October 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

Due to lack of funding, much of Connecticut’s Secondary School Reform initiative has been put on the back burner.  However, in order to maintain momentum, Commissioner McQuillan is inviting districts to apply to partner with the State Department on one of three advisory committees.
? Student Success Plan
? Support Systems/School Environment
? Capstone Experience
Guidelines for these three components have yet to be developed.

We would like to participate on the Student Success Plan Advisory Committee. With the recent purchase of Naviance, an on-line planning and advisement system , we feel we have the capability to build an electronic portfolio for each student and strengthen PGR#1 (Education/Career Plan).

Rationale:  As part of Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education funding, the Connecticut State Department of Education is offering a series of Career and Technical Education Innovation Grant. The purpose of these grants is to increase rigor and skill attainment of secondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs and the development of individual student success plans. One of the grants ($25,000 - $40,000) is entitled, “Electronic Student Success Plan Implementation.” The purpose of this grant is to implement an electronic SSP for all students in Grades 9-10 who elect to take CTE courses. The funding must be spent by June 30 of this calendar year. The plan must include many of the items already in our current PGR #1. We envision also including the design of an academic and career portfolio system.