CHALLISJOINTSCHOOL DISTRICT #181

2000 - INSTRUCTION

POLICY AND PROCEDURE - 2000 SERIES

INSTRUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Goals...... 2000

Curriculum

Curriculum Development and Assessment...... 2100

Lesson Plan...... 2110

Program Evaluation and Diagnostic Tests...... 2120

Research Studies...... 2130

Student and Family Privacy Rights...... 2140

Copyright...... 2150

Copyright Procedure...... 2150P

Instructional Organization

School Year Calendar and Day...... 2200

School Closure...... 2210

School Closure Procedure...... 2210P

Pre-kindergarten Programs...... 2220

Grade Organization...... 2230

Class Size...... 2240

Programs and Services

Guidance and Counseling...... 2300

Nutrition and Wellness...... 2301 2301

Health Enhancement...... 2310

Driver Training Education...... 2320

Community and Adult Education...... 2330

Controversial Issues and Academic Freedom...... 2340

Speakers in the Classroom and at School Functions...... 2341

Controversial Speakers Procedure...... 2341P

Student Religious Activity at School...... 2350

Release Time...... 2360

Interscholastic Activities...... 2370

Homebound, Hospital and Home Instruction...... 2380

Supplemental Education Services...... 2385

Limited English Proficiency Program...... 2390

Migrant Education Program...... 2391

IdahoDigitalLearningAcademy Classes...... 2395

Special or Alternative Instruction

Special Education (RESERVED)...... 2400

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...... 2410

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Procedure...... 2410P

Title I...... 2420

Title I Parent Involvement Procedure...... 2420P

Gifted and Talented Program...... 2430

Alternative Credit Options...... 2440

POLICY AND PROCEDURE - 2000 SERIES

INSTRUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)

Instructional Materials

Library Materials...... 2500

Selection of Library Materials...... 2510

Selection of Library Materials Procedure...... 2510P

Curricular Materials...... 2520

Learning Materials Review...... 2530

Selection, Adoption and Removal of Curricular Materials...... 2540

Field Trips, Excursions and Outdoor Education...... 2550

Contests for Students...... 2560

Grading and Promotion

Promotion/Retention (K-6)...... 2600

Promotion/Retention (7-8)...... 2605

Advancement Requirements (9-12)...... 2610

Grading and Progress Reports...... 2620

Parent-Teacher Conferences...... 2625

Homework...... 2630

Graduation

High School Graduation Requirements...... 2700-2700A

Credit for Transfer Work Procedure...... 2700P

Alternative Measure to the Idaho Standards Achievement Tests...... 2710

Participation in Commencement Exercises...... 2720

Accreditation

Objectives...... 2800

Goals2000

The District’s educational program will seek to provide an opportunity for each child to develop to his or her maximum potential. The objectives for the educational program are:

  • To foster self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-discipline.
  • To develop an awareness of and appreciation for cultural diversity.
  • To stimulate intellectual curiosity and growth.
  • To provide fundamental career concepts and skills.
  • To help the student develop sensitivity to the needs and values of others and respect for individual and group differences.
  • To help each student strive for excellence and instill a desire to reach the limit of his or her potential.
  • To develop the fundamental skills which will provide a basis for life long learning.
  • To be free of any sexual, cultural, ethnic, or religious bias.

The administrative personnel are responsible for apprising the Board of the educational

program’s current and future status. The Superintendent should prepare periodic reports that include:

  • A review and evaluation of the present curriculum;
  • A projection of curriculum and resource needs;
  • An evaluation of, and plan to eliminate, any sexual, cultural, ethnic, or religious bias that may be present in the curriculum or instructional materials and methods;
  • A plan for new or revised instructional program implementations; and
  • A review of present and future facility needs.

Parents and patrons are encouraged to visit classrooms when better understanding of the educational processes effecting their children's education is desired. At such times, the parents are encouraged to make arrangements with the teacher for visitation (and to check in at the office). While parents are visiting the classroom, they should refrain from interaction with the teacher or class unless called upon by the teacher.

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:2/14/05

Curriculum Development and Assessment2100

The Board is responsible for curriculum adoption and must approve all significant changes, including the adoption of new textbooks and new courses, before such changes are made. The Superintendent is responsible for making curriculum recommendations. The curriculum shall be designed to accomplish the learning objectives and goals for excellence consistent with the District’s educational philosophy, mission statement, objectives and goals. This process includes aligning the curriculum to allow students to successfully achieve the standards adopted by the Board, as measured by appropriate assessments.

The Board of Trustees permits participation by all stakeholders in the process of aligning curriculum, adopting curriculum materials, and evaluating the assessments of student achievement.

Development and Assessment

A written sequential curriculum shall be developed for each subject area. The curricula shall address learner goals, content and program area performance standards and District education goals, and shall be constructed to include such parts of education as content, skills, and thinking. A curriculum review cycle and time lines for curriculum development and evaluations shall be developed as well. It is the policy of the ChallisSchool District to evaluate and adjust the entire curriculum on a five-year rotation.

The staff and administration will suggest materials and resources, to include supplies, books, materials and equipment necessary for development and implementation of the curriculum and assessment that are consistent with the goals of the education program.

In all program areas and at all levels, the District shall assess student progress toward achieving learner goals and program area performance standards including: the content and data; the accomplishment of appropriate skills; the development of critical thinking and reasoning; and attitude. The District will use assessment results to improve the education program, and use effective and appropriate tools for assessing such progress. This may include, but is not limited to: standardized tests; criterion-referenced tests; teacher-made tests; ongoing classroom evaluation; actual communication assessments such as writing, speaking, and listening assessments; samples of student work and/or narrative reports passed from grade to grade; samples of students' creative and/or performance work; and surveys of carry-over skills to other program areas and outside of school.

All courses of instruction shall comply with state statutes and the rules of the State Board of Education.

Curriculum Development and Assessment (continued)2100

Cross Reference:2000 Goals

2110 Objectives

Legal Reference:

I.C. 33-512A District curricular materials adoption committees

I.C. 33-1601 et seq. Courses of Instruction

IDAPA 08.02.01 et seq. Rules of the State Board of Education

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:

Lesson Plan2110

To insure proper planning and continuity of instruction, the Board requires that each teacher prepare lesson plans for daily instruction. To facilitate more effective instruction, lesson plans must be prepared at least twodays in advance of the actual class presentation. The format for the lesson plan will be specified by the building Principal and shall be reviewed on a regular basis. The plan book or computer plan must be readily available when a substitute teacher is needed.

Careful Planning should precede:

  1. The opening of the school year.
  2. The beginning of a project; and/or
  3. The daily activities that address the needs of students.

Planning should include:

  1. Statement of objective.
  2. Procedures and strategies to be used.
  3. Organizational materials and instruction;
  4. Materials-basic and supplementary; and
  5. Evaluation of students

Planning should be creative and challenging as well as continuous. Additionally, planning should be flexible in order to meet the needs and abilities of students.

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:7/13/09

Program Evaluation and Diagnostic Tests2120

The Board strives to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in all facets of its operations. In order to achieve this goal, the Board shall strive to set forth:

  1. A clear statement of expectations and purposes for the District's instructional program;
  2. A provision for staff, resources and support to achieve the stated expectations and purposes; and
  3. A plan for evaluating instructional programs and services to determine how well

expectations and purposes are being met.

Parents who wish to examine any assessment materials may do so by contacting the

Superintendent. Parental approval is necessary before administering an individual intelligence test or a diagnostic personality test. No tests or measurement devices containing any questions about a student’s or the student’s family’s personal beliefs and practices in family life, morality and religion shall be administered unless the parent gives written permission for the student to take such test, questionnaire or examination.

Legal Reference:

20 U.S.C § 1232h Protection of Pupil Rights

I.C. § 1601 et seq. Courses of Instruction

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:

Research Studies2130

The District recognizes the value of participation in educational research. Studies using

observation, surveys, and experimentation can aid in the improvement of the instructional program in the school system as well as growth in the profession and growth for individual teachers and researchers.

Simultaneously, the District recognizes that the amount of time available for student learning is limited and must be handled carefully. It is, therefore, important that only those research studies that are of the greatest value to the District should be allowed to be conducted in the school system.

All research proposals from outside sources will be submitted in prospective form, with the instruments attached, to the Superintendent at least three (3) weeks prior to the date on which the research study is to be conducted. The prospectus will include the researcher's name, address and phone number, as well as a description of the purpose of the study, the procedures to be used, the treatment of the data and the distribution of the study. The Superintendent will approve or disapprove all research studies. Approval will be based on educational significance, project design, and disruption to the regular school process. The primary criteria in approving research studies will be the value to the District. A final copy of the study will be provided free of charge to the District.

No test, questionnaire, survey, or enumeration containing questions about a pupil’s or his parent’s personal beliefs, practices in sex, family life, morality and religion will be administered without Board approval.

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:

Student and Family Privacy Rights2140

Surveys – General

All surveys requesting personal information from students, as well as any other instrument used to collect personal information from students, must advance or relate to the District’s educational objectives as identified in Board Policy. This applies to all surveys, regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified and regardless of who created the survey.

Surveys Created by a Third Party

Before the District administers or distributes a survey created by a third party to a student, the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may inspect the survey upon request and within a reasonable time of their request.

This section applies to every survey: (1) that is created by a person or entity other than a District official, staff member, or student, (2) regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified, and (3) regardless of the subject matter of the questions.

Surveys Requesting Personal Information

School officials and staff members shall not request, nor disclose, the identity of any student who completes ANY survey containing one (1) or more of the following items:

  1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian;
  2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family;
  3. Behavior or attitudes about sex;
  4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
  5. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family
  6. relationships;
  7. Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and ministers;
  8. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian;
  9. Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program).

The student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may:

  1. Inspect the survey within a reasonable time of the request, and/or
  2. Refuse to allow their child to participate in any survey requesting personal

information. The school shall not penalize any student whose parent(s)/guardian(s) exercise this option.

Student and Family Privacy Rights (continued)2140

Instructional Material

A student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may, within a reasonable time of the request, inspect any instructional material used as part of their child’s educational curriculum.

The term “instructional material,” for purposes of this policy, means instructional content that is provided to a student, regardless of its format, printed or representational materials, audio-visual materials, and materials in electronic or digital formats (such as materials accessible through the Internet). The term does not include academic tests or academic assessments.

Collection of Personal Information from Students for Marketing Prohibited

The term “personal information,” for purposes of this section only, means individually

identifiable information including: (1) a student’s or parent’s first and last name, (2) a home or their physical address (including street name and the name of the city or town), (4) telephone number, or (5) a Social Security identification number.

The District will not collect, disclose, or use student personal information for the purpose of marketing or selling that information or otherwise providing that information to others for that purpose.

The District, however, is not prohibited from collecting, disclosing, or using personal

information collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating, or providing educational products or services for, or to, students or educational institutions such as the following:

  1. College or other post-secondary education recruitment or military recruitment;
  2. Book clubs, magazines, and programs providing access to low-cost literary products;
  3. Curriculum and instructional materials used by elementary schools and secondary schools;
  4. Tests and assessments to provide cognitive, evaluative, diagnostic, clinical, aptitude, or achievement information about students (or to generate other statistically useful data for the purpose of securing such tests and assessments) and the subsequent analysis and public release of the aggregate data from such tests and assessments;
  5. The sale by students of products or services to raise funds for school-related or education related activities;
  6. Student recognition programs.

Student and Family Privacy Rights (continued)2140

Notification of Rights and Procedures

The Superintendent or designee shall notify students’ parents/guardians of:

  1. This policy as well as its availability from the administration office upon request;
  2. How to opt their child out of participation in activities as provided in this policy;
  3. The approximate dates during the school year when a survey requesting personal information, as described above, is scheduled or expected to be scheduled;
  4. How to request access to any survey or other material described in this policy.

This notification shall be given parents/guardians at least annually at the beginning of the school year and within a reasonable period after any substantive change in this policy.

The rights provided to parents/guardians in this policy transfer to the student, when the student turns 18 years of age or is an emancipated minor.

Cross Reference: 3500 Student Health

2520 Instructional Materials

3200 Student Rights and Responsibilities

Legal Reference:

20 U.S.C. 1232h Protection of Pupil Rights

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:

Copyright2150

The District recognizes that federal law makes it illegal to duplicate copyrighted materials without authorization of the holder of the copyright, except for certain exempt purposes. Severe penalties may be imposed for unauthorized copying or using of audio, visual or printed materials and computer software, unless the copying or using conforms to the “fair use” doctrine.

Under the “fair use” doctrine, unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted materials is permissible for such purposes as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research.

While the District encourages its staff to enrich the learning programs by making proper use of supplementary materials, it is the responsibility of District staff to abide by the District’s copying procedures and obey the requirements of the law. Under no circumstances shall it be necessary for District staff to violate copyright requirements in order to perform their duties properly. The District cannot be responsible for any violations of the copyright law by its staff.

Any staff member who is uncertain as to whether reproducing or using copyrighted material complies with the District’s procedures or is permissible under the law should contact the Superintendent. The Superintendent will assist staff in obtaining proper authorization to copy or use protected materials when such authorization is required.

The superintendent or designee is responsible for maintaining copies of permission granted for the use of copyrighted material.

Teachers will instruct students to respect copyright laws and to request permission when their use of material has the potential of being considered an infringement.

No information or graphics may be posted on any school system official website in violation of any copyright laws. The superintendent or web maintenance designee is responsible for maintaining copies of permission granted for the use of copyrighted material on any school system official website.

Legal Reference:

17 USC 101 to 1010 Federal Copyright Law of 1976.

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/11/04

Revised on:11/9/10

Copyright Procedure2150P

PROCEDURE:

Copyrighted material shall not be placed on any system connected to this District’s computer network service without the author’s written permission. The following shall apply to copyrighted materials:

  1. Only the owner or persons specifically authorized may upload copyrighted material to the computer network service.
  2. Users may download only that copyrighted material for which permission has been requested and granted, or that falls within the fair use exception to the copyright laws.

A user may redistribute a copyright program only with the express written permission of the owner or authorized person or as provided by the fair use exception.

Copyright Compliance

Authorized Reproduction and Use of Copyrighted Material in Print

In preparing for instruction, a teacher may make or have made a single copy of a chapter from a book; an article from a newspaper or periodical; a short story, short essay or short poem; or a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical or newspaper. A teacher may make multiple copies, not exceeding more than one (1) per pupil for classroom use if the copying meets the tests of “brevity, spontaneity and cumulative effect” set by the following guidelines. Each copy must include a notice of copyright.