Continuing the Journey to World Class: Creativity, Vision, Leadership Administrative Retreat 2014

1. Continuing the Journey to World Class: Creativity, Vision, Leadership Administrative Retreat 2014

2. Retreat Overview

3. Personal Goal Review

5. Ice Breaker

6. Grasping the KCS Vision

7. Clarifying the Vision Are the items on my list crystal clear? Can I identify them when they are in action and notice their absence when they are not in action? Does my list fire me up, create energy, passion, and purpose? Why is each item on the list? Do the items on my list align to the KCS Guiding Tenets? Does my list generate a compelling picture of the future? Is my list based on research (compelling sources)?

8. The KCS Guiding Tenets

9. Guiding Tenets Vision Student Focused …World Class Mission The mission of Kingsport City Schools is to provide all students with a world-class and student-focused education that ensures college and career readiness.

10. Core Values

11. Guiding Tenets – Core Values Exemplary student learning Guaranteed and viable curriculum Collaborative and professional learning communities Engaging families and the community Commitment to data-driven decisions for continuous improvement

12. Guiding Tenets – Goals • Goal One: KCS will deliver world-class curriculum and instruction. • Goal Two: KCS will provide committed and innovative educators. • Goal Three: KCS will furnish safe, appropriate, and well-maintained facilities that support teaching and learning. • Goal Four: KCS will ensure business operations effectively support teaching and learning. • Goal Five: KCS will engage families and the community.

13. Guiding Tenets – Core Competencies • KCS will promote and support exemplary leadership through the development of leadership programming and succession planning. • KCS will utilize benchmarking and formative assessments for directing and planning next steps in the learning process. • KCS will offer a rigorous curriculum and instruction plan that guides academics and reflects the system’s philosophy and expectations. • KCS will utilize instructional technology that enhances student engagement and achievement. • KCS will provide differentiated and engaging instruction that individualizes instruction for the learner.  • KCS will recruit, hire, and retain highly competent educators. • KCS will intentionally provide instructional support that enhances the learning process. • KCS will provide embedded and engaging professional learning opportunities for all KCS employees. • KCS will enhance planning and instruction through the employment of professional collaboration and PLCs. • KCS will actively involve and engage its family and community partners. • KCS will utilize processes that focus on data analysis for guiding instructional decisions. • KCS will employ a performance improvement system model that supports and sustains the organization.

14. Guiding Tenets – Key Practices We will plan for learning to occur. We will teach for understanding. We will assess our learners to determine next steps. We will incorporate problem-solving and innovation in teaching and learning. We will use internationally benchmarked standards to guide our assessments and teaching. We will sustain a collaborative culture with a focus on learning for all. We will engage our families and communities. We will recruit, retain, and develop highly competent educators. We will build leadership capacity within our educational community.

15. Guiding Tenets – Critical Questions • What do we want students to know? • How will we know when the students have learned it? • How will we respond when students do not learn? • How do we respond to students that have mastered the content?

16. Strategic Advantages/Challenges

17. Strategic Advantages/Challenges

18. Strategic Opportunities

19. Strategic Opportunities

20. The KCS Data:System-Level Data Review

21. EOC

22. Achievement

23. EOC Value Added

24. Math TVAAS

25. Reading/ Language Arts TVAAS

26. Science TVAAS

27. Social Studies TVAAS

28. Composite TVAAS

29. Evaluation Composite

30. Achievement Targets

31. Achievement Targets

32. Gap Closures Targets

33. Gap Closure Targets

34. The KCS Data:Employee Satisfaction Survey Results

35. 1)Demographics: “What type of employee are you?” Total Responses 2013: 523 2014: 477 2012: 518

36. 2)Demographics: “At what site do you primarily work?”

37. 6)Employee Satisfaction: “I have the materials and equipment I need in order to do my job.” % of respondents

38. 7)Employee Satisfaction: “The system provides a comfortable work environment that supports productive work.” % of respondents

39. 8)Employee Satisfaction: “My work responsibilities are reasonable.” % of respondents

40. 9)Employee Satisfaction: “The system offers an appropriate benefits package.” % of respondents

41. 10)Employee Satisfaction: “I am compensated fairly by my salary.” % of respondents

42. 11)Employee Satisfaction: “I feel informed about what is going on system-wide.” % of respondents

43. 12)Employee Satisfaction: “My co-workers communicate effectively with each other.” % of respondents

44. 13)Employee Satisfaction: “I feel involved in decisions that affect the system.” % of respondents

45. 14)Employee Satisfaction: “I understand the goals of the system.” % of respondents

46. 15)Employee Satisfaction: “I understand how the strategies and our ways of doing business make KCS better than other systems.” % of respondents

47. 16)Employee Satisfaction: “The morale of my school or department is good.” % of respondents

48. 17)Employee Satisfaction: “I am satisfied with the mentoring relationship I have with someone in the system.” % of respondents

49. 18)Employee Satisfaction: “I am able to improve my work skills because of the feedback I get on the job.” % of respondents

50. 19)Employee Satisfaction: “I am satisfied with the quality of the professional development/training provided by the system.” % of respondents