Smart Accountability spelled out in Conway
Collaboration was the buzz word today in Conway, where more than 200 Arkansas educators (including personnel from 58 public schools) met to learn more about the state’s Smart Accountability program.
Arkansas was one of the first states approved to implement a plan that would allow ADE to work with local districts to target resources to schools and students that most need them to improve academic performance.
The goal of Smart Accountability is to reverse the trend of low performance by building capacity within the leadership and staff already in those schools. By placing school improvement specialty support teams and school improvement specialists in the selected schools, ADE staff will be able to work with personnel to identify barriers and implement appropriate, research-based interventions that have been proven to increase academic achievement.
“It’s a good collaborative plan,” Dr. Diana Julian, ADE deputy commissioner, told the crowd, with the “bottom line being student achievement. … What we want to do is help you work smarter.”
The tone for the meeting was set with an inspiring video of a Dallas student asking educators, “Do you believe in me?”
Posted by JJT.
