Glenn Superintendent Goals 15-16

Superintendent Goals

Dr. Glenn Maleyko

2015-16

All goals will be implemented with the objective to increase the capacity of the district to implement effective instructional programs for the benefit of students and families in Dearborn. Enhancing student achievement, accelerating the performance of the school district, and meeting the needs of each and every child is the ultimate mission that are entrenched within the goals. The goals are aligned with the District Strategic Plan. The strategic Plan Goal will be identified prior to the Action Items Under the Goal. All goals will fit the SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time based) guideline.

It is important to note that the final evaluation for the superintendent will not be solely based on goals. The final evaluation will be based on the MASB Superintendent Evaluation Tool. However, the goals will help the Superintendent to maintain focus and lead the faculty to improvements in the listed areas. The goals are targets that should be assessed at least two times annually. Targets may be adjusted as necessary by mutual agreement with the Board of Education and Superintendent.

Here is a summary of all Superintendent Goals:

Graduation Rates
Student Growth and Achievement
Budgetary Strategic Plan
Customer Service Model
Evaluations and Accountability
Increased Community Involvement
Strategic Plan Renewal

Superintendent Goal One: Continue to improve 4 and 5 Year Graduation Rates by 1-2% annually and 4% over a three year period.

Strategic Plan Alignment:

Strategic Plan Goal 1: Purpose and Direction

The District maintains and communicates at all levels of the organization a purpose and direction for continuous improvement that commit to high expectations for learning as well as shared values and beliefs about teaching and learning.

Recommendation - Student Success

The Dearborn Public Schools is committed to ensuring success for every student regardless of race, ethnicity, family economics, mobility, gender, or initial proficiency.

Strategic Plan Goal 3. Teaching and Assessing for Learning

The District’s curriculum, instructional design, and assessment practices guide and ensure teacher effectiveness and student learning across all grades and courses.

Recommendation – Teaching and Learning

The Dearborn Public Schools will improve continuity, organization, and delivery of subject matter between grade levels and across the curriculum through the implementation of Common Core State Standards.

Dearborn Public Schools instructional staff will integrate researched-based best instructional practices into daily instruction, including brain-based learning, reading and writing across the curriculum, cross-curricular applications of the eight mathematical practices, hands-on and problem-solving learning opportunities, project-based learning, digital teaching and learning, and the equitable deployment of appropriate technology.

Through the use of a variety of learning formats (e.g. online and blended learning, early college, extended day/year programs), students will be provided with unique and appropriate learning opportunities resulting in improved student achievement and increased on-time graduation rates.

Recommendation – Assessment

The Dearborn Public Schools will utilize a data system that includes a variety of assessments, including standardized tests, common assessments, running records, online tools, and classroom measures.

Instructional staff will use data from multiple assessment sources to plan meaningful instruction and ensure student learning.

The Dearborn Public Schools will provide timely, effective, and meaningful communication to parents and students regarding student academic performance with suggestions for specific academic support where appropriate. All information will be communicated to parents in an understandable manner.

Recommendation – Professional Learning

The Dearborn Public Schools will provide sustained and embedded standards-based professional development for teachers, administrators, and support staff that focus on researched-based best instructional practices to maximize student learning.

The Dearborn Public Schools will analyze student achievement results to determine staff development topics.

Recommendation – Academic Support

The Dearborn Public Schools will implement a Kindergarten-Grade 12 multi-tiered system of support that offers timely and additional supplemental help to students who are struggling, especially students in sub-groups and/or the bottom 30% performance group.

The Dearborn Public Schools supports inclusion classrooms where students with and without disabilities are taught together using a co-teaching instructional model to meet the needs of all students.

Recommendation – Student Advocacy

The Dearborn Public Schools will implement a system-wide plan to ensure that every student has at least one adult who can provide sustained support and act as an advocate for the student’s interests and well-being.

Recommendation – Behavior Interventions

Positive behavior supports will be systematically provided for all students. A comprehensive Response to Bullying behavior initiative will be implemented for all schools and will include annual training for staff, surveying of students, staff, and parents, teaching of anti-bullying behavior curriculum, the tracking of incidents, and regular communications with parents.

Superintendent Action Items

In order for the Superintendent to reach the goal of increasing Graduation Rates by 1-2% each year and 4% over a 3 year period, I will implement the following:

Feeder Track Model of Leadership and Administration in order to increase articulation between the elementary, middle and high school levels.
Professional Learning Communities and Team work as a non-negotiable. Increasing Team Norms and reliance on Data Driven Goals to measure effectiveness.
Continue to provide and increase options for students at the high school level. This includes Dual Enrollment, the Collegiate Academy, AP classes, the Medical and Manufacturing Early College, Apprenticeship programs, STEM, Career and Technical, etc.
Interventions for struggling students via the Response to Intervention (RTI) and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) models.
Restorative Practices and social supports for students.
Enhancement of the English Language Learner (ELL) program and model of instruction.
Enhancement of the Special Education Co-teaching model of instruction.
Increase Parent and Community Involvement programs and activities.
My Learning Plan across all levels of instruction to meet the needs of our students.

Evaluation: Graduation Rates as reported by the state of Michigan. 4 and 5 year rates.

Superintendent Goal Two: Improve Student Growth and Achievement by grade level of expected growth as measured by the NWEA and other multiple measures as outlined in the evaluation section of this Goal. Note: The State Accountability System is currently in a state of flux with little validity or reliability at this point. Thus, a multiple measures and multiple years approach will be implemented.

Strategic Plan Alignment

Refer to Strategic Plan Goal 1 and Goal 2 as outlined in the Superintendent Goal #1 above. In addition, Goal 5 from the Strategic plan is listed below.

Strategic Plan Goal 5. Commitment to Continuous Improvement

The District implements a comprehensive assessment system that generates a range of data about student learning and system effectiveness and uses the results to guide continuous improvement.

Recommendation – Continuous Improvement

The Dearborn Public Schools will implement a systematic district-wide continuous improvement process focused on improving student achievement.

Recommendation – Student Achievement

The Dearborn Public Schools will use data to improve student performance and enhance communication with parents, students, staff, and community members.

The Dearborn Public Schools will track, organize, and share student demographic data with authorized district staff to guide instructional programs and supplemental interventions leading to the improvement of student achievement.

Recommendation – Data

The Dearborn Public Schools will analyze applicable student data using multiple assessments as well as teacher observations to develop a standards-based instructional plan for every student based on academic needs.

The Dearborn Public Schools will use a district-designated data system to administer online assessments.

The Dearborn Public Schools will train staff to effectively use student data systems (e.g. MiSchoolData) to perform inquiries and analyze student performance for the district, schools, all students, subgroups and/or individuals to aid meeting school proficiency targets.

Recommendation – Using Data to Guide Instruction

The Dearborn Public Schools will implement a district-wide evaluation program that focuses on student achievement and best practices for teaching and learning through goal setting, observations, dialogue and regular communication between teachers and administrators. Student achievement data will be a significant factor in the evaluation process.

Superintendent Goal 2 Action Items

In order for the District to effectively increase student growth and achievement, I will implement the following (Some of the action items are similar to the ones listed under Goal #1):

All instructional items as listed in the 90 Day Plan that was submitted to the Board of Education.
Feeder Track Model of Leadership and Administration in order to increase articulation between the elementary, middle and high school levels.
Professional Learning Communities and Team work is a non-negotiable. Increasing Team Norms and reliance on Data Driven Goals to measure effectiveness. This includes leading all principal training goals via the General Administrators monthly meeting.
Interventions for struggling students via the RTI and MTSS models.
Restorative Practices and social supports for students.
Enhancement of the ELL program and model of instruction. This will include increase the number of ESL faculty. We currently have 25% of faculty that are ELL endorsed while our student ELL population is at 49%.
Enhancement of the Special Education Co-teaching model of instruction.
Parent and Community Involvement programs and activities.
My Learning Plan across all levels of instruction to meet the needs of our students.
SIP plan throughout the school district which will include school visits that are planned and surprise visits by Cabinet.
Reductions in student testing to allow for the maximization of instructional time.
Maintain visibility in buildings to support instruction by visiting schools on a regular basis and completing walk through visits.
All cabinet members will visit buildings and will attend staff meetings and Professional Learning Community meetings.

Evaluation: 1. North West Evaluation Association(NWEA) Growth data in grades K-8. Consider implementing NWEA in grades 9-10.

2. SAT Data, this will be a baseline year.

3. PSAT year to year growth data in grades 8-10. This will be the first year of implementation.

4. WIDA ELL Data

5. School Improvement On-site visit data and analysis. We will measure educational inputs which includes instructional strategies by visiting every classroom.

6. State and National Level Recognition by Organizations like Bridge Magazine and News Week.

7. Superintendent Building Visit Tracking Sheet.

8. MSTEP or other State Accountability Measurement will be phase in once proven valid and reliable by the state. Per the state it may take up to 3 years for reliability. However, we will still use the measurement in multiple measure approach.

Superintendent Goal Three: Implement a Budgetary Strategic Plan in order to implement a balanced budget and increase the Fund Balance by at least $500,000 each year or 1.5 million over a 3 year period (This is a minimum amount. We would like to exceed that amount if possible without interfering with current services for students).

Strategic Plan Alignment:

Strategic Plan Goal 4. Resources and Support Systems

The District has resources and provides services in all schools that support its purpose and direction to ensure success for all students.

Recommendation – Safety

The Dearborn Public Schools will systematically provide a safe, clean, and healthy environment.

Recommendation – Facilities

The Dearborn Public Schools will systemically evaluate facility and use capacities, structural conditions, and needed improvements based on internal and external environments and enrollment and enrollment boundaries to effectively meet the needs of staff, parents, and students in the school and community.

Recommendation – Support Services

The Dearborn Public Schools will use available resources to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of students, preserve and enhance facility infrastructure, and provide for long-term financial viability.

The Dearborn Public Schools will provide efficient services to meet the needs of staff, parents, and students in the school and community environment through systemic support services that enhance student attendance, achievement, positive behavior, and communication.

Recommendation – Staffing

The Dearborn Public Schools will implement and enhance a Professional Learning Community embodying a service-oriented philosophy that promotes positive and professional relationships with employees, parents and community members, and unions.

The Dearborn Public Schools will implement an effective evaluation system for all employees to enhance productivity. This employee accountability system will expect that all employees perform at an effective or highly effective level.

The Dearborn Public Schools will aggressively engage in employee recruitment to provide a highly effective faculty to support instruction.

Recommendation – Guidance and Counseling

The Dearborn Public Schools will align services to effectively and systematically meet the physical, social, and emotional needs of all students. The District will ensure that services effectively address counseling, assessment, referral, and career planning.

Recommendation – Technology and Digital Learning

The Dearborn Public Schools will expand and enhance opportunities for digital teaching, learning, and assessment across all grades and content areas.

The Dearborn Public Schools will expand and enhance technology infrastructure to efficiently and effectively meet the teaching, learning, and operational needs of all district programs and offices.

The Dearborn Public Schools will ensure equitable technology deployment across the district.

Recommendation – Resource Sharing

The Dearborn Public Schools will develop meaningful partnerships with the community to share resources that will enhance student achievement, educational enrichment, and recreational opportunities.

The Dearborn Public Schools will actively seek out, sustain and enhance cooperative and collaborative partnerships with outside organizations, including other school districts, colleges and universities, local businesses, and various community groups to maximize resources and support systems.

In order to implement a Budgetary Strategic Plan resulting in a yearly balanced budget and a $500,000 increase annually to the fund balance of 1.5 million over a 2 year period, I will implement the following:

Work with the Executive Director of Business and Operations to balance the Budget.
Increase the fund balance with at least $500,000 (baseline is at $9 million) added per year. It is critical to stay above the state mandated 5%. In addition, increasing the fund balance will limit the need to borrow money and pay interest.
Look at instructional programs and evaluate for effectiveness. Make changes based on data and implement cost effective models that help to increase student growth and achievement.
Study the cost of Transportation including our current outsourcing to Trinity. Implement a Committee to look at the issue of how we can increase transportation services and invest in our own employees without contracting services outside of our school district. We will also look to recuperate the full 70% of special education funding by improving systems and tracking routes.
Implement the current 2014 Bond Projects and close out all projects in a fiscally responsible manner that is beneficial to taxpayers. This might include refinancing loans at lower interest rates.
Increase money to the Building and Site fund in order to protect the interest of the school district.
Work with the Director of Marketing and Public Relations to increasing revenue via advertising and other sources.
Implement Technology to save the district money and create more effectiveness. Try to limit the use of outdated models of record keeping. Move to an electronic model for data storage within our schools and at the central office level.
Continue to improve Staff Attendance by reducing absent rates by an average of one day each year.

Evaluation: 1. Year End Budgetary Final Reports from our auditors.

2. Fund Balance.

3. Success with the Bond.

4. Measurements that are included in goals one and two related to student

graduation rates, growth and achievement.

5. Staff Attendance Rates.

Superintendent Goal Four: Implement a Non-Negotiable Customer Service Model which includes the enhancement of Social Media, Blogs and Technology. This goal will be measured by increasing customer satisfaction with a 3-5% increase each year as measured by survey data and qualitative focus group discussions.

Strategic Plan Alignment

Strategic Plan Goal 2: The District operates under governance and leadership that promote and support student performance and system effectiveness.

Recommendation: Parents, Students, and Community Members

The Dearborn Public Schools values parents as crucial partners in the educational process and engages families in meaningful ways to provide support at home. The District also offers multiple opportunities and venues for parents to stay informed about student progress.

The Dearborn Public Schools will share information with parents, students, and community members to increase their capacity to be effective partners in promoting academic success for every student.

The Dearborn Public Schools will provide opportunities for parents, students, and community members to participate in meaningful activities that enhance their ability to support student performance and system effectiveness.

Strategic Plan Goal 3. Teaching and Assessing for Learning

The District’s curriculum, instructional design, and assessment practices guide and ensure teacher effectiveness and student learning across all grades and courses.

Recommendation – Professional Learning

The Dearborn Public Schools will analyze student achievement results to determine staff development topics.

Superintendent Action Items:

In order for the District to effectively implement a non-negotiable customer services model resulting in a 3-5% increase in customer satisfaction annually, I will implement the following:

Provide Training for all faculty by increasing professional development offerings through increased PLC time within the buildings. This means that each school will have at least three PLC meetings per month with the implementation of specific norms and goals that are aligned with district norms and goals.

Hold Faculty Accountable when they are not implementing an acceptable customer service model through the development of goals via the evaluation process.
Implement a Student Advisory Committee to the Superintendent to listen to the views of students and acquire their input regarding the current level of service within in the school district.
Implement a Superintendent Blog and a Monthly Superintendent Talk Show to keep the the customers (employees, students, parents, and community members) informed.
Implement Website Blogs for all Schools and Teachers to Enhance Communication with Parents. There will be two committees, a central office and school level committee. The central office blogs along with the school level blogs will be initiated on systematic level by December 2015. The Teacher blogs will be implemented by March 2016.
Implement a Home Visit Model by working with the DFT to provide a greater connection with parents in the community.

Evaluation: 1. Surveys from parents, community members and students.

2. Conversation with parents, community members and students.

3. Qualitative Data and Conversations presented by the Student Advisory

Council to the Superintendent.

4. The number of Blogs along with subscriptions throughout the school

district. We will measure the number of schools and teachers who have

successfully implemented active blogs which is defined by multiple

subscriptions and at least one post per week related to school news and/or

curriculum and instruction by teachers.

5. The number of relevant posts by the Superintendent in different areas.

Goal Five: Implement an Effective and Fair Employee Evaluation and Accountability Model. This will include having a support faculty complete and evaluation that is placed in their personnel file. In addition, teachers rated highly effective will be increased. Teachers who are rated minimally or ineffective will be held accountable by either improving their performance rating in order to maintain employment in the school district.

Strategic Plan Goal 2: Governance and Leadership

The District operates under governance and leadership that promote and support student performance and system effectiveness.

Recommendation: Staff

District leadership at all levels will focus on responsible and effective operations and foster a shared vision of continuous student success.

All District staff will participate in on-going evaluation processes designed to result in increased student achievement and enhanced professional practice in all district operations.

Superintendent Action Items:

In order for the District to effectively implement an effective accountability model I will implement the following:

Implement evaluations for all employees.
Enhance the Teacher and Administrator models while at the same time aligning the models with state requirements.
Implement the Teachscape evaluation model for all teachers and convert to the Danielson 2013 Evaluation Model.
Provide Staff Development for all employees with the effective implementation of evaluation.
Include stakeholders in the process via an administrator, teacher, and support faculty evaluation committees. The committees will provide oversight for changes and implementation areas with the use of the current tools.
Develop and enhance the current student growth model that is used for teachers and administrator evaluations.
Implement a new Administrator evaluation tool in alignment with the State potential recommendations. This will include the development an administrator Plan III or Improvement Plan template similar to what is implemented with the teachers.
Continue to enhance effectiveness by integrating technology into the evaluation process.

Evaluation:

1. Evaluations for all faculty including performance levels.

2. Number of Plan III(teachers) or improvement plans for other faculty and those

that have improved.

3. Other accountability measures or decisions when individuals have not made

improvements.

4. Number of Interventions to support employees with improvement plans or

effective disciplinary action.

Goal Six: Increase and Enhance Positive Partnerships within the Dearborn Community and the Broader State Level Community as Measured by the Number of meetings attendance at community events and community membership involvement. It is recognized that this is harder to quantify but measurements will be put in place.

Alignment to the Strategic Plan:

Strategic Plan Goal 1 Recommendation – Communication

The Dearborn Public Schools will continuously review, revise, implement, and communicate policies and procedures focused on student success that integrate all levels and address all aspects of district operations.

The Dearborn Public Schools will use all tools and resources available to support the district-wide effort to raise student achievement. We will share this message with parents, students, staff, and members of the community by promoting excellence through a variety of traditional and social media outlets.

Strategic Plan Goal 2 Recommendation: Parents, Students, and Community Members

The Dearborn Public Schools will share information with parents, students, and community members to increase their capacity to be effective partners in promoting academic success for every student.

Superintendent Action Items:

In order for the District to increase and enhance positive partnerships within the community, I will implement the following:

Continue to meet with stakeholder groups. Union, PTA, Community, Legislatures, Business Community, etc.

Enhance the partnership with Henry Ford College and the services and options that we provide to our students.

Work with Dr. Jensen to consider implementation of the CPI model.

Continue to increase personal knowledge and understanding of the Dearborn Public Schools Community.

Continue to expand positive working relationships with local civic leaders, members of the business community, and service and support agencies in the community (ex. ACCESS).

Encourage Cabinet members to participate in community events and membership groups like Rotary, Optimist or Exchange Club.

Implement a Student Advisory Committee to the Superintendent to listen to the views of students and acquire their input regarding the current level of service within in the school district.

Expand open and ongoing communication with the leadership of each union group.

Continue to build upon, strengthen and expand partnerships and initiatives with Henry Ford College.

Ensure ongoing, clear, consistent communication with all stakeholders.

Facilitate understanding and ownership of the district’s vision, mission, and core purpose as an organization dedicated to providing the best possible education for all children.

Evaluation:

Attendance at least 3-4 community events per month.
Artifacts in the form of feedback provided by community members, students, faculty and stakeholders through meetings, discussions, email, letters or awards etc.
Customer Service Surveys with stakeholders that is implemented by the school district for each department and school.
Participation in 2-3 community service organizations. (ex. Rotary, Exchange Club, Optimist Club, DEF, etc.)
The Meetings with legislatures, civic leaders, police, fire, and other community leaders. This will include at least 2 meetings monthly and/or routine phone conversations that can be documented.
Implementation of monthly union leadership meetings, and student advisory council meetings.

Superintendent Goal Seven: Plan for the Renewal of the District Strategic Plan that expires in June 2016. This will be measured by the completion of an effective plan that takes into consideration stakeholder input.

Strategic Plan Alignment:

Strategic Plan Goal 1: Purpose and Direction

Strategic Plan Goal 2: Governance and Leadership

The District operates under governance and leadership that promote and support student performance and system effectiveness.

Recommendation: School Board

The Board of Education will develop policies and support procedures that demonstrate a commitment to high expectations and continuous improvement in student achievement and school and district effectiveness.

The Board will ensure that district leadership at all levels has the autonomy to meet student achievement goals and to manage day-to-day operations effectively.

Superintendent Action Items:

In order to renew the strategic plan, I will implement the following:

Discuss the potential process that will be implemented at the October 5 board study session.
Consider hiring a consultant to implement an effective process.
The initiation of the new planning process should begin by the February of 2016.
Implement a Collaborative approach with all stakeholders contributing.

Evaluation: Completion of the Plan.