Next Steps

Forward movement and improvement cannot be accomplished if we do not understand where we’ve been. With this in mind, I learned that campus improvement is a continuous cycle of collecting data, analyzing and interpreting the data, reflecting on classroom practices and student performance and behaviors, and measuring improvement through formal assessment. I can use the Backward Design Process to enhance improvement. Use of Formative Assessment will give me a clearer picture of progress made. As we use essential questions to guide understanding of key concepts by students, I can use provocative questioning to dig and get to the root of problem areas. Professional Development and making sure the staff become involved in continuous learning through action research and TLCs will be a key component in campus improvement. Forms such as the Team Dialogue Guide and the Reflection Guide will keep us focused and moving in the right direction toward sustained improvement.
Once the initial implementation of my Campus Action Plan has begun, I will continue the improvement cycle by:
•Using assessment and evaluation to determine the next steps. We will use the Team Dialogue Guide to document the data and better visualize patterns and holes.
•Through the use of TLCs we will connect the problem areas to specific strategies to improve and grow. Teachers will develop suggestions and plans to share with the campus to create a team unified for student success.
•Instructional staff will continue to be trained, equipped, and supported as we raise expectations. We will celebrate achievement of goals and success.
•I will build trust among the staff and in the process find out their individual strengths and weaknesses. I will use the noted strengths to build collaboration, cooperation, and communication.
•Teachers will be encouraged to step into leadership positions and model this for students, who will also be encouraged to become peer leaders.
•We will value risk-taking…celebrating success and evaluating mistakes and failures. Staff and students will take excuses and turn them into life enrichment used to give us wisdom and understanding. We will connect our life experiences with classroom learning to enable better transfer of information.

We have nowhere to go but up and I will equip and encourage staff and students to fly.