Vision for Missouri Public Schools
Framework outlining goals to enhance education in Missouri, focusing on curriculum, teacher quality, school culture, and resource management. For more information visit www.visionformopublicschools.org
Vision for Missouri Public Schools
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Project Model & Structural Framework Planning Teams Steering Committee & MSBA/MASA BOD
Overarching goal: To create a world-class educational experience for all of Missouri’s students www.visionformopublicschools.org
Teaching, Learning and Assessment • Provide a rigorous core curriculum • Integrate technology at all grade levels and across all subjects • Differentiate teaching methods and instructional time for every public school student in Missouri according to his or her needs and abilities. • Attract the most talented individuals to the teaching field www.visionformopublicschools.org
Early Learning and Student Success • Provide every family in Missouri with access to a voluntary, free, quality preschool program • Form partnerships with families to strengthen support systems for children • Establish a coordinated early learning system that aligns the efforts of all preschool learning opportunities www.visionformopublicschools.org
Climate, Culture and Organizational Efficacy • Make every school building in Missouri an inviting and safe place for every student, parent, staff and the larger community • Create an overall culture of high expectations through effective leadership • Encourage innovative programs and enable districts to share knowledge and best practices www.visionformopublicschools.org
Human and Organizational Capital • Attract and retain high-quality teachers in every Missouri school district by providing excellent salaries and benefits • Implement performance-based evaluations for teachers, principals and superintendent • Provide staff with excellent professional development opportunities www.visionformopublicschools.org
Physical Resources • Provide state support for school construction and renovation that will enable every Missouri student to be educated in a quality learning environment • Establish standards to accommodate technology in school facilities • Develop a strategic alliance with communities on the use of school facilities www.visionformopublicschools.org
Governance, Leadership and Accountability • Ensure that local, state and federal education policy be focused on providing the best education for students, not on partisan ideology • Develop an accountability system to drive and inform instructional practice, administrative leadership and governance decisions • Create an environment that actively supports innovation www.visionformopublicschools.org
Financial Resources • Provide an adequate and equitable school finance system that will place Missouri in the top ten in rankings of state support for school funding. • Develop research-based definitions of measures of adequate and equitable school funding • Evaluate the effectiveness of economic development tools that have an impact on school funding www.visionformopublicschools.org