| Term |
Definition |
| BIT Academic Team |
A diverse group of educators that create, monitor, and adjust school-specific MTSS and implement and monitor building-wide and student specific support and interventions. |
| Continuous Improvement |
Continuous improvement is the ongoing improvement of systems and processes through incremental and breakthrough improvements. Conducted in cycles of Plan, Do, Study, Act empower experts closest to the work to determine strategies and make data-driven decisions to improve student and school outcomes. |
| CSI School |
Comprehensive Support and Improvement: Lowest 5%: the lowest performing 5% of Title I schools in the state, and high schools (Title I or non-Title I) with a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate less than or equal to 67% |
| Learning Team |
A diverse group of educators, led by the building principal and SST that provides building-wide leadership, modeling, and facilitating collaboration around instruction focusing on grade-level standards, high quality instruction, and universal proactive support. |
| MTSS |
Multi-Tiered System of Support: a school-specific system to connect students to support and interventions, monitor progress, and empower and build capacity in school staff to meet the needs of students based on a variety of data. |
| Regional Support Team |
Regional Superindent, Instructional Leadership Directors, and School Performance Coordinators. |
| SIP |
School Improvement Plan: a unique plan, refined annually, that defines a school's targeted work to raise achievement for all of its students using continuous improvement. |
| SPC |
School Performance Coordinators: District administrators that support the SIP Goals 1-4, as well as the district's MTSS. |
| SST |
School Support Teacher: School-based instructional leader for the building, facilitates teams, and curates evidence for the SIP. Provides coaching and support for staff aligned with goals. |
| PBIS |
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: an evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. |