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INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN
KNOX COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN
The purpose of the Knox County School District
Instructional Plan is to present a clear and concise
framework for instruction to students in the district.
This plan will provide public understanding and
awareness of the instructional framework and
strategies provided for students and learners of all
ages in the Knox County School District. The plan
primarily addresses two types of school district
audiences: internal (students, teachers, staff,
administration, and Board of Education) and
external (parents, businesses, civic groups, religious
groups, and other members of the Knox County
community).
Objective Our objective is to improve instruction at all grade levels. The
Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) requires that Knox
County Public Schools (KCPS) develop, implement, and monitor
a district-wide instructional plan and process that ensures
teachers develop lesson plans and instructional strategies that:
1. clearly inform students of learning expectations and
standards of performance,
2. informs students of how they will demonstrate learning
and provide students examples of how they will
demonstrate learning,
3. formatively assess student learning to guide and modify
instruction and provide o-going student performance
feedback,
4. provide students with exemplars of high quality work,
5. require student collaboration and self-reflection,
6. address student development of critical thinking skills,
and
7. are individualized to meet unique student learning needs.
Strategies 1. Create and maintain a district instructional plan and
process work group made up of various stakeholders that
include but are not limited to:
a. Parents
b. Teachers
c. Principals
d. Classified Staff
e. District Administrators
f. Community Members
2. The team will create a district instructional plan with
lesson plan and instruction essential components as
approved by the KCPS leadership team.
3. KCPS will monitor the plan through walkthroughs and
principal or designee submission of lesson plan monitoring
form to be submitted to the superintendent or designee
on a monthly basis.
4. The district instructional plan will include the following
essential criteria as referenced through Appendix A:
Crosswalk of KDE Requirements and KCPS Lesson Plan
essential Criteria.
A. Standards/Learning Targets
B. How Students Will Demonstrate Learning
(examples: writing, research, collaboration, project,
etc.)
C. Instructional Strategies which include Higher Order
Thinking Skills (HOTS)
D. Exemplars, rubrics, models, or scoring guides
E. Formative Assessments
F. Student Self-Reflection
G. Differentiation
5. The district will share the instructional plan and lesson
plan essential components prior to the first day for
students to staff annually and to all newly hired teachers
through the New Teacher Academy.
6. The district leadership team will review principal
monitoring forms monthly and walkthrough data after
each walkthrough to determine professional needs of staff
for lesson planning and instruction. Recommendations will
be made to the principal for professional development for
teachers who are not adequately using the seven essential
components for lesson plans.
Procedures 1. The district will develop and maintain an instructional committee
who will be made up of stakeholders including teachers,
principals, central office leadership, parents, classified staff, and
others as determined by the committee.
a. The committee will determine the essential components
that should be included in all instruction as evidenced
through lesson plans and classroom observations.
b. The committee will meet quarterly to review
implementation and effectiveness of policies, procedures,
and any needed revisions.
2. Teachers will develop and implement instructional lessons that
include the seven district essential components.
a. Lesson plans will be monitored weekly by principals using
the district monitoring tool. Principals will submit monthly
lesson plan monitoring reports to the superintendent or
designee by the 5th of each month.
b. District Leadership team will review lesson plan reports at
the first leadership team meeting following the 5th of each
month. Feedback will be provided on any critical issues or
concerns. Principals will then send a plan of action for those
areas within two weeks.
c. District Leadership team will review lesson plans prior to
walkthroughs for essential components and congruency to
instruction and curriculum map.
Timeline June – August
o Instructional team makes recommendations to the Knox district leadership team
(KDLT).
o DLT reviews essential criteria and approves or makes necessary revisions.
o DLT shares with principals.
o Principals/schools review or develop lesson plan template to use based upon
district essential criteria.
o Principals will submit lesson plan template back to district leadership team for
approval.
o Within two weeks, the district leadership team will submit feedback to the
principals on lesson plan template.
o Upon approval, the principals will communicate with staff about the use of the
lesson plan template.
By the end of the first nine weeks
o DLT will meet to review monthly monitoring of district lesson plans and
instruction from walkthroughs to determine implementation and effectiveness of
lesson plans and instruction.
By the end of the first nine weeks – through remainder of school year
o Lesson plans should include the district essential criteria.
o Lesson Plans will be monitored by the principal and during walk-throughs by
district and school leadership to determine the use of district essential criteria.
o Principals/designee will submit monthly lesson plan monitoring reports to the
superintendent or designee.
o Leadership team will monitor principals’ lesson plan monitoring reports monthly
to look for any systemic issues or individual teacher issues. Leadership will
notify the principals of any concerns on feedback form.
End of first semester
o District Instructional Planning Work Committee will meet to review/evaluate
implementation of the process and any necessary changes.
June – July
o The district instructional plan and process Work Group will meet to
review/evaluate implementation of the process and essential criteria.
Appendix A
Crosswalk of KDE Requirements and KCPS Lesson Plan essential Criteria
KDE Requirements KCPS Lesson Plan Essential Criteria
1. clearly inform students of learning expectations and standards of performance,
A. Standards/Learning Targets
2. informs students of how they will demonstrate learning and provide students examples of how they will demonstrate learning,
B. How Students will demonstrate learning
3. formatively assess student learning to guide and modify instruction and provide o-going student performance feedback,
C. Formative Assessments
4. provide students with exemplars of high quality work,
D. Exemplars (Identify the type such as rubric, model, scoring guide not the actual rubric.
5. require student collaboration and self-reflection,
E. Student Self-Reflection
6. address student development of critical thinking skills, and ,
Strategies/Higher Order Thinking skills
7. are individualized to meet unique student learning needs.
F. Differentiation/Modifications
Appendix B
KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
KCPS LESSON PLAN ESSENTIALS
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LESSON PROCEDURES
VOCABULARY TECH AND RESOURCES NOTES
Appendix C
Week of _____________ School ______________________
Write the name of your teachers and check if the component is found in the lesson plan.
Teacher Learning
Targets
Students
Demonstrat
e Learning
Critical
Thinking
Skills
Exemplars Differentiati
on
Formative
Assessments
Student Self
Reflection
Principal’s Signature: _______________________________ Date: ___
Appendix D
Lesson Plan Feedback Form
School: _______________________ Date: ________
All district criteria met Concerns for the following areas
Appendix E: Lesson Plan Monitoring Next Steps
School Missing Components / Big Rocks /
Next Steps
Central Elementary
Dewitt Elementary
Flat Lick Elementary
Girdler Elementary
GR Hampton Elementary
Jesse D Lay Elementary
Lynn Camp Elementary
Knox County Middle
Knox Central High
Lynn Camp Middle/High