SAU#9 Goals 2017-2018
Goal: We will recruit, recognize and develop the most effective personnel.
Objective: Ensure effective evaluation of all staff as aligned to district vision, mission and goals.
Strategies:
- Observation overviews
- Group walkthroughs at various schools
- Review of observations, feedback and written evaluations within the administrative PLC meetings
- Review of student work on common assessments
- Provide targeted professional development for competency based education
Performance Indicators:
- Administrative consistency in analysis of observations and feedback provided through walkthrough observations.
- Consistency of instructional practice as monitored through observation with feedback for improvement.
- Administration will identify building level strengths and weaknesses and provide professional development to meet the needs of the staff.
- Effective administrative feedback and evaluation to improve staff performance as documented in formal and informal manner.
Goal: By the end of the 2017-18 school year all staff will develop a common definition/understanding of competency-based education and personalized learning.
Objective: Align professional development, training and support to implement competency-based education and personalized learning.
Strategies:
- Leadership team participation in Competency Design Studio conference (summer 2017)
- Administrative PLC work focused on CBE
- Review of strategic plan, reinforcing the mission, vision and values of the school community
- Present to a wide variety of stakeholders in the community providing opportunity for feedback
- Develop a six phase plan for implementing CBE in grades k-12
- Identify and recognize what practices/structures are in place, which ones need to be modified, and which ones need to be established
Performance Indicators:
- Staff will be able to articulate the connection between our vision of realizing the full potential of each and every student and CBE
- Describe the sense of urgency for making the transformation to CBE
- School based goals aligned to the CBE implementation plan
Goal: All staff will utilize long-range planning to achieve the mission and vision of the district.
Objective: By the end of the 2017-2018 school year, we will monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic plan.
Strategies:
- Define the current reality of the district
- Academic achievement
- Social emotional achievement
- Physical and emotional safety of all school members
- Define individual student achievement in conjunction with growth model accountability
- Target focus areas for action planning and establish individual, building and district goals
- Provide agreed upon data/information as needed
- Provide feedback to the strategic planning process
Performance Indicators:
- Identify agreed upon data sources
- Communication of current reality in relation to the identified data sources for: student achievement, staffing, budget, capital planning.
- Assert leadership at the building and school board level by communicating proactively of topics and implementation plans.
- A clear and agreed upon definition of student achievement across SAU#9
- Clear and consistent standards documented and communicated in relation to expectations for all staff members
- Updated job descriptions aligned to current expectations
- Progress monitoring on all aspects of the strategic plan, semi-annually with reports to individual school boards.
Goal: We will continuously improve each student’s level of achievement and growth.
Objective: Create a cohesive comprehensive curriculum, instruction and assessment system that is consistent with our vision and mission, and reflective of the changing needs of our students.
Strategies:
- Ensure educators are aligning instruction and assessments to standards and competencies
- Support the development of formative and summative assessments aligned to standards and competencies to report on student achievement at all levels
- Participation and leadership on district curriculum committees
- Monitor student progress towards established standards and competencies. Provide continued professional development on best practices for assessment through faculty meetings, literature reviews, discussions, workshops
- Personalize instruction to meet the growth needs of individual students
Critically review student performance data at grade and building levels against established standards
Performance Indicators:
- Consistency in reporting on student achievement local, state and national measures.
- Monitoring and evaluation of assessment and instructional practices
- Improved reporting on process, product, and progress
- Varied assessments and rubrics as evidence to student achievement
- Implementation of standards-based report card at grades k-8