Operational Expectations
While the Mission and Student Achievement Goals are the major drivers of what happens in the school system, the Board also has concerns about how the system operates. These operational expectations express those concerns to the Superintendent and staff. Continuous monitoring by the Board will provide the means for judging whether compliance with the operational expectations has been achieved.
The Superintendent will provide a learning environment and program of instruction, drawing on innovative and best practices, aligned to achieve the School Board's goals and meet the community's expectations. The Superintendent will:
1. Provide equal educational opportunity in a safe, healthful, non-discriminatory, and secure environment for all students.
2. Improve instructional programs and services based on research and best practices, while encouraging innovation, in order to meet the needs of all students, addressing their diverse learning styles.
3. Measure effectively each student's progress toward achieving or exceeding performance standards.
4. Maintain a climate characterized by support and encouragement by all adults for high student achievement and student well-being.
5. Maintain a safe and healthful learning environment free from disruption and violence.
6. Appropriately involve stakeholders in curriculum development and the selection of instructional materials.
Reasonable Interpretations and Indicators
The Board expects the Superintendent to apply reasonable interpretations to its statements of Student Achievement goals and Operational Expectations, and to present those interpretations to the Board as part of the monitoring process. The Board recognizes that strategic choices will be based upon those interpretations, and therefore the interpretations of the Superintendent must be reasonable. The Board further recognizes that there may be serveral potential interpretations to the Student Achievement Goals and the operational Expectations, all falling within the relam of "reasonable." The Board will accept any interpretation made by the Superintendent, as long as the Board considers it to be reasonable.
September 14, 2009 - Instructional Programs and Treatment of Students Revised Indicator
April 26, 2007 - Instructional Programs and Treatment of Students Reasonable Interpretations and Indicators
The Board has established an annual calendar and work plan for its work, which includes scheduled monitoring throughout the year of each stated student goal, and scheduled monitoring of each operational expectation. The Superintendent will provide thorough and detailed monitoring reports as prescribed in the annual calendar. The Board will respond to each monitoring report indicating one of the following: 1.) acceptance of the report as evidence of satisfactory performance; or 2.) expectation for improvement based on the conclusion of a majority of the Board.
May 11, 2009 - Instructional Programs and Treatment of Students Monitoring Report | Executive Summary
May 12, 2008 - Instructional Programs and Treatment of Students Monitoring Report | Executive Summary
June 11, 2007 - Instructional Programs and Treatment of Students Monitoring Report | Executive Summary