Strategic Process Update

1. Strategic Process Update January 18, 2012

2. March 1, 2011 Board Direction • Develop Five Year Strategic Plan for the Community-based School Reform Model • A Quality School in Every Neighborhood • Full Range of Academic Programs in Each Cluster • District-wide Accountability

3. March 1, 2011 Board Direction • Key Factors • Academic Program Adjustments • Enrollment • Transportation • Facilities/ Capacity • School choice • Diversity • K-12 Alignment • Democratic engagement

4. Strategic Process: Milestones • May 2011 – Planning Team Retreat Session • First Draft Strategic Process • 12 Indicators of Quality Schools • Summer 2011- Summer Work Groups • Broad participation on work groups (over 50 participants) • Development of goals, evidence and strategies • Second Draft Strategic Process • October 2011- Planning Team Retreat Session • Confirmed Moral Imperative Statement • Reviewed of Quality School Indicator Evidence • Conceptualized Process Development • Created Plan for School Site level Strategy Development • Strategic Process Third Draft

5. Strategic Process Milestones 5- Year Strategic Plan 12 Indicators of a Quality School Broad and Challenging Curriculum Quality Teaching/Data Driven Instruction Quality Leadership Professional Learning for All Staff Quality Support Staff High Expectations Valuing Diversity in the Service of Students Digital Literacy Parent and Community Engagement Center for Community Services Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 Integration and Collaboration Supportive Environment, Safe and Well-Maintained Facilities Moral Imperative It is a moral imperative to raise achievement levels for ALL students and to close achievement gaps by creating conditions that will reverse racial and economic disparity in student achievement. Plan Reset Plan Update Community Based School Reform Five Pillars Vision 2020 Professional Learning Communities Data Informed Instruction Parent Engagement Goals for Student Achievement Mission Statement: All San Diego students will graduate with the skills, motivation, curiosity and resilience to succeed in their choice of college and career in order to lead and participate in the society of tomorrow. VISION 2020 Sets 2020 Goals Student Achievement Schools as Neighborhood Centers Parents Engagement Effective Teachers Supportive District Leadership • Focus Areas • 2011/12/13 • Professional Learning Communities • Parent Community Engagement • College Career Readiness Journey To Create Quality Schools In All Neighborhoods 2009 2008 2011 2016 2012 2010 2020

6. Our Moral Imperative:TheStrategic Process Foundation It is our moral imperative to prepare Allstudents in San Diego Unified to be able to succeed in college and career and to close racial achievement gaps by creating and supporting conditions that will reverse disparity in student achievement.

7. Quality School Indicators District Wide Focus – Academic and Business Teams • Broad and Challenging Curriculum • Quality Teaching/Data Driven Instruction • Quality Leadership • Professional Learning for All Staff • Quality Support Staff • High Expectations • Valuing Diversity in the Service of Students • Digital Literacy • Parent and Community Engagement • Center for Community Services • Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 Integration and Collaboration • Supportive Environment, Safe and Well-Maintained Facilities

8. Focus Areas for 2011/12/13 • Professional Learning Communities • Reflective dialogue based on a shared set of norms allowing teachers to critique their own and their collective performance • Collaboration that is action oriented, producing tools to improve instruction, curriculum and assessment for all students • De-privatization of practice requiring teachers to share, observe and discuss each other’s methods • A collective focus on student learning fueled by the belief that all students can achieve at high levels and that each staff member shares a mutual obligation to ensure this occurs • Parent Community Engagement • Cluster Councils • College Career Readiness • College Readiness and Career Path Timeline (Board Approved June, 2011) • Commitment to A-G course work for all students (Mandated) • A core set of assessed and monitored foundational skills at each level • Strong special programs to increase the Graduation Rate • Coherent and aligned paths for vertical articulation Quality Teaching Parent Engagement Broad Curriculum

9. Next Steps: Stakeholder Feedback • School and Department Level Review of 12 Indicators and Provide Feedback on the Evidence of Accomplishment • There is consensus on the 12 Indicators of a Quality Neighborhood School, and the five-year destination • November 2011 – January 2012 school, central office department meetings • Cluster Council Engagement • Report feedback on Evidence of Accomplishment to the Deputy Superintendents by January 15

10. Next Steps:Stakeholder Outreach • Engage District Advisory Groups & Employees • Career Technical Education Advisory Committee (CTEAC)    • Community Advisory Committee for Special Education (CAC) • District Advisory Council for Compensatory Education Programs (DAC) • District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) • Latino Advisory Committee • AAAE Blueprint Task Force • Safe Schools Task Force • Independent Citizens Oversight Committee – Prop. S (ICOC) • Employee Organizations • Community Engagement • Chamber Education Committee and other groups • Website discussion forum

11. Next Steps: Site Based Strategy Development February – April: Development of School Site-Specific Strategies To Achieve Accomplishment of 12 Indicators Realign SPSA Structure for 2012/13 To Track Strategic Process Indicators Office of Accountability – Accountability Dashboard

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