Kaizen Education Foundation dba Tempe Accelerated High School

The LEA will utilize the 20% set-aside to target practices and interventions that address the learning loss experienced by subgroups most impacted by COVID-19 (those that qualify as low-income, students of color, English learners, children with disabilities, students experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, and migratory students); due to the socio-economic status of the school population, all students may benefit from these targeted practices. The remaining funds will be used to provide additional services that allow for enhanced learning opportunities, space and technology for social distance, and other items which will enable the school to remain open after the initial shutdowns from the crisis.

All student success rates will be monitored by school staff and if progress is not seen, adjustments will be made to instruction and interventions as needed per individual student in order to increase academic achievement All student behavior referral rates will be monitored by school staff, and if needs arise, new Social Emotional supports will be given to reduce behavior incidents and increase academic achievement in classes.

Setaside funds will be used to purchased additional instructional intervention during the school day ( paraprofessional) and summer (summer enrichment). Personal Learning Program offerings will be provided as well as access to life skills and social emotional learning through Thrively subscription. All students will have access to these services including but not limited to: students from low-income families, students of all races and genders, children with disabilities, English learners, migratory students, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care. Also, i-Ready software will be provided to students with disabilities.

Remaining funds will be used to cover marketing costs to address loss of enrollment and staff due to COVID closures; expenses will include social media / digital ads, website, search engine marketing, and a marketing specialist. Learning loss will be further addressed as well via ACT Prep software as well as supplemental ELA curriculum (ThinkCERCA). Finally COVID virus spread will be mitigated with the replacement of old HVAC units.