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“Challenging
Individuals to Achieve Excellence” is the mission statement of
Jefferson County Schools. It is our goal for all students to have the
resources and instruction necessary to reach their full potential while
receiving a free and appropriate public education.
In compliance with No Child
Left Behind, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
Act, Jefferson County Schools are dedicated to meeting the needs and
services for all students to receive the best quality education through
programming for the individual student. The school system adheres to a
policy of non-discrimination in educational programs and activities while
striving to provide equal educational opportunity for all students as
required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits
discrimination based on disability.
The school system embraces
the Response to Intervention Framework model, now part of educational law,
as a system of service delivery that uses evidence-based interventions,
monitoring and evaluation for on-going tracking of individual students in
making informed decisions about the student’s educational and behavioral
programming needs. This framework provides students who do not respond to
instruction with increasingly intensive levels of intervention. Each school
is dedicated to meeting the requirements of the Response to Intervention
Framework Model through the School Intervention Team’s oversight of
procedures and fidelity of implementation.
As of July 2008 the Jefferson Count Schools' RTI
framework has been approved by the state of Tennessee for their K-5 Literacy
component as outlined in this document. |
