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STRATEGIC PLAN

for Muncie Community Schools (MCS)

2020–2025

MCS Vision: Placing Learners First

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Table of Contents

Message from Mr. James Williams, President, Board of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Message from Dr. Lee Ann Kwiatkowski, Director of Education and CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MCS Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Academic Innovation and Strategic Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Our Mission Statement and Our Vision Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Our Enduring Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Our Learner Outcomes and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Our Foundational Principles and Pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–13

Our Strategic Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–16

Our Goals, Strategies, and Actions—2020–2025

Pillar I. High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17–18

Pillar II. Recruitment, Development and Retention of Educational Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19–21

Pillar III. Student-Centered Teaching and Active Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22–37

Pillar IV. Social and Emotional Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38–40

Pillar V. Family and Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41–42

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Appendix A: Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–49

Appendix B: MCS Financial Projections 2020-2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Comprehensive Financial Plan Baseline Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Comprehensive Financial Plan Recession Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Appendix C: National Panel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Appendix D: Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Writing Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

General City-Wide Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

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Message from Mr. James WilliamsPresident, Muncie Board of Education

Since taking our oath of office in July 2018, the Board has sought to prioritize our learners and their teachers. This process has involved a lot of listening to our students, their families, and to Muncie Community Schools (MCS) teachers, principals, and aides. What we have learned, among many other things, is that we have many dedicated educators who are deeply committed to MCS students and their families. We have also learned that MCS students have exceptional gifts and unique challenges and come to us with a sense of wonder and curiosity. We have come to further understand that the future of

our community depends on our collective and unyielding commitment to the education of our learners. This commitment necessarily requires that we, as a Board, take steps to ensure that MCS educators are supported and have access to first-rate professional learning opportunities that best prepare them to be educational leaders in their buildings and classrooms. This Strategic Plan provides the outline for this support and development over the next five years as we work together to make MCS a national model of educational excellence.

We look forward to working with you as we embark on this remarkable journey.

—Jim Williams

Message from Dr. Lee Ann KwiatkowskiDirector of Muncie Public Education and CEO

Over the past year, we asked you to share your hopes and dreams for MCS and for our community, and I am grateful for your input. Thanks to this input from teachers, staff, students, families, and community partners, we have been able to forge our Strategic Plan. From our educators, Ball State professors, and national experts, we learned of teaching practices and ways to support and serve our learners. By listening and learning from others and bringing together our many years of experience in educating learners, we created this plan to guide MCS through the next five years. The Strategic Plan

will enable us to prepare our learners with the skills, knowledge, and dispositions to succeed in college and in careers and to thrive as active citizens in our democratic and global society.

The future of our community depends on our unyielding commitment to the education of our learners. Our students—from preschool to high school—deserve our very best. It is an exciting time for MCS. I look forward to partnering with you on this historic path.

—Lee Ann Kwiatkowski

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Front row: James Williams, President; Brittany Bales; Jim Lowe; Dave Heeter, Secretary

Back row: Keith O’Neal, Vice President; Mark Ervin; WaTasha Barnes Griffin

MCS Board of Trustees

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Academic Innovation and Strategic Plans

“Giving everyone a voice” served as the cornerstone for the development of the Academic Innovation and Strategic Plans. The Academic Innovation Plan, submitted to Indiana legislators in June 2020, reflects the historic partnership between Muncie Community Schools (MCS) and Ball State University to transform our public schools into a national model for innovative, holistic education.

As a critical component within the Innovation Plan, the Strategic Plan details the goals, actions, and measures to create transformation through research-based best practices of high-performing schools. The plans present an innovative, community-based model to educate learners from preschool through high school, known as “cradle-to-career.”

Many were involved in the development of the plans, including the MCS Board of Trustees, Ball State University’s President and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Joint Ball State-MCS Academic Innovation Council. As described in the Innovation Plan, the voices of parents, students, educators, local businesses, professional sectors, nonprofit service providers, and community-based foundations were sought and heard through numerous opportunities, such as United Way’s Community Conversations and The Future of Muncie Community Schools forums. Local, state, and national experts shared input and feedback to help guide the plans.

Once the two foundational principles and five pillars were established, work began to identify how to implement the Innovation Plan with the result being the detailed Strategic Plan. Guided by priority areas from the Innovation Plan, expert teams brought their extensive knowledge and experience of child and adolescent development, academic teaching and learning, school and district leadership, and family and community involvement to develop measurable goals, specific action steps to achieve the goals, and evaluative measures to determine progress of each action step.

This Strategic Plan will guide the MCS Board, CEO, administrators, teachers, and staff in completing actions; making critical decisions; providing culturally based teaching and learning and continual professional learning opportunities; establishing policy; evaluating our practices; and making changes when evidence determines we should. The Plan provides equity by giving each learner what they need to be successful. Through our Strategic Plan, we commit to providing MCS learners with the high-quality, community-based, cradle-to-career education they deserve.

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MCS Mission Statement

The mission of Muncie Community Schools is to provide a quality educational environment where every child is known, safe, inspired,

challenged, and empowered.

MCS Vision Statement

Placing Learners First

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MCS Enduring Values

To fulfill our mission, we commit to these enduring values as we implement strategies to achieve an innovative, cradle-to-career and community-based approach.

Excellence We commit to excellence in all that we do.

Innovation We commit to being creative, responsive, and progressive.

Courage We commit to making tough decisions, holding difficult conversations, and taking risks in pursuit of results.

Integrity We commit to being honest, ethical, authentic, and accessible.

Leadership We commit to establishing strong, professional educational leaders.

Inclusiveness We commit to respect and embracing equity, inclusion, and diversity in people, ideas, and opinions.

Equity We commit to providing appropriate resources for each learner to achieve success.

Partnerships We commit to supporting and engaging families and the community with our schools serving as community hubs.

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Learner Outcomes and Indicators

MCS is committed to rigorous District Student Outcomes based on Our Enduring Values. We resolve to create and sustain a sound educational structure and practice through a collective, community-impact approach to ensure long-term sustainability.

Early Childhood to Early Adult Student Outcomes & Measures

Pre-Kindergarten 3rd Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade 12th Grade Post-Secondary

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3rd Grade Reading Proficiency:

8th Grade Math Proficiency:

9th Grade Course Credits:

High School Graduation on Time:

Post-Secondary Completion:

Percent ready to enter kindergarten as determined for all areas of development

Percent reading at grade level at Grade 3

Percent proficient in grade level math at Grade 8

Percent with required number of course credits to be on track for graduation

Percent graduating from HS with 4-year cohort

Percent with required skills for postsecondary training and/or education

Percent attaining a college degree or industry, military, or government certificate/license within 6 years

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IREAD-3 (Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination)

ILEARN (Indiana Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network)

Course Credits Graduation Rate

Certification

Associate Degree

College Degree

Military Enrollment

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Our Foundational Principles and Pillars of Focus

Key priority areas for MCS emerged from our community-wide conversations, families, students, teachers, staff, and research and best educational practices from our MCS educators, Ball State professors, and external panel of experts. Our foundational principles underlie our conversations, polices, practices, and decisions, guaranteeing culturally based teaching and learning and continual teacher and leader growth as reflected in Our Enduring Values. Our Pillars of Focus represent the five key priority areas that, when implemented with fidelity, will ensure the highest quality education for our learners.

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MCS Foundational Principles

Foundational Principle 1. Culturally Responsive PracticesWe believe that our learners are not blank slates but that they enter our schools with diverse, extensive prior experiences, ways of being, ways of knowing, and ways of doing—their cultures. We know that by establishing culturally competent and proficient schools, we will positively affect our learners, their families, and our community.

Research shows that when teachers ignore student cultural norms of behavior and communication the result is student resistance. Conversely, when teaching is culturally responsive, student involvement and engagement increases. We, as a school district, promise to recognize and respond to our learners’ cultures in all aspects of our teaching and interactions.

We will provide extensive professional learning opportunities for teachers, administrators, and staff. These will focus on understanding, respecting, and communicating with students and adults from our community, for example through our MCS Cultural Competency Cadres. Teachers will examine and extend their teaching materials and activities to correspond to learners’ cultures, such as shifting to learner-centered seating (Pillar III) as well as enhancing and ensuring texts include positive, diverse representations of our MCS learners and our community (Pillars I and III).

When hiring, we are committed to prioritizing the recruitment and retention of teachers of color in an effort for our teachers to better reflect a similar diversity as our learners (Pillar II). We will enhance and ensure our curricula is relevant to our learners’ lives and is culturally appropriate with positive and diverse representations mirroring that of our learners and our community (Pillar III).

Our Social and Emotional Learning strategies (Pillar IV) support our enduring value of equitable education for all learners. Our strategies to improve our cultural knowledge and practices will enhance our communication with families and the community (Pillar V). We will guide all of our educators to understanding and believing that diversity is an asset, a strength that our learners bring into our schools.

We, as a school district, promise to recognize and respond to our learners’ cultures in all aspects of our teaching and interactions, ensuring an equitable education for all.

Foundational Principle 2. Continuous, Aligned, and Strategic Professional Learning We strive to reach our goal that “Our leaders at the district, school, and classroom levels are of the highest caliber and continuously excel through professional learning opportunities, coaching, and mentoring.” We perceive all of our teachers and administrators as leaders—whether in the classroom, the school, or the district office. Our path to cultivating educators of highest caliber is through professional development/learning. Research clearly defines the elements of successful professional trainings in (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics).

• Job-embedded with modeling and coaching through our partnership with NIET and the development of our Master and Mentor Teachers

• Time for feedback and reflection, as led by our principals and Master and Mentor Teachers

• And of sustained duration, as indicated by multiple sessions on the same topic to continually delve deeper; acquiring new knowledge and skills; exploring new topics in response to changes in our student demographics and needs; and coaching and mentoring one another.

Professional learning is woven through all five pillars from our early childhood teachers learning about early reading instruction (Pillar I) to all educators learning about culturally appropriate practices (Pillar V). Our research-based professional learning pathways are foundational to improving our schools.

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MCS Pillars of Focus

Pillar I. High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education We believe that the early investment in our young children is vital to their future educational success and socioeconomic status. We know that critical brain development occurs between birth to age five and is difficult to remedy if compromised for any reason, such as through trauma, poverty, or lack of stimulation. Therefore, we commit to providing a high-quality, culturally-appropriate, pre-kindergarten (PreK) education for all 3- and 4-year-old children. We will expand our original preK classrooms at South View, Grissom, and East Washington to all elementary schools in the next few years, advancing to a point where all classrooms receive the highest rating of Indiana’s Paths to QUALITY.

In partnership with the BY5 Early Childhood Initiative and Ball State, we will introduce the district’s learning-centered curriculum that will be aligned to our state’s kindergarten readiness standards. We will provide professional learning opportunities to our early childhood educators to delve deeper into young children’s development and to use the best instructional practices that are culturally appropriate. Our goal is to dramatically increase the number of learners that are prepared for kindergarten to 100%, a significant increase from the current 30% who are kindergarten-ready.

Pillar II. Recruitment, Development, and Retention of Educational Leaders We know that the leadership of a school is second only to the teacher instruction in affecting student learning. We also know that principals face an unprecedented time of expanded roles and tasks as leading a school becomes exponentially more complex. We believe principals need other leaders to come alongside them and that teachers are the natural choice. Thus, we commit to recruiting and hiring the highest-quality teachers and principals, providing them additional training and support to increase their instructional expertise, cultural competency, and social and emotional understandings. For those that desire, our career ladder initiative will allow for professional growth toward leadership.

To find the best educators, we will cast a wide net, seeking a diverse staff through social media and a new recruitment campaign. We will partner with the National Institute of Excellence in Teaching (NIET) and Ball State to elevate teachers’ instructional practices and inspire them to become leaders, as coaches and mentors. Through these and other efforts, we will provide a diverse, high-quality teaching and leadership force.

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Pillar III. Student-Centered Teaching and Active Learning We believe in a learner-centered approach to education—one that focuses on the needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles of the students rather than on the conveniences of adults. We know that student-centered teaching and active learning leads to increased student participation, knowledge retention, and problem-solving skills. It fosters collaboration and cooperative skills which are markers of social and emotional growth.

We commit to transforming most of our instruction from teacher-based, e.g., worksheets, to learner-based activities that are hands-on and group-oriented, and relevant to the real world. We know that literacy and mathematics are foundational to all other subject areas and are key to adult success. Hence, we will develop literacy and math curricula that are tightly aligned to the Indiana State Standards and will examine and replace our instructional materials to adhere to our curricula and to culturally responsive practices.

We know that the lever to achievement is the way a teacher teaches, that is, the instructional practices. Educational research yields a set of best instructional practices which will propel us toward achieving our vision, “Placing Learners First.” Embedding our foundational principle, “Continuous, aligned strategic professional principles of cultural responsiveness and continual educator learning” in all five pillars will drive us to enact our vision.

In partnership with NIET and Ball State, we will increase the fidelity of implementation of instruction across the district and utilize newly trained master and mentor teachers to ensure consistency and continuity. Our MCS Teacher Evaluation Tool will represent the best practices as reflected in the five pillars and the two foundational principles, leading to increased validity of our implementation of instructional practices.

We know that we must consider the whole child—all developmental areas—for success in school today and in life tomorrow. Thus, we commit renewed focus on STEAM which will prepare learners for their future careers. We will adopt Project Lead the Way districtwide and will hire certified art and music teachers to improve those programs.

Realizing the importance of preparing for life after graduation, we will escalate our college and career courses and internships, focusing on high-wage, high-demand jobs and will begin teaching our youngest learners about careers. We know that our learners’ physical health relates to their ability to concentrate and learn, and we commit to a new emphasis on physical and nutritional health through an In-school Physical Activity Program and a similar nutritional program in partnership with Ball State University and IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

Recognizing that a summer gap occurs during the two months of out-of-school time, we will provide multiple extended learning opportunities during the summer, such as: PreK through Grade 12 Summer Academic Enrichment Program, STEAM Literacy Camp, Moving to Middle School Experience, and much more. Pillar III, Student-Centered Teacher and Learning is the core of our cradle-to-career approach, with our two foundational principles serving as the underpinning.

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Pillar IV. Social and Emotional LearningStudents’ cognitive development and academic learning are strongly linked to social and emotional development. Over two decades of research reveals the positive effects of students’ SEL:

• Increased academic performance

• Improved classroom behaviors

• Increased ability to manage stress and depression

• A better attitude about self

Students who participate in SEL programming experience improved academic performance, conduct, and emotional wellbeing for at least 18 years after the experience. Those students are also less likely to reside in public housing, receive public assistance, and participate in criminal activity as adults. We will develop SEL programming for all grade levels, PreK–12, in five core skill areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, decision-making as determined by the research from the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning—CASEL. MCS will infuse SEL into our academic curriculum with extensive professional learning opportunities for teachers and other adults in our buildings.

Our efforts to increase SEL understanding by teachers and administrators and SEL learning by our students aligns to our consistent, systematic Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). MTSS is based on examining student data to determine academic and behavior abilities and gaps and implementing a process to meet the learners’ needs. MCS will develop MTSS processes in all schools, integrating the best practices/research-based tiered-intervention approach:

• Tier 1: Universal, research-based instruction for all learners

• Tier 2: Whole class and specialized groups for vulnerable students

• Tier 3: Intensive individualized instruction, including community, family, and health services in addition to school-based supports

MCS will work closely with Ball State and interdisciplinary teams of mental health and instructional experts to identify and serve learners needing targeted interventions and supports. To address the social and emotional learning of younger children, we will provide professional learning opportunities for our educators regarding developmentally appropriate methodology and implement home-school SEL connections.

Pillar V. Family and Community Engagement We believe that families and communities are central to the academic and social and emotional growth of all learners and therefore, a strong relationship with our schools is essential. We commit to that relationship through establishing welcoming schools using culturally responsive practices with all that enter our doors.

We will engage with community organizations to bring additional resources and wrap-around services to contribute to increased health and well-being for our students and families and with our schools serving as community hubs. We will increase opportunities for our families and community to be involved and have a voice through becoming a council member, volunteering, and participating in our Web of Support as a caring adult selected to support our learners. We believe that, together, our learners will emerge as well-educated, college and career-ready young adults who will positively contribute to and provide leadership in our community and beyond.

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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK Pillar I. High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education GOAL: Our 3- and 4- year-old learners will be kindergarten-ready through access to high-quality pre-kindergarten programs in all our elementary schools.

Strategy 1.1 Increase the number of pre-kindergarten classrooms.

Strategy 1.2 Increase the number of eligible On My Way PreK learners enrolled.

Strategy 1.3 Improve the quality of our pre-kindergarten programs, achieving higher ratings on Indiana’s Paths to QUALITY, which includes diversity and cultural awareness.

Strategy 1.4: Develop and implement with fidelity a Pre-K core literacy (English/language arts) curriculum with best practices instruction and valid and reliable assessments.

Pillar II. Recruitment, Development, and Retention of Education Leaders GOAL: Our Leaders at the district, school, and classroom levels are of the highest caliber and continuously excel through professional learning opportunities, coaching, and mentoring.

Strategy 2.1 Develop PreK–12 teachers, that know and use best educational practices.

Strategy 2.2 Develop administrators who know and support the use of instructional best practices by teachers.

Strategy 2.3 Expand administrator and teacher awareness and application of culturally competent practices.

Strategy 2.4 Create a culture of excellence in teaching and leading.

Strategy 2.5 Offer incentives to new and returning teachers.

Strategy 2.6 Establish culturally responsive processes and communications.

Pillar III. Student-Centered Teaching and Active Learning GOAL: Our Schools provide an exceptional academic experience for all learners, embracing the whole child with a commitment to meeting individual needs.

LEARNER-CENTERED, INNOVATIVE CLASSROOMS and SCHOOLS

Strategy 3.1 Improve visual and linguistic representation of diverse learners and families in classrooms and schools (e.g., signage, bulletin boards).

Strategy 3.2 Restructure classroom learning environment through flexible seating and arrangements.

Strategy 3.3 Establish a cohesive and effective e-Learning program.

Strategy 3.4 Foster educator innovative projects.

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LITERACY and MATHEMATICS

Strategy 3.5 Develop and implement with fidelity a K–5 core literacy (English/language arts) curriculum with best practices instruction and valid and reliable assessments.

Strategy 3.6 Develop and implement with fidelity a 6–8 core literacy (English/language arts) curriculum with best practices instruction and valid and reliable assessments.

Strategy 3.7 Develop and implement with fidelity a K–5 core mathematics curriculum with best practices instruction and valid and reliable assessments.

Strategy 3.8 Develop and implement with fidelity a 6–8 core mathematics curriculum with best practices instruction and valid and reliable assessments.

Strategy 3.9 Develop and implement with fidelity a 9–12 mathematics curriculum with best practices instruction and valid and reliable assessments.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, FINE ARTS, and MATHEMATICS (STEAM)

Strategy 3.10 Ensure a high-quality STEAM education.

Strategy 3.11 Extend students’ STEAM learning opportunities.

DUAL-LANGUAGE FLUENCY—SPANISH and ENGLISH

Strategy 3.12 Extend opportunities for learners to obtain dual language proficiency in Spanish/English.

Strategy 3.13 Ensure dual-language learners meet academic, language, and sociocultural expectations.

PHYSICAL and NUTRITIONAL HEALTH

Strategy 3.14 Improve learners’ physical health through physical education classes and extended physical opportunities in Grades K–5.

Strategy 3.15 Improve learners’ nutritional health through extended nutrition opportunities.

Strategy 3.16 Improve the health of community members through physical and nutritional health opportunities.

PREPARING FOR COLLEGE and CAREERS

Strategy 3.17 Establish career exploration opportunities for Grades K–12.

Strategy 3.18 Extend current and create new courses to build Grades 7–12 learners’ awareness of and interest in high-demand jobs.

Strategy 3.19 Increase job placement and employability skills, and experiences for Grade 12 learners.

Strategy 3.20 Strengthen opportunities for high school learners to earn college credits.

Strategy 3.21 Expand and strengthen college and career programs.

EXTENDED OPPORTUNITIES for LEARNING

Strategy 3.22 Provide extended opportunities for academic and social learning.

Strategy 3.23 Provide extended learning opportunities in literacy and STEAM.

Strategy 3.24 Provide extended opportunities for learners to plan and to prepare for college and careers.

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Strategy 3.25 Provide opportunities for learners to transition to new school level experience, Grades K, 6, and 9.

Strategy 3.26 Provide extended learning opportunities for meeting learners’ specific needs.

Pillar IV. Social and Emotional Learning GOAL: Our educators will gain new understandings and practices to guide our learners in maturing toward appropriate social and emotional behaviors related to self and others and in relationships and decision-making.

Strategy 4.1 Establish districtwide frameworks and structures needed to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) for learners’ academic, social, and emotional learning.

Strategy 4.2 Expand teacher and administrator knowledge of and skills about social, emotional, and behavioral teaching and learning.

Strategy 4.3 Implement the MTSS process of learner identification and supports, and progress monitoring for learner academics, behavior, and social and emotional development.

Pillar V. Family and Community Engagement GOAL: Our Schools are culturally responsive and welcoming places, where, through impactful family and community partnerships, our leaders and educators provide services that aid in the academic, physical, and emotional well-being of learners and families.

Strategy 5.1 Ensure families feel welcomed, are valued, and have increased opportunities to actively participate.

Strategy 5.2 Broaden teacher and administrator knowledge and use of culturally appropriate practices with learners and families.

Strategy 5.3 Enhance supports for students and their families.

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GO

AL

1: O

ur 3

- an

d 4

-yea

r o

ld le

arne

rs w

ill b

e ki

nder

gar

ten-

read

y th

roug

h ac

cess

to

hig

h-q

ualit

y p

re-k

ind

erg

arte

n p

rog

ram

s in

all

our

el

emen

tary

sch

oo

ls.

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

1.1

Incr

ease

the

nu

mb

er o

f Pre

K

clas

sroo

ms.

a. E

stab

lish

a P

reK

cla

ssro

om a

t Lo

ngfe

llow

Ele

men

tary

fo

r up

to

20 le

arne

rs t

hrou

gh a

par

tner

ship

with

Huf

fer

Mem

oria

l Chi

ld C

are

Cen

ter.

Up

to

20 s

tud

ents

enr

olle

d in

P

reK

at

Long

fello

w E

lem

enta

ry

1/20

20A

ssis

tant

Dire

ctor

, S

pec

ial E

duc

atio

n

b. E

stab

lish

Pre

K c

lass

room

s at

Nor

th V

iew

Ele

men

tary

an

d W

est

Vie

w E

lem

enta

ry, t

hus

pro

vid

ing

Pre

K

clas

sroo

ms

in a

ll M

CS

ele

men

tary

sch

ools

.

Up

to

20 s

tud

ents

enr

olle

d in

P

reK

at

Nor

th V

iew

and

Wes

t V

iew

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ools

8/20

20A

ssis

tant

Dire

ctor

, S

pec

ial E

duc

atio

n

1.2

Incr

ease

the

nu

mb

er o

f elig

ible

le

arne

rs e

nrol

led

th

roug

h O

n M

y W

ay (O

MW

) P

reK

elig

ibili

ty.

a. Id

entif

y fa

mili

es o

f 3-

and

4-y

ear

old

lear

ners

, w

ith a

ssis

tanc

e fr

om e

lem

enta

ry a

nd s

econ

dar

y sc

hool

prin

cip

als,

as

targ

et a

udie

nce

for

OM

W

com

mun

icat

ions

.

Num

ber

of O

MW

Pre

K le

arne

rs

incr

ease

s b

y 20

stu

den

ts

2020

–202

5A

ssis

tant

Dire

ctor

, S

pec

ial E

duc

atio

n

b. C

ond

uct

regu

lar

mee

tings

with

the

Del

awar

e C

ount

y

OM

W P

reK

reg

iona

l man

ager

ab

out

incr

easi

ng le

arne

r en

rollm

ent.

Num

ber

of O

MW

Pre

K le

arne

rs

incr

ease

s b

y 20

stu

den

ts20

20–2

025

Ass

ista

nt D

irect

or,

Sp

ecia

l Ed

ucat

ion

c. E

xten

d a

nd im

ple

men

t co

mm

unic

atio

ns, i

nclu

din

g

on s

ocia

l med

ia, t

o in

crea

se o

pp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r fa

mili

es

to le

arn

abou

t an

d e

nrol

l in

OM

W.

1) D

evel

op e

ye-c

atch

ing

flyer

s, a

dap

ted

for

vario

us

aud

ienc

es, a

nd p

rovi

de

at m

ultip

le s

ites

and

th

roug

h va

rious

peo

ple

(e.g

., M

AC

C, D

CS

ca

sew

orke

rs).

2) C

omp

ose

and

pos

t m

essa

ges

spec

ific

to s

ocia

l m

edia

.

3) Im

ple

men

t O

MW

Pre

K r

egis

trat

ion

fairs

at

all

elem

enta

ry s

choo

ls.

4) E

valu

ate

resu

lts o

f com

mun

icat

ion

pla

n an

d

adju

st y

early

.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of

com

mun

icat

ions

and

mod

es

exp

and

ed (e

.g.,

soci

al m

edia

)

• E

valu

atio

n of

com

mun

icat

ion

bas

ed o

n re

sults

of q

uest

ion

on

regi

stra

tion

form

, “H

ow d

id y

ou

hear

ab

out

OM

W?”

2020

–202

5A

ssis

tant

Dire

ctor

, S

pec

ial E

duc

atio

n

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

1.3

Imp

rove

th

e q

ualit

y of

our

P

reK

pro

gram

s,

achi

evin

g hi

gher

le

vel r

atin

gs

thro

ugh

Ind

iana

’s

Pat

hs t

o Q

UA

LITY

(P

TQ) w

hich

in

clud

es d

iver

sity

an

d c

ultu

ral

und

erst

and

ing.

a. A

chie

ve P

TQ L

evel

4 fo

r P

reK

pro

gram

s ex

istin

g cu

rren

tly a

t G

risso

m E

lem

enta

ry a

nd S

outh

Vie

w

Ele

men

tary

from

the

ir cu

rren

t ra

ting

of L

evel

3.

a. L

evel

4 r

atin

g a.

202

1A

ssis

tant

Dire

ctor

, S

pec

ial E

duc

atio

n

b. F

or n

ew P

reK

pro

gram

s es

tab

lishe

d a

t E

ast

Was

hing

ton

Aca

dem

y, N

orth

Vie

w E

lem

enta

ry, a

nd

Wes

t V

iew

Ele

men

tary

:

1) C

omp

lete

Leg

ally

Lic

ense

d E

xem

pt

Pro

vid

er (L

LEP

) ce

rtifi

catio

n.

2) O

bta

in P

TQ L

evel

1.

3) F

ast

trac

k th

roug

h Le

vel 2

to

obta

in P

TQ L

evel

3.

b1.

LLE

P c

ertif

icat

ion

b2.

Rat

ing

of L

evel

1

b3.

Rat

ings

of L

evel

2 &

3

b1.

202

0

b2.

202

1

b3.

202

2–20

25

Ass

ista

nt D

irect

or,

Sp

ecia

l Ed

ucat

ion

1.4

Dev

elop

an

d im

ple

men

t w

ith fi

del

ity

a P

re-K

cor

e lit

erac

y (E

nglis

h la

ngua

ge a

rts)

cu

rric

ulum

with

b

est

pra

ctic

es

inst

ruct

ion,

and

va

lid a

nd r

elia

ble

as

sess

men

ts.

a. C

urri

culu

m: E

mp

loy

the

bes

t p

ract

ices

pre

liter

acy/

ear

ly li

tera

cy p

rogr

am, F

ount

as &

Pin

nell

Cla

ssro

om™

(FP

C),

that

cor

resp

ond

s to

the

Ind

iana

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Art

s Le

arni

ng

F

ound

atio

ns a

nd in

clud

es a

var

iety

of t

exts

with

pos

itive

, div

erse

rep

rese

ntat

ions

, ref

lect

ing

MC

S

le

arne

rs a

nd o

ther

s.

b.

Inst

ruct

ion:

Incr

ease

Pre

K t

each

ers’

kno

wle

dge

and

ski

lls o

f dev

elop

men

tally

-ap

pro

pria

te

i

nstr

uctio

n, e

spec

ially

in p

rere

adin

g, t

hrou

gh

p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s p

rovi

ded

by

Fou

ntas

& P

inne

ll tr

aine

rs.

c. A

sses

smen

ts: E

nsur

e us

e of

dev

elop

men

tally

ap

pro

pria

te a

sses

smen

ts fo

r yo

ung

child

ren

for

Eng

lish

lang

uage

art

s.

a. U

se o

f cur

ricul

um

w

ith fi

del

ity

b. I

mp

rove

d s

core

s on

Sch

ool

R

ead

ines

s A

sses

smen

t

c. Im

pro

ved

sco

res

on S

choo

l

Rea

din

ess

Ass

essm

ent

a. 2

020–

2025

b. 2

020–

2025

c. 2

020–

2025

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

E

duc

atio

n

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

E

duc

atio

n

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

E

duc

atio

n

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Pill

ar II

. Rec

ruit

men

t, D

evel

op

men

t, a

nd R

eten

tio

n o

f E

duc

atio

nal L

ead

ers

GO

AL

2: O

ur L

ead

ers

at t

he d

istr

ict,

sch

oo

l, an

d c

lass

roo

m le

vels

are

of

the

hig

hest

cal

iber

and

co

ntin

uous

ly e

xcel

thr

oug

h p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

o

pp

ort

uniti

es, c

oac

hing

, and

men

tori

ng.

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

DE

VE

LOP

ME

NT

of

Teac

hers

and

Lea

der

s

2.1

Dev

elop

te

ache

rs t

hat

know

and

use

b

est

educ

atio

nal

pra

ctic

es.

a. In

crea

se P

reK

–12

teac

her

und

erst

and

ing

and

use

of

b

est-

pra

ctic

e in

inst

ruct

ion,

coo

per

ativ

e le

arni

ng,

a

nd c

ultu

ral c

omp

eten

cy.

1) D

evel

op s

choo

l Ins

truc

tiona

l Lea

der

ship

Tea

ms,

in

clud

ing

prin

cip

als,

ass

ista

nt p

rinci

pal

s, M

aste

r an

d M

ento

r Te

ache

rs, a

nd t

rain

on

the

MC

S T

each

er

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

.

2) D

evel

op M

aste

r an

d M

ento

r Te

ache

rs t

o le

ad

pro

fess

iona

l lea

rnin

g se

ssio

ns a

nd c

ond

uct

teac

hing

dem

onst

ratio

ns a

nd c

oach

ing.

3) P

rovi

de

exte

nded

pro

fess

iona

l lea

rnin

g ex

per

ienc

es

thro

ugh

liter

acy

and

mat

h cu

rric

ula

exp

erts

from

ID

OE

, cur

ricul

a co

mp

anie

s, a

nd o

ther

s.

4) U

tiliz

e B

all S

tate

Pro

fess

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t S

choo

l Li

aiso

ns t

o gu

ide

pro

fess

iona

l lea

rnin

g co

mm

uniti

es

and

con

duc

t tr

aini

ng s

essi

ons.

• Im

pro

ved

rat

ings

on

MC

S

Teac

her

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

• In

crea

sed

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

stat

ewid

e as

sess

men

ts

2020

-202

5C

EO

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

2.2

Dev

elop

ad

min

istr

ator

s th

at k

now

and

su

pp

ort

the

use

of in

stru

ctio

nal

bes

t p

ract

ices

by

teac

hers

.

a. In

crea

se a

dm

inis

trat

ors’

cap

acity

to

obse

rve

and

dis

cuss

tea

cher

s’ le

sson

s b

ased

on

bes

t p

ract

ices

in in

stru

ctio

n, c

oop

erat

ive

lear

ning

, and

res

pon

sive

cul

tura

l aw

aren

ess.

1) C

reat

e M

CS

Tea

cher

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

bas

ed o

n b

est

pra

ctic

es in

inst

ruct

ion,

incl

udin

g cu

ltura

l re

spon

sive

ness

, and

cla

ssro

om m

anag

emen

t.

2) T

rain

prin

cip

als

and

ass

ista

nt p

rinci

pal

s in

co

nduc

ting

self-

refle

ctiv

e, t

houg

htfu

l ob

serv

atio

ns

and

dis

cuss

ions

usi

ng t

he M

CS

Tea

cher

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

.

3) D

evel

op c

omm

unic

atio

n p

lan

dis

cuss

ing

the

pur

pos

es a

nd p

roce

sses

of u

sing

the

MC

S T

each

er

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

.

• In

crea

sed

rel

iab

ility

of r

atin

gs

on M

CS

Tea

cher

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

• In

crea

sed

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

sta

tew

ide

asse

ssm

ents

2020

–202

5A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

t

2.3

Exp

and

ad

min

istr

ator

an

d t

each

er

awar

enes

s an

d

app

licat

ion

of c

ultu

rally

co

mp

eten

t p

ract

ices

.

a. C

reat

e th

e D

istr

ict

Cul

tura

lly R

elev

ant

Teac

hing

and

Le

arni

ng C

adre

and

pro

vid

e tr

aini

ng in

kno

wle

dge

of

and

ski

lls in

cul

tura

l com

pet

ency

and

dev

elop

a

trai

ning

pro

gram

for

MC

S.

• Im

pro

ved

rat

ings

on

Clim

ate

Sur

vey

• Im

pro

ved

rat

ings

on

MC

S

Teac

her

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

f Div

ersi

ty

b. I

mp

lem

ent

the

cultu

ral c

omp

eten

cy t

rain

ing

pro

gram

w

ith a

ll M

CS

sta

ff to

imp

rove

cla

ssro

om a

nd s

choo

l cl

imat

es fo

r le

arne

rs a

nd fa

mili

es.

2.4

Cre

ate

a cu

lture

of

exce

llenc

e in

te

achi

ng a

nd

lead

ing.

Des

ign

and

imp

lem

ent

a ca

reer

lad

der

for

teac

her

lead

ers

of e

xcel

lenc

e, in

clud

ing

mas

ter

and

men

tor

role

s w

ith

sup

ple

men

tal p

ay.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of c

aree

r la

dd

er o

pp

ortu

nitie

s

• In

crea

sed

poo

l of t

each

ers

that

see

k ca

reer

lad

der

ad

vanc

emen

t

2020

–202

5A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

t

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

RE

CR

UIT

ME

NT

AN

D R

ETA

INM

EN

T o

f Te

ache

rs a

nd L

ead

ers

2.5

Offe

r in

cent

ives

to

new

an

d r

etur

ning

te

ache

rs.

a. C

ontin

ue t

o ex

plo

re a

dd

ition

al in

cent

ives

for

new

te

ache

rs t

o re

loca

te t

o M

unci

e, s

uch

as fi

nanc

ial

assi

stan

ce.

• N

ew a

nd c

ontin

ued

ince

ntiv

es20

21–2

025

Ass

ista

nt

Sup

erin

tend

ent

b. I

ncre

ase

com

mun

icat

ion

abou

t M

CS

Loa

n Fo

rgiv

enes

s P

rogr

am fo

r ne

w t

each

ers

(recr

uitm

ent)

and

con

tinui

ng

teac

hers

(ret

ainm

ent).

• In

clus

ion

of lo

an fo

rgiv

enes

s p

rogr

am in

mar

ketin

g m

ater

ials

2021

–202

5A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

t

c. P

rom

ote

and

pro

vid

e B

all S

tate

50%

tui

tion

dis

coun

t (u

p t

o 6

cred

ited

hrs

. per

sem

este

r) a

nd o

ther

d

isco

unte

d s

ervi

ces,

suc

h as

use

of e

xerc

ise

faci

lity

and

att

end

ing

spor

ts e

vent

s.

• In

clus

ion

of B

all S

tate

d

isco

unts

in m

arke

ting

mat

eria

ls

2021

–202

5A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

tt

d. P

rom

ote

MC

S’s

pro

visi

on o

f sup

por

ting

teac

hers

th

roug

h pr

ofes

sion

al le

arni

ng a

nd c

aree

r la

dder

op

port

uniti

es.

e. H

ire h

ighl

y-q

ualif

ied

bili

ngua

l (E

nglis

h/S

pan

ish)

ed

ucat

ors

for

dua

l lan

guag

e-im

mer

sion

thr

ough

the

dev

elop

men

t of

a t

alen

t re

crui

tmen

t ca

mp

aign

tha

t

in

clud

es s

tipen

ds

as a

n in

cent

ive.

• In

clus

ion

of le

arni

ng a

nd c

aree

r op

por

tuni

ties

in m

arke

ting

mat

eria

ls

• A

dm

inis

trat

ion

of t

he

A

mer

ican

Cou

ncil

on t

he

T

each

ing

of F

orei

gn

L

angu

age

(AC

TFL)

exa

m

2021

–202

5

2021

–202

5

Ass

ista

nt

Sup

erin

tend

ent

Ass

ista

nt

Sup

erin

tend

ent

2.6.

Est

ablis

h cu

ltura

lly

resp

onsi

ve

pro

cess

es a

nd

com

mun

icat

ions

.

a. R

evie

w a

nd a

men

d re

crui

tmen

t and

rete

ntio

n pr

oces

ses

to re

flect

cul

tura

l res

pons

iven

ess.

• U

pd

ated

com

mun

icat

ions

2020

–202

5A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

t

b. R

evie

w a

nd e

dit c

omm

unic

atio

ns, b

oth

writ

ten

liter

atur

e an

d di

gita

l med

ia, t

o re

flect

cul

tura

l res

pons

iven

ess.

• U

pd

ated

com

mun

icat

ions

2020

–202

5A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

t

c. E

xam

ine

past

recr

uitin

g ef

fort

s an

d in

crea

se m

arke

ting

effo

rts

to s

ites

refle

ctng

a d

iver

se, h

igh-

qual

ity

wor

kfor

ce.

•. U

pd

ated

rec

ruitm

ent

site

s

t

o in

crea

se d

iver

sity

2020

–202

4A

ssis

tant

S

uper

inte

nden

t

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22 MCS Mission: Placing Learners First

Pill

ar II

I. S

tud

ent-

Cen

tere

d T

each

ing

and

Act

ive

Lear

ning

GO

AL

3: O

ur S

cho

ols

pro

vid

e an

exc

eptio

nal a

cad

emic

exp

erie

nce

for

all l

earn

ers,

em

bra

cing

the

who

le c

hild

, with

a c

om

mitm

ent

to m

eetin

g

ind

ivid

ual n

eed

s.

LEA

RN

ER

-CE

NT

ER

ED

, IN

NO

VAT

IVE

CLA

SS

RO

OM

S a

nd S

CH

OO

LS

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.1

Imp

rove

vi

sual

and

lin

guis

tic

rep

rese

ntat

ion

of

div

erse

lear

ners

an

d fa

mili

es in

cl

assr

oom

s an

d

scho

ols.

a. E

nhan

ce s

choo

l-w

ide

visu

al im

ages

and

lang

uage

s to

re

flect

div

ersi

ty, s

uch

as in

sig

nage

, bul

letin

boa

rds,

d

isp

lays

, and

com

mun

icat

ions

.

• In

crea

sed

rep

rese

ntat

ions

of

lear

ner

pop

ulat

ion

• C

limat

e S

urve

y

Aug

ust

2020

–A

ugus

t 20

21P

rinci

pal

s

b. R

evie

w a

nd e

nsur

e in

clus

ion

of d

iver

sity

in c

urric

ula,

m

ater

ials

, and

less

ons

with

pos

itive

, div

erse

re

pre

sent

atio

ns.

• In

crea

sed

rep

rese

ntat

ion

of

lear

ner

pop

ulat

ion

• C

limat

e S

urve

y

Dire

ctor

of D

iver

sity

3.2

Res

truc

ture

cl

assr

oom

le

arni

ng

envi

ronm

ent

thro

ugh

flexi

ble

se

atin

g an

d

arra

ngem

ents

.

a. In

form

tea

cher

s an

d a

dm

inis

trat

ors

of b

enef

its o

f fle

xib

le s

eatin

g, b

oth

in t

erm

s of

arr

ange

men

t (e

.g.,

smal

l gro

upin

gs o

f des

ks, s

emic

ircle

s) a

nd t

ype

(e.g

., st

ools

, cus

hion

s, b

alan

ce b

alls

) to

allo

w le

arne

r ch

oice

, m

ovem

ent,

and

com

fort

, and

to

incr

ease

lear

ner

atte

ntio

n.

• In

crea

sed

use

of a

pp

rop

riate

se

atin

g ar

rang

emen

ts a

nd

flexi

ble

sea

ting

corr

esp

ond

ing

to le

arne

r ta

sks

and

nee

ds

2021

–202

5P

rinci

pal

s

b. D

evel

op s

choo

lwid

e no

rms

conc

erni

ng fl

exib

le

clas

sroo

m s

eatin

g in

rel

atio

n to

sch

ool c

limat

e an

d

cultu

re.

• In

clus

ion

of fl

exib

le s

eatin

g as

p

art

of c

limat

e an

d c

ultu

re

• Im

pro

ved

res

ults

in c

limat

e an

d

cultu

re s

urve

ys

2021

–202

5P

rinci

pal

s

c. P

rovi

de

guid

ance

and

sup

por

t ab

out

flexi

ble

sea

ting

in c

orre

spon

den

ce o

f lea

rner

tas

ks a

nd n

eed

s th

roug

h co

achi

ng fr

om M

aste

r an

d M

ento

r Te

ache

rs a

nd

obse

rvat

ions

from

prin

cip

als.

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol20

21–2

025

Prin

cip

als

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23 MCS Mission: Placing Learners First

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.3

Est

ablis

h a

cohe

sive

an

d e

ffect

ive

e-le

arni

ng

pro

gram

.

a. E

xecu

te t

echn

olog

y m

anag

emen

t se

rvic

es, e

qui

pm

ent,

an

d p

roce

sses

to

mee

t th

e ne

eds

of s

taff

and

stu

den

ts.

• In

vent

ory

lists

of c

omp

uter

s an

d s

oftw

are

for

all t

each

ers

and

ad

min

istr

ator

s

• S

ched

ule

and

pro

cess

es fo

r m

aint

aini

ng a

nd r

epai

ring

equi

pm

ent

• D

evic

es fo

r al

l lea

rner

s

• In

tern

et s

ervi

ces

for

all l

earn

ers

at h

ome

2019

–202

0 20

19–2

020

Dire

ctor

of

Tech

nolo

gy

b. E

nhan

ce e

duc

ator

s’ c

apac

ity t

o:

1) U

se t

echn

olog

y ef

ficie

ntly

and

effe

ctiv

ely,

esp

ecia

lly

with

the

lear

ning

man

agem

ent

syst

em (L

MS

).

2) A

pp

reci

ate

the

cogn

itive

, phy

sica

l, an

d s

ocia

l and

em

otio

nal e

ffect

s of

e-l

earn

ing

on s

tud

ents

.

3) D

esig

n an

d t

each

bes

t p

ract

ices

for

e-le

arni

ng

less

ons.

• P

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

2019

–202

0

2020

–202

1

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

c. E

stab

lish

a co

nsis

tent

and

rig

orou

s e-

lear

ning

pro

gram

fo

r gr

ades

K–1

2 to

mee

t sh

ort-

term

and

long

-ter

m

educ

atio

nal n

eed

s in

clud

ing

a vi

rtua

l pro

gram

offe

ring.

• O

bse

rvat

ions

of c

ond

uctin

g e-

lear

ning

• M

CS

Tea

cher

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

3.4

Fos

ter

educ

ator

in

nova

tive

pro

ject

s b

y ed

ucat

ors.

a. E

ncou

rage

ind

ivid

ual o

r gr

oup

ed

ucat

or-c

reat

ed

inno

vativ

e p

roje

cts

with

an

app

licat

ion

pro

cess

, in

clud

ing

crite

ria a

nd s

corin

g ru

bric

.

• P

roje

cts

awar

ded

2024

–202

5A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

b. D

evel

op d

istr

ict

sup

por

ts fo

r in

nova

tive

pro

ject

aw

ard

ees

to a

ssis

t in

pro

ject

exe

cutio

n (e

.g.,

pla

nnin

g tim

e, e

qui

pm

ent,

stu

den

t sc

hed

ulin

g).

• P

roje

cts

imp

lem

ente

d

• S

upp

orts

pro

vid

ed

2024

–202

5A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

c. A

ssis

t in

sus

tain

ing

and

/or

bro

aden

ing

pro

ject

s as

ap

plic

able

.•

Pro

ject

s su

stai

ned

or

bro

aden

ed20

24–2

025

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

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LIT

ER

AC

Y, K

–8: C

urri

culu

m, I

nstr

ucti

on,

Ass

essm

ent

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.5

Dev

elop

an

d im

ple

men

t w

ith fi

del

ity a

gr

ades

K–5

co

re

liter

acy

(Eng

lish

lang

uage

art

s)

curr

icul

um w

ith

bes

t p

ract

ices

in

stru

ctio

n an

d

valid

and

rel

iab

le

asse

ssm

ents

.

a. C

urri

culu

m: D

evel

op a

dis

tric

t-w

ide

liter

acy

curr

icul

um

map

, gra

des

K–5

, alig

ned

to

the

Ind

iana

Aca

dem

ic

Sta

ndar

ds,

Eng

lish/

Lang

uage

Art

s: K

–5 a

nd IL

EA

RN

B

luep

rints

.

Gra

des

K–5

Lite

racy

C

urric

ulum

Map

2019

–202

0D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

b. C

urri

culu

m: D

emon

stra

te a

lignm

ent

of a

dop

ted

Fo

unta

s &

Pin

nell

Cla

ssro

om™

(FP

C) r

ead

ing

pro

cess

to

cur

ricul

um li

tera

cy m

ap.

1) T

he im

por

tanc

e an

d p

roce

ss o

f con

duc

ting

curr

icul

um a

lignm

ents

.

2) H

ow t

o us

e cu

rric

ulum

map

s fo

r d

aily

pla

nnin

g.

Gra

des

K–5

Lite

racy

C

urric

ulum

Map

Ap

ril 2

020

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

E

duc

atio

n

c. C

urri

culu

m/i

nstr

ucti

on:

Pro

vid

e d

istr

ict-

wid

e p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

to a

ll K

–5 s

taff

thro

ugh

FPC

to

incr

ease

aw

aren

ess

and

und

erst

and

ing

of:

Six

tra

inin

gs:

• In

stru

ctio

nal C

onte

xts

• In

tera

ctiv

e R

ead

-Alo

ud•

Sha

red

Rea

din

g•

Rea

din

g M

ini-

Less

on•

Gui

ded

Rea

din

g•

Pho

nics

, Sp

ellin

g, a

nd

Wor

d S

tud

y

Dec

emb

er

2019

–Jul

y 20

20D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

d. I

nstr

ucti

on:

Incr

ease

tea

cher

s’ fi

del

ity o

f im

ple

men

tatio

n th

roug

h sc

hool

-bas

ed M

aste

r an

d

Men

tor

Teac

hers

sel

ecte

d fo

r th

eir

exce

ptio

nal

teac

hing

ski

lls a

s tr

aine

d b

y th

e N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

for

Exc

elle

nce

in T

each

ing

(NIE

T).

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

• In

crea

se in

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

stat

ewid

e lit

erac

y as

sess

men

ts

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

e. A

sses

smen

ts:

1) U

tiliz

e tw

o fo

rmat

ive

asse

ssm

ents

to

rout

inel

y ev

alua

te s

tud

ent

pro

gres

s b

y co

mp

arin

g cu

rren

t le

vel t

o p

ast

leve

l: Fo

unta

s an

d P

inne

ll B

ench

mar

k S

yste

ms

and

i-R

ead

y.

2) P

rovi

de

trai

ning

in u

sing

the

res

ults

of f

orm

ativ

e as

sess

men

ts t

o m

ake

chan

ges

in in

stru

ctio

nal

pra

ctic

es a

nd/o

r p

rovi

de

sup

por

ts.

• In

crea

sed

use

and

ana

lysi

s of

Fo

unta

s &

Pin

nell

Ben

chm

ark

Sys

tem

s w

ith fi

del

ity

• In

crea

sed

use

and

ana

lysi

s of

i-

Rea

dy

with

fid

elity

.

• Im

pro

ved

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

stat

e as

sess

men

ts: I

RE

AD

3 an

d IL

EA

RN

(sum

mat

ive

asse

ssm

ents

).

2020

–202

1

2020

–202

5

2021

–202

5

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

E

duc

atio

n

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.6

Dev

elop

an

d im

ple

men

t w

ith fi

del

ity a

gr

ades

6–8

co

re

liter

acy

(Eng

lish

lang

uage

art

s)

curr

icul

um w

ith

bes

t p

ract

ices

in

stru

ctio

n an

d

valid

and

rel

iab

le

asse

ssm

ents

.

a. C

urri

culu

m: D

evel

op a

dis

tric

t-w

ide

liter

acy

curr

icul

um

map

, gra

des

6–8

, alig

ned

to

the

Ind

iana

Aca

dem

ic

Sta

ndar

ds,

Eng

lish/

Lang

uage

Art

s: K

–5 a

nd IL

EA

RN

B

luep

rints

.

6–8

Lite

racy

Cur

ricul

um M

ap20

21D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y an

d

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

b. I

nstr

ucti

on:

Incr

ease

tea

cher

s’ k

now

led

ge a

nd s

kills

of

the

tea

chin

g an

d le

arni

ng o

f lite

racy

thr

ough

: (a)

p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d (b

) sch

ool-

bas

ed M

aste

r an

d M

ento

r Te

ache

rs a

s se

lect

ed fo

r ex

cep

tiona

l tea

chin

g sk

ills

and

tra

ined

by

NIE

T.

• C

omp

letio

n of

tra

inin

gs

give

n b

y ad

oles

cent

lite

racy

sp

ecia

list

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

• In

crea

se in

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

stat

ewid

e lit

erac

y as

sess

men

ts

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y an

d

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

c. A

sses

smen

ts:

1) U

tiliz

e tw

o, fo

rmat

ive

asse

ssm

ent(s

) to

rout

inel

y

e

valu

ate

stud

ent

pro

gres

s b

y co

mp

arin

g cu

rren

t

le

vel t

o p

ast

leve

l: S

tud

ySyn

c an

d i-

Rea

dy.

2) U

tiliz

e S

tud

ySyn

c en

d-o

f-un

it su

mm

ativ

e

a

sses

smen

ts t

o d

eter

min

e p

rogr

ess,

follo

wed

by

ret

each

ing

and

rem

edia

tion

as n

eed

ed.

3) P

rovi

de

trai

ning

and

ove

rsig

ht in

the

use

of

fo

rmat

ive

liter

acy

asse

ssm

ents

.

• In

crea

sed

use

and

ana

lysi

s of

S

tud

ySyn

c of

ass

essm

ents

w

ith fi

del

ity

• Im

pro

ve s

tud

ent

scor

es o

n st

ate

sum

mat

ive

asse

ssm

ent,

IL

EA

RN

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

f S

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dar

y an

d

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

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MA

TH

EM

AT

ICS

, K–1

2: C

urri

culu

m, I

nstr

ucti

on,

Ass

essm

ent

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.7

Dev

elop

an

d im

ple

men

t w

ith fi

del

ity

a K

–5 c

ore

m

athe

mat

ics

curr

icul

um w

ith

bes

t p

ract

ices

in

stru

ctio

n an

d

valid

and

rel

iab

le

asse

ssm

ents

.

a. C

urri

culu

m: D

evel

op a

dis

tric

t-w

ide

mat

hem

atic

s cu

rric

ulum

map

for

Gra

des

K–5

, alig

ned

with

the

In

dia

na A

cad

emic

Sta

ndar

ds,

Mat

hem

atic

s, K

–5

and

ind

icat

ing

ILE

AR

N b

luep

rints

.

Gra

des

K–5

Mat

h C

urric

ulum

M

ap20

21D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

b. C

urri

culu

m: A

lign

the

mat

hem

atic

s cu

rric

ulum

map

fo

r G

rad

es K

–5 w

ith t

he d

istr

ict

adop

ted

Go

Mat

h p

rogr

am.

Gra

des

K–5

Mat

h C

urric

ulum

M

ap20

21D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

c. In

stru

ctio

n: In

crea

se t

each

er a

nd a

dm

inis

trat

or

know

led

ge o

f and

ski

lls in

tea

chin

g an

d le

arni

ng

mat

hem

atic

s th

roug

h:

1) P

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s b

ased

on

the

eigh

t te

ache

r p

ract

ices

from

the

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

of

Teac

hers

of M

athe

mat

ics

(NC

TM),

pro

vid

ed b

y an

ID

OE

sp

ecia

list

and

Bal

l Sta

te p

rofe

ssor

s.

2) S

choo

l-b

ased

Mas

ter

and

Men

tor

Teac

hers

.

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

• In

crea

sed

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

stat

ewid

e m

ath

asse

ssm

ents

2021

–202

5D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

d. A

sses

smen

ts: U

tiliz

e G

o M

ath!

form

ativ

e

a

sses

smen

t to

rou

tinel

y ev

alua

te s

tud

ent

pro

gres

s

b

y co

mp

arin

g cu

rren

t le

vel t

o p

ast

leve

l.

• In

crea

sed

use

and

ana

lysi

s

of

Go

Mat

h an

d i-

Rea

dy

form

ativ

e as

sess

men

ts

w

ith fi

del

ity

• Im

pro

ve s

tud

ent

scor

es o

n st

ate

sum

mat

ive

asse

ssm

ent,

IL

EA

RN

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

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lem

enta

ry

Ed

ucat

ion

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.8

Dev

elop

and

im

ple

men

t w

ith

fidel

ity a

6–8

co

re

mat

hem

atic

s cu

rric

ulum

with

b

est

pra

ctic

es

inst

ruct

ion

and

va

lid a

nd r

elia

ble

as

sess

men

ts.

a. C

urri

culu

m: D

evel

op a

dis

tric

t-w

ide

mat

h cu

rric

ulum

m

ap, G

rad

es 6

–8, a

ligne

d w

ith In

dia

na A

cad

emic

S

tand

ard

s, M

athe

mat

ics:

6–8

and

ILE

AR

N B

luep

rints

.

Gra

des

6–8

Mat

h

Cur

ricul

um M

ap20

19–2

020

Dire

ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

and

C

aree

r E

duc

atio

n

b. C

urri

culu

m: D

emon

stra

te a

lignm

ent

of c

urric

ulum

m

ater

ials

and

res

ourc

es t

o G

rad

es 6

–8 c

urric

ulum

m

athe

mat

ics

map

.

Gra

des

6–8

Mat

h

Cur

ricul

um M

ap20

19–2

020

Dire

ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

and

C

aree

r E

duc

atio

n

c. In

stru

ctio

n: In

crea

se t

each

ers’

and

ad

min

istr

ator

s’

know

led

ge a

nd s

kills

of t

he t

each

ing

and

lear

ning

of

mat

hem

atic

s th

roug

h:

1) P

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

cusi

ng o

n N

CTM

’s e

ight

tea

chin

g p

ract

ices

pro

vid

ed b

y an

ID

OE

sp

ecia

list

and

Bal

l Sta

te p

rofe

ssor

s.

2) S

choo

l-b

ased

Mas

ter

and

Men

tor

Teac

hers

.

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

• In

crea

se in

stu

den

t sc

ores

on

stat

ewid

e m

ath

asse

ssm

ents

2021

–202

5D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y an

d

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

d. A

sses

smen

ts:

1) U

tiliz

e tw

o fo

rmat

ive

asse

ssm

ents

to

rout

inel

y ev

alua

te s

tud

ent

pro

gres

s b

y co

mp

arin

g cu

rren

t le

arni

ng t

o p

ast

lear

ning

: i-R

ead

y M

athe

mat

ics

and

G

o M

ath!

2) U

tiliz

e su

mm

ativ

e te

sts

to d

eter

min

e le

arni

ng a

s

c

omp

ared

to

Go

Mat

h! c

urric

ulum

sta

ndar

ds:

end

-

o

f-ye

ar t

ests

.

3) P

rovi

de

trai

ning

and

ove

rsig

ht in

the

use

of

form

ativ

e m

athe

mat

ics

asse

ssm

ents

.

• In

crea

sed

use

and

ana

lysi

s of

Go

Mat

h! fo

rmat

ive

asse

ssm

ents

with

fid

elity

• In

crea

sed

use

and

ana

lysi

s of

i-

Rea

dy

with

fid

elity

•Im

pro

ve s

tud

ent

scor

es o

n

sta

te s

umm

ativ

e as

sess

men

t,

ILE

AR

N

2021

–202

5D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y an

d

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

3.9

Dev

elop

and

Im

ple

men

t w

ith

fidel

ity a

9–1

2 m

athe

mat

ics

curr

icul

um w

ith

bes

t p

ract

ices

in

stru

ctio

n an

d

valid

and

rel

iab

le

asse

ssm

ents

.

a. C

urri

culu

m: D

evel

op a

dis

tric

t-w

ide

mat

h cu

rric

ulum

m

ap, G

rad

es 9

–12,

alig

ned

with

the

Ind

iana

Aca

dem

ic

Sta

ndar

ds,

Mat

hem

atic

s: 9

–12

and

ILE

AR

N B

luep

rints

.

Gra

des

9–1

2 M

ath

Cur

ricul

um

Map

s20

20–2

021

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ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

and

C

aree

r E

duc

atio

n

b. C

urri

culu

m: D

emon

stra

te a

lignm

ent

of c

urric

ulum

m

ater

ials

and

res

ourc

es t

o G

rad

es 9

–12

curr

icul

um

mat

hem

atic

s m

ap.

Gra

des

9–1

2 M

ath

Cur

ricul

um

Map

s20

20–2

021

Dire

ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

and

C

aree

r E

duc

atio

n

c. In

stru

ctio

n: In

crea

se t

each

ers’

and

ad

min

istr

ator

s’

know

led

ge a

nd s

kills

of t

he t

each

ing

and

lear

ning

of

mat

hem

atic

s th

roug

h fo

cusi

ng o

n N

CTM

’s e

ight

te

achi

ng p

ract

ices

as

pro

vid

ed b

y an

IDO

E s

pec

ialis

t an

d B

all S

tate

pro

fess

ors,

sch

ool-

bas

ed M

aste

r an

d

Men

tor

Teac

hers

, and

dep

artm

ent

chai

rs.

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

• In

crea

sed

sco

res

on s

tate

wid

e m

ath

asse

ssm

ents

2021

–202

5D

irect

or o

f S

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dar

y an

d

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

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28 MCS Mission: Placing Learners First

ST

EA

M K

–12

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.10

Ens

ure

high

-q

ualit

y sc

ienc

e,

tech

nolo

gy,

engi

neer

ing,

fin

e ar

ts, a

nd

mat

h (S

TEA

M)

educ

atio

n.

a. R

evie

w a

nd s

elec

t st

and

ard

s-b

ased

, han

ds-

on

curr

icul

um a

nd m

ater

ials

for:

1) S

cien

ce, t

echn

olog

y, e

ngin

eerin

g, a

nd m

ath

(STE

M).

2) F

ine

arts

(STE

AM

).

3) P

rovi

de

trai

ning

and

ove

rsig

ht in

the

use

of

c

urric

ulum

with

fid

elity

.

• S

elec

tion

of P

roje

ct L

ead

th

e W

ay (P

LTW

) and

sci

ence

te

xtb

ook

adop

tion

in

Gra

des

6–8

.

• S

elec

ted

mus

ic a

nd a

rt

curr

icul

a an

d m

ater

ials

2020

2020

–202

1

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

b. F

or S

TEM

, inc

reas

e te

ache

r ex

per

tise

by

pro

vid

ing:

1) F

or t

he m

idd

le s

choo

ls, t

rain

ing

for

at le

ast

two

P

LTW

tea

cher

s in

PLT

W’s

Inno

vato

rs a

nd M

aker

s,

Ap

p C

reat

ors,

and

Med

ical

Det

ectiv

es.

2) F

or t

he h

igh

scho

ol, t

rain

ing

for

at le

ast

two

P

LTW

tea

cher

s in

PLT

W’s

Eng

inee

ring

and

C

omp

uter

Sci

ence

.

3) F

or a

ll P

LTW

tea

cher

s, p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s co

nduc

ted

by

a P

LTW

con

sulta

nt.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of t

each

ers

trai

ned

in P

LTW

cou

rses

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of s

tud

ents

co

mp

letin

g P

LTW

cou

rses

2021

–202

3A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

c. F

or a

rt a

nd m

usic

, inc

reas

e le

vel o

f tea

cher

exp

ertis

e:

1) H

ire li

cens

ed t

each

ers

for

all e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

ls,

with

pre

fere

nce

to m

usic

tea

cher

s w

ith in

stru

men

tal

exp

erie

nce.

2) P

rovi

de

colla

bor

atio

n tim

e fo

r te

ache

rs t

o m

eet

acro

ss s

choo

ls t

o p

lan

and

lear

n.

3) U

tiliz

e M

ento

r Te

ache

rs in

ele

men

tary

sch

ools

to

pro

vid

e p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s,

men

torin

g, a

nd c

oach

ing.

• E

mp

loy

licen

sed

art

and

mus

ic

teac

hers

in a

ll el

emen

tary

sc

hool

s

• D

esig

nate

d t

imes

for

teac

her

colla

bor

atio

n

• Im

pro

ved

tea

cher

rat

ings

on

MC

S T

each

er E

valu

atio

n To

ol

2020

–202

3A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

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29 MCS Mission: Placing Learners First

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.11

Ext

end

st

uden

ts’

STE

AM

lear

ning

op

por

tuni

ties.

a. F

or S

TEM

, im

ple

men

t ad

diti

onal

, sp

ecifi

c ca

reer

p

ath

cour

ses:

1) F

or t

he m

idd

le s

choo

ls, P

LTW

’s In

nova

tors

and

M

aker

s, A

pp

Cre

ator

s, a

nd M

edic

al D

etec

tives

.

2) F

or t

he h

igh

scho

ol, E

ngin

eerin

g an

d

Com

put

er S

cien

ce.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of P

LTW

co

urse

s av

aila

ble

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of s

tud

ents

en

rolle

d in

PLT

W c

ours

es

2021

–202

3A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

b. F

or m

usic

and

art

for

Gra

des

K-5

:

1) M

odifi

catio

n of

sch

ool s

ched

ules

to

allo

w t

ime

for

enric

hmen

t ar

t an

d m

usic

.

2) Id

entif

icat

ion

of s

tud

ents

to

par

ticip

ate

in a

dd

ition

al

art

and

mus

ic o

pp

ortu

nitie

s.

3) O

rgan

izin

g of

ext

erna

l per

form

ance

act

iviti

es

to in

crea

se c

omm

unity

aw

aren

ess

and

stu

den

t in

volv

emen

t.

4) In

trod

uctio

n of

Gra

de

5 in

stru

men

tal b

and

in a

ll

e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

ls.

5) E

xten

sion

of p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith B

all S

tate

’s S

choo

l of

Mus

ic fo

r un

iver

sity

stu

den

ts t

o ob

serv

e an

d t

each

in

ele

men

tary

sch

ools

thr

ough

met

hod

s co

urse

s an

d p

ract

icum

s.

1) D

esig

nate

d t

ime

for

exte

nded

ar

t an

d m

usic

op

por

tuni

ties

2) S

tud

ents

sel

ecte

d t

o p

artic

ipat

e

3) In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n ra

tes

4) In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n ra

tes

5) In

crea

sed

num

ber

of

Bal

l Sta

te m

usic

stu

den

ts’

obse

rvat

ions

and

pra

ctic

ums

1) 2

020–

2023

2) 2

020–

2023

3) 2

020–

2023

4) 2

020–

2023

5) 2

021–

2025

1) E

lem

enta

ry

Sch

ool P

rinci

pal

s

2) E

lem

enta

ry

Mus

ic a

nd A

rt

Teac

hers

3) A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

4) A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

5) A

ssoc

iate

S

uper

inte

nden

t

DU

AL

LAN

GU

AG

E IM

ME

RS

ION

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.12

Ext

end

op

por

tuni

ties

for

lear

ners

to

obta

in

dua

l lan

guag

e p

rofic

ienc

y in

S

pan

ish/

Eng

lish.

a. D

eter

min

e an

d p

rovi

de

curr

icul

a, s

pac

e, m

ater

ials

, and

st

affin

g to

ext

end

cur

rent

gra

des

K–2

dua

l lan

guag

e cl

assr

oom

s at

Wes

t Vie

w E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l by

one

add

ition

al g

rad

e le

vel e

ach

acad

emic

yea

r.

New

cla

ssro

om fo

rmed

2020

–Gra

de

3

2021

–Gra

de

4

2022

–Gra

de

5

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

E

duc

atio

n

b. D

eter

min

e an

d p

rovi

de

curr

icul

a, s

pac

e, m

ater

ials

, an

d s

taffi

ng t

o ex

tend

dua

l lan

guag

e cl

assr

oom

s in

a

sele

cted

mid

dle

sch

ool b

y on

e ad

diti

onal

gra

de

leve

l ea

ch a

cad

emic

yea

r.

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cla

ssro

om fo

rmed

2023

–Gra

de

6

2024

–Gra

de

7

Dire

ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

& C

aree

r E

duc

atio

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Str

ateg

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Key

Act

ion

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ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

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esp

ons

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3.13

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dua

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ngua

ge le

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mee

t ac

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lang

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ultu

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dop

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ple

men

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arne

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d

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vels

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angu

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ll d

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ns o

f Sp

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d E

nglis

h.

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er

of le

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rs w

ith h

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ls o

f la

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pan

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lish

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ple

men

t b

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ctic

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eas

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men

t at

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ls in

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mb

er o

f le

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rs p

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rmin

g at

or

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e gr

ade

leve

ls in

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core

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lish

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PH

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Str

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Key

Act

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Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

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n R

esp

ons

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3.14

Im

pro

ve

lear

ners

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hysi

cal h

ealth

th

roug

h p

hysi

cal

educ

atio

n cl

asse

s an

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des

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e p

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n M

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ache

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rove

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n M

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luat

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–202

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2020

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P.E

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tor

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l Sta

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

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3.15

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pro

ve

lear

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onal

hea

lth

thro

ugh

exte

nded

op

por

tuni

ties

for

fam

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of

stud

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fo

r G

rad

es K

–5.

a. D

evel

op th

e In

-Sch

ool N

utrit

iona

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gram

to

imp

rove

le

arne

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in p

artn

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ip w

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all S

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-Sch

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gram

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–202

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lem

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r sc

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l Sta

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y K

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iah

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rea

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r sc

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rea

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PR

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AN

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RS

Str

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Key

Act

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Mea

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den

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esp

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3.17

Est

ablis

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reer

exp

lora

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nitie

s fo

r G

rad

es K

–12.

a. F

or G

rad

es K

–5, c

reat

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sson

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rovi

de

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ry a

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care

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less

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

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n R

esp

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eas

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y &

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

e. F

or G

rad

es 1

1–12

:

1) E

stab

lish

new

CTE

cou

rses

rep

rese

ntin

g jo

bs

in

high

dem

and

: Ban

king

and

Fin

ance

, Bus

ines

s M

anag

emen

t, B

usin

ess

and

Offi

ce A

dm

inis

trat

ion,

an

d h

ealth

car

e p

rep

arat

ion

cour

ses

in A

nato

my/

Phy

siol

ogy

and

Med

ical

Ter

min

olog

y.

2) E

xpan

d t

hese

cou

rses

to

seco

nd le

vels

: Hum

an a

nd

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces

I, II;

Ed

ucat

ion

Pro

fess

ions

I, II

; and

N

utrit

ion

Sci

ence

Car

eers

I, II

.

• In

crea

sed

enr

ollm

ent

• In

crea

sed

com

ple

tion

rate

s

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y &

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

3.19

Inc

reas

e jo

b p

lace

men

t,

emp

loya

bili

ty

skill

s, a

nd

exp

erie

nces

fo

r G

rad

e 12

le

arne

rs.

a. D

evel

op le

arne

r’s s

kill

to p

rep

are

for

and

par

ticip

ate

in

app

lyin

g an

d in

terv

iew

ing

for

job

s, t

hrou

gh a

ctiv

ities

su

ch a

s co

nduc

ting

onlin

e jo

b s

earc

hes,

dev

elop

ing

resu

mes

, and

pre

par

ing

for

and

com

ple

ting

job

in

terv

iew

s w

ith lo

cal e

mp

loye

rs.

• In

crea

sed

com

ple

tion

rate

s of

re

sum

es a

nd c

over

lett

ers

• In

crea

sed

rea

din

ess

for

job

in

terv

iew

s

• In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n at

Jo

b P

revi

ew D

ay

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y &

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

b. E

xten

d C

TE le

arne

rs’ o

n-th

e-jo

b e

xper

ienc

es t

hrou

gh

emb

edd

ed in

tern

ship

s d

urin

g ca

pst

one,

sec

ond

yea

r of

CTE

pat

hway

pro

gram

s.

• In

crea

sed

rat

es o

f int

erns

hip

co

mp

letio

n20

21–2

025

Dire

ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

& C

aree

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duc

atio

n

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.20

Str

engt

hen

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r hi

gh s

choo

l le

arne

rs t

o ea

rn

colle

ge c

red

its.

a. Im

ple

men

t a

pla

n to

incr

ease

enr

ollm

ent

in a

nd

com

ple

tion

in A

dva

nced

Pla

cem

ent

(AP

) cou

rses

.•

Incr

ease

d p

artic

ipat

ion

rate

s of

d

iver

se le

arne

rs

• In

crea

sed

pas

sing

rat

es o

f A

P e

xam

s

2020

–202

3H

igh

Sch

ool

Prin

cip

al

b. I

mp

lem

ent

a p

lan

to in

crea

se e

nrol

lmen

t in

and

co

mp

letio

n in

Ear

ly C

olle

ge H

igh

Sch

ool.

• In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n

• In

crea

sed

com

ple

tion

of

asso

ciat

e’s

deg

rees

2021

–202

3H

igh

Sch

ool

Prin

cip

al

3.21

Exp

and

an

d s

tren

gthe

n co

llege

and

ca

reer

pro

gram

s.

a. A

lign

CTE

Pat

hway

Pla

ns (c

ours

e ou

tline

s) w

ith

Gov

erno

r’s W

orkf

orce

Cab

inet

Cou

rse

Sta

ndar

ds

and

te

chni

cal c

ertif

icat

ion

dua

l cre

dit

seq

uenc

es, i

ndus

try

cert

ifica

tions

, and

em

bed

ded

wor

k-b

ased

lear

ning

re

com

men

dat

ions

—m

akin

g ed

its a

nd c

hang

es a

s ne

eded

.

Alig

ned

CTE

Pat

hway

Pla

ns

2020

–202

1

(with

con

tinua

l up

dat

es

as n

eed

ed)

Dire

ctor

of

Sec

ond

ary

& C

aree

rE

duc

atio

n

b. D

evel

op a

nd im

ple

men

t C

TE P

athw

ays

Mar

ketin

g P

lan

for

MC

S S

tud

ents

and

Fam

ilies

to

Incr

ease

stu

den

t aw

aren

ess

of lo

cal e

mp

loye

rs a

nd jo

b o

ptio

ns a

nd

know

led

ge o

f and

enr

ollm

ent

in C

TE c

ours

es.

• In

crea

sed

stu

den

t in

tere

st in

lo

cal e

mp

loye

rs a

nd jo

b o

ptio

ns

• In

crea

sed

stu

den

t en

rollm

ent

in

CTE

cou

rses

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y &

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

c. D

evel

op a

nd im

ple

men

t C

TE P

athw

ays

Mar

ketin

g P

lan

for

Mun

cie

Are

a E

mp

loye

rs t

o im

pro

ve lo

cal e

mp

loye

rs’

awar

enes

s of

and

par

ticip

atio

n in

CTE

and

to

incr

ease

lo

cal j

ob p

lace

men

ts.

• In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n of

new

co

mp

anie

s p

artic

ipat

ing

• In

crea

sed

ret

entio

n of

co

mp

anie

s p

artic

ipat

ing

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f S

econ

dar

y &

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

d. E

xpan

d c

apac

ity o

f the

Gra

dua

tion

Aca

dem

y (o

nlin

e co

urse

s fo

r st

uden

ts n

eed

ing

cred

its) a

nd M

CH

S

onlin

e p

rogr

ams

by

emp

loyi

ng a

Wor

k-B

ased

Lea

rnin

g C

oord

inat

or t

o im

ple

men

t a

pilo

t p

rogr

am t

o fu

rthe

r d

evel

op le

arne

rs’ e

mp

loya

bili

ty s

kills

and

to

faci

litat

e jo

b p

lace

men

t op

por

tuni

ties.

• In

crea

sed

rat

es o

f lea

rner

s ea

rnin

g C

aree

r E

xplo

ratio

n In

tern

ship

cre

dits

.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of

com

pan

ies

par

ticip

atin

g

in jo

b p

lace

men

ts

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f S

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dar

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Ed

ucat

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EX

TE

ND

ED

OP

PO

RT

UN

ITIE

S F

OR

LE

AR

NIN

G

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.22

Pro

vid

e ex

tend

ed

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r ac

adem

ic a

nd

soci

al le

arni

ng.

Inst

itute

Pre

K–1

2 S

umm

er A

cad

emic

Enr

ichm

ent

Pro

gram

w

ith le

sson

s an

d a

ctiv

ities

alig

ned

to

the

Ind

iana

Sta

te

Sta

ndar

ds,

lead

ing

to a

cad

emic

and

soc

ial l

earn

ing

thro

ugh

a p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith t

he B

oys

& G

irls

Clu

bs

and

Up

war

d

Bou

nd.

(To

be

det

erm

ined

with

par

tner

s)Ju

ne–J

uly

20

20–2

025

Dire

ctor

of

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men

tary

Ed

ucat

ion

3.23

Pro

vid

e ex

tend

ed le

arni

ng

opp

ortu

nitie

s in

lit

erac

y an

d in

S

TEA

M.

a. E

xpan

d a

fter

scho

ol a

nd s

umm

er p

rogr

am o

pp

ortu

nitie

s to

Gra

des

K–5

at

Gris

som

and

Sou

th V

iew

Ele

men

tary

S

choo

ls t

hrou

gh a

par

tner

ship

with

the

Mun

cie

YM

CA

, ha

ving

a p

rimar

y p

rogr

am fo

cus

of li

tera

cy in

clud

ing

a fa

mily

com

pon

ent

and

a s

econ

dar

y fo

cus

of s

ocia

l and

em

otio

nal l

earn

ing

with

up

to

80 le

arne

rs e

nrol

led

at

ea

ch s

choo

l.

• A

dd

ition

al a

fter

scho

ol a

nd

sum

mer

sch

ool p

rogr

ams

in

elem

enta

ry s

choo

ls

• M

axim

um n

umb

er o

f lea

rner

s en

rolle

d

• In

crea

sed

sco

res

on s

tate

as

sess

men

ts

• In

crea

sed

fam

ily p

artic

ipat

ion

Gris

som

st

art

2020

Sou

th V

iew

st

art

2021

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

Ed

ucat

ion

b. C

reat

e G

rad

e 2

STE

AM

Lite

racy

Cam

ps

thro

ugh

B

all S

tate

/MC

S’s

res

earc

h-b

ased

Cam

p A

dve

ntur

e p

rogr

am t

o in

crea

se le

arne

rs’ u

nder

stan

din

g an

d in

tere

st

in S

TEA

M a

nd im

pro

ve li

tera

cy.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of l

earn

ers

par

ticip

atin

g •

Incr

ease

d a

tten

dan

ce r

ates

Imp

rove

d S

TEA

M s

kills

June

–Jul

y Tw

o se

ssio

ns

2021

–202

5

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

c. Im

ple

men

t G

rad

es 9

–12

Mar

chin

g B

and

Sum

mer

Cam

p

to c

ontin

ue d

evel

opm

ent

of le

arne

rs’ m

usic

al s

kills

and

in

tere

sts.

• In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n ra

tes

• In

crea

sed

att

end

ance

rat

es

Sum

mer

2020

–202

5

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

d. P

artn

er w

ith In

nova

tion

Con

nect

or, C

odin

g C

lass

es;

M

otiv

ate

our

Min

ds,

Aca

dem

ic E

nric

hmen

t; Y

outh

Sym

pho

ny O

rche

stra

, Mus

ic S

kills

and

Inte

rest

s;

R

ed-t

ail L

and

Con

serv

ator

y, O

utd

oor

Ed

ucat

ion;

Mun

cie

Chi

ldre

n’s

Mus

eum

, STE

M; a

nd B

oy S

cout

s, S

TEM

Incr

ease

d a

cces

s to

a v

arie

ty

of le

arni

ng o

pp

ortu

nitie

s w

ithin

th

e co

mm

unity

tha

t ai

ds

in t

he

lear

ning

pro

cess

hap

pen

ing

af

ter

the

scho

ol d

ay

Sum

mer

2020

–202

5

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.24

Pro

vid

e ex

tend

ed

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r le

arne

rs t

o p

lan

and

pre

par

e fo

r co

llege

and

ca

reer

s.

a. E

stab

lish

Gra

des

6 a

nd 7

Car

eer

Exp

lora

tion

Sum

mer

C

amp

to

incr

ease

aw

aren

ess

and

und

erst

and

ing

of

spec

ific

care

er o

ptio

ns t

hrou

gh h

and

s-on

exp

erie

nces

.

Incr

ease

d s

tud

ent

scor

es o

n a

care

er a

war

enes

s an

d a

ttitu

de

surv

ey

Sum

mer

Pilo

t 20

21

Five

day

s to

tal

Dire

ctor

of S

econ

dar

y &

Car

eer

Ed

ucat

ion

b. L

aunc

h G

rad

es 6

–12

Sum

mer

Car

eer

Clu

bs

to d

evel

op

lear

ners

’ ski

lls a

nd in

tere

sts

in p

oten

tial c

aree

rs:

1) S

umm

er D

rone

Clu

b—

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith t

he

Aca

dem

y of

Mod

el A

eron

autic

s (A

MA

), w

ith it

s na

tiona

l he

adq

uart

ers

in M

unci

e, u

sing

the

AM

A-d

evel

oped

st

uden

t le

sson

s.

2) S

umm

er J

unio

r P

rod

ucer

s C

lub

—in

par

tner

ship

with

B

all S

tate

.

• In

crea

sed

par

ticip

atio

n ra

tes

• In

crea

sed

att

end

ance

rat

es

• In

crea

sed

rat

es o

f pro

ject

co

mp

letio

n

Sum

mer

20

21–2

025

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

c. P

artn

er w

ith t

he fo

llow

ing

educ

atio

n-or

ient

ed

orga

niza

tions

:

Mun

cie

Chi

ldre

n’s

Mus

eum

—C

aree

r E

xplo

ratio

n

Pro

ject

Lea

der

ship

—E

nrol

lmen

t in

21s

t C

entu

ry

Sch

olar

s, C

aree

r C

oach

ing,

ICE

Lea

gue

Teen

Wor

ks—

Wor

k-b

ased

lear

ning

op

por

tuni

ties

Ind

iana

GE

AR

-UP

—tu

torin

g an

d S

TEM

Mun

cie

Civ

ic T

heat

re—

Exp

lore

a v

arie

ty o

f you

th

ed

ucat

ion

exp

erie

nces

thr

ough

act

ing,

sta

ge

m

anag

ing

and

pro

duc

tion

Col

lege

Men

tors

for

Kid

s

Incr

ease

d in

volv

emen

t w

ith lo

cal

orga

niza

tions

to

enha

nce

colle

ge

and

car

eer

pre

par

atio

n

and

exp

osur

e

Sum

mer

2020

–202

5

Ass

ocia

te

Sup

erin

tend

ent

3.25

Pro

vid

e op

por

tuni

ties

for

lear

ners

in

Kin

der

gart

en a

nd

Gra

des

6 a

nd

9 to

par

ticip

ate

in t

rans

ition

ing

even

ts fo

r en

terin

g th

e ne

xt

scho

ol le

vel.

a. F

or in

com

ing

kind

erga

rten

lear

ners

, dev

elop

the

Sta

rtin

g S

choo

l Exp

erie

nce

to u

nder

stan

d a

nd p

artic

ipat

e in

dai

ly

rout

ines

and

str

uctu

res,

bec

ome

fam

iliar

with

tea

cher

s an

d c

lass

mat

es, b

uild

con

fiden

ce, a

nd t

o lo

wer

anx

iety

.

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her

and

par

ent

rep

ort

Sum

mer

202

0

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hal

f-d

ays

20

21–2

025

Dire

ctor

of

Ele

men

tary

Ed

ucat

ion

b. F

or in

com

ing

Gra

de

6 le

arne

rs, c

reat

e th

e M

ovin

g to

M

idd

le S

choo

l Exp

erie

nce

to in

crea

se c

omfo

rt le

vel,

bui

ld

conf

iden

ce, i

mp

rove

tea

m b

uild

ing,

and

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er a

nxie

ty, i

n p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith P

roje

ct L

ead

ersh

ip.

Att

itud

e su

rvey

Sum

mer

202

0

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5D

irect

or o

f Sec

ond

ary

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aree

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duc

atio

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c. F

or in

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de

9 le

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ucat

ion

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

3.26

Pro

vid

e ex

tend

ed le

arni

ng

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r m

eetin

g le

arne

rs’

spec

ific

need

s.

a. D

eliv

er G

rad

e 3

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din

g A

cad

emy,

per

sona

lized

, tar

gete

d

read

ing

inst

ruct

ion,

to

lear

ners

tha

t d

id n

ot p

ass

IRE

AD

-3.

Incr

ease

d n

umb

er o

f stu

den

ts

pas

sing

IRE

AD

3S

umm

er

2021

–202

5D

irect

or o

f E

lem

enta

ry E

duc

atio

n

b. O

ffer

Gra

des

9–1

2 M

CH

S B

lend

ed S

umm

er L

earn

ing

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erie

nce

to a

dva

nce

grad

uatio

n p

athw

ays

and

/or

reco

ver

cour

se c

red

its t

hrou

gh o

nlin

e in

stru

ctio

n w

ith a

te

ache

r p

rese

nt, a

s ne

eded

.

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of c

ours

e cr

edits

rec

over

ed

• In

crea

sed

ad

vanc

emen

t in

gr

adua

tion

pat

hway

s

Pilo

t—

Sum

mer

202

1D

irect

or o

f Sec

ond

ary

& C

aree

r E

duc

atio

n

c. E

stab

lish

Gra

de

12 P

ush

to G

rad

uatio

n p

rogr

am fo

r le

arne

rs t

o co

mp

lete

cou

rsew

ork

to g

rad

uate

thr

ough

on

line

cour

se c

red

its w

ith a

tea

cher

pre

sent

.

Incr

ease

d n

umb

er o

f cou

rses

p

asse

dS

umm

er

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f Sec

ond

ary

& C

aree

r E

duc

atio

n

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Pill

ar IV

. So

cial

and

Em

oti

ona

l Lea

rnin

g

GO

AL

4: O

ur E

duc

ato

rs w

ill g

ain

new

und

erst

and

ing

s an

d p

ract

ices

to

gui

de

our

lear

ners

in m

atur

ing

to

war

d a

pp

rop

riat

e so

cial

and

em

otio

nal

beh

avio

rs, p

lus

real

izin

g c

om

pet

enci

es r

elat

ed t

o s

elf

and

oth

ers

and

in r

elat

ions

hip

s an

d d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

.

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

4.1

Est

ablis

h d

istr

ict-

wid

e fr

amew

orks

and

st

ruct

ures

nee

ded

to

imp

lem

ent

a M

ulti-

Tier

ed

Sys

tem

of

Sup

por

t (M

TSS

) fo

r le

arne

rs’

acad

emic

, soc

ial,

and

em

otio

nal

lear

ning

.

a. D

evel

op M

CS

phi

loso

phy

/set

of b

elie

fs r

egar

din

g so

cial

an

d e

mot

iona

l dev

elop

men

t an

d c

lass

room

bes

t p

ract

ices

w

hich

are

rep

rese

ntat

ive

of t

he d

iver

sity

of t

he s

tud

ent

pop

ulat

ion,

and

use

it t

o gu

ide

curr

icul

um a

nd m

ater

ials

se

lect

ion,

dis

cip

line

pol

icie

s, c

lass

room

inst

ruct

ion,

and

p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r te

ache

rs a

nd

adm

inis

trat

ors,

in c

olla

bor

atio

n w

ith B

all S

tate

.

MC

S p

hilo

sop

hy o

r se

t of

bel

iefs

2020

Dire

ctor

of S

pec

ial

Ed

ucat

ion

b. M

ake

chan

ges

to p

olic

ies

and

writ

ten

doc

umen

ts t

o al

ign

to M

CS

phi

loso

phy

ab

out

soci

al a

nd e

mot

iona

l d

evel

opm

ent,

cor

resp

ond

ing

inst

ruct

iona

l pra

ctic

es, a

nd

that

ref

lect

the

cul

tura

l div

ersi

ty o

f our

stu

den

t p

opul

atio

n,

in c

olla

bor

atio

n w

ith B

all S

tate

, em

pha

sizi

ng t

he fa

ct t

hat

MTS

S e

ncom

pas

ses

acad

emic

, beh

avio

r, an

d s

ocia

l-em

otio

nal a

reas

.

(1) E

dit

all d

istr

ict

and

sch

ool d

ocum

ents

(e.

g., S

tud

ent

Han

db

ook)

to

ind

icat

e ch

ange

s.

(2) I

mp

lem

ent

a p

lan

to in

form

lear

ners

, fam

ilies

, and

ot

her

stak

ehol

der

s of

the

cha

nges

.

• U

pd

ated

pol

icie

s an

d d

ocum

ents

• C

omm

unic

atio

n p

lan

2020

–202

5D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

c. D

eter

min

e an

d o

bta

in t

he r

esou

rces

nee

ded

to

imp

lem

ent

MTS

S, s

uch

as s

taff,

tra

inin

g, s

pac

e, m

ater

ials

, scr

eene

r, an

d s

ched

ules

–e.g

., id

entif

y te

ache

rs a

t ea

ch s

choo

l to

pro

vid

e tim

ely

and

effe

ctiv

e M

TSS

inte

rven

tions

at

Tier

s 2

and

3.

Res

ourc

es t

o im

ple

men

t M

TSS

at

eac

h sc

hool

and

pro

toco

ls fo

r in

terv

entio

nist

s

2020

–202

1D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

d. S

elec

t an

d o

bta

in P

re-K

–12

soci

al a

nd e

mot

iona

l lea

rnin

g cu

rric

ulum

tha

t co

rres

pon

ds

to M

CS

phi

loso

phy

, suc

h as

, cul

tura

lly s

usta

inin

g an

d d

evel

opm

enta

lly a

pp

rop

riate

(e

.g.,

Sec

ond

Ste

p; R

esp

onsi

ve C

lass

room

s; R

ipp

le

Eff

ects

).

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ricul

um s

elec

ted

and

ava

ilab

le

in a

ll sc

hool

s20

20–2

021

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ctor

of S

pec

ial

Ed

ucat

ion

e. C

ond

uct

trai

ning

on

the

SE

L un

iver

sal s

cree

ner,

Stu

den

t R

isk

Scr

eeni

ng S

cale

(SS

RS

). D

esig

n a

dis

tric

twid

e M

TSS

p

roce

ss t

o:

1) Id

entif

y le

arne

rs t

hat

need

Tie

r 2

and

3 s

upp

orts

.2)

Col

lect

dat

a.3)

Mak

e re

ferr

als.

4) C

ond

uct

pro

gres

s m

onito

ring.

• In

crea

sed

use

of S

SR

S

• P

roce

sses

in p

lace

2020

–202

1D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

4.1

cont

inue

df.

Est

ablis

h a

MTS

S T

eam

at

each

sch

ool t

o m

ake

dat

a-b

ased

dec

isio

ns b

ased

on

resu

lts fr

om s

cree

ning

in

stru

men

ts a

nd c

ond

uct

pro

gres

s m

onito

ring

revi

ews

of T

iers

2 a

nd 3

inte

rven

tions

and

sup

por

ts.

MTS

S T

eam

s w

ith a

pp

rop

riate

an

d d

iver

se m

emb

ers

2020

–202

1D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

g. In

crea

se M

TSS

Tea

m k

now

led

ge a

nd s

kills

in

imp

lem

entin

g th

e M

TSS

pro

cess

, id

entif

icat

ion

dat

a,

inte

rven

tions

, and

pro

gres

s m

onito

ring

thro

ugh

trai

ning

s.

Incr

ease

d a

bili

ty o

f Tea

ms

to

imp

lem

ent

MTS

S p

roce

sses

with

fid

elity

2020

–202

1D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

4.2

Exp

and

te

ache

r an

d

adm

inis

trat

or

know

led

ge a

nd

skill

s ab

out

soci

al, e

mot

iona

l, an

d b

ehav

iora

l te

achi

ng a

nd

lear

ning

.

a. In

crea

se k

now

led

ge a

bou

t ch

ild a

nd a

dol

esce

nt

dev

elop

men

t an

d t

he a

bili

ty t

o im

ple

men

t d

evel

opm

enta

lly a

pp

rop

riate

cla

ssro

om p

ract

ices

th

at a

re s

eque

nced

, act

ive,

focu

sed

, and

exp

licit

(SA

FE) t

hrou

gh p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

for

Pre

K t

hrou

gh

Gra

de

12.

• Im

pro

ved

rat

ings

on

MC

S

Teac

her

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

• R

educ

tion

in s

tud

ent

susp

ensi

ons,

exp

ulsi

ons,

and

ot

her

dis

cip

linar

y ac

tions

Pre

K 2

020–

2021

K-5

202

1–20

23

Dire

ctor

of S

pec

ial

Ed

ucat

ion

b. I

ncre

ase

und

erst

and

ing

of e

arly

chi

ldho

od

dev

elop

men

tally

ap

pro

pria

te c

lass

room

s th

roug

h p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r P

reK

-3.

Imp

rove

d r

atin

gs o

n M

CS

Te

ache

r E

valu

atio

n To

ol20

21–2

023

Dire

ctor

of S

pec

ial

Ed

ucat

ion

c. P

rovi

de

coac

hing

and

sup

por

t fo

r P

reK

-12

teac

hers

re

gard

ing

dev

elop

men

tally

ap

pro

pria

te c

lass

room

p

ract

ices

for

soci

al, e

mot

iona

l, an

d b

ehav

iora

l lea

rnin

g th

roug

h M

aste

r an

d M

ento

r, Te

ache

rs, a

nd e

xter

nal

exp

erts

.

• Im

pro

ved

rat

ings

on

MC

S

Teac

her

Eva

luat

ion

Tool

• R

educ

tion

in s

tud

ent

susp

ensi

ons,

exp

ulsi

ons,

and

ot

her

dis

cip

linar

y ac

tions

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

d. I

mp

rove

aw

aren

ess

and

res

pon

se t

o le

arne

r tr

aum

a th

at is

cul

tura

lly r

esp

onsi

ve fo

r al

l sta

ff th

roug

h p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nite

s.

Pro

vid

e tr

aini

ng o

n tr

aum

a in

form

ed c

are.

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

e. C

ontin

ue p

artic

ipat

ion

in t

he D

elaw

are

Cou

nty

Com

pre

hens

ive

Cou

nsel

ing

Coa

litio

n—P

roje

ct

Lead

ersh

ip

Con

tinue

col

lab

orat

ion

with

Lo

cal s

choo

l dis

tric

ts o

n S

EL

bes

t p

ract

ices

2020

–202

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irect

or o

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dar

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Car

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Ed

ucat

ion

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Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

4.3

Imp

lem

ent

the

MTS

S

pro

cess

of l

earn

er

iden

tific

atio

n,

inte

rven

tions

an

d s

upp

orts

, an

d p

rogr

ess

mon

itorin

g

in t

he a

reas

of

aca

dem

ics,

b

ehav

ior,

and

so

cial

and

em

otio

nal

dev

elop

men

t.

a. In

crea

se t

each

ers’

and

ad

min

istr

ator

s’ u

nder

stan

din

g of

MTS

S t

hrou

gh p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s (e

.g.,

pur

pos

e an

d p

roce

sses

, inc

lud

ing

need

ed

mat

eria

ls t

o sh

are

conc

erns

ab

out

stud

ents

with

the

M

TSS

Tea

m, a

nd b

est

inte

rven

tion

pra

ctic

es).

Incr

ease

d t

each

er p

rep

arat

ion

auto

nom

y w

hen

mak

ing

refe

rral

s to

MTS

S

2020

–202

1D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

b. I

mp

lem

ent

pro

cess

of c

lass

room

tea

cher

s ga

ther

ing

stud

ent

artif

acts

and

info

rmat

ion

to s

hare

with

MTS

S

Team

, det

erm

inat

ion

of a

pp

rop

riate

inte

rven

tions

, im

ple

men

tatio

n of

the

inte

rven

tions

, pro

gres

s m

onito

ring,

and

sha

ring

resu

lts w

ith t

he t

eam

in a

co

ntin

ual c

ycle

.

• R

efer

rals

to

MTS

S fo

r S

EL

will

be

bas

ed o

n S

EL

dat

a co

llect

ed b

y th

e te

ache

r

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of s

tud

ents

re

ceiv

ing

targ

eted

inte

rven

tions

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of s

tud

ents

re

turn

ing

to T

ier

1 af

ter

SE

L in

terv

entio

ns

2020

–202

1D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

c. E

nsur

e te

ache

rs’ c

onsi

sten

t us

e of

dis

tric

t-w

ide

Ti

er 1

bes

t p

ract

ices

for

acad

emic

and

soc

ial

and

em

otio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

as a

cqui

red

thr

ough

p

rofe

ssio

nal l

earn

ing

opp

ortu

nitie

s.

Imp

rove

d r

atin

gs o

n M

CS

Te

ache

r E

valu

atio

n To

ol20

20–2

023

Dire

ctor

of S

pec

ial

Ed

ucat

ion

d. I

mp

lem

ent

app

rop

riate

Tie

r 2

and

3 in

terv

entio

ns

and

sup

por

ts w

ith fi

del

ity, f

ollo

wed

by

cont

inua

l and

co

nsis

tent

pro

gres

s m

onito

ring

cond

ucte

d b

y te

ache

rs

who

are

sp

ecifi

cally

tra

ined

.

• S

tud

ents

rec

eivi

ng T

iers

2 a

nd

3

inte

rven

tions

• S

how

gro

wth

in b

ehav

ior

dat

a

ov

er d

urat

ion

of t

he

in

terv

entio

n

• In

crea

sed

num

ber

of s

tud

ents

m

ovin

g b

ack

to T

ier

1 af

ter

inte

rven

tion

2020

–202

3D

irect

or o

f Sp

ecia

l E

duc

atio

n

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41 MCS Mission: Placing Learners First

Pill

ar V

. Fam

ily a

nd C

om

mun

ity

Eng

agem

ent

GO

AL

5: O

ur S

cho

ols

are

cul

tura

lly r

esp

ons

ive

and

wel

com

ing

pla

ces

whe

re, t

hro

ugh

imp

actf

ul f

amily

and

co

mm

unity

par

tner

ship

, our

lead

ers

and

ed

ucat

ors

pro

vid

e se

rvic

es t

hat

aid

in t

he a

cad

emic

, phy

sica

l, an

d e

mo

tiona

l wel

l-b

eing

of

lear

ners

and

fam

ilies

.

Str

ateg

ies

Key

Act

ion

Ste

ps

Mea

sure

as

Evi

den

ced

by

Dat

eP

erso

n R

esp

ons

ible

5.1

Ens

ure

fam

ilies

feel

w

elco

med

, are

va

lued

, and

ha

ve in

crea

sed

op

por

tuni

ties

to a

ctiv

ely

par

ticip

ate.

a. C

reat

e Fa

mily

and

Com

mun

ity E

ngag

emen

t (F

CE

) te

ams

at e

ach

scho

ol w

ith r

epre

sent

atio

n re

flect

ive

of t

he d

iver

sity

of t

he le

arne

rs a

nd o

rgan

ize,

co

mm

unic

ate,

imp

lem

ent,

and

mon

itor

enga

gem

ent

stra

tegi

es a

nd e

vent

s fo

r fa

mili

es.

FCE

tea

ms

crea

ted

at

ea

ch s

choo

l20

21P

rinci

pal

s

b. I

nitia

te a

ctiv

e re

crui

tmen

t of

fam

ily a

nd c

omm

unity

vo

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