Center for Academic Success, Inc.

All schools within our LEA are Title I schools and therefore serve a majority of low-income students who were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 disruptions. Their status makes them eligible for additional learning recovery services such as Afterschool Remediation, Intervention, Summer School, and Counseling Services.

Center for Academic Success will implement a Summer School Program to meet the academic needs of our students, with extra duty pay for instructional staff to teach using evidence-based practices, supplemental resources to improve remediation strategies, and extra duty pay for administrative staff to coordinate and plan for the summer school program. The Summer School Program will serve Title I students, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care. Students will be targeted for the program based on IXL benchmark assessment data which is reviewed on a quarterly basis. Evidence-based practices will include remediation through IXL, Journeys HMH, and Saxon Math.

The LEA will also implement comprehensive Afterschool Programs, to include extra duty pay for instructional staff to provide evidence-based intervention and remediation to students during out-of-school hours throughout the school year, supplemental resources to improve remediation strategies, and extra duty pay for administrative staff to coordinate and report on outcome data collected from the program. The Afterschool Program will serve Title I students, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care. Students will be targeted for the program based on IXL benchmark assessment data which is reviewed on a quarterly basis. Evidence-based practices will include remediation through IXL.

Additional Instructional Staff will be provided through the use of ESSER funds, to include highly qualified supplemental teaching staff and an Interventionist Teacher to support students targeted for remediation. The Interventionist Teacher will serve Title I students, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care. Students will be targeted for the program based on IXL benchmark assessment data which is reviewed on a quarterly basis. Evidence-based practices will include remediation through IXL.

School technology needs will be supported by the purchase of Chromebooks for every student that may be utilized both in the classroom and at home when remote learning is necessary. A Technology Assistant will manage and maintain the inventory to provide effective technology services to staff and students. The LEA will also outfit classrooms with Interactive Smartboards to ensure increased student engagement and continuity of services.

Special Education Students will receive additional support services through a contracted provider--Stepping Stones Group LLC.

The LEA will also provide social and emotional support and interventions led by a certified School Counselor, and will supplement the salary of a Family Engagement Coordinator to strengthen the relationship between home and school and promote student mental health. CAS will procure new curriculum and resources for the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program in order to provide mental health services and supports, including the Second Step Digital SEL Program for K-8 (SY 2022-23) .