School Board

 

 

Bristol Virginia Public Schools
School Board Goals 2007-2008

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.