District and School
Improvement Planning
The District develops a collaborative culture that is clear on vision, values, mission and goals. The collaborative culture is a professional learning community that completes action plans based on what needs to be done to focus improvement efforts. Data is collected and changes to improve performance are made to reflect analysis of the data. District human and fiscal resources support improvement efforts.

District improvement efforts are aligned with state improvement efforts. School improvement efforts are aligned with district improvement efforts. Classroom improvement efforts are aligned with school improvement efforts.

District improvement efforts will be facilitated through the District Instructional Leadership Team (DILT). Input, participation and ownership will come from all interested stakeholders who are willing to give the time and effort necessary to achieve continuous progress outcomes.

The District Improvement Plan will be approved by the Board of Education. Annual goals will be established and assigned to personnel as part of job accountabilities.

Improvement Plans
District
Schools

Methods
To improve the quality of teaching and learning, Pekin School District 108 uses the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle and the Standardize, Do, Study Act (SDSA) cycle. These processes integrate both theory and practice to systematically create a more effective, data driven approach to show and sustain continuous improvement.

Teachers and Students use Quality Tools to measure the thinking power of individuals and groups of people working in our schools. These tools are thinking tools that have been developed to search for ways to be more effective at what we do, and are used as a way to organize thinking and make data more visible.