Goal Setting Action Plan 2001-02

District Goal Goal One (2000-2001):To increase student performance through the school improvement process.
Staff Goal Increase teacher use of best instructional practices to improve the teaching and learning of language arts and math standards.
WHAT? What actions need to be taken to complete the task?	RESULTS? What data or documents will indicate closure or success for each action?	TIMEFRAME? When will each action be conducted?	WHO? Who needs to be involved with each action?	RESOURCES? What tools/strategies need to be collected, developed or organized to complete the task?
Conduct PDSA training and projects within each school to provide motivation and context within which teachers will use instructional best practices.	Completed PDSA projects at each school.	Continuous work through Spring, 2002	Building PDSA Teams District Prof. Dev. Staff	External PDSA Consultant
Establish Local Validation Committee to support classroom teachers’ use of district writing rubrics for instruction and evaluation of student writing.	Local validation committee established. Anchor papers and rationale for each grade level’s writing samples in Fall and Winter SAI Cycles.	September 2001 September and December 2001	Writing Committee Validation Committee Classroom Teachers	ISBE Training in Evaluation of Student Writing Release workdays each SAI Cycle
Develop District rubrics and procedures for the evaluation and instruction of extended responses in language arts and math	Extended response committee established Extended response rubrics		District Staff Extended Response Committee Classroom Teachers
Conduct SAI Cycle Grade Level Meeting in which teachers: Identify effective instructional strategies for language arts objectives. Identify evaluation language arts data sources for the student portfolios. Develop "How To" guide for I Can Do It! process	Products of the three grade level meetings: LA objectives teaching ideas LA evaluation datasSource tables How To Do ‘I Can Do IT!’ Guide	Spring 2002	Grade Level Facilitators Classroom Teachers District Staff	SAI Cycle Grade Level Meetings Grade Level Facilitators Release workdays for grade level facilitators
Train principals to use data from SAI and ISAT to inform building and classroom instructional planning.	Excel-based tools to facilitate data analysis at the building and classroom levels	Spring 2002	Assistant Superintendent Administrators	Monthly Administrative Inservices
Identify, publish, and disseminate the products of the above activities.	The following will be posted to the district Website: Instructional best practice lists and FAQs for LA LA grade level data source tables for continuous, formative evaluation of student achievement Grade level writing rubrics & checklists Rubrics for extended responses Populated resource database on the district "Curriculum Resources" Web link	The products will be available: November 2001 May 2002 September 2001 May 2002 May 2002	District Webmasters Curriculum Task Forces Classroom Teachers Writing Committee Ext.Response Com. Task Forces, Committees, Teachers	District Website Products from listed activities Curriculum Resources Online Database