Goals & Progress
RSD's Special Education department has worked to align its goals with the district strategic plan. This has allowed for greater focus with staff and transparency with stakeholders. Data entered into the goals table below will be updated as indicated by measurement frequency. Data will be entered in the Special Education Action Step Progress spreadsheet annually.
Special Education Goals Data Table
Updated September 2024
Strategic Plan Priority | Goal | Measurement | 2022- 23 | 2023- 24 |
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Academic Success |
Goal Area: Professional Development Goal: Increase the number of Professional Development offerings regarding service delivery to our students. Topics include but are not limited to, Transition, Assistive Technology, Inclusive Practices, SEL and ESY. Professional Development opportunities will increase from 457 hours to 700 hours as measured by the number of clock hours earned. |
Frequency: quarterly Measurements: |
Number of Staff Trained: 213 Total Hours of Professional Development: 457 Community Opportunities: not tracked |
Number of Staff Trained: 533 Total Hours of Professional Development: 181 Community Opportunities: 1 |
Academic Success |
Goal Area: Co-Teaching Goal: Expand access to co-taught classrooms as a part of the continuum of services as measured by the number of classroom offerings or sections at each level. |
Frequency: quarterly Measurement: number of co-taught sections |
Elementary: 0 Middle School: 4 sections High School: 21 sections |
Elementary: 2 (year-end 0) Middle School: 13 High School: 20 |
Academic Success |
Goal Area: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Goal: Grow the understanding and utilization of UDL practices throughout the district by increasing the number of staff who have been trained in UDL strategies and have accessed coaching specific to UDL. This will be measured by the number of participants in All Kids Every Day (AKE) cohorts and coaching cycles. |
Frequency: quarterly Measurement: Staff Completing AKE by cohort |
Year 1: 25 # of UDL Coaching Cycles: 2 |
Year 1: 38 # of UDL Coaching Cycles: 1 |
Academic Success |
Goal Area: Multi Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Goal: Increase the progress towards a district-wide system of support as measured by the completion of an Action Plan around MTSS and District Capacity Assessment (DCA). The DCA is an action assessment designed to help educational district leaders and staff better align resources with intended outcomes and develop action plans to support the use of effective innovations. The DCA has 27 items with a max score on each item of 2. |
Frequency: annually Measurement: DCA Scores |
March 2022: 8 March 2023: 22 |
May 2024: 25 |
Academic Success |
Goal Area: Least Restrict Environment (LRE) Goal: Increase our percentage of students with an IEP who are served in general education for 80% of their day or more from 64.3% to 65.3% by April of 2024. This will be measured by monthly apportionment count. |
Frequency: monthly Measurement: Monthly OSPI P223 Report |
2022-2023: 64% |
September 2023: 62.5% |
Academic Success; Accountability |
Goal Area: Individual Education Plans (IEP's) Goal: Improve the alignment of student needs and IEP goals through the use of Goalbook as a fidelity tool. Goalbook usage data will be used to monitor improvement in this area. Goalbook is an online tool-kit that guides staff through the development of a high quality statement of a student’s present levels of functioning and provides support in developing appropriate IEP goals. We are currently in year 2 of implementing Goalbook in the district. |
Frequency: Quarterly Measurement: Goalbook Usage |
Active Accounts: 77 # of Developed Present Levels: 278 Viewed Learning Goal Pages: 1430 |
Active Accounts: 85 # of Developed Present Levels: 517 Viewed Learning Goal Pages: 3574 |
Academic Success; Community Engagement |
Goal Area: Assistive Technology (AT) Goal: Increase access to Assistive Technology for our students through Professional Development and support by holding monthly AT Team Meetings and providing PD to staff and community. |
Frequency: Quarterly Measurement: PD Opportunities |
AT Team Meetings: 6 Staff PD Opportunities: 3 Community Opportunities: 1 |
AT Team Meetings: 8 Staff PD Opportunities: 4 Community Opportunities: 1 |
Academic Success |
Goal Area: Transition Services Goal: Increase staff and community knowledge regarding Post Secondary Transition through Professional Development and community outreach as measured by number of PD opportunities and community outreach events. |
Frequency: Quarterly Measurement: PD Opportunities |
Staff: 2 Community: 0 |
PD Opportunities:
Certified Staff: 37 Community: 2 |
Well-Being; Accountability |
Goal Area: Accountability Goal: Improve accountability to stakeholder support, professional development, and services to students, staff, and families as measured by end of the year survey data. Baseline will be determined by the Fall culture survey. |
Frequency: Annually Measurement: Survey Questions- Percentage of answers marked 'Agree' and 'Strongly Agree' |
I feel my student's IEP is being followed: 71% The IEP team has high expectations for my student and believes in their success: 74.3% |
I feel my student’s IEP is being followed: 81% The IEP team has high expectations for my student and believes in their success: 85% |
Community Engagement |
Goal Area: Community Engagement Goal: Improve relationships with stakeholders through consistent communication and family engagement opportunities as measured by annual survey data and family/community engagement opportunities. |
Frequency: Annually Measurement: Survey Questions- Percentage of answers marked 'Agree' and 'Strongly Agree' |
If I have questions or concerns about my student's IEP, I know who to contact: 85% | If I have questions or concerns about my student's IEP, I know who to contact: 90% |
Accountability |
Goal Area: Data Goal: Improve data collection and data monitoring for our students with disabilities by analyzing academic assessment, School Wide Information System data, and Goalbook usage. This will be accomplished through quarterly data meetings. The commitment is to increase from 2 meetings per year to 4 meetings per year. |
Frequency: Quarterly Measurement: meetings |
Meeting Dates: January and June | Meeting Dates: October, January, February, March, and May |