Post on 06-Jul-2015
Presentation to LCDS Board of
Trusteesby
LS/MS/US Division Heads
May 10, 2010
C3 Collaboration, Consistency, &
Continuity
One School Under One Roof
• Opening Day• Color Wars - All School
Picnic• Halloween Festival• Winter Olympics - Ice Festival• Buddies & Tutoring• US Awards Ceremony• Empty Bowls• Budget Oversight • Curriculum Sequencing• Allocation of Prof. Dev. funds
Goals from Sept., 2009
• ALL
• Curriculum Mapping
• Coordinated MS/US Schedule
• One Handbook
- Lower School - Areas of Note
• Seasoned faculty with the infusion of "new blood" creates positive energy moving the LS forward.
• Teachers open and willing to re-look and re-focus.
• Enrollment strong w/ wait pool in some grades
• Teachers motivated with new SS curriculum, and re-alignment of science curriculum. Tighten up of spelling curriculum.
Lower School - Areas of Challenge &
Focus -
• LS Facility
• Using ERB scores in a more meaningful way to know how we are doing, but also use to develop and improve our curriculum delivery
• Map the new literacy curriculum
- Middle School - Areas of Note
• Anti-Bullying Initiative
- Upper School - Areas of Note: Students
• Assist Students
• Academic Awards - Merit Scholars, Chemistry, Spanish, French, & Latin
• Chess Team - League finalist
• Arts Recognition –
- Heritage Festival
- LC Young Artists Awards
• Service: “One Week in Haiti”
• College Acceptances - 100%
- Upper School - Areas of Positive Change
• Senior Attendance Policy
• Travel Courses
• GPAs
• Academic Policies - clarified
• Staffing Model
• Scheduling Model – now
similar to other PAIS schools
From Sept., 2009Focus for US Scheduling:
• Define model of a student schedule
• Resolve Arts & Independent Study scheduling concerns
• Build Staffing Model
• Result should be a strong, viable schedule both pedagogically and financially
- Upper School - Areas of Positive Change
• Paperless: Newsletters, reports
& grades, Course Guide
• Hiring Process - thorough
• New Faculty - Student centered,
highly qualified & diverse
• Disciplinary Responses -
balanced & consistent
• Student Retention - Strong
Areas of Challenge & Focus
• ALL – continue to work on support structure
• Curriculum reviews
• Explore models of schedules
• Categorizing budgets
• Funding for travel courses &
field trips