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PACE PREPARATORY ACADEMY

The journey toward excellence and NCA CASI Accreditation

OUR STORY AND CHALLENGES

 4 years ago- not much was right  Sub-standard curriculum  Students dropping out  Students cheating  AIMS scores in the low double digits  Intervention was not being practiced  Direction was driven by emotion and lots of paper

DETERMINED TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL

 Become NCA Accredited  Better curriculum  Teacher PD had to be put into place  Quickly transition into the new Common Core Standards  Integrate into the STEM model  Better information rather than more information  Improve student engagement

BETTER CURRICULUM

 Proven track record  Comprehensive  Met State & Common Core Standards  Knowledgeable and available Tech Support  Minimal impact on technology needs  Affordable

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 Aligned to new curriculum  Aligned to Common Core Standards  Aligned to STEM  Timely  Easy learning curve  Staff buy-in

USEFUL DATA FOR:

 Assessments  Placement  Intervention  Students  Parents  Teachers  ADE reports  And on, and on, and on…

USEFUL DATA BY:

 School  Subject/ Class / Teacher  Student  Time spent  Last Activity  Progress Tracking  Daily Activity  Attendance

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

 Most Students want to learn  They need constant feed back  They need to be engaged  They need measurable goals and results

 Students need to be taught the way they

best learn

NCA CASI ACCREDITATION

 North Central Association Commission on Accreditation

and School Improvement

 Their primary focus it that the school is proficient in

 Assessments and proper placement  Providing proper instruction  Gathering the pertinent data (assessments)  Key is student performance data  Appling the data to quickly react to the students’ needs  Examples of Evidence

THE PERFECT SOLUTION

 A+ Learning System and A+ Connector was the perfect

investment that met all of the criteria that we needed to fulfill our goals

 NCA was excited that we are using A+  NCA wasn’t aware of the Connector’s capabilities and that

the Connector was in ‘real-time’

 Training program is excellent – Chloe & LaRae