Superintendent Goals

2007-2008 Update

District Level Leadership Research

McRel

Internationally recognized private, non-profit organization in Denver, Colorado dedicated to improving education for all students through applied research, product development, and service (Robert Marzano)

From a meta-analysis that began with over 4500 studies that was narrowed down to 27, there were 3 major findings about district leadership

Major Findings

There is a relationship between district-level leadership and student achievement; district-level leadership matters

There are six district leadership responsibilities with a statistically and positive significant effect on student achievement

Leaders perceived as strong do not always have a positive impact on achievement

Six District Leadership Responsibilities

Collaborative goal setting process Non-negotiable goals for achievement and

instruction Board alignment with and support of district goals Use of resources to support the goals for

achievement and instruction Monitoring goals for achievement and instruction Define autonomy: Superintendent relationship

with schools

Strategic Plan

Vision

Mission

Goals

Vision and Mission

VISIONKyrene’s vision is to prepare all students to meet future educational and life challenges in order to make positive contributions to society.

MISSIONTo realize our vision, Kyrene seeks to inspire and engage our diverse community of students, staff, families and citizens to ensure continuous academic achievement and personal growth for every student.

District Goals

Overall Goal: Student Achievement

Supporting Goals

Resource Allocation

School Facilities

High Quality Employees

Parental and Community Involvement

Goals of Senior Leadership Team

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)

Continuous Student Growth

4 Pronged Approach

Quality Instruction Professional Development Enhanced Assessment Tools Evaluation and Accountability

1. Improve Academic Achievement

District Academic Achievement Goals

2004 - 2010 MSS-EOG District Average Percent Proficient

40

60

80

100

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Goal

Grade 3

Grade 5

Grade 8

2010 MSS Proficiency Goals

Grade 3 80%

Grade 5 85%

Grade 8 90%

(See chart for all grade level goals)

District Academic Achievement Goals

2004 - 2010 CASS-EOGDistrict Average Percent Proficient

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20

40

60

80

100

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Goal

Grade 3

Grade 5

Grade 8

2010 CASS Proficiency Goals

Grade 3 75%

Grade 5 80%

Grade 8 90%

(See chart for all grade level goals)

2. Develop new employee compensation system

New format for teacher compensation established

Work still to be completed TBD component will be based upon state funding

and Governing Board decision Plan for educational credits is in development and

will be completed by December of 2008 Review of 301 performance pay plan will occur in

fall of 2008

Work with other 2 employee groups beginning (Support Staff, Administrators)

3. Improve teacher evaluation system

Improvements TEGS – July 2008 PGP – Winter 2008 (anticipated)

Training for teachers and evaluators will be conducted in the summer and fall of 2008

Baseline data about teachers meeting the standards will be established August 2009

4. Reduce teacher absenteeism

Reduce variability between schools from 3.0% to 1.5%

Decrease average absenteeism rate from 4.9 % to 3.0% (95.1% present to 97% present)

Long term solutions team will continue to develop effective strategies

5. Address AYP issues

All schools will make AYP in the fall of 2008

All schools will make AYP in the fall of 2009

All schools will be out of school improvement by the fall of 2010

6. Report and update on facilities plans; particularly construction projects

Semi-annual reports to Governing Board

Project specific reports on a timely basis

7. Eliminate audit findings for student attendance

Demonstrated reduction in findings from the 2005-06 year to the 2006-07 year

Reduce the number of findings from 2006-07 to 2007-08

Implement weekly school based audits on attendance records

Implement annual internal audits on attendance records

Implement online attendance procedures at all schools by May 2008

 

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