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Warren County Strategic Planning

Warren County Strategic Planning. Board of Education Work Session April 22, 2014 BOE Meeting May 13 and BOE Work Session May 27, 2014. Our Mission.

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Warren County Strategic Planning

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  1. Warren County Strategic Planning Board of Education Work Session April 22, 2014 BOE Meeting May 13 and BOE Work Session May 27, 2014

  2. Our Mission The mission of Warren County Schools, located in close-knit rural communities with natural and cultural treasures in which children grow and blossom, is to educate students for the future, by providing innovative school choices that ensure all students will become globally competitive, productive citizens who have acquired critical thinking, collaboration, communication and leadership skills through…

  3. through. . . • Expanding parental choice in the development of K-12 educational options • Implementing a challenging, rigorous, and relevant curriculum • Retaining a highly qualified and dedicated staff • Utilizing community involvement and assets • Providing access to state of the art technology

  4. Our Three Objectives All students will meet or exceed grade level expectations and state standards. All students will graduate from high school, college and career ready. All graduates, having demonstrated an ability to think and to lead on a global level, to work within collaborative teams and to appreciate and interact with world cultures, will actively pursue their dreams and aspirations as adults.

  5. We will build more effective community and business partnerships and ensure that they become a part of the solution. • We will explore strategies to help students navigate continuously changing technology and make appropriate use of data, with the aim of making students smart users of technology. • We will increase parental involvement, emphasizing the role of parents in the education of their children and exploring every possible avenue for ensuring that all Warren County students enter kindergarten ready to learn. • We will initiate a rigorous recruitment, application, and interview process, which will result in hiring and retaining only competent, dedicated individuals and will entice more Warren County students to select teaching as a profession. Major Strategies There are 13

  6. We will maximize the use of classroom, school, community, and human resources. • We will redefine teaching and learning in every classroom in a manner that reflects critical thinking, real world application, and relevancy in every setting and in a way that will challenge all students to perform at their highest level. • We will reexamine the dropout prevention initiatives at all levels and ensure an intensive focus on struggling learners throughout the grades. • We will promote character building, conflict resolution and civic engagement at all levels of schooling and help students to understand the importance of their local history. • We will explore options for providing families with school choice at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Major Strategies There are 13

  7. We will ensure that there is a focus on global education and a global arts perspective in all schools, all classrooms, and all curriculums. • We will ensure that there are plentiful opportunities for student interaction, teamwork, and collaboration in our classrooms. • We will provide exemplary support for our students in their decision-making through guidance, as well as college and career counseling, and continue that support post-graduation by establishing professional networks for our alumni. • We will ensure that central office support is provided to assist school staff with their obligation to utilize student performance data in design of instruction. Major Strategies There are 13

  8. What happens to many Strategic Plans? Why?

  9. Harness the Power of Partnerships Strategies1,7,8,9,12

  10. Preventing Early School Failure and Supporting Struggling LearnersStrategies, 3,7

  11. Redefine Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century in Every ClassroomStrategies, 5,6,10, 11 & 13

  12. Recruit, Develop and Retain the Best & Brightest for our Schools Strategy 4

  13. Provide Strong Guidance and Moral Support to Students so that they develop the character and dispositions needed to be wise decision makers and successful contributing adults.Strategies 8,12

  14. All Graduates Will Be Technology Literate (SmartUsers of Technology) and Attain the ITSE StandardsStrategy 2

  15. ITSE National Education Technology Standards

  16. Strategic Planning: Important Reminders Dramatically better results will be achieved only by engaging in dramatically different actions. Only by putting into place a critical mass of optimum learning conditions will the status quo or scales be tipped in favor of higher student achievement across the school district. Begin by identifying and putting into place the strategic initiatives that will likely have the greatest impact on student outcomes. Don’t let “the perfect” be the enemy of progress.

  17. Examples of Potentially Powerful Initiatives • Community Coalition for Kindergarten Readiness • Business Community “Promise” • “Success for All” Pilot • Project Based Learning including Collaboration and Team work • Summer Transitions • Readiness and Phase-in of Digital Personalized Learning

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