Strategic Priority 1 -
Strengthen Learning & Instruction
To create equitable learning environments, each student’s experience is grounded in high expectations aligned to standards, guided by their needs, assets, and aspirations, and backed by necessary supports to prepare them for future endeavors.
Key Strategies
Provide effective instruction: Implement well-planned, evidence-based classroom instruction that uses high-quality materials, technology, and student voice to improve all students’ progress and achievement.
Redesign special education: Re-evaluate staffing and personalize instructional practices to ensure students receiving specially-designed instruction have their needs fully addressed.
Tailor evidence-based interventions: Identify students who require additional supports, implement those supports, and monitor their progress toward meeting standards.
Reimagine time: Embed staff collaborative planning, maximize instructional time, and provide opportunities for student enrichment activities such as art, music, and leadership in the school day.
Expand early childhood experiences: Expand access to early learning opportunities to prepare students and families for kindergarten and beyond.
Goals
- Increase the percent of students reading proficiently by the end of Grade 3 and minimize disparities across student groups.
Explore Priority 1 / Goal 1 - Increase the percent of students proficient in mathematics by the end of middle school and minimize disparities across student groups.
Explore Priority 1 / Goal 2 - Increase the percent of students who are college and career ready by the end of Grade 10 and minimize disparities across student groups.
Explore Priority 1 / Goal 3 - Increase the percent of professional learning experiences that lead to better teaching.
Explore Priority 1 / Goal 4
