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Instructional services update: assessments, community involvement and growth in career-technical programs
Summary
Staff reported on formative and summative assessments, efforts to increase community engagement on campus and growth in career-technical education (CTE) programs, including several students earning industry qualifications and state competition awards.
District staff provided an update on instructional services that covered ongoing state assessments, community engagement efforts on campus, and developments in career-technical education programs.
The presenter said formative and summative assessments including the KSA test and KREP “didn’t go away” and remain essential, and described a push to increase community participation around a framework the presenter called GRC (growth, respect and community). The presenter said the district has worked to expand community involvement and integrate it into daily announcements and activities.
On career-technical education, staff noted several student achievements and program growth. The presenter reported that four welding students had earned their American Welding Society (AWS) qualifications so far, with additional certifications expected by year-end. Staff also described dual-credit opportunities in industrial maintenance and noted the state’s “work rate scholarships” as enabling some program enrollments. The presenter said staff identified about 16 students who had not been captured earlier in their high-school career records; those students will be freshmen and sophomores who are now included in program tracking.
Staff listed multiple student recognitions and state qualifiers in extracurricular and CTE competitions, including NASP archery qualifiers, Allstate choir members, STLP state logo-design winners and HOSA state winners in medical-related categories. The presenter described regional and national competitions and said some students will represent the state at national events.
Staff framed these items as ongoing program developments rather than board actions; no formal motions or votes on instructional programming were recorded in the transcript excerpt. The presenter said several programs grew after a rigorous approval and documentation process at the state and local levels and cautioned that program changes sometimes require additional local adjustments once approved through district channels.
