By supporting its Focus and Priority Schools with a focus on shared leadership, data-driven decision making, and targeted interventions, SD DOE is making a difference for students. In addition, South Dakota is prioritizing the needs of needs of Native American students through the recently established Native American Student Achievement Advisory council (NASAAC).
The South Dakota Department of Education is dedicated to four overarching aspirations for students:
All students enter 4th grade proficient in reading
All students enter 9th grade proficient or advance in math
All students graduate college, career and life ready
Native American students will experience increased academic success
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south dakota Collaboration Projects
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South Dakota ESSA Accountability System Development and
Implementation
Due to the passage of ESSA, the focus of the project changed to developing a permanent, statewide system of recognition, accountability, and support (SSRAS) for all schools. NCCC work in Year 5 will build on Year 4 work to help SD DOE develop and implement an SSRAS system that meets ESSA requirements with the goal of increasing student achievement and eliminating achievement gaps in South Dakota's lowest performing schools.
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South Dakota Teacher Quality and Certification Support
In Year 4, NCCC supported SD DOE as they worked to finalize Commission on Teaching and Learning (CTL) recommendations for a revised, comprehensive teacher certification system that addresses initial certification, recertification, and added endorsements. In Year 5, NCCC will support SD DOE in developing an implementation plan for the new teacher certification requirements by facilitating external stakeholder meetings, planning for implications regarding Praxis exam requirements, and/or aligning new certification requirements with existing licenses.
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Native American Achievement Schools Pilot Project
This new Year 5 project will assist South Dakota Department of Education (SD DOE) in implementing the Native American Achievement Schools pilot project. In collaboration with the Director of Indian Education, NCCC will develop processes and tools to monitor implementation at the pilot schools to document successes and challenges to not only provide the necessary support for the pilot schools, but to also assist future Native American Achievement Schools.
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See the exciting school improvement work that is being done in the South Dakota Department of Education. South Dakota LEAP is an online interactive self-improvement planning tool for school teams to inform, coach, sustain, track and report improvement activities as they develop their improvement plan & then manage the continuous improvement process. South Dakota LEAP is premised on the belief that school improvement is best accomplished when directed by the people closest to the students!
South Dakota LEAP
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