4 AAC 06.845 - School improvement plan

(a) Not later than 150 days after receiving notice of designation for comprehensive support and improvement under 4 AAC 06.840(a) or targeted support and improvement under 4 AAC 06.840(b), a district or school shall prepare a school improvement plan as required under 4 AAC 06.864 or 4 AAC 06.868 as applicable. The district or school shall review, revise, and update the applicable school improvement plan at least annually, and submit it to the department or district as applicable.

(b) Unless the department approves an alternative improvement planning process under (c) of this section, a school or district shall prepare the school improvement plan required under (a) of this section for a school designated for comprehensive support and improvement or targeted support and improvement through the use of a computerized self-assessment and improvement program selected by the department that addresses each of the following domains of successful schools:

(1) curriculum;

(2) assessment policy and practice;

(3) instruction;

(4) school learning environment;

(5) professional development policy and practices;

(6) leadership.

(c) The department may approve an alternative school improvement planning process under (b) of this section only if

(1) the school demonstrates that it is implementing an effective school improvement plan through the accreditation process under 4 AAC 04.300; or

(2) the district in which the school is located can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the school has an alternative school improvement planning process that will address as or more effectively than the program selected by the department

(A) each of the domains listed in (b) of this section; and

(B) each specific deficiency at the school identified by an audit or other process.

Notes

4 AAC 06.845

Eff. 11/23/2003, Register 168; am 11/1/2007, Register 184; am 10/16/2013, Register 208; am 11/13/2014, Register 212, January 2015; am 10/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019; am 12/25/2020, Register 236, January 2021

Authority:AS 14.03.123

AS 14.07.020

AS 14.07.060

AS 14.50.080