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In SD the legislature is charged with In SD the legislature is charged with the constitutional responsibility “to the constitutional responsibility “to establish and maintain a general and establish and maintain a general and uniform system of public schoolsuniform system of public schools
Article 8 Section 1-SD ConstitutionArticle 8 Section 1-SD Constitution
***Current Lawsuit******Current Lawsuit***
Article 8 Section 1Article 8 Section 1
The stability of a republican form of The stability of a republican form of government depending on the morality government depending on the morality and intelligence of the people, it shall be and intelligence of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature to establish the duty of the legislature to establish and maintain a general an uniform and maintain a general an uniform system of public schools wherein tuition system of public schools wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open shall be without charge, and equally open to all; and to adopt all suitable means to to all; and to adopt all suitable means to secure to the people the advantages and secure to the people the advantages and opportunities of educationopportunities of education
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The legislature has delegated the responsibility The legislature has delegated the responsibility to an educational team operating at the state to an educational team operating at the state and local leveland local level
SD Board of Education:SD Board of Education:Kelly DuncanKelly Duncan Marilyn HoytMarilyn Hoyt
Don KirkegaardDon Kirkegaard Stacy PhelpsStacy Phelps
Glenna FoubergGlenna Fouberg Terry SabersTerry Sabers
Richard GowenRichard Gowen Patricia SimmonsPatricia Simmons
Phyllis HeinemanPhyllis Heineman
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Appointed by GovernorAppointed by Governor
Consent of SenateConsent of Senate
Term of Office 4 YearsTerm of Office 4 Years
Shall meet four times annuallyShall meet four times annually
Two members must represent Two members must represent Vocational EducationVocational Education
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Department of EducationDepartment of Education
Secretary of Education-appointed by Secretary of Education-appointed by GovernorGovernor
Tom OsterTom Oster
General supervision of accredited General supervision of accredited elementary and secondary schools elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary technical and postsecondary technical institutesinstitutes
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Local School Board-SDCL 13-8-1Local School Board-SDCL 13-8-1
Elected body created according to the Elected body created according to the laws of the state to serve as the laws of the state to serve as the governing board of the school district governing board of the school district (Role)(Role)
Leah LutheranLeah Lutheran Sheryl KirkebySheryl Kirkeby
Brett SwansonBrett Swanson Doug KineburghDoug Kineburgh
Suzan NolanSuzan Nolan Jeff NelsonJeff Nelson
Brad OttenBrad Otten 3-student reps3-student reps
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Law provides an Annual Meetingg the Law provides an Annual Meetingg the 22ndnd Monday of July unless otherwise Monday of July unless otherwise designateddesignated
RCAS-1RCAS-1stst/3/3rdrd Thursday 5:30 PM Thursday 5:30 PM
Quarterly-4Quarterly-4thth Thursday 5:30 Pm-WDT Thursday 5:30 Pm-WDT
Board meetings are open to public but Board meetings are open to public but not open meetings—Public participation not open meetings—Public participation is controlled by the Boardis controlled by the Board
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A majority of the Board is a quorumA majority of the Board is a quorum
All members vote-even chairpersonAll members vote-even chairperson
Qualifications: must be a registered Qualifications: must be a registered voter, live in district, 18 years old voter, live in district, 18 years old and not a teacherand not a teacher
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Superintendent-hired by School Superintendent-hired by School Board (Role)Board (Role)
Executive TeamExecutive Team
Building LeadershipBuilding Leadership
Teaching StaffTeaching Staff
Support StaffSupport Staff
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Elementary-15Elementary-15
Middle School-5Middle School-5
High Schools-2High Schools-2
Alternative High School-1Alternative High School-1
Post Secondary Technical Institute-1Post Secondary Technical Institute-1
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Enrollment: 13,340Enrollment: 13,340
Elementary: 6,326Elementary: 6,326
Middle School: 2,962Middle School: 2,962
High School: 4,052High School: 4,052
Post Secondary: 1,152Post Secondary: 1,152
K-12 Staff: 1500K-12 Staff: 1500
Post Secondary Staff-120Post Secondary Staff-120
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K-12 EthnicityK-12 Ethnicity
White 74.48%White 74.48%
Native American: 19.75%Native American: 19.75%
Hispanic: 2.56%Hispanic: 2.56%
African America: 1.87%African America: 1.87%
Asian: 1.34%Asian: 1.34%
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2010-2011 Budget2010-2011 Budget
$199,387,609$199,387,609 +33%+33%
General Fund: $80,764,233General Fund: $80,764,233 -1.5%-1.5%
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Facility UpgradeFacility Upgrade
Collaborative Goal Setting-Strategic Collaborative Goal Setting-Strategic PlanningPlanning
School Attendance BoundariesSchool Attendance Boundaries
Graduation Rate at High SchoolGraduation Rate at High School
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Leading a successful Leading a successful enterprise calls upon enterprise calls upon everyone to know the everyone to know the
organization’s purpose. organization’s purpose. Public education has to be Public education has to be
clear in its purpose if schools clear in its purpose if schools are to grow and prosper.are to grow and prosper.
RCAS MissionRCAS Mission
Building a Building a community of life community of life
long learners, long learners, one student at a one student at a
time.time.
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To embrace learning rather than To embrace learning rather than teaching as a school’s mission, to teaching as a school’s mission, to
work collaboratively to help all work collaboratively to help all students learn, to focus on students learn, to focus on results to foster continuous results to foster continuous improvement and to assume improvement and to assume
individual responsibility to take individual responsibility to take steps to create such a school.steps to create such a school.
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A purposeful community is one A purposeful community is one with the with the collective efficacy collective efficacy and and capability to develop and use capability to develop and use assets to accomplish purposeassets to accomplish purpose and and produce outcomes that produce outcomes that
mattermatter to all community to all community members through members through agreed-upon agreed-upon
processprocess
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Are the processes that lead to Are the processes that lead to patterns of communication, patterns of communication,
relationships among community relationships among community members, a sense of well-being, members, a sense of well-being, connections between the school connections between the school and other institutions, shared and other institutions, shared
leadership opportunities, and a leadership opportunities, and a sense of order and disciplinesense of order and discipline
The Three C’s of The Three C’s of Community BuildingCommunity Building
ConfrontConfront the Brutal Facts the Brutal Facts
CommunicationCommunication (Effective)(Effective)
CollaborationCollaboration
Confront the Brutal Confront the Brutal FactsFacts
Create a culture where the truth is Create a culture where the truth is heard!heard!
Includes four basic practicesIncludes four basic practices::Lead with questions, not answersLead with questions, not answersEngage in dialogue and debate, Engage in dialogue and debate,
not not coercioncoercionConduct autopsies, without blameConduct autopsies, without blameBuild red flag mechanisms that Build red flag mechanisms that
turn turn information into information information into information that cannot that cannot be ignoredbe ignored
CommunicationCommunication
Superintendent WebsiteSuperintendent Website– Community BlogCommunity Blog– Staff BlogStaff Blog– Twitter FeedTwitter Feed– Streaming Video PresentationStreaming Video Presentation– PresentationsPresentations– LinksLinks
What does this all What does this all mean???mean???
We need to implement a strategic We need to implement a strategic approach to create an environment approach to create an environment of high quality learningof high quality learning
Critical Steps:Critical Steps:
Point to the DestinationPoint to the Destination
Script the Critical MovesScript the Critical Moves
Build New HabitsBuild New Habits
Big IdeasBig Ideas
#1-Focus on Learning: Are We Clear #1-Focus on Learning: Are We Clear as to Our Purposeas to Our Purpose
Learning outcomes are clearly articulated to all Learning outcomes are clearly articulated to all stakeholders in the school, and each student’s stakeholders in the school, and each student’s
attainment of the outcomes is carefully attainment of the outcomes is carefully monitored. Staff members work together to monitored. Staff members work together to
enhance their effectiveness in helping enhance their effectiveness in helping students achieve learning outcomes. The students achieve learning outcomes. The
school has developed systems to provide more school has developed systems to provide more time and support for students experiencing time and support for students experiencing initial difficulty in achieving the outcomesinitial difficulty in achieving the outcomes
Big IdeasBig Ideas
#2-Collaborative Culture: Staff #2-Collaborative Culture: Staff Working TogetherWorking Together
Staff function as a team. They work Staff function as a team. They work collaboratively to identify collective collaboratively to identify collective goals, develop strategies to achieve goals, develop strategies to achieve
those goals, gather relevant data, and those goals, gather relevant data, and learn from one another. Unlike a work learn from one another. Unlike a work
group, they are characterized by group, they are characterized by common goals and interdependent common goals and interdependent
efforts to achieve those goalsefforts to achieve those goals
Big IdeasBig Ideas
#3-Govern by Results#3-Govern by Results
Teams of teachers are hungry for Teams of teachers are hungry for information on results. They information on results. They gather relevant data and use gather relevant data and use
these data to identify these data to identify improvement goals and to monitor improvement goals and to monitor
progress toward the goalsprogress toward the goals