• Parent letter home
• Community Lab availability
• Student Planner use
• In-school lab time in BIT Department
• SAM/TOM
• Family Access/Webgrades
• Phone contact with student parent or case manager
• Open House/Parent Conferences
• Weekly planning meeting of Focus on IT teachers

Completed:

• Parent letter home
• Community Lab availability
• Student Planner use
• In-school lab time in BIT Department
• SAM/TOM
• Family Access/Webgrades
• Frequent use of HUHS Reference Guide
• Weekly planning meeting of Focus on IT teachers

• Develop rubrics for all document formatting units for consistency in assessment
• Update unit content for relevancy
• Implement more responsive student placement in Special Education Focus on IT and Business Prep
• Conduct weekly planning meeting of Focus on IT teachers

Completed:

• Developed and implemented rubrics for all document formatting units for consistency in assessment
• Units updated
• Held weekly planning meeting with all teachers

• Develop pre- and post-assessments
• Differentiate curriculum for different sections and within sections
• Update unit content for relevancy and for Office 2003
• Conduct weekly planning meeting of Focus on IT teachers
• Analyze student data at end of Semester I

• Continue to monitor industry certification exams for updates and additions
• Explore CLEP exams

Completed:

• Added MSDST certification in Independent Study for Certification course
• Discussed CLEP exams and had 4 marketing students take exam as part of DPI pilot

• Explore and pilot a two-tier approach to Computer Systems and Maintenance course
• Explore CIW certification for Website Design & Development courses through DPI pilot
• Explore and pilot CLEP exams
• Revise course offerings to include CLEP exam options

Completed:

• Pilot successful in Computer Systems and Maintenance; will fully implement next year
• Pilot successful for CIW certification; will fully implement next year with modifications in certification tracks
• Four teachers took CLEP exams in Marketing, Accounting, and Management
• Course content reviewed for CLEP exam material and revised where necessary

• Implement CLEP exam/honors option into Marketing I and Principles of Accounting
• Implement CIW certification in Web Design I and II
• Explore CLEP exam/honors option in Business Management
• Pilot IC3 certification for second-tier of Computer Systems and Maintenance