Alyssa King

EL 605

January 15, 2018

Continuous Improvement Internship Report

Every school year, my district, Twinsburg City Schools, maintains six Continuous

Improvement Plans (one for the district as a whole and one for each of the five schools: Wilcox

(P-1), Bissell (2-3), Dodge (4-6), R.B. Chamberlain Middle School (7-8), and the High School

(9-12)). Each of the plans focus on Reading, Math, and PBIS for students with disabilities,

economically disadvantaged students, African American students, and gifted students. The

Continuous Improvement Plans provide goals for the school year, action steps to accomplish the

goals, responsible parties, data sources for monitoring, and resources needed.

Since I am on the Curriculum Committee within my district, the Continuous

Improvement Plans are emailed to me prior to them being adapted. Listed below is a Twinsburg

City School District 2017-2018 Continuous Improvement Plan Goal for Reading and a few

examples of the action steps that are being taken.

“By 2018, Twinsburg City School District will meet or exceed the Annual

Measurable Objective (AMO) targets for all subgroups in Reading (79.6%).”

 Students with Disabilities Action Step

“Based on MAP Scores, students will participate in the Tiger Reading Camp and

receive interventions for at least 45 minutes to 1 hour daily. Identified areas of

weakness will be documented and monitored monthly and interventions will be

adjusted accordingly.”
  Economically Disadvantaged Action Step

“Instructional Assistants will work with students who fall in the Lo/LoAvg range

from MAP assessments (Reading). IA’s will work with RIMP students on

Reading Fluency (Cold Reads & Comprehension Questions) 10-15 minutes 2-3

times per week. Documentation will be turned in and reviewed with office staff.”

The Continuous Improvement Plans are presented to the Curriculum Committee,

comprised of parents, teachers, and administration, in October. The Curriculum Committee

briefly discusses the Continuous Improvement Plans and votes to adapt them. After the

Curriculum Committee votes to adapt the Plans, they are then taken to the next Board of

Education Meeting to be officially adapted. As a member of the Curriculum Committee, I attend

this critical October meeting, discuss the Continuous Improvement Plans with the rest of the

committee, and help adapt these important documents. It is important to review and compare the

different documents to see the Continuous Improvement Plans from Pre-K to 12th grade. Since

each of the six documents are created by different administrators, they each look differently.

However, they all focus on the same thing – helping students succeed in the following

subgroups: students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students, African American

students, and gifted students.

I have enjoyed being on the Curriculum Committee and being apart of the decision-

making process for the Continuous Improvement Plans. It is interesting to review each of the six

documents and compare the different Continuous Improvement Plans for Pre-K to 12th grade. It

provides an awareness on what is happening throughout the district, and not just at my building.

Additionally, as an alumnus of Twinsburg High School, it is also interesting to see what has

changed, improved, and continues to change since I was a student.