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Mission and Expectations

Recommendation #1 Involve school board board members; board should be more conversant in content and implementation of mission expectations

Our response: 1. Extend a standing invitation to school board to attend each faculty meeting. 2. Rotate school board member attendance at faculty meetings (make it a “duty”/requirement of the position). 3. Develop a system for two-way communication with school board members (i.e. meeting summaries should be sent to department head meetings or PAC—through use of technology or district newsletter).

Comments/stickies: Re: #2: “Great idea; get them into the building/classrooms.”

Recommendation #2 Ensure adequate sources of funding of the 21st century grant.

Our response: Engage in dialogue with school board, administration, community, to evaluate and understand value and accomplishments of program.

Comments/stickies: “How should the 21st century grant be evaluated? Who is objective?

Mission and Expectations Committee

Recommendation #3 Ensure that all students benefit from full range, rigor, civic, social, learning expectations

Our response: Academic: 1. Rigor: course booklet- yearly review by department, guidance, administration 2. Hold students accountable for learning expectations. Appropriate student placement may require student to demonstrate prerequisite learning/skills a. Comments/sticky- Will parents continue to have veto power over course assignments (course selection)? b. Comments/sticky- Does this support movement toward heterogeneity or away, toward the status quo? 3. Faculty consensus- rigor, civic, social expectations- Communication is key 4. Curriculum tailored to meet the needs of all students a. Comments/sticky- This will require a substantial investment of our time 5. Designated learning time, tutor time incorporated into the day. a. Comment/sticky- Good idea! 6. Caps on student enrollment per class a. Comment/sticky- keep low Social: 7. In school suspension, not suspension a. Comment/sticky- Done by administration 8. Consistent enforcement of student discipline expectations- to address the hijack of other students’ learning Civic: 9. Remove study halls and have students use time to develop a civic plan of themselves- tutoring, mentor younger students, or community action. a. Comment/sticky- Common theme? 10. Tighten loosey-goosey senior ‘A Day in Community’ Civic Day (create a community liaison) i.e., shadow inmate- day at jail, out of the box thinking, a day working at school. 11. Job shadow requirement- by the end of sophomore year a. Comment/sticky- Sophomore year too early to job shadow- do junior year after ASVABs b. Comment/sticky- Good idea 12. Accumulate civic points- i.e., 5 per year, 20 by graduation.

Recommendation #4 Define the target levels for successful achievement of student learning.

Our response: 1. Departmental review of rubrics to see how they align/suit with content areas. Keep as general as possible. a. Comment/sticky- What is the status?

Recommendation #5 Develop and implement a formal process for ongoing review of school’s mission.

Our response: 1. Designate an annual faculty meeting—invite all stakeholders (board members, students, parents, and community members), following a particular protocol, in an effort to be transparent. 2. departmental review of mission and student learning expectations ` 3. Develop a rubric for expectations of student learning.

Comments/stickies: none