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Six Year Plan . Year Four Initiatives 2012-13. Year Four. Organize all schools for success Establish Professional Learning Communities 2010-11 use fully developed data set Employ leadership for MOHS Develop Action plans and SMART goals for all schools
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Six Year Plan Year Four Initiatives 2012-13
Year Four • Organize all schools for success • Establish Professional Learning Communities • 2010-11 use fully developed data set • Employ leadership for MOHS • Develop Action plans and SMART goals for all schools • Expand student-to-student tutoring for those that need it • Launch night school to assist those with most need • Systematically raise expectations for all students • Eliminate the grade of “D”; make 70% the new standard • Systematize restorative and redemptive learning activities • Reengineer and deliver gifted and talented instruction in elementary school grades • Reschedule schools to make a better use of time • Extend learning experiences for those that need it • Re-Design Special Education Program • Shift lines of authority (empower special education teachers) • Re-deploy Teacher Aides to all students (end specialized “turf” as SOP)
Year Four • Equip schools with sophisticated learning tools • Establish a Benchmark Testing system • Develop Common Assessments for MOHS students in all English and Math AND Science and Social Studies • Develop common assessments in all non tested grades • Deploy an inclusive technology program • Install Link It as new Language Arts and Math Internal Benchmark System (replacing LEARNIA) • Develop an automatic email alert system to notify parents of any failed graded assignment • Deploy Compass Learning as primary tutoring tool for Special Education • Deploy IEP Tracker software; digitize all special education systems • Equip all classrooms grades 3 – 5 with SMART Board technology • Install SMART Technologies in all classrooms • Source, select, and integrate technological lessons in all CORE teaching areas • Equip all teachers with personal computing devices • Expand student use computers in all schools; increase bandwidth accordingly • Expand use of Compass Learning products for students not demonstrating mastery • Develop a personalized student learning plan for all students grades 6 – 12 • Personalize learning through technology Integrated lessons • Pilot summer and home bound instruction • Install one to one computing pilot in grades 8 and 9 using BYOT systems
Year Four • Train faculty and staff in research-based best practices • Train elementary faculty and staff in Writers Workshop methodology, Data management, and Professional Learning Communities • Train secondary staff in Understanding by Design pedagogy, Data Management, and Professional Learning Communities • Train secondary staff in the use of integrated teaching technologies • Train all staff in the use of teacher evaluation model • Train staff in the development of Common Core standards across district • Supply every student with a world-class curriculum • Deploy new Social Studies textbooks in elementary schools • Deploy new math adoption for district • Study new science programming for the district • Deploy new science programming across K-5 • Supply 6-12 science teachers with newest technologies/tools
Year Four • Implement teaching methods that motivate • Reinforce “active learning” concepts in all schools • Deploy additional teachers to assist struggling students achieve (four elementary reading specialists; one achievement specialist per school; total 6) • Pilot Teacher Evaluation System based on measures of accountability
Produce results through strategic planning • “Design” school programs and functionality with the “end in mind” • Train faculty and staff in new schooling design • Craft all IEP programs around performance standards • Evaluate schools staff against design • Implement an accountability (success) culture based on the principles of Total Quality Management • Quantify student academic progress (establish TQM processes to introduce accountability • Re-define success as “proficiency” on state assessments • Introduce Student Growth Percentiles as primary metric for student achievement progress • Reduce achievement gaps between and among “protected” groups in all schools
