Objective #1 Organizational Capacity By 2025 the Nanuet School District will develop K-12 so that 20% more students participate in the 4Cs of Learning, Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity.
Baseline Year 2018 12% of students on average participated monthly in Communication lessons
Baseline Year 2018 27% of students on average participated monthly in Collaboration lessons
Baseline Year 2018 32% of students on average participated monthly in Critical Thinking lessons
Baseline Year 2018 17% of students on average participated monthly in Creativity lessons | |||||
Activity Steps | Person/Group Responsible | Timelines for Completion | Resources Needed | Evaluation / Indicators of Success | Date Completed |
Audit where we integrate 4Cs in our current curriculum. | Team Leaders, Facilitators, Department Coordinators | 2019-2020 | Surveys, meeting time. | Survey data, evidence collected | |
Develop survey for staff to assess needs to increase implementation 4Cs in curriculum. | Planning Team and 4Cs Working Group | 2019-2020 | Surveys, meeting time. | Survey developed, data collected and analyzed | |
Research professional development needs. Visit schools, attend webinars. (ie. IDE, Buck Institute, EdLeader21, Partnership 21st Century Schools) | Planning Team and 4Cs Working Group | 2020-2022 | List of resources, recommendations for pilots | Data on pilots, evaluation rubrics of resources. | |
Identify teacher classroom integration examples to share at faculty and Board meetings. | Principals, Team Leaders, Facilitators, Department Coordinators | 2019-2021 | Faculty and Board Meeting time. | Portfolio of examples. Teacher reflections after presentations of examples | |
Create building level/district level PLCs to research and create material toolkits to support teachers integration of 4Cs. | Principals | 2019-2021 | Planning time | PLC created resource website and faculty meeting presentations. | |
Create assessment tools and student prompts to measure 4Cs across the curriculum. | Team Leaders, Facilitators, Department Coordinators Planning Team and 4Cs Working Group | 2022-2024 | Curriculum work, planning time. | Assessments and prompts for each C and grade level. | |
Design interdisciplinary library lessons to utilize new spaces. | Library Media Specialists | 2022-2024 | Meeting time with content teachers | Collection of interdisciplinary lessons. | |
Create peer observation protocol (ie. Pineapple Charts). | Central Office, Principals, Facilitators, Team Leaders Department Coordinators | 2021-2024 | Teacher coverage | Teacher reflections from peer observations. | |
Calendar quarters to celebrate one of 4Cs each marking period. Include Hashtags, student examples and student videos. | Planning Team, 4Cs Working Group, Central Office | 2019-2021 | Meeting Time, Social Media, Media Production Class and clubs. | Traction of social media postings, video views. | |
Look at scope and sequence of 4Cs culminating projects for schools and grade levels. | Team Leaders, Facilitators, Department Coordinators Planning Team and 4Cs Working Group | 2019-2022 | Team and department meetings. | Mapping of scope sequence in Rubicon. | |
Audit team building and community service events K-12. | Principles and Team Leaders | 2019-2021 | Team Leader Meetings | Map of team building and community events. | |
Create a Celebration of 4Cs section of website. | Christopher Polizzi | 2022-2024 | Student art and media talent. | Page on website with photos, videos, and social media. | |
Post 4Cs in every classroom. | Buildings and Grounds | 2019-2021 | Signs | A sign in every classroom. | |
Training for teachers to include 4Cs in lesson objectives and in curriculum mapping. | Planning Team, 4Cs Working Group, Facilitators, Team Leaders, Department Coordinators. | 2021-2024 | Teacher coverage, professional development materials and budget. | Majority of teachers trained K-12 and given a toolkit to integrate 4Cs. | |
Develop “field trips” to Nanuet’s Outdoor Education to explore 4Cs in this “natural” learning environment. | Science Facilitator and Coordinator, OEC Curriculum Director | 2021-2024 | Curriculum work, meeting time. | Fall and Spring “field trip” opportunities for every grade level K-8. | |