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School District Goal 2010-2012

TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL STUDENTS

I. Continue developing Professional Learning Communities to increase student learning.

1. Use PLC Teams to determine essential outcomes and establish common assessments. (Eggerding; Division Chairs)
• All core courses by August 2011
• All remaining courses by August 2012

2. Develop a professional development schedule through June 2012 that outlines quarterly opportunities for staff designed to further enhance PLC’s. (Eggerding; Curriculum Staff Development Team)

3. Through June 2012, continue to develop Pyramids of Support that provide systematic interventions to improve student achievement. (Eggerding; Franson; Bredrup)

II. Fully implement a data-driven decision-making model to increase student achievement.

1. Install, configure and utilize a data warehouse to provide accurate and accessible data. (Tennant; Eggerding; Smith)
• Install and configure Decision Ed data warehouse. (January 2011)
• Provide training for staff. (Spring 2011)

2. Install, configure and implement a new student information system. (Tennant; Core SIS Team)
• Install and configure Infinite Campus software. (January 2011)
• Provide multiple training sessions for staff. (Spring, Summer and Fall 2011)
• Communicate parent portal information and access via online tutorials and training sessions as needed. (Fall 2011)
• Utilize Infinite Campus as the student information system for summer school. (Summer 2011)
• Complete transition to Infinite Campus. (Fall 2011)

3. Provide yearly staff development programs on effective use of student performance data so that PLC Teams support essential outcomes. (Smith)

4. Develop an individual student growth model to track the achievement and progress of students over a sustained period of time. (Eggerding; Smith; Division Chairs)
• Integrate growth model with new data warehouse and student information system. (August 2011)

5. Monitor and evaluate the academic performance of students who score in the lower quartiles of each grade level and use this information to make curricular revisions to improve student achievement. (Eggerding; Smith; Division Chairs)
• Submit math curriculum changes for Algebra. (October 2010)
• Review the performance of the Humanities and Becci Programs. (June 2011)
• Analyze student performance in the core content areas from the previous year’s PSAE results. (December 2010; 2011)

III. Increase opportunities for all students to maximize their performance on high stakes tests.

1. Improve the performance of all sub-group populations on the PSAE by 5% in both math and reading. (June 2011) (Eggerding; School Improvement Team; Division Chairs)

2. Increase the number of students taking AP exams and the number of tests scoring a 3 or higher by 5 %. (May 2011) (Eggerding; School Improvement Team; Division Chairs)

3. Enhance articulation efforts with associate schools by producing updated Data Consortium reports. (June 2011) (Smith; Kilrea)

IV. Improve the academic achievement of minority and immigrant students.

1. Provide sequenced activities for minority and immigrant students that coordinate their interests with college and post-secondary career pathways. (May 2011) (Franson; Bredrup; Fritch)

2. Increase the co-curricular participation rates of minority and immigrant students by 5%. (June 2011) (Franson; Grundke; Geddeis; Hulbert; Palacios)

3. Increase the enrollment of minority and immigrant students in AP courses. (June 2011) (Eggerding; Division Chairs)

V. Maintain a safe school climate that is conducive to learning.

1. Continue the District’s ongoing efforts to provide resources that educate students, parents, staff, and community on mental health and social emotional issues. (Franson; Bredrup; Associate Principals; Widing; Assistant Principals)

2. Identify a nationally-normed school climate survey for students and plan for secure, supervised administration of survey in 2011-2012.  (Franson; Smith; Bredrup)