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District outlines academic‑career planning expansion, new RTI supports and CTE growth
Summary
Oak Creek‑Franklin staff described Academic and Career Planning (ACP) work, CTE programming, increased youth apprenticeship participation and a districtwide rollout of Response to Intervention (RTI) and Student Intervention Team (SIT) systems.
At the May 19 Oak Creek‑Franklin Joint School District meeting, counselors and administrators gave a multi‑level update on Academic and Career Planning (ACP), career technical education (CTE) opportunities and new districtwide implementation steps for Response to Intervention (RTI) and Student Intervention Teams (SIT).
Kim Liannis, a high school staff member involved in ACP, described the program’s mission as helping students and families plan successful college and career transitions. Middle‑school counselors Amanda Marino (West) and Christine Ruz (East) described transition activities that include family transition nights, fifth‑grade course programming visits, locker practice sessions and use of an online career exploration tool called Zello. Ruz said Zello helps students “interactively learn about their skills, their interests, and then it does a little match and helps them find some different careers that might align with those skills and interests.”
High school ACP work includes quarterly ACP lessons for grades 9–12, expanded youth apprenticeship participation, annual updates to the district’s education‑for‑employment plan and events such as Reality Day (March 6) and an annual career expo. Staff reported the district hosted a career expo with more than 70 businesses represented, and Oak Creek High School will host a Wisconsin Education Fair Oct. 3 that will invite colleges, technical schools and military recruiters during the school day for juniors and seniors.
Megan (district academic staff) presented plans to scale RTI and SIT systems used at West Middle School across the district. She described four systems that supported West’s growth scores—collaborative co‑planning, PBIS (behavior supports), RTI and SIT—then outlined district actions this spring: identifying interventions and progress‑monitoring tools, piloting ELA and math interventions, building uniform spreadsheets and data walls for monitoring, and scheduling professional development for August. She said the district will adopt STAR as a universal screening tool at the high school and implement tier 2 and tier 3 interventions at elementary grade levels and during high‑school “go time.”
Administrators framed the RTI rollout as a systems implementation project requiring training, scheduling and documentation. Megan said district plans include an RTI/SIT handbook and additional professional development to be delivered before the 2025–26 school year.
Why it matters The ACP and RTI work affects course planning, student transitions from middle to high school, CTE pathways and interventions for students who are falling behind academically. Staff said the district’s goal is to align transition activities, expand experiential career opportunities and replicate practices that produced higher growth scores at West Middle School.
Ending note Administrators said they will return with more aligned school‑by‑school presentations on state report cards and improvement plans in the fall; staff offered to provide follow‑up data, including counts of middle‑school students who enter high school with credits.
