2012-13 Key District Initiatives

August 8th, 2012

21st Century Learning!

District Strategic Plan

District Leadership Team

School/Dept. Leadership Teams

PLC’s (Grade/Content)

Alignment, Leadership & Continuous Improvement

-Jay Marino

CORE VALUES

Leadership

Student, Stakeholder

& MarketFocus

Strategic Planning

StrategicPerforman

ceResults

ProcessPerforman

ceResults

Human Resource

Focus

Process Manageme

nt

Information & Analysis

Strategic‘Above the Line’

Operational‘Below the Line’

BALDRIGE CRITERIA

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½ of our employees

believe we don’t’ ask

for their ideas

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3/4 of our employees believe

we don’t’ remove things that

get in the way of progress

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Strategy to break down organizational barriers to enable Continuous Improvement throughout the District. Key factors include:

Encourage innovation, creativity, cost-savings and increased quality

Engage all minds and expertise throughout the District

Utilize improvement ideas from those closest to the work

Engage shared leadership teams and empower them to make process improvements on the front line

Best Practice: Effective organizations engage their employees in improving quality, efficiency, cost savings and safety

Baldrige Criteria: The criteria call for a standardized process to seek input from employees and encourage innovation

Need: As funding decreases, we need innovative ways to improve quality and reduce costs (front line employees know best!)

Data: In recent surveys, employees identified this as an opportunity for improvement!

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Involvement/Decision Making

received the lowest rating on the

Harris Poll for employees

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“Continual stakeholder feedback guides improvement.”

Goal 5: “To obtain efficient, effective and equitable use of resources.”

Our strategic

plan calls for it!

1. Originate Suggestion Card2. Leadership Team Review & Assign3. Implement Idea/Suggestion4. Complete, Sign-off & Recognize

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Facilities & TechnologyLisa Parker

Other Key Tasks

•Hickory Grove Elementary School•Next steps for facilities•Automation of processes•Support Services Handbooks/Job Descriptions•Department Leadership Teams

Curriculum & InstructionLonna Anderson

Other Key Tasks

• Implementation of Enrichment Eagles (grades 3-5)•Standards based report cards

Other Key Tasks• Social, emotional, behavioral focus• Coordination of services• Counselors• Psychologists• Social Workers

• Prevention and intervention services• Bullying• Drug and alcohol• Behavior interventions systems and discipline

Human ResourcesErik Christian

Other Key Tasks

• Education Reform Initiatives•Administrator Performance

Evaluation•Public School Works• Job Description Creation/Updates•HRIS (with IT, Finance)

2012-13 Key District Initiatives

August 8th, 2012