Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XIII - Area Education Agencies › Chapter 72 - Accreditation of Area Education Agencies › Rule 281-72.9 - Comprehensive Improvement Plan

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Each AEA, on a cycle established by the department, shall
				  submit to the department a comprehensive improvement plan. The plan shall be
				  the basis for the improvement actions taken by the agency and shall also serve
				  as a basis for the comprehensive site visit.
(1)
Comprehensive improvement plan
				contents.
At a minimum, the comprehensive improvement plan for an AEA
				shall include the following:
a.
Needs assessment.
The plan shall contain a description of how the AEA
				conducts ongoing needs assessment.
b.
Needs assessment
				summary.
The plan shall contain a summary of the findings from
				agencywide needs assessment. The summary, at a minimum, shall include the
				following:
(1) Findings from AEA internal
				needs assessment which includes, at a minimum, four indicators of improvement:
1. Implementation of a continuous improvement
				model;
2. Implementation of
				services that respond to schools' and school districts' needs;
3. Demonstration of proactive
				leadership;
4. Use of data to
				implement actions to improve student learning;
(2) Findings from school and school district
				state indicator data;
(3) Findings
				from reviews of school and school district comprehensive school improvement
				plans;
(4) Findings from the
				department's comprehensive site visit reports to schools and school
				districts;
(5) Findings from AEA
				comprehensive site visit reports; and
(6) Findings from the department's statewide
				customer service survey.
c.
Agencywide goals.
The
				plan shall contain agencywide goals developed as a result of needs assessment
				findings. Agencywide goals shall be measurable and, at a minimum, focused on
				assisting schools and school districts with the school improvement process and
				improving teaching and learning as evidenced in the indicators of quality as
				prescribed in subrule 72.10(2).
d.
Services.
The plan shall describe the services developed to
				meet agencywide goals and to meet the standards defined in this
				chapter
e.
Action
				plans.
The plan shall include agencywide actions to accomplish
				agencywide goals. Action plans shall include evidence of meeting all standards
				for services. Action plans shall include provisions for equitable availability
				of services. The agencywide action plans shall include, at a minimum, the
				following components:
(1) Agencywide data
				sources;
(2) Agencywide baseline
				data;
(3) Services to meet the
				agencywide goals;
(4) Agencywide
				resources, which include funding, staff allocation, and time and may be
				delivered directly, through contractual agreements, and through collaborative
				arrangements with other educational or community agencies;
(5) Agencywide responsible parties that will
				monitor the implementation of services in the action plan;
(6) A system for measuring the efficiency and
				effectiveness of services; and
(7)
				A process for reporting progress toward agencywide goals.
f.
Provisions for management
				services.
If the AEA provides management services to school districts,
				the plan shall include a description of how the agency provides those services
				as described in Iowa Code section
				273.7A.
g.
Professional development
				plan.
The plan shall contain a summary of the agencywide professional
				development plan developed pursuant to 281-subrule 83.6(2).