect Student and Family Feedback data for all students and families in the Connections program;	Pre/Post Needs Assessment from each Cluster Teacher that report the services that they wanted/what they received Student and Family Feedback done 3 times a year. Each Connections student and family report their overall satisfaction on their students goal achievement	2000-01 School Year	At-Risk Administrative Assistant Connections Teachers	Compare the Cluster Teachers Needs Assessments expectations with the services that they received Compare the Connections Families Needs Assessments expectations with the services that they received
Analyze and report Cluster Teachers, Students and Connections Families feedback regarding Connections program services related to Connections goals	A Connections site report with recommendations	2000-01 School Year	Assistant Superintendent At-Risk Programs Director Connections Teachers	Identify areas of programmatic strength and challenge for the Connections program to facilitate programmatic targets for 2000-01
Implement program recommendations	The implementation of program improvements.	Fall of 2001	Connections Teachers	The results and recommendations of the report.