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Superintendent Goals Update

Superintendent Goals Update. Governing Board Presentation October 28, 2008. Selection of Priority Areas. Strategic Plan 5 District goals Collaboration with Governing Board Superintendent goals established (Winter 2007). List of Goals. Improve academic achievement (#1)

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Superintendent Goals Update

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  1. Superintendent Goals Update Governing Board Presentation October 28, 2008

  2. Selection of Priority Areas • Strategic Plan • 5 District goals • Collaboration with Governing Board • Superintendent goals established (Winter 2007)

  3. List of Goals • Improve academic achievement (#1) • Develop new employee compensation system (#4) • Improve teacher evaluation system (#4) • Reduce teacher absenteeism (#4) • Address AYP issues (#1) • Report and update on facilities plans, particularly construction projects (#3) • Eliminate audit findings for student attendance (#2)

  4. Academic Achievement

  5. State Assessment System

  6. Kyrene School District

  7. Kyrene School District

  8. State Assessment System • Very high performance • Favorable comparisons for Kyrene to other Arizona districts • Lack of positive trends • Evident achievement gap

  9. Kyrene Assessment System

  10. Kyrene Assessment Results • Erratic progress over time • Lack of positive trends • Great variability between schools • Evident achievement gap

  11. Achievement Gap • Minority students • Special Education students • ELL students • Low SES students

  12. Strategies • District achievement goals • Instructional Leadership • Walkthroughs • Evaluation training and consistent implementation • Leadership training • Implementation data gathering • Superintendent presentations at every school and department • School Improvement Plans • Response to Intervention (RTI) • “Beyond Diversity” – “Closing the Achievement Gap” efforts underway

  13. Develop new employee compensation system

  14. Compensation System (Certified) • Step and movement system for teachers eliminated • Total Compensation chart developed and implemented • Educational credits component transition plan developed

  15. Improve teacher evaluation system

  16. Evaluation System • Differentiated plan developed (T-3) • Comprehensive – Standard evaluations • Timeline developed for revised evaluation system (T+3) • Professional Growth Plan (PGP) being leveraged to have greater impact on student achievement

  17. Reduce teacher absenteeism (#4)

  18. Teacher Absenteeism • Absenteeism has been reduced from 4.25% in 05/06 to 4.09% in 06/07 to 3.77% last year • 18 schools had a lower certified absenteeism rate than the year before • 21 schools had a lower certified absenteeism rate than 2 years before • Long-term solutions team collaboration

  19. Address AYP issues (#1)

  20. Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) • AYP issues related to % tested eliminated • Current AYP problem is about meeting annual learning goals for sub-groups • Major efforts underway to address current AYP problems

  21. Report and update on facilities plans, particularly construction projects

  22. Facilities • Numerous progress meetings, reports, and presentations for Portable Replacement Project (Board, Schools, Community) • Information posted on Kyrene web site • Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) approved by Board on 10/14/08

  23. Eliminate audit findings for student attendance

  24. Audit • FY 07/08 (anticipated) audit results show no findings in the previously identified areas

  25. Comments – Questions

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