2007-08 Adopted Plan - Wake County Public School System

GlossaryTitle VIThe purpose of Title VI is to provide formula grants to assist states indeveloping the assessments required under the No Child Left BehindESEA legislation, and competitive grants to states to support collaborativeefforts with Institutions of Higher Education.TMACThreat Management Through Assessment and CounselingTOWSRFTest of Silent Word Reading FluencyTPCTeacher Parent ConsultantTrainable Mentally HandicappedTrainable mentally handicapped (TMH) refers to a student who issignifi cantly below general cognitive functioning and who has a reducedrate of learning which adversely affects that student’s educationalperformance.Transfers In/OutAmounts transferred from one fund to another to assist in fi nancing theservices for the recipient fund.TRATechnology Resource Associates, Inc.Triangle High FiveBusiness leaders and educators create unique regional consortium tosupport high schoolsFive major Triangle business leaders and fi ve public school systemscreated a unique public/private sector high school reform initiativedesigned to increase the number of graduates, reduce the dropout rate,and better prepare students for successful lives after high school. Entitled“High Five: Regional Partnership for High School Excellence,” the fi veyear,$2.5 million project represents the fi rst collaborative venture for thefi ve major area public school systems.The partnership, created in April, 2004, is designed to support andenhance public high school performance by developing a regionalapproach in sharing best practices; facilitating collaboration betweenschool districts, colleges and universities; identifying alternative deliverysystems to reach at-risk students and broadening community support.The regional partnership’s funding comes from The News & ObserverPublishing Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North CarolinaFoundation, SAS, Progress Energy and Capitol Broadcasting Company.The fi ve Triangle public school systems participating in the program are:Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Durham County, Johnston County, Orange Countyand Wake County.VisionAll students graduating with high school diplomas will be well prepared topursue higher education and careers of their choice.Goals• 100 percent graduating high school by 2013• 90 percent completing college tech prep or college university prepcourse of study by 2009• 80 percent meeting course requirements for UNC system admissionby 2009Initiatives• Facilitate collaboration between the school districts.• Identify best practices in high school reform and collaborate on thosepractices.• Identify alternative learning environments and course deliverysystems and develop standards for them.• Promote partnership with families, communities, businesses, theState Board of Education, and local higher education institutions.• Promote state policy review and modifi cations to support studentsuccess.• Identify and obtain fi nancial resources to support reform.TRTTechnology Resource Teacher409 FY 2007-08 Plan for Student Success