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Technical Assistance

The Office of School Improvement's (OSI) technical assistance supports the development of the productive resources of schools by helping them to effectively manage and evaluate aspects of the West Virginia Standards for High Quality Schools. The OSI helps schools strengthen their capacity in both human and institutional resources and to design appropriate instructional, cultural, leadership, and structural processes.

"The Next Generation Standards" (NxG CSOs)

Common Core Standards

For technical assistance pertaining to the Next Generation CSOs, please contact Nancy Cline (nmcline@access.k12.wv.us) in the Office of School Improvement at 304-558-3199 or contact Carla Williamson , Executive Director, at cljwilli@access.k12.wv.us.


Technical assistance benefits all schools

Technical assistance is one of the benefits of working with the OSI. Any school can request support from the OSI. However, the focus of the work is on schools that are low performing. These schools are termed "Tier 1" schools.

Under federal Elementary & Secondary Education Act / No Child Left Behind (ESEA / NCLB) legislation, low-performing is defined.

Under WV state law the process for improving education is outlined in Policy 2320 (PERFORMANCE BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM).

Schools facing consolidation, deficits in academic performance in subgroups, culture challenges, and high staff turnover have also benefited from technical assistance from the OSI. Apart from direct support in school leadership and school culture, by helping individual schools reduce weaknesses and vulnerabilities, technical assistance also contributes to graduation rates, school counseling, and instuctional practices. Further, technical assistance provided to emerging high performing schools using selected research based best practices helps provide sustainability to the school and the district in areas of policy and keeps the institutions up-to-date on innovations.

 

Feel free to contact us...

Not able to locate what you are looking for? Contact Nancy Cline (nmcline@access.k12.wv.us) or Kenny Moles (kmoles@access.k12.wv.us) at 304-558-3199 for assistance.

If you would like to request a certain training for your district or your school, contact your RESA or Michele Blatt (mlblatt@access.k12.wv.us) at 304-558-3199.
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