Goal Progress
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Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3
Goal 4
Action Taken to Date
- Goal 1: Students feel safe, connected and engaged
- Goal 2: Students achieve core academic standards and skills
- Goal 3: Students experience growth through equitable support
- Goal 4: Students are prepared for a future of their choice
Goal 1: Students feel safe, connected and engaged
| Date | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | Full-time Family Liaison Position |
| October 2024 |
Self-Awareness Training - All ninth-grade students |
| 10/7/24 | Grades 3-9 Universal Mental Health Screening using BESS Screener |
| 10/9/24 | PA Youth Survey |
| 10/16/24 | Pennsylvania Climate Survey |
| November 2024 | Student Conference on Belonging and Leadership - 60+ student participants |
| 11/18/24 | Student Engagement Survey |
| December 2024 | Utilize data from BESS screener to create and implement interventions |
| January 2025 | District removed from Significant Disproportionality risk threshold |
| January 2025 | Belongingness Training - All third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders |
| 1/15/25 | |
| Monthly | Student Life Committee meetings at all secondary schools |
| 2024-25 | Creating transition activities that support students moving from elementary to middle and middle to high schools with additional recommendations can be made by school teams and Student Life. |
| 2024-25 | Second Step high school pilot implementation |
| 2024-25 | BH Mental Health Collaborative Team learned collaborative about leveraging data to support Tier I and/or Tier II mental health programming |
| 2024-25 | DMS Mental Health Collaborative Team received training, consultation and a learning collaborative to support middle and high schools in implementing an 8-week Tier II group prevention intervention focused on depression and anxiety |
| 2024-25 | Habitual truancy decreased by 63% |
Goal 2: Students achieve core academic standards and skills
| Date | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | Pioneering iReady core math resources for grades K-8 |
| Aug 2024 | Use of Bridges Math as a differentiated resource at the elementary level |
| 11/25/24 | 9-12 Math Curriculum Resources |
| 11/25/24 | English Language Arts 6-8 Curriculum & 9-12 Pilots |
| 12/4/24 | English Language Arts 6-8 Curriculum Pilot |
| 12/4/24 | Student Achievement Report |
Goal 3: Students experience growth through equitable support
| Date | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | Utilizing iReady for diagnostic testing |
| Aug 2024 | K-5 full implementation of math Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) across all 10 elementary schools |
| Aug 2024 | Addition of four math specialists at each of the district's Title I schools |
| 2024-25 | Faculty professional development at each school on one or all of the following: Trauma-informed practices, classroom management, and staff self-care |
| 2024-25 |
Downingtown Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) and PaPBS Recognition
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Goal 4: Students are prepared for a future of their choice
| Date | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| August 2024 | Professional development for Pupil Services with Dr. Terri Erbacher on suicide prevention |
| 9/25/2024 | Communities that Care: Parent-to-Parent Podcast - Episode 47: Nothing That Isn’t Yours! Opioids and Fentanyl Use in Chester Co. |
| 10/18/2024 |
Communities that Care: Parent-to-Parent Speaker Series - Nicotine, Vaping, and Smoking |
| October 2024 | PA Youth Survey (PAYS) School Board Presentation |
| November 2024 | Professional development with Pupil Services including a presentation on Pays Data by Dr. Bethann Cinell |
| 12/5/2024 | Communities that Care: Parent-to-Parent Podcast - Episode 50: Meet the DASD High School School Prevention Specialists |
| 1/14/2025 | Communities that Care: Parent-to-Parent Podcast - Communities that Care: Parent-to-Parent Speaker Series - Screenagers: Elementary School Edition |
| 1/20/2025 | Episode 51: Meet the DASD Elementary School Prevention Specialists |
| February 2025 | School Board Presentation on K-12 Guidance Plan and Universal Behavior Screening Data |
| 3/12/2025 | Communities that Care: Parent-to-Parent Speaker Series - Conversation with Beth Bruton of Holcomb Behavioral Health on the power of parents regarding influencing student behavior |
| May 19-20, 2025 | Professional Development on Restorative Practices |
| 2024-25 |
Devereux facilitated faculty meeting presentations on trauma informed practices, classroom management, and staff self-care |
| 2024-25 | Completed Chapter 339: K-12 Guidance Plan for PDE |