Blueprint

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Blueprint

• The Purpose and Process

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Board Retreat Goals

• P.M.
• Articulate student achievement goals.
• Provide guidance to process of creating a
  district blueprint.
• Articulate one or two big ideas from the NSBA
  Conference that they would like to pursue.

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Why a COCSD Blueprint?

• A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction
  usually of a technical drawing documenting an
  architecture or an engineering design. More
  generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be
  used to refer to any detailed plan.

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The Purpose

• Allows for
• A published document communicating the Governing
  Boards Student Achievement Goals and the
  Initiatives to achieve these goals
• Two years of
• Ongoing input
• Revisions
• Changes
• Builds towards a five year strategic plan

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The Process

• Identify Governing Boards Student Achievement
  Goals
• Create a Blueprint Team consisting of staff,
  administrators, board members, parents and
  community members
• Identify lead person for each goal/initiative
• Create SMART Goals for each goal/initiative
• Publish Blueprint for staff and community
• Educate staff and community on Blueprint

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SMART Goals

• Strategic and Specific
• Linked to strategic priorities that are part of a
  larger vision of success for the entire school
  district.
• Measurable
• Being able to measure a change in results to
  determine whether actions resulted in the kind of
  difference we wanted.
• Attainable
• Setting a goal that is challenging yet
  attainable.
• Results-based
• Aimed at specific outcomes that can be measured
  or observed.
• Time bound
• A timeline for results. The timeline should
  include assessments at 30, 60 and 90 days and at
  the end of the year

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Draft Blueprint Timeline

• January 08
• District leadership attends planning training
• June
• Admin Council Retreat Understanding Change and
  Leadership
• July
• Board Retreat to identify, articulate Student
  Achievement Goals
• August
• Creation of District Blueprint Team

• August November
• Creation of District Blueprint Draft 1
• November
• Board Study Session of Blueprint Draft I
  recommend any revisions
• November December
• Revisions by team to District input from
  Blueprint Draft I
• January 09
• Possible action to accept District Blueprint

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Governing Boards Goals

• What research says
• What I think I heard you say

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ADE Recommendations for School / District
Improvement

• The establishment of a common curriculum
• Increasing the quality of instruction
• More effective development of professional
  learning communities
• A more rigorous focus on academic achievement,
  particularly for special education
• Advancing instructional leadership across the
  district.

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Research Based Correlates of Effective Schools /
Districts (Lezotte)

• Strong Instructional Leaders
• Clear and Focused Mission
• Climate of High Expectations for Success
• Safe and Orderly Environment
• Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress
• Opportunity to Learn/ Student Time on Task
• Positive Home-School Relations

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Here is What I Think I Heard

• Governing Boards Student Achievement Goals
• Six Possibilities

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What I Think I Heard

• Increase reading (literacy) achievement.
• Increase achievement for English Language
  Learners.
• Establish a more rigorous and engaging
  curriculum.

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What I Think I Heard (cont.)

• Align curriculum focusing on reading and math to
  assure alignment among written, taught and tested
  curriculum. (Guaranteed and viable curriculum
  that is common between sites)
• Utilize technology to enhance teaching and
  learning.
• Increase parent and community communication.