January 14, 2019 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Workshop

Discussion:  Review/revision of goals from 2018: 
Vision
- do goals reflect mission statement/beliefs statement/vision statement?
- how do you receive updates from admin? progress on initiatives?
- elected to ensure holding admin accountable for progressing education
- family atmosphere, higher expectations, community, buy in - draws students/families
- promote district thru social media
- grow district thru residential and option enrollment
- RCA initiative (sets us apart); sustain
- parents/community: parent involvement, define and celebrate

Facilities/Transportation
- # of routes, budgeting for new buses/vehicles, hiring of bus drivers/identify new drivers
- where is the need? replacement cycle for buses?
- PK building: what data has the board received on impact? SHARE w/community - track & communicate

Curriculum/Technology
- technology staff - help integrate/nuts & bolts/usage; be resourceful - cross training
- replacement cycle?
- staff brings new tech ideas & shares
- study and growth: direction for admin
- important
- survey students

Budget/Personnel/Activities
- understanding how we're committing resources
- curriculum review policy?  yes, review cycle
- instructional practice/model/framework?  Marzano mostly; PD for that?  ESU instructional coach, walk-thrus, teacher eval aligned to instructional model
- evaluate or survey graduates?  feedback to board?  Senior Seminar class added due to feedback
- Christmas break presentation: college freshmen share with 10th, 11th, 12th graders
- extra-curricular activity engagements: more kids involved, feel connected

Board Leadership
- board self-assessment
- developing goals
- effectiveness of committees:  some utilized more than others; revisit and have purposeful committees, agendas for each meeting; add notes from committee meetings to board meeting agenda; can skip committee meeting and just tackle at board mtg

Long-Term Goals
- CNSSP dissolving, will work with ESU moving forward
- reviewing policies at each board meeting

Short-Term Goals
- Coolidge Center done
- grow interest/participation done
- engaging Village Board periodically; work session w/agenda items from both boards; be intentional; what are Village goals? can we align/work together?
- After-School Program: back burner, still to do, Beyond School Bell program (read fine print/obligation), Teammates Program; enrichment vs "daycare"
- participate in NASB workshops/conferences for President's Award - challenges: time/jobs/conflicts

Integrate goals into Sparq
Doing great things- how do you raise the bar?  how are you providing challenges for HAL students?  differentiating instruction?  
Articulate the things we're doing
Rubric for effective school system - Comprehensive Needs Index - pilot program? engagement of parents/staff/community; urgency & impact from admin
Align strat plan to AQuESTT and Framework


 

Discussion:  Committees
- are they purposeful?
- revisit committee policy

Budget
- does board receive appropriate information to form budget?
- board doesn't hear about budget as much as other items due to supt's strong point
- ESSA: will take awhile to build historical data
- how is budget linked to growth/achievement

Revenue/Expenditure
- reports: broken down?  line items?  quarterly? monthly?
- beneficial?

Community Engagement
- do you understand expectations for graduate?  what is their skill set/knowledge?  what do they need to know? how well are we preparing them?
- more community engagement

Student/Staff Handbooks
- done sooner to take time to review

Government
- more engaged
- Legislative Issues Conf
- what does a goal look like?
- invite senator to visit/tour/celebrate success
- better engagement w/Village Board

Sharing assessment data w/community
- annual report
- website
- AQuESTT ratings: how do you share a less than favorable?

Strength/Weakness review

Need to be on radar:
President's Board Award
Growth in Legislative connection


Evaluation changes:
identify a tool/plug into agenda/build profile/show evidence throughout the year - does job description align w/evaluation?
survey community and staff?
climate survey policy?
support of admin?
work collaboratively - climate/culture - how do we change?

Strategic Planning Session - invite community/staff - comprehensive review/rubric - review questions and see if it'd be helpful - compare staff and admin/validation

Discussion:  Compare evaluation forms to job description to find a better evaluation fit?