Section 28A.630.105. Needs assessments—Innovation and success plans—Notification of approval.

(1) After receiving approval of an application of intent, each college of education and school district must conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the students to be served by a collaborative school for innovation and success. The needs assessment must use disaggregated student data and include a thorough evaluation of student needs as identified by the parents of the students served by the school, as well as the levels of support within the school community and in the external community at large for students' academic and social emotional needs. The needs assessment must also examine elements included in an academic performance audit under RCW 28A.657.040.

(2) The college of education and the school district must develop an innovation and success plan for the school in collaboration with school staff, parents, and community members.

(3) The innovation and success plan must include:

(a) The proposed program for instruction, wraparound support services, resource deployment, and professional development that has been developed based on the comprehensive needs assessment;

(b) A family and community engagement strategy that builds support among students and parents for high achievement for all students in culturally appropriate ways;

(c) Professional learning communities among school staff and higher education faculty that are focused on identifying and responding to emergent student learning needs;

(d) Intensive preparation of teacher and principal candidates using research-based practices and a particular focus on cultural competency and skill development to improve learning for English language learners, highly mobile and homeless students, students with disabilities, and other students with special learning needs;

(e) Identification of the metrics that will be used to assess student achievement and skill development, both while the students are enrolled in elementary school and after they continue into middle school, and specific goals for improvement of these outcomes over the term of the pilot project, including but not limited to such metrics as attendance, grade-level retention, student growth, disciplinary incidents, course completion and grades, and performance on classroom-based assessments;

(f) Identification of the metrics that will be used to assess educator skill development, both for preservice and certificated educators, and specific goals for improvement of these outcomes over the term of the pilot project;

(g) Identification of private and community partners to provide wraparound services, technology, mentoring, or other enhancements for the students in the school;

(h) Identification of waivers to be requested from the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.140 or from the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.655.180;

(i) Identification of any modifications to approved educator preparation programs or other waivers to be requested from the professional educator standards board;

(j) Identification and completion of any modifications to school district collective bargaining agreements necessary to implement the innovation and success plan, using the procedures under RCW 28A.657.050(3); and

(k) A proposed budget based on funding and resources available to the pilot project.

(4) Each college of education and school district must submit a completed innovation and success plan to the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the professional educator standards board by March 15, 2013.

(5) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and the professional educator standards board must notify each college of education and school district by May 1, 2013, whether the innovation and success plan has been approved. If the plan is not approved, the reasons must be specified in writing and the college of education and school district must be provided an opportunity to revise and resubmit the plan within thirty days. The office and the board may provide technical assistance in revising a plan.

(6) School districts are encouraged to assign teachers, principals, and other staff to a collaborative school for innovation and success who express an interest, commitment, and qualifications to participate in the pilot project. School districts are also encouraged to permit the transfer of existing school staff to another school in the district if the staff do not wish to participate in the pilot project.

[ 2012 c 53 § 5.]

2012 c 53 § 5.