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Bristol Virginia
Public Schools
School Board Goals
2007-2008
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1.
To provide support for meeting state and
federal accountability standards.
2.
To provide support for enhancing K-12
literacy and numeracy skills.
3.
To oversee a safe and secure school
environment.
4.
To develop, implement and support a
school leaders program.
5.
To support District Accreditation.
6.
To evaluate and revise school attendance
interventions.
7.
To expand community outreach
opportunities.
8.
To enhance public pre-school
opportunities.
9.
To implement "paperless" board meetings.
Adopted
by: the Bristol Virginia School Board
on 9/4/07.
Curriculum/Instruction/Staff Development
Goals
1. Coordinate
the implementation of Academic
Vocabulary program throughout the
division.
2. Continue
to monitor the growth and progress of
the Commonwealth Scholars Program.
3. Coordinate
the implementation of the Benchmark
testing program throughout the division
and provide necessary training in the
delivery of the tests and disaggregation
of the test results.
4. Work
directly with Washington-Lee, Virginia
Middle School, and Van Pelt Elementary
to move from Title I "targeted
assistance" to the "school-wide project"
model.
5. Coordinate
and plan the continuation of the SOL
online testing program and alternative
assessment program at all schools and
provide necessary training for each
site.
6. Assist
the middle school in the planning to
address reading achievement of black
students and math achievement of
students with disabilities to
appropriate levels as measured by the
SOL tests and NCLB.
7. Assist
all elementary schools in addressing the
underachievement of black students and
students with disabilities scores and
develop plans to raise student
performance of these two subgroups to
appropriate levels as measured by the
SOL tests and NCLB.
8. Continue
to work with Virginia High School in
raising the percentage of students
receiving passing scores on the AP
exams, specifically, in history.
9. Continue
to work with building level
administrators in providing timely
information and resources that will
assist their schools in student
achievement.
10. Provide
instructional staff and administrators
with appropriate staff development
activities specific to current
technology, instructional methods
and strategies and scientifically-based
research as it relates to education
and/or the instructional process.
11. Develop
the division improvement plan, as
required by NCLB. The plan will address
the underachievement of black students
in the area of English and students with
disabilities in math.
12. Continue
with the development of the SOL
Knowledge Base in Sharepoint.
13. Work
with each school administrator to ensure
the accuracy of date in SASI and provide
necessary training when appropriate.
14. Administer
Project Graduation for Region 7 meeting
all deadlines for project proposal,
reimbursement requests, and evaluation.
Finance
Department Goals
1. Develop
recommendations for revisions to the
administrative salary scale that will
provide equity to tenured employees
particularly when hiring a new
administrator.
2. Develop
an equitable, separate scale for
administrative staff that is currently
indexed on the teacher's scale.
3. Research
the economic impact that the minimum
wage increase will have on our support
staff scale.
Student Services and Special
Education Goals
1.
State
Performance Plan
a. Monitor
and improve as needed the means to
collect and report all required
information for the State Performance
Plan.
b. Develop
and implement necessary changes to
address any weak or deficit areas.
c. Provide
staff development in focused SPP areas
such as transitional services.
2.
Day
Treatment Services
a. Monitor
and assess progress of current programs
provided in schools by Highlands
Community Services.
b. Investigate
the feasibility of expanding services in
the remaining schools and in existing
schools.
c. Work
with HCS and BVPS staff on any necessary
changes or modifications.
3.
Autism
a. Evaluate
current services.
b. Develop
and begin implementation of training
program for teachers and support staff
regarding autism.
c. Investigate
and develop proposal(s) for summer
services.
4.
Bullying
a. Work
with school-based administrators and
teachers to recognize signs or incidents
of bullying (real or potential).
b. Implement
measures to reduce or eliminate bullying
including possible school-wide program.
5.
Mandt
Training
a. Secure
training for selected individuals
(school level administrators,
alternative programs staff, and selected
special education staff).
Support
Services Goals
1. Develop
a policy manual for bus drivers and
provide staff development for drivers.
2. Develop
a complete emergency management plan for
transportation.
3. Design
and implement an induction program for
substitute teachers.
4. Develop
specific strategies to address influenza
and pandemic flu. (ongoing)
5. Complete
preparations for SACS/CASI readiness
visit.
6. Complete
division wide SACS/CASI accreditation by
Spring 2008.
7. Provide
the opportunity for staff to
periodically review division data in
order to maintain accuracy and
consistency by conducting two staff
development sessions.
8. Coordinate,
staff and complete triennial census.
9. Develop
plan for a six-year rotation of painting
schools.
10. Present
to the School Board the Objectives of
the Division Wide Comprehensive Plan
that have been met.
Technology Department Goals
1. Expand
the Portal to eliminate paperwork in
selected areas and explore the
feasibility of using the portal for
document management.
2. Develop
a data retention policy to guide the
retention of electronic materials
including email, electronic grade books,
portal documents, and other digital
assets.
3. Develop
a comprehensive Internet safety plan.
4. Support
teacher sharing and collaboration
through grade level and/or content area
meetings and staff development
activities.
5. Work
directly with teachers to help them
develop and deliver multimedia-enriched
lesson plans.
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