Morristown Central School District Strategic Plan

1. Morristown Central School District Strategic Plan Board of Education Meeting February 13, 2008

2. Core Values We believe that: • Diversity creates opportunities for growth • Integrity is the foundation for self-respect and earning the respect of others • Positive attitudes are contagious and foster positive outcomes • There are no boundaries to human potential • Real world experiences generate understanding, facilitate discovery, and cultivate the yearning for knowledge • A community thrives through effective communication and collaboration

3. Mission The mission of the Morristown Central School District is to prepare all students to confidently and competently pursue their goals and to demonstrate ethical responsibility to the world around them.

4. Strategic Objectives By the year 2013 all students are: • Willingly participating in activities that benefit the community • Continually declaring, planning for and pursuing their goals • Meeting or exceeding academic standards related to their program or level of study

5. MCS ProposedMeasurement Process Integration Resumé Rubrics Portfolio Interview Academics

6. How will we measure student progress?

7. Rubrics • Developed for Strategic Objectives #1 & #2 • Traditional method for Strategic Objective #3 • #1: activities that benefit the community • #2: declaring, planning for, and pursuing goals • #3: achieving academic standards Rubrics

8. Academics • Transcripts • State ELA and Math • Regents • SLL BOCES-for yearly tracking • Classroom averages • System includes quality points Academics

9. Resumé • Generate data • Life skill • Reviewed and updated continually Resumé

10. Portfolio • Letters of recommendation • Certificates (Student of the Month) • Art work • Newspaper articles Portfolio

11. Interview • Conducted formally with an advisor • Each advisor would keep the student until graduation • Formally held each Spring • Students would present resumé, portfolio and any letters of recommendation Interview

12. Integration Integration • Grades: 1-4 • Teaching expectations • Modeling behaviors-class activities/projects • Informal assessment • Grades: 5-8 • More individual focus • Record accomplishments • Begin formal interview with an advisor • Grades: 9-12 • Keep the same advisor • Interview each Spring

13. MCS ProposedMeasurement Process Integration Resumé Rubrics Portfolio Interview Academics

14. Strategy 1 We will create an environment that affirms collaborative efforts among all employees and values professionalism necessary to achieve our mission and strategic objectives.

15. Strategy 1 We will create an environment that affirms collaborative efforts among all employees and values professionalism necessary to achieve our mission and strategic objectives. Results: • Instructional staff at each level has time for collaboration that is used to analyze student needs and plan instructional strategies to ensure that all students are achieving the strategic objectives. • Annually, faculty and staff have an active role in choosing professional development goals and activities intended to improve student learning through enhanced performance. • Instructional staff is engaged in grade level teams and is using agreed upon collaboration protocols to guide its efforts. • Instructional staff supports each other in the classroom while implementing professional development to enhance student learning. • The district has endorsed standards for professionalism and professional behavior that describe employee expectations.

16. Classroom collaboration to meet student needs Standards of professional behavior developed and endorsed by a joint committee of participants Teachers active in choosing professional development Collaboration and Professionalism Staff supports classroom efforts while implementing professional development Staff uses grade level teams to further collaborative efforts

17. Strategy 2 We will align, and if necessary, design a school-wide curriculum to ensure that all students achieve our mission and strategic objectives.

18. Strategy 2 We will align, and if necessary, design a school-wide curriculum to ensure that all students achieve our mission and strategic objectives. Results: • Advisory groups, small groups of students and one adult educator that meet on a regular basis, are focused on helping all students meet the strategic objectives by connecting them to their school and community. • Service learning, a method of teaching through which students apply their academic skills and knowledge to address real-life needs in their own community, is embedded in the established curriculum. • Instructional staff uses strategies that encourage student engagement and active learning to ensure all students achieve the strategic objectives. • The district uses a multi-year curriculum alignment and review cycle to align standards and the strategic objectives K-12 in all content areas. • A system of assessments has been defined that provides ongoing feedback about student’s attainment of the district’s academic standards. • Teachers continually use data from multiple measures of student learning to plan instruction.

19. Advisory Groups Service Learning Instruction Curriculum Assessment School Faculty Students Community

20. Strategy 3 We will fully utilize the resources of our greater community as partners in our commitment to achieve our mission and strategic objectives.

21. Strategy 3 We will fully utilize the resources of our greater community as partners in our commitment to achieve our mission and strategic objectives. Results: • Each year, all students will participate in a variety of service activities that will benefit the local community and instill a sense of ethical responsibility to the world around them. • Students use community-based resources that will assist them in meeting and exceeding academic standards. • The district has acquired current technology necessary to access community resources for students to achieve our mission and strategic objectives. • All instructional staff are skilled in the use of current technology to support students in our mission, strategic objectives, and this strategy. • All students in grades 7-12 are using community-based resources that allow them to pursue their interests and explore career options.

22. Utilize community-based resources Determine resources in the community to enhance students’ ability to achieve academic standards.

23. Strategic Delimiters • We will not initiate any new program or service unless: • It is consistent with and contributes to our mission • It is accompanied by the staff development needed for its effectiveness • It is accompanied by a plan to assess its effectiveness • We will not allow negative thinking to interfere with the consideration of new ideas

24. Core Planning Team Chuck Alford Andrea Bertrand Harriet Beggs Phil Bender Marilyn Connor Lorraine Bogardus Scott Daby Ed Easton Patrick Farrand Cheryl Felt Barb Griffith Ruth Lincoln Joe McDonald Mike Wills Darrell Merkel Eric Micelli Loren Nowak Bev Ouderkirk Nancy Pickering Jeff Stout Lynn Tayler Jane Wagoner Chrystal McGrain-McEathron Measurement Team Pat Tocatlian Ellen Magee Ann Fenlong David Doyle Peter Ward Sarah LaBarge Action Planning Teams Damie Evans Jo Ann Cadieux Darrell Merkel Jennifer Baker Ruth Lincoln Colleen Monfiletto Harriet Beggs Susie Wright-Young Chris Coffin Roberta Stillin-Dowman Jessica Fox Carolyn Sheppard Deb Aldrich Cassandra Aldrich