Kingman Academy Of Learning

Kingman Academy of Learning will ensure that the interventions it implements will respond to the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of all students and particularly those students disproportionately impacted by the pandemic by assessing student academic progress as well as social and emotional health throughout the year using multiple evaluation tools. Kingman Academy will use this assessment to continuous revise methods based on the needs of our students.

Revision #1: 1/10/22 Additional Details added
Summer School - FY22, FY23 & FY24
Kingman Academy of Learning Intermediate School will offer summer school to all enrolled students (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care) each summer from 2022 to 2024. Summer school is held for four consecutive four-day weeks. Students will be given opportunities to work on focused interventions or enrichment in math and ELA. Three teachers and 1 paraprofessional.
Summer school will utilize the following evidence based strategies as found in the ADE Evidence Based data base:
iReady Benchmark assessment and individualized learning plans - Teaching team will utilize benchmark data to create individual reteach/enrich plans for students

Summer School - FY22, FY23 & FY24
Kingman Academy of Learning Primary School will offer summer school to all enrolled students (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care) each summer from 2022 to 2024. Summer school is held for four consecutive four-day weeks. Students will be given opportunities to work on focused interventions or enrichment in math and ELA. Three teachers and 1 paraprofessional.
Summer school will utilize the following evidence based strategies as found in the ADE Evidence Based data base:
iReady Benchmark assessment and individualized learning plans - Teaching team will utilize benchmark data to create individual reteach/enrich plans for students

Summer School - FY22, FY23 & FY24
Kingman Academy of Learning Middle School will offer summer school to all enrolled students (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care) each summer from 2022 to 2024. Summer school is held for four consecutive four-day weeks. Students will be given opportunities to work on focused interventions or enrichment in math and ELA. Three teachers and 1 paraprofessional.
Summer school will utilize the following evidence based strategies as found in the ADE Evidence Based data base:
iReady Benchmark assessment and individualized learning plans - Teaching team will utilize benchmark data to create individual reteach/enrich plans for students
Technology Enhanced Classroom instruction (Edgenuity): Teaching team will utilize technology to assist students in recovering lost credits and to individual instruction to meet student's educational needs.

Summer School - FY22, FY23 & FY24
Kingman Academy will provide transportation for the summer enrichment program to all enrolled students (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care) each summer from 2022 to 2024. This will allow access to this opportunity for our special populations.

REVISION #4: 04/14/22 REMOVED (LETRs Training is a research based professional development for K-2 teachers in the science of teaching reading to support special student populations (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care). Professional development and implementation of LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) program designed to expand their literacy knowledge and professional practice to master the essential skills related to the fundamentals of literacy instruction. LETRS will be used to assist in identifying, targeting and servicing special education students while utilizing an inclusion structure in the regular education classroom.) REPLACE THIS ITEM WITH FUNDATIONS: Fundations is a foundational comprehensive program that provides instructional strategies to teaching a research-based, data-supported, structured phonics and spelling curriculum using engaging, multisensory techniques. Teachers will be trained in lesson preparation and content delivery to meet the needs of unique learners. Trainings will focus on the instructional practice following the science of teaching reading to support special student populations (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care. Professional development and implementation of Fundations is designed to expand their literacy knowledge and professional practice to master the essential skills related to the fundamentals of literacy instruction and demonstrate the concepts using visual and kinesthetic strategies. Fundations will be used to assist in identifying, targeting and servicing special education students while utilizing an inclusion structure in the regular education classroom.

FY22, FY23, FY24
Kingman Academy of Learning's academic interventions will be available to all students (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care). iReady and Ready Reading and Math are text series with diagnostic assessment and personalized pathways to meet the needs of all learners. Early detection of developmental difficulties and students performing below their chronological age allows for proactive adjustment of student's instructional plan and timely intervention through Special Education, or Title I qualification. The iReady diagnostic tool has audio support, text tools, symbols and icons used for prompting and cues, and can be adjusted for specific student needs.
Each school will utilize the following evidence based strategies as found in the ADE Evidence Based data base:
iReady Benchmark assessment and individualized learning plans - Teaching team will utilize benchmark data to create individual reteach/enrich plans for students.

The following social and emotional interventions will be available to all students (including all racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, and migrant status; students experiencing homelessness; and children and youth in foster care).
Kingman Academy of Learning will utilize grant monies to supply the positive action social emotional learning program. Kingman Academy will research, review, evaluate and purchase a social and emotional evidence based curriculum such as Positive Action. Positive Action is a comprehensive social-emotional learning curriculum that helps children develop self-management skills and encourages responsible decision making. Positive Action has created a program that works at all education levels. Using Positive Action, students develop self-awareness and gain the SEL competencies they need for success in the classroom and beyond. Positive Action implements a proven method for social-emotional learning. Positive Action is a comprehensive social-emotional learning curriculum that helps children develop self-management skills and encourages responsible decision making. Positive Action has strong and moderate evidence to show how lessons build emotional skills in students. Positive Action will be used K-12 and will also include materials for small groups for our counselor. ADEs evidence-based data base practice of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Positive Action is on the ADEs Evidenced based program list.
Stipends will be offered to show appreciation of teachers giving up their own time for professional development to increase SEL techniques to continue to meet the needs of students and learning loss as well as for retention of experienced staff to continue the dedication to student growth.
Social and emotional health will also be brought through the lens of sports psychology through professional development.
Teacher mentoring professional development training will be used to strengthen new teachers and struggling teachers.
Kingman Academy of Learning will provide professional development through Jostens National Renaissance Conference to focus on building school climate and culture overall in order to positively impact student outcomes in academics, social emotional wellness, and student efficacy.
An administrator will attend the ASBA Law Conference and Pre-Conference and will present the information from the conference on his return to other administrators. This conference will include Educating Students in Poverty: A Day Long Look at the Legal, Financial and Practical Issues in Delivering Opportunities For All and other pertinent legal information needed in these unprecedented times.
Technology resources (hardware, software, and connectivity-related devices) will be purchased and installed to aid increased learning in the classroom and at home.
During the 2022-2023 school year, Kingman Academy High School will investigate and purchase alternative assessment technologies that can evaluate student performance in all subjects to assess learning loss and diagnose student needs in order to plan instruction to effectively fill learning gaps.
Kingman Academy of Learning Middle School will have additional outdoor space for students. Grass will be added to an area to increase the usable outside space for students thus increasing the ability to socially distance and reduce the risk of virus transmission by increasing total area. Additional playground equipment will be added to promote physical health as well as social and emotional health.
Kingman Academy of Learning High School's gym floor will be repaired to correct structural damage and will be replaced with a surface that will reduce the risk of physical injury. This will allow for virus transmission prevention and spread of illness. This will allow the school to continue use of this area for academic classes, activities and events to support social-emotional wellness, physical health activities, and family / school connection events.
Kingman Academy of Learning Primary School will add additional playground equipment for students. Thus increasing the ability to socially distance and reduce the risk of virus transmission by increasing the number of options for students. Additional playground equipment will be added to promote physical health as well as social and emotional health.