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