West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-075 - Innovation in Education (Policy 3236) › Section 126-75-5 - Innovation in Education Plan; required contents; measurable annual performance goals; uses

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
5.1. The
				Innovation in Education Plan shall include each of the following components:
5.1.a. A description of how the school will
				address the overall climate and culture of the school as a high performing
				learning environment in which every child may succeed to the best of his or her
				ability, including but not limited to measurable annual goals to increase
				overall student achievement; address dropout prevention, and transform school
				culture;
5.1.b. A curriculum plan
				that includes a detailed description of the curriculum and related programs for
				the proposed school and how the curriculum is expected to improve school
				performance and student achievement;
5.1.c. Measurable annual performance goals to
				assess the school's performance and student success across multiple measures
				and that will serve as the basis evaluating the Innovation in Education school,
				including but not limited to, goals relating to:
(1) student attendance;
(2) student safety and discipline;
(3) student promotion and graduation and
				dropout rates;
(4) student
				performance on the state-wide summative assessment and other assessment
				required by the WVBE;
(5) progress
				in areas of academic underperformance;
(6) progress among subgroups of students,
				including, but not limited to, low-income students and students receiving
				special education;
(7) with
				respect to high school, postsecondary readiness, including the percentage of
				graduates submitting applications to postsecondary institutions, and
				postsecondary enrollment or employment; and
(8) parent and community engagement;
5.1.d. A budget plan
				that includes a detailed description of how funds will be used in the proposed
				school to support school performance and student achievement that is or may be
				different than how funds are used in other public schools in the
				district;
5.1.e. A school schedule
				plan that includes a detailed description of the ways the program or calendar
				of the proposed school may be enhanced or expanded;
5.1.f. A staffing plan and professional
				learning plan that includes a detailed description of how the school may
				provide professional learning to its administrators, teachers, and other
				staff;
5.1.g. A policies and
				procedures plan that includes:
(1) a detailed
				description of the unique operational policies and procedures to be used by the
				school seeking designation and how the procedures will support school
				performance and student achievement; and
(2) any exemptions to rule, policy, or
				statute the school is seeking; provided, that a school may not request an
				exemption nor may an exemption be granted from any assessment program required
				by the WVBE, required approved content standard polices, or any provision of
				law or policy required by ESSA or other federal law;
5.1.h. The school's plan, if any, for using
				additional internal and external metrics of the performance agreed to by the
				school and the county board to measure the school's performance and student
				success;
5.1.i. Opportunities and
				expectations for parent involvement; and
5.1.j. Any other information the WVBE
				requires.