Monitoring Report 1.1 - 1.5 Responsible Citizens

1. Monitoring Report 1.1 - 1.5Responsible Citizens Board of Education Meeting July 15, 2008 Annette Fante, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Jed Bowman, Executive Director Rosanne Fulton, Assistant Director

2. Summary Points • External Audit • Revision of Interpretations • Culture of Thinking • Character Ethics • Ethics and Content Learning • Maintenance 1.3-1.5

3. 1.0 Responsible Citizens • All public neighborhood, alternative, charter and option students within the authority of Douglas County School District will acquire the essential skills (1.7) and core body of knowledge (1.8) so that they may consistently demonstrate critical thinking, ethical decision making, resourcefulness and motivation, application of learning, leadership and wellness to achieve a purpose or goal that positively impacts our school environments, our local, national and international communities.

4. Changes in Interpretation • Inclusion of Hope Academy • Eliminate one year enrollment requirement • Maintain foundation of thinking and ethics • Delete 1.3 and 1.4

5. Visual Representation See Appendix A (P. 21)

6. 1.1 Critical Thinking Summary • Reasonable Progress • Perception Data • Process Data • Student Learning Data • Highlights • Action Research Teams • 100% participation • K-6 • 7-8 • 9-12 See Figure 3 (Page 5)

7. Elementary School Paragraph • The students generate ideas, share views, further explore thoughts and interact with others to clarify beliefs.

8. Middle School Paragraph • We are absolutely committed to making sure this realignment to creating thinking cultures in our classrooms is systematic and purposeful.

9. High School Paragraph • Our science teachers focused on critical thinking with students during a lesson about the function and main parts of the circulatory system.

10. 1.1 - Critical Thinking: Staff

11. 1.1 Critical Thinking: Students

12. Ethics: Interpretation Revisions • External Audit • Character Development/Ethics • Universal Ethical Principles

13. Ethics Revised Interpretation • Students will conduct themselves according to commonly agreed upon standards. Minimally, these standards will include the ethical principles of: a. No harm: mental, emotional, physical b. Beneficence: help others; prevent others from being hurt; remove a harm c. Utility: choose the action that maximizes the good and minimizes the bad d. Justice: treat equal people equally and unequals unequally e. Autonomy: permit others the freedom to make and exercise decisions f. Personal/professional excellence: embody the ethical principles; model the principles • Ultimately, our students will put the good of others before self and will consider the consequences of their actions on others before taking action.

14. 1.2 Ethics • Phase 1 • Character Counts • Positive Behavior Support • District Core Values • Phase 2 • Curriculum Development • Phase 3 • Development of Staff

15. Subends 1.3-1.5 • Resourcefulness • Application of Learning • Leadership

16. Policy Recommendations • Broaden the language of 1.1 to include creative and reflective thinking in addition to critical thinking • Accept the language of the external auditors to ensure agreed upon understanding of the universal ethical principles • Delete subends 1.3 and 1.4 as they do not represent disciplines of study parallel to that of thinking, ethics, leadership and wellness

17. DCSD Students acquire the knowledge and abilities to be responsible citizens who contribute to our society.