Oregon’s Future Starts Here
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Oregon’s Future
Starts HereSuperintendents’ vision for turning our good schools into great schools
Who created this vision?
• Oregon’s school superintendents
• In partnership with:
Here’s What We Need
• Rigorous Academic Standards for All Students from Pre-School through Graduate School
• Effective Teaching• Systems to Support
All Students in Meeting High Standards
Rigorous Academic Standards
• New ‘Common Core’ state standards• Rigorous graduation requirements• Next generation of assessments
Effective Teaching
• Quality of teacher and effectiveness of principal are critical
• Educators need resources to update their skills and knowledge, including:– High-quality professional
development– Useful evaluations– Support early in years– Opportunities for leadership,
advancement
Systems to Support All Students
• We can close the achievement gap and improve outcomes for at-risk students
• A key is additional, high-quality instruction time, such as:– Summer school– Before/after school programs– Targeted, in-school instruction
Here’s How We’ll Get There
• Strong Leadership and Effective Governance
• Stable and Adequate Funding
• Parents and Communities as Partners
Strong Leadership, Governance
• A proven education leader as state superintendent of public instruction
• An aligned state education governance structure, from pre-school through grad school
• A state accountability system that brings focus and clarity to school performance
Stable and Adequate Funding
• Stable and adequate funding, sufficient for schools to:– Provide high-quality education for students to meet
high standards– Offer additional instruction for students who need it– Ensure a full school year
• In turn, schools must achieve return on investment
Parents, Communities as Partners
• Educating the next generation is everyone’s responsibility:– Parents– Teachers– Students– Superintendents
and Principals– School classified employees– Governor and Legislature– Community members
Where We Go From Here
• Higher standards adopted by State Board• P-20 ‘Oregon Education Investment Team’
established by Governor• Governor, legislature considering change in state
superintendent selection process• Legislature considering bills to support effective
teaching: performance evaluation, mentoring• Governor, legislature debating
declining education budget