Special School District Program Evaluation Fall 2019 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Special School District Program Evaluation Fall 2019

STAFFING/LEADERSHIP • Special School District • 1 Director employs: • Pattonville School District and • Resource Teachers Ritenour School District • Self-Contained Teachers • Social Workers • 4 Full-time Area Coordinators • Speech/Language Teachers • Occupational Therapists • Paraprofessionals • Two elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school • 130 Staff Members

POPULATION SERVED • 954 students in Pattonville School District have been identified having a disability • Incident rate approximately 16.16%

INCIDENT RATE • Slight increase from 2017-2018 • Higher than state average • Average comparable to other St. Louis County School Districts

PLACEMENT RATES • 65.8% of students spend more than 80% of their day in general education classroom • 86.9% of students spend at least 40% or more of their day in the general education classroom

ACHIEVEMENT DATA • Pattonville students with disabilities scored higher than state averages on the MAP/EOC assessment in spring 2018 in most academic areas • The scores were noticeably higher than state averages in 3 rd and 4 th grade ELA

SUSPENSION DATA • Of the total number of Pattonville students who were suspended in school and out-of- school for more than 10 days, 30.8% of those students had IEP’s and 69.1% did not

GRADUATION & DROPOUT RATES • 2018 saw a nearly 5 percent increase in the 4 year graduation rate for students with disabilities • The dropout rate for students with disabilities increased to 4.5% in 2018 compared to 2.64% in 2017 • Pattonville graduates with disabilities go on to higher education, continuing education, or employment at a higher rate than the state

RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Decrease the number of students with IEP’s suspended out of school for over 10 days from the previous year by continuing the implementation of positive behavior programs and expand the use of alternative discipline strategies in our schools. 2. Utilize parent survey data to better address and acknowledge the needs of our students being serviced by Special School District. 3. Monitor goals, targets, and indicators on a regularly scheduled basis, evaluate practices related to measurable outcomes, and adjust practices as needed. 4. Continue to utilize our partnership with Special School District to make improvements in our school based problem-solving teams, the IEP referral process, and transportation practices.

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