Derby Strategic Planning
School Year 2025-2026
October 2025
RC Demo.pdf A_Report_Card,_Reimagined.mp4
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September 2025
- New Report Card Template (Draft)
1) Kindergarten Health Example
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ejizqi-eikqEYY0E8wKotUZbudbjRpcw/view?usp=share_link
2) Math Assistments Onboarding Grades 3-5
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwVLDIL7vwraTh4IHGBNPW4VWJCJmA8I/view?usp=sharing
August 2025
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July 2025
Highlights growth in ELA and attendance |
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- EOY Assessments Jun 2, 2025
- PDEC Reflections (ToY, PL Planning, Convocation) Jun 3, 2025
- Admin Retreat Focus: PL, Leader Growth, Supporting Staff Jun 18, 2025
- FAST Heroes Meeting with St Mary’s/St. Michaels Jul 2, 2025
* TOY New Manual and Process * Derby 350 Beta Unit
* Advisory Project DHS * Stratford Affinity Purposeful Play Visit
Projects w/ Yale DHS on WTNH
* PROSPER Student Health Corps Program Protocol DRAFT – Derby High School
* FAST Heroes Elementary Program (Yale & University of Macedonia Partnership)
Yale Partnership Co-Teaching Anatomy Class ( Research, Letter, and Draft Unit ) New: Apr 29, 2025
ECE Investigations New: Apr 9, 2025
MLE Exploratory Talk PD Hub New: Apr 10, 2025
New Curriculum Landing Site (New Format) New: Apr 10, 2025
New Curriculum Document Format New: Apr 11, 2025
Yale Partnership Research (Letter and Draft Unit) New: Mar 14, 2025
Mentoring Update (Draft Cohort for 8-9) New: Mar 14, 2025
PDEC Update and TOY New: Feb 25, 2025
MLE LIve from DHS New: Feb 27, 2025
Tutoring Study (West Ed Update) New: Mar 12, 2025
Affinity Cohort Meeting (Writing Focus) New:Feb 10, 2025
TNTP Reading Support Update New: Feb 20, 2025
CREC Coaching Support New: Feb 20, 2025
Summer School Planning Update New: Feb 20, 2025
National Network of Partnership Schools (John Hopkins) New: Feb 20, 2025
Mentoring Manual New: Jan 10, 2025
TNTP Reading Partnership PD for Teachers New: Jan 17, 2025
MOY Assessment Window Opens New Jan 15, 2025
Yale Med School Supporting Health Curriculum Connecting New: Jan 30, 2025
PDEC and MLE for 2025 New: Jan 28, 2025
MOY Teacher Growth Process New: 1-22-25
Math Achievement Presentation New: Dec 19, 2024
Mentoring Training Underway New: Dec 10, 2024
ELA Achievement Presentation New: Nov 20, 2024
ACES Affinity Group New: Nov 20, 2024
Deep Dive in Derby New: Oct 1, 2024
Affinity Cohort Continues (School Literacy Teams) New: Oct 11, 2024
Assistment Tutoring Program Orientation and Training New: Oct 16, 2024
Educator Growth Plan Roll Out: New: Oct 1, 2024
MLE 2024-2024 New: Oct 22, 2024
Bookworms Reading Visits Continue (Compliments) New: Oct 7, 2024 Oct 10, 2024
Status of the Curriculum Maps New: Sep 3, 2024
Strategic Plan Community Engagement New: Sep 10, 2024
Report Cards New: Sep 10, 2024
Affinity and Beyond Continues (Derby, Stratford and East Haven) New: Sep 18, 2024
Derby 350th Project New: Sep 19, 2024
New Hire Orientation Onboarding Document New: Aug 26, 2024
District WebSite Curriculum Updates New: Aug 26, 2024
Administrator Training on new Educator Growth Process (Canvas) New: Aug 22, 2024
Follow Up Q&A Strategic Plan (The Final Analog and Digital Editions) New: Jul 18, 2024
Website Update & Link to Flip Book New: Jul 18, 2024
Curriculum Update Sample: (Military History) The Process New: Jul 18, 2024
School Year 2023-2024
Strategic Plan (The Final Analog and Digital Editions) New: Jun 20, 2024
Web Site Update & Link to Flip Book
Educator Growth Plan FLIP Version (Draft to Schools after PDEC Review)
DPS Professional Learning Calendar (DRAFT) New: Jun 4, 2024
The Science of Reading Webinar (DPS Highlighted) New: May 30, 2024
2024-2025 DPS Theme New: Jun 7, 2024
Leadership Retreat Plan New: Jun 20, 2024
Educator Growth Plan FLIP Version (Draft to Schools after PDEC Review) New: May 9, 2024
Strategic Plan Draft FLIP Version (Heading Back to Schools: Feedback Loop) New: May 2, 2024
More Elementary Reading Visits (PA, Norwich, Monroe, and Beyond) New: May 24, 2024
Coach Symposium New: Jun 4, 2024
Family Resource Site (Under Construction) New: May 15, 2024
MLE Workshop New: Apr 23, 2024
PDEC Update New: Apr 30, 2024
Strategic Planning Phase 3 (The Writing) New: Apr 30, 2024 Sample Flip Book
State Webinar Presentation Elementary Literacy New: Apr 25, 2024
Elementary Literacy Showcase at Irving (Cromwell, Coventry Visit) New: Apr 24, 2024…
“…Many thanks for letting us visit today. You have so much to be proud of in Derby.” Asst Super North Haven
Leaders and Special Education Programming New: Mar 18, 2024
CAS Leadership Presentation New: Mar 14, 2024
Interdistrict Reading PD Bookworms Demo (Derby Hosting) New: Feb 23, 2024 “..Thank the rest of your team for me, as well as those eager second and third grade learners, who impressed us all with the way in which they worked together, and for their willingness to let us watch.” CSDE
Elementary Literacy Team Meeting New: Feb 22, 2024
Strategic Planning Draft Template and Next Steps: New: Mar 18, 2024
SoR Masterclass Affinity Meeting (Derby Hosting) New: Feb 28, 2024
K Waiver Process New: Jan 19, 2024
Strategic Subcommittee Planning New: Jan 15, 2024 Slide Show
PDEC Draft One (New Teacher Capacity System) New: Jan 30, 2024 Agenda
Curriculum Writing Planning New: Feb 1, 2024
Affinity Cohort Meeting (Stratford and East Haven) New: Feb 28, 2024
Strategic Subcommittee Planning New: Jan 8, 2024
Assessment of School Practice (Inclusive Ed) New: Jan 8, 2024
Dallas Fort Worth Educators Collaborative Presentation New: Jan 25, 2024
Groton Visits to View our Literacy Work New: Jan 22, 2024
CAS Leadership Conference Presentation New: Mar 14, 2024
Reading Resource Update: New: Jan 12, 2024
Superintendent Network Visit New:Dec 12, 2023
Strategic Planning Update New: Dec 13, 2023
Personalize Assessment Process Update New: Dec 20, 2023
PDEC Asynchronous Meeting New: Dec 5, 2023
Reading Mandate Update: Waiver Process Explained: New: Dec 1, 2023
Net Stat CSDE Workshop (Funding and Hiring Info) New: Nov 1, 2023
CT State BOE Visits DMS for CN New: Nov 6, 2023
Strategic Planning Update New: Nov 13, 2023
PDEC Update New: Nov 9, 2023
Right to Read Grant Update New: Nov 14, 2023
New Staff / TEAM PL New: Oct 19, 2023
Strategic Planning Focus Surveys (Parents/Community Sample) New: Oct 12, 2023
Coming Soon: Opening Canvas Site for Strategic Planning
Performance Matters Presentation New: Oct 12, 2023
Right To Read Update: New: Oct 11, 2023 (Our work: Coaching/Teacher Support, Feedback and Resource Implementation, Classroom libraries update, Increased writing focus, More grade level reading tasks, etc.)
SoR Masterclass Year 2 Class New: Oct 10, 2023 East Haven Affinity Meeting: Oct 25, 2023
CAS Leadership Session 2 (Action Research) New: Oct 19, 2023
PDEC Update and Teacher Evaluation New: Sep 26, 2023
Strategic Planning Focus Groups Project Dates: Oct 3, 2023 Oct 4, 2023 Oct 6, 2023
New: Sep 11, 2023
Curriculum Mapping Update (Elective Sample Pre Calculus) New: Sep 5, 2023
Personalized Assessments for Math and Literacy New: Sep 5, 2023
SoR Strategy Map (Draft) New: Sep 12, 2023
SoM Strategy Map (Draft) New: Sep 12, 2023
Strategic Planning Update: Initial Planning Meeting Set Up With PEL (Regular Updates coming)
New Safety and Security Training Resources/Training (Website) New: Aug 17, 2023
New Staff Orientation New: Aug 28, 2023 and Aug 29, 2023
Summer Projects 2023 (Teaching and Learning Punchlist) New: Jul 6, 2023
New Safety and Security Signage (Student Artwork) New: Jul 12, 2023
District Strategic Planning Process (Website) New: Jul 6, 2023
School Year 2022-2023
Lab Site in Math (Live Learning Lab) New: May 22, 2023 (12pm) DMS
Strategic Planning Update: One Page Summary New: May 9, 2023
HQI PD District PD Planning: New: May 1, 2023
SoR District Journey on the Masterclass (Video View From Audience)
(Great Scott Video: Original) New: Apr 26, 2023
Principal TLC In Person Meeting New: Apr 17, 2023
New HQI Draft New: Mar 31, 2023
Coaching Coherence Work New: Apr 17, 2023
HQI PD for All Schools New: Mar 28, 2023
Building Thinking Classrooms New: Mar 15, 2023
SOR Storyboard New: Mar 13, 2023
Vetting Reading Resources New: Mar 8, 2023
Coaching Coherence New: Mar 1, 2023
Teacher Perspective on Pandemic Perseverance Recipe New: Feb 15, 2023
Reading Resource Preview Party New: Feb 14, 2023
Harvard PL at Derby Public Schools Jan 19, 2023
HQI PD for All Schools Jan 19, 2023
SoR MasterClass Affinity Group Derby Presentation Jan 13, 2023
Strategic Planning 23-27 Jan 5, 2023
Reading Resource Review Process Dec 9, 2022
Coaching Training Sessions (PL with Partners for Educational Leadership) Dec 5, 2022
HQI November Session (Collective Efficacy and Credibility) Nov 29, 2022
SOR Walk Throughs (Sample) Nov 28, 2022
Safety and Security Training (School Team Training) Nov 10, 2022
Harvard PL at Middle School: Articulating the Intangibles of Teaching: Aligning Your Purpose and Practice for Instructional Leadership Oct 14, 2022
The Live Learning Lab Oct 14, 2022
SOR Masterclass (Literacy Plan)
PDEC (Opening Meeting/Planning)
HQI Collective Efficacy (District Strategic Learning)
Opening Day Planning Aug 18, 2022
Convocation Theme: We are all diamonds.
Administration Convention: Aug 22, 2022
New Hire Orientation Aug 24, 2022
Curriculum Mapping Update Jul 12, 2022
Derby Strategic Planning
2020-2022
A virtual dashboard to illustrate the progress of the components of the Strategic Vision
Plan for Derby Strategic Plan Creation
The plan that was shared with the Academic Sub-committee & Guiding Coalition to keep the work on track
Derby Strategic Planning GC 1: The Google Slides presentation for the 1st Guiding Coalition meeting
Derby Strategic Planning GC 2: The Google Slides presentation for the 2nd Guiding Coalition meeting
Derby Strategic Planning GC 3: The Google Slides presentation for the 3rd Guiding Coalition meeting
HQI Learning Series (Slideshows: Guiding Coalition)
HQI Learning Series and PD Calendar for 2021-2022 (Links embedded)
New Roadmap plan for 2022 (Updating strategy maps-draft for district update)
DPS Four Buckets for Improvement (School and Coaching Focus Areas)
Curriculum Update (Latest version)
ELA Curriculum Training (Interactive Read Aloud Mapping Project) Feb 17, 2022
HQI Learning Series (Slideshows): Latest Workshop Feb 17, 2022
Assessment Summit: Mar 10, 2022
Strategy Symposium (with Partners for Educational Leadership): Mar 11, 2022
TLC Principal Meeting: (April 2022) Strategy Mapping/Assessing Update Apr 21, 2022
Latest State Monitoring Update Jul 11, 2022 (Moved Out of Opportunity District in Light of Growth)
Curriculum Revisions with Portrait of the Graduate Lens: Jul 14, 2022
Strategic Action Planning (SY 2022-2023). Jul 19, 2022
School Strategy Maps (Drafts: Revised Across the Year)
Derby Public Schools Strategy Map
Bradley School Strategy Map Irving Strategy Map
Derby Middle School Strategy Map Derby High School Strategy Map
LRU Strategy Map RAISE Strategy Map
Derby Public Schools- Curriculum Website Curriculum Dashboard
HQI Draft (Starting Point Sketch) HQI Sketch 2.5 SY 2021-2022
