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Student Progression Plan2015-2016

School Board Workshop

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Historically speaking….

• Submitted annually

• Reflects legislative updates and stakeholder feedback

• Represents a combination of policies and procedures

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Policies include……• 5210 Late Entries – adding to this grouping this year

• 5410 Student Progression Plan

• 5410.01 Required Core Curriculum – Promotion/Retention/Acceleration –Elementary

• 5410.02 Regular Program Core Curriculum –Promotion/Retention/Acceleration – Middle School

• 5420.01 Reporting Student Progress – Elementary

• 5420.02 Reporting Student Progress – Middle School

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Policies include……• 5420.03 Reporting Student Progress and Class Ranking – High School

• 5430 Class Rank

• 5440 High School Credit and Student Performance Standards (No Changes)

• 5451 Student Recognition (No Changes)

• 5451.01 Student Honors

• 5455 Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program

Policies include…..• 5460 Graduation Requirements

• 5463 Credits from Other Schools (No Changes)

• 5464 Early Completion of Graduation Requirements (No Changes)

• 5465 General Education Development (GED ) Tests (No Changes)

For today……

• Elementary changes

• Middle school changes

• High school changes

• Integrating changes within exceptional student education, virtual education, and career/technical education

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Elementary Sandy Downes

• Updated/Revised Sections:

• 5410.01 - Acceleration Options for Virtual Instruction – pg. 4, clarifying language

• 5410.01 – Promotion and Student Proficiency sections – pg. 4 – added social studies to the list of standards to be mastered for promotion

• 5410.01 - Promotion/Retention Committee – pg. 5 - requiring Area Superintendents to approve recommendations for retentions

Middle School Dywayne Hinds

• 5410.02 - Basic Course Requirements – added specific course titles for clarification, pg. 9-10

• 5410.02 - Additional Requirements (Intensive Reading & Math) – pg. 10

• 5410.02 - Promotion and Retention Section – pg. 13

• 5410.02 - Enrollment in PCS Virtual School or FLVS – pg. 14

• 5410.02 - Advanced and/or High School Credit Courses – pg. 16

• 5420.02 – Final Grades (Statewide End of Course Assessments) – pg. 20

• 5420.02 - District Level Middle School End of Course / End of Year Assessments – pg. 21

• 5420.02 - Exam Grade Reporting – pg. 22

Section 5410.02 - Basic Course Requirements – from pages 9, 10

• Specific courses were added to this section to provide clarity to schools regarding basic course requirements.

• For Example: The following course options were added to the Language Arts section:

• M/J Language Arts 1 or 1 ADV• M/J Language Arts 2 or 2 ADV• M/J Language Arts 3 or 3 ADV• English 1 Honors (High School Credit)

• The above was done for Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.

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Section 5410.02 – Additional Requirements, page 10

This section was revised to allow the district to comply with HB 7069. This sections removes the mandatory placement into intensive courses.

• 5410.02, page 10 – As a result of HB 7069, students scoring at Level 1 or 2 on statewide assessments for ELA may be enrolled in a remedial course or a content area course in which remediation strategies are incorporated into course content delivery.

• 5410.02, page 11 – Also from HB 7069, similar language is represented for mathematics.

Sample Schedule for Middle School Studentswith Intensive Courses AND Electives

M/J GRADE 6 MATH - 0 0101 MTWHF Full Year

M/J LANG ARTS 1 - 0 0202 MTWHF Full Year

M/J WORLD HIST - 0 0303 MTWHF Full Year

M/J COMPRE SCI 1 - 0 0404 MTWHF Full Year

M/J FITNESS GRADE 6 - 0 0505 - S1 MTWHF Semester 1

M/J HEALTH 4 - 6 0505 - S2 MTWHF Semester 2

M/J INTENS LANG ARTS - 06 0606 - MTWHF Full Year

M/J INTENS READ (MC) - 06 0707 - MTWHF Full Year

Sample Schedule for Middle School Studentswith Intensive Courses AND Electives

M/J LANG ARTS 2 - 0 0101 MTWHF Full Year

M/J GRADE 7 MATH - 0 0202 MTWHF Full Year

M/J CIVICS - 0 0303 MTWHF Full Year

M/J INTENS LANG ARTS - 07 0404 MTWHF Full Year

M/J INTENS READ (MC) - 07 0505 MTWHF Full Year

M/J TEAM SPORTS GRD7 - MATH 0606 - S1 MTWHF Semester 1

M/J INTENS MATH (MC) - TS 0606 - S2 MTWHF Semester 2

M/J COMPRE SCI 2 - 0 0707 MTWHF Full Year

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Section 5410.02 – Additional Requirements

Minor changes were made to the following sections:

• Sixth grade reading: revised to allow any 6th graders in a district application program be exempted from 6th grade reading, page 10.

• Career Education and Planning: Students will complete a course before they leave 8th grade to generate a personalized academic and career plan, pg. 11.

• Health requirement for 6th & 8th grade: language changed from 18 weeks to 1 semester. Additional language was added to allow 6th & 8th graders enrolled in yearlong electives to opt out of both health and physical education with parental consent, pg. 11.

Section 5410.02 – Promotion and Retention

Minor adjustments were made to this section to provide clarity:

• Removal of the language regarding the usage of statewide/standardized assessments to determine the promotion of students, page 13.

• Added a recommendation for 6th or 7th grade students failing 3 or more basic courses, page 13.

• Removal of the language regarding the need for a student to pass 5 additional courses beyond the REQUIRED CORE COURSES, page 13.

Section 5410.02 – Enrollment in PVS or FLVS

Minor adjustments made to this section to provide clarity:

• Item # F: revised to match the new requirements of assigning a W/F code to students who withdraw before completing a course, page 15. Student transcripts will still reflect in course history as a WF code, but it will not count in computation of GPA.

• Item #H: this item was removed as this practice is not used in Middle Schools, page 16.

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Section 5420.02 – Reporting Student Progress – Middle School

Final Grades: Minor adjustments made to this section to provide clarity:

• Addition of language regarding the Geometry EOC (specific requirements), pg. 20

District Level MS EOCs/End of Year Assessments: Minor adjustments made to this section to provide clarity:

• District courses taking an end of year or end of semester assessment are: art, music, health, physical education, world language, vocational education, 6th & 8th grade social studies and 6th & 7th science.) p. 21

High SchoolRita Vasquez

Changes to the following policies:

• 5210 – Late Entries

• 5410 - Student Progression

• 5420.03 – Reporting Student Progress and Class Ranking – High School

• 5430 – Class Rank

• 5451 – Student Honors

• 5455 – Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program

• 5460 – Graduation Requirements

5410- Student Progression (p. 2 of 76)

• Opening statement added Policy 5210 to the compilation of policies that constitute the Student Progression Plan

• E: Rationale

• Removed GED as that is not part of the “comprehensive program” for progressing through our high schools as this section of policy works to explain.

• G: Rationale

• Removed old language about “Florida high school online). Pinellas has its own Virtual School through which students can earn high school credit toward graduation full/part time.

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5210- Late Entries (separate policy being added to Student

Progression Plan)

• Rationale for Changes:

• More often than not, late entries into high school are dictated by parent mobility/homelessness/ foster care placement and other factors not controlled by students

• If the student enters school late and performs well, the assumption can be made that they came with the prerequisite skills for success in their current classwork

5420.03- Reporting Student Progress/Class Ranking High School(p. 27 of 76)

Under Final Examinations (A) (1)

• Rationale:

• High School Education Department will phase in Pinellas County Common Assessments with most enrolled/required for graduation courses first.

• Additionally, after a 1st year of data collection/analysis where teachers will continue to determine final exam grades/scales, we wish to use a score-norming process through AAR to ensure consistency in final exam grades across the district.

5420.03- Reporting Student Progress/Class Ranking High School (pp. 29-32 of 76)

Under Final Grades

• For the section that describes grade points starting in 2014-15 and subsequent years, we removed all references and GPA information to courses identified as “basic courses”- they do not exist any longer.

• Change in letter H corrects an error/omission from last year, Pre-IB courses receive the 0.5 Q point and not the 1.0 Q point (that was in place for 2014-15).

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5420.03- Reporting Student Progress/Class Ranking High School (page 33 of 76)

• Forgiveness Policy

• Change “end of 2nd semester of senior year” for awarding grade forgiveness to end of summer term.

• Rationale:

• DOE rules allow students to finish earning required credits/raising GPA for graduation throughout the summer of the senior year.

• Encourages all students to improve skills/knowledge and master standards by engaging in grade forgiveness for any D or F grade earned.

5430- Class Rank (p. 34)

• Changes in A, D, E reflect Summer Bridge program and when it ends as well as the loss of “basic” classes from our Course Directory.

• Changes in Val/Sal reflect statute that allows the 18 credit Accelerated Graduation students to be eligible for valedictorian and salutatorian honors with their cohort groups (the students in their same year of entry).

5455 – Bright Futures Scholarship Program (p. 44)

Andrew Weatherill

•Since we are no longer using Counselor Connect, we removed the references to the on-line process.

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5451.01- Student Honors (page 42)

D- Awarding Academic Letters and Chevrons

Rationale:

• Last year we changed the honors and deans list certificate designations to recognize weighted GPAs as we are encouraging students to engage in the most challenging classes possible. This brings the academic letters and chevrons in line with that. We are not recommending a change in the total GPA.

5460- Graduation Requirements(pp. 47-48)

• Removed the graduation requirements for students who entered high school during 2010-11 as there are no students from this cohort in high schools in 2015-16 (it would be their 6th year).

• Page 48 (#3) removed language re: level 1 courses (these are the previously referenced basic courses that no longer exist).

5460- Graduation Requirements (p. 50, 51 of 76)

Remedial Courses

• Rationale- changes in legislation (HB 7069) regarding placement of students into reading courses (for reading remediation)

• No longer required by state statute although as for middle grades, schools must still remediate and progress monitor students.

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Sample High School Schedule(7 period day)

Math Course (Algebra or Geometry)

0101 MTWHF Full Year

Science Course 0202 MTWHF Full Year

Social Studies Course 0303 MTWHF Full Year

English/Language Arts 0404 MTWHF Full Year

Read 180 0505 MTWHF Full Year

Read 180 0606 MTWHF Full Year

Elective 0707 - MTWHF Semester or Full Year

Sample of High School Schedule(7 period day)

Math Course (Geometry to stay on track to graduate)

0101 MTWHF Full Year

Science Course 0202 MTWHF Full Year

Social Studies Course 0303 MTWHF Full Year

English/Language Arts 0404 MTWHF Full Year

Reading 1 or 2 0505 MTWHF Full Year

Algebra 1 CR (for ALG EOC prep and credit recovery)

0606 - MTWHF Semester or Full Year

Elective 0707 - MTWHF Semester or Full Year

gebra course 

5460- Graduation Requirements (p. 55 of 76)

H. Full Time Enrollment Requirement in Regular Schedule High SchoolRationale:

• Changed July 1st to August 1st to incorporate work completed during Summer Bridge. • Added sentence to ensure parents and students understand that the remaining courses for full time status cannot be earned in other district’s virtual course programs.

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5460- Graduation Requirements (p. 56 of 76)

K. High School Students in Pinellas Virtual School or Florida Virtual School

• Removed language that a WD code of WF from Florida Virtual school would be treated as an F course grade. The student’s transcript will reflect the WF code without effecting GPA.

• Rationale- change in state statute required this revision.

Changes from Judy Vigue’s Office

Dual Credit Program, page 58 of 76:

• #1 Eligibility to participate

• #2 What courses are available

• #3 Where students can participate

Rationale: All result from changes in statute and/or changes to the Articulation Agreement with SPC.

Changes from Judy Vigue’s Office

• Addition of a course required for students to earn AICE program diploma, page 60.

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Exceptional Student EducationDr. Lisa Grant

• Due to the significant changes made in policy for 2014-2015, the edits are minor, and they include a date change on page 64 to match a correction sent after the fact for students to identify the special diploma option by June 20,

2014, not July 1, 2014.

• Further details of the exceptional student education plans will be reviewed again to the Board after September when the Exceptional Student Education Policies and Procedures (SP & P) comes back from DOE with approval, and then approved by PCS School Board.

In closing….• Lots of changes, but the district is already responding in positive

ways to impact both students and adults in the process

• This will be accomplished by:

-Professional Development

-Conversations with school leaders

-Communication tools to be used for parents for websites

Questions?