District Targets

Achievement Gap - Reading & Writing
Reduce the achievement gap between low and high achieving students; continuously improve the percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards in writing; develop tools and strategies to assist schools in their efforts to continuously improve the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards in reading by Fall, 2003.

Alternative School
Implement findings of the alternative program study committee by Fall, 2003.

Foreign Language Program
Perform a cost analysis and feasibility study of adding foreign language to the curriculum. Hear progress report by January, 2003.

Program Target
Charge the following programs with developing a Plan-Do-Study-Act to measure their current success in meeting their purpose and function and use their results to plan for continued improvement. Hear progress reports by April, 2003. Programs: Title I, Connections, Special Education, Counseling, Extended Day/Year, Preschool Family Education, Learning Center, Health Care.

What parameters, guidelines, time benchmarks, etc do we need to consider before we meet with each program director and deliver the charge?

Guiding questions:

• What are the current goals of the program/service? How were those goals determined?
• What data or evidence is available to show whether the program/ service is meeting its goals?
• What are the data sources? Do they include feedback from students, parents, staff, members of the program/service, etc.
• What are the strengths of the program/ service? What are the opportunities for improvement of the program/service?
• How is the program/service staffed?
• How is the program/ service funded? What is the budget breakdown for this year? Has is increased or decreased over past years? What is the anticipated budgetary needs for next year?
• If the program/ service had to be reduced by 10%, what recommendations would be offered?

District Targets

Achievement Gap - Reading & Writing
Reduce the achievement gap between low and high achieving students; continuously improve the percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards in writing; develop tools and strategies to assist schools in their efforts to continuously improve the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards in reading by Fall, 2003.

Alternative School
Implement findings of the alternative program study committee by Fall, 2003.

Foreign Language Program
Perform a cost analysis and feasibility study of adding foreign language to the curriculum. Hear progress report by January, 2003.

Program Target
Charge the following programs with developing a Plan-Do-Study-Act to measure their current success in meeting their purpose and function and use their results to plan for continued improvement. Hear progress reports by April, 2003. Programs: Title I, Connections, Special Education, Counseling, Extended Day/Year, Preschool Family Education, Learning Center, Health Care.

What parameters, guidelines, time benchmarks, etc do we need to consider before we meet with each program director and deliver the charge?

Guiding questions:

• What are the current goals of the program/service? How were those goals determined?
• What data or evidence is available to show whether the program/ service is meeting its goals?
• What are the data sources? Do they include feedback from students, parents, staff, members of the program/service, etc.
• What are the strengths of the program/ service? What are the opportunities for improvement of the program/service?
• How is the program/service staffed?
• How is the program/ service funded? What is the budget breakdown for this year? Has is increased or decreased over past years? What is the anticipated budgetary needs for next year?
• If the program/ service had to be reduced by 10%, what recommendations would be offered?

• Reduce the achievement gap between low and high achieving students.
• Measure the purpose and function of Title I, Special Education and Connections Programs and use results to plan for their improvement.
• Measure the purpose and function of the Learning Center Program and use results to plan for improvement.
• Measure the purpose and function of the counseling program and use results to plan for improvement.
• Implement and evaluate the Primary Behavior Disordered Program.
• Implement findings of the Alternative Program and Study Committee.
• Measure the purpose and functions of extended day and extended year academic support programs and use results to plan for improvement.
• Measure the purpose and function of the Preschool Family Education Program and use results to plan for improvement.
• Expand contracted health care programs and services emphasizing prevention vs. intervention.
• Address gaps in the district technology plan.
• Address parental interest in the implementation of a district foreign language program by performing a cost analysis on practical program models.