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Planning Team

Work Session

May 12, 2022

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Welcome, Purpose, and Agenda

Introduction, Inclusion, Agenda and Outcomes

9:00 - 9:30

Futures Planning - Review and Reminders

9:30 - 9:40

The AISC Timeline

9:40 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 10:30

2021-22 Goal Update and 2022-23 Goal Approval (Pt. 1)

10:30 - 12:00

Lunch

12:00 - 1:00

2021-22 Goal Update and 2022-23 Goal Approval (Pt. 2)

1:15 - 3:00

Break

3:00 - 3:10

MSA Action Plan Updates and Next Steps

3:10 - 4:00

Closure and Next Steps

4:00 - 4:05

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Please share your name, your relationship to the school and, then, answer:

What value or skill

would you like to bring

to the retreat today?

Inclusion Activity

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Outcomes for Today

  • To understand how our current context is grounded in our past.
  • To understand the progress made on futures goals in 2021/2022.
  • To approve futures goals for 2022/2023.
  • To understand progress toward the three MSA objectives.

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Planning Team Protocols

  • I will treat each person as a peer.
  • I will communicate openly and honestly.
  • I will reveal my interests but work toward the common good.
  • I will present my points of view and my points of view only.
  • I will contribute but will not dominate.
  • I will utilize the parking lot to capture thoughts and ideas that may be unrelated to the discussion at hand.

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Decision-making

We will make decisions by consensus.

  • I believe that you understand my point of view.
  • I believe I understand your point of view.
  • I can and will live with this decision.
  • I will support this decision in public and private through my words and actions through implementation.

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2018-Present

Futures Plan Implementation

2017-2018

Futures Plan Design

2013-2018

5 Year Plan Implementation

Strategic Plan Design

2012-2013

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Why Futures Planning?

  1. To align mission with school goals
  2. To engage a framework for decision-making
  3. To connect present to future
  4. To integrate systems parts into whole

 

 

 

 

 

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HOS Reports to the Board

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Timeline/TimeU

A Timeline activity inspires a community to reflect on the past, to visualize how events and actions are connected over time, to allow for individuals to connect themselves to a community’s narrative, and to create conversations about the possible futures.

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AISC’s Trajectory - A TimeU

What? A TimeU activity

Why? Reflect. Visualize. Connect. Create.

The events are color coded based on our Four Strategies.

Learning Talent Resources Community

How? On the TimeU Table

  • Review the items listed
  • Put yourself on the TimeU
  • Add to the story
  • Add lines and arrows to make connections between parts of the story.

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Progress Update

2021/2022 Goals

and

Proposed Goals for Consensus

2022/23

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Goal Presentation Process

First Presenters will share:

Evidence of success of the 21/22 goal

Then Planning Team will ask:

Questions

Finally Planning Team will come to consensus on

the essence of the 22/23 goal.

Next Presenters will share:

The 22/23 goal.

Then Planning Team will ask:

Questions

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

Elementary School

2019/20 - Produce visualizations for grade level profiles.

2020/21- Produce visualizations of Elementary and Early Years profiles, including vision projects.

2021/22 - Produce visualizations of Elementary and Early Years profiles, including vision projects.

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Started this goal August 2019

Arts

Athletics

Academics

Community

Play/Choice

Pandemic Pause

Goal to be completed

End of SY 2021/22

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

Elementary School

2022/23- Goal concluded

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

Middle School

2019/20 - Develop and implement program within each domain (Week Without Walls Program, SEVAI, and field trips).

2020/21- Refine WWW & SEVAI using VFL learning targets in each program; modify programs as needed to sustain experiential learning experiences across all three modes of learning.

2021/22 - Refine WWW & SEVAI using VFL learning targets in each program; modify programs as needed to sustain experiential learning experiences across all three modes of learning.

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

Middle School

2022/23 - Goal series concluded.

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

High School

2019/20 - Research and design an experiential capstone project.

2020/21- Prototype and evaluate an experiential capstone project.

2021/22 - Previous goal series concluded. New series: Develop and refine Career Experiences supported by flexible, competencies-based curricula.

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Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities

AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

High School

2022/23- Implement and evaluate Career Conversation and CareerX curricula and portfolio system; Design and prototype Personalized Learning CareerX (PLCX) course.

2023/24- Goal concluded

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

Elementary School

2019/20- Vision inspiration projects implemented: reflection to include review and recommendations for following years.

2020/21 - Vision inspiration projects modified for VL and safety and health protocols

2021/22 - Vision inspiration projects implemented: reflection to include review and recommendations for following years.

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December 2021 and April 2022

Looking forward to Vision Project Days 2022/23!

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

Elementary School

2022/23- Goal series concluded.

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

Early Years

2019/20- Best practice in multi-age Early Years and Kindergarten will be documented and shared

2020/21 - AISC will successfully return 3 and 4-year-olds to campus

2021/22 - Comprehensive portfolio (digital and print) documenting children’s development and learning to showcase in the spring of 2023.

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…EY students returned back to campus February 1, 2022…

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

Early Years

2022/23 - Comprehensive portfolio (digital and print) documenting children’s development and learning to showcase in the spring of 2024.

2023/24: End of year EY exhibit documenting children’s development and learning showcasing best practice in the multi-age Early Years program

2024/25: Goal concluded

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

Middle School

2019/20- Implement STEAM transdisciplinary project using PBL model.

2020/21 - Integrate STEAM learning targets into units to transdisciplinary learning systematically with modifications to accommodate virtual products.

2021/22 - Evaluate STEAM as a program to make recommendations for refinement.

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

Middle School

2022/23- Refine STEAM program rubric and modify to reflect new scope and structure.

2023-2024: Goal concluded

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

High School

2019/20 - Plan coach/admin led design thinking day for grade 9/10.

2020/21 - Prototype and evaluate a transdisciplinary experience at grade 9 (coach/admin/committee led)

2021/22- Prototype and evaluate a transdisciplinary experience at

grade 9 (coach/admin/committee led)

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Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System

AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.

High School

2022/23- Refine transdisciplinary experiences for grade 9, including mentors from grade 10.

2023-2024: Embed grade 9 transdisciplinary experiences, plan for next steps with grade 10.

2024-2025: Goal concluded

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Pathway: Learning & Wellbeing

AISC creates an integrated student wellbeing program that promotes and fosters healthy habits, self-awareness, self-management and positive relationships.

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Pathway: Learning & Wellbeing

AISC creates an integrated student wellbeing program that promotes and fosters healthy habits, self-awareness, self-management and positive relationships.

All School

2019/20 - Community members identify their role in fostering Student Wellbeing. Curriculum links to Student Wellbeing are implemented.

2020/21- Create and implement an enduring leadership structure (students and faculty) of wellbeing advocates that inspire and empower the learning, living and implicit teaching of wellbeing.

2021/22- Create and test a self-assessment tool for faculty and students to measure personal wellbeing.

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Pathway: Learning & Wellbeing

AISC creates an integrated student wellbeing program that promotes and fosters healthy habits, self-awareness, self-management and positive relationships.

All School

2022/23- With the Student Wellbeing Report as a guide, highlight and enhance specific events, and curricular connections to nurture community wellbeing.

2023-2024: The Wellbeing Framework will be incorporated into emergent teaching practices, as well as scheduled and unscheduled wellbeing opportunities, for all members of the AISC community.

2024-2025: Goal concluded

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Pathway: Learning & Inclusion in the System

AISC develops and implements inclusive policies and programs for all students with diverse and identified needs to fulfill their learning potential.

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Pathway: Learning & Inclusion in the System

AISC develops and implements inclusive policies and programs for all students with diverse and identified needs to fulfill their learning potential.

All School

2020/21- Establishing structure and guidelines. Gathering of information from Admissions, Learning Support, EAL and Sections.

2021/22- Define and align processes for admissions and programming for individualized services for all students needing moderate and intensive support.

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Pathway: Learning & Inclusion in the System

AISC develops and implements inclusive policies and programs for all students with diverse and identified needs to fulfill their learning potential.

All School

2022-2023: Increase capacity of LSS and general education faculty to deliver targeted interventions/supports to meet students’ individual needs.

2023 - 2024: Perform audit for evaluation of services to determine embedded status and next steps. Calibrate, articulate and document, vertically and horizontally, the school’s multi-tiered systems of support.

2024 - 2025: Perform audit for evaluation of services to determine embedded status and next steps.

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Pathway: Learning & Research & Development

AISC continues to learn from, enhance, and develop its capacity as a virtual community while assuring that our on-campus in-person learning model remains a priority.

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Pathway: Learning & Research & Development

AISC continues to learn from, enhance, and develop its capacity as a virtual community while assuring that our on-campus in-person learning model remains a priority.

All School

2021/22- Develop and apply a structured R&D model to research and evaluate our commitments to virtual learning, with opportunities to enhance our educational programming.

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iLab Relaunch

R&D Playbook to support new projects

Supported and contributed to faculty led projects

Looking ahead…

Minecraft for EDU

Cubelets

Math Workshop

Tech Plan 2022-24

AR/VR

Learning Adventures

Gamified Health Education

Media Production

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Pathway: Learning & Research & Development

AISC continues to learn from, enhance, and develop its capacity as a virtual community while assuring that our on-campus in-person learning model remains a priority.

All School

2022/23- Establish bi-annual R&D council project cycle, including community surveys, R&D model application, and published results on AISC website. Work with R&D council to finalize and publish the Technology Plan.

2023-2024: Identify regional and international R&D partner institutions to collaborate on knowledge acquisition and creative problem-solving through an annual R&D conference. Support implementation of the Technology Plan through data collection and evaluation.

2024- 2025: Goal concludes.

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Pathway: Learning & Diversity & Equity

AISC practices equity and international mindedness with intention to develop systemic and dynamic models of diversity and inclusion to develop self-awareness and a sense of belonging.

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Pathway: Learning & Diversity & Equity

AISC practices equity and international mindedness with intention to develop systemic and dynamic models of diversity and inclusion to develop self-awareness and a sense of belonging.

2021-2022 - To build understanding of diversity, equity and international mindedness at AISC through sustainable professional development, community events and auditing and revising published policies

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Pathway: Learning & Diversity & Equity

AISC practices equity and international mindedness with intention to develop systemic and dynamic models of diversity and inclusion to develop self-awareness and a sense of belonging.

2022-2023: In partnership with parents and students, create and prototype a sustainable tool to support teachers in reviewing, planning and implementing their curriculum through the lens of diversity and equity.

2023-2024: In partnership with parents and students, learn and prototype culturally responsive teaching practices to support diversity and equity at AISC.

2024- 2025: In partnership with parents and students, create and prototype sustainable programs that equip community members to understand and practice diversity and equity at AISC.

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Pathway: Learning & Vision for a Learner

AISC integrates the Vision for the Learner as a means to achieve the Mission

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Pathway: Learning & Vision for a Learner

AISC integrates the Vision for the Learner as a means to achieve the Mission

2022-2023: Confirm EY-12 Competencies and consider possible implementation approaches

2023-2024: Develop curricular and co-curricular materials, structures and systems required for chosen implementation options. Socialize competencies to community.

2024-2025: Implement competencies in relevant curricular and co-curricular programs.

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Pathway: Resources & Data

Develop and evolve systems and processes to facilitate the convergence of data collection and use, assuring that stakeholders have access to beneficial data to make informed decisions.

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Pathway: Resources & Data

Develop and evolve systems and processes to facilitate the convergence of data collection and use, assuring that stakeholders have access to beneficial data to make informed decisions.

2019/20- Create and test Data Expectations for AISC Faculty that will encourage intentional uses of data to guide instruction (as measured by the sectional uses, programmatic changes, or PG&E).

2020/21- AISC builds a website that demonstrates and articulates the systemic use of data to guide instruction and to nurture organizational transformation.

2021/22- AISC builds a website and documentation that demonstrates and articulates the systemic use of data.

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Website Redesign

Faculty Data Working Group

Data Infrastructure

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Pathway: Resources & Data

Develop and evolve systems and processes to facilitate the convergence of data collection and use, assuring that stakeholders have access to beneficial data to make informed decisions.

2022/23- Externally present AISC studies that articulate organizational transformation through the use of data to guide instruction AISC constructs and implements a common platform for data visualization and analysis that incorporates multiple assessment, testing, and feedback data streams.

2023-2024: Goal concluded.

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Pathway: Community & Environmental Responsibility

AISC enlists the participation of all stakeholder groups to incorporate environmentally sustainable responsible policies, practices, and programming in alignment with our mission and core values.

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Pathway: Community & Environmental Responsibility

AISC enlists the participation of all stakeholder groups to incorporate environmentally sustainable responsible policies, practices, and programming in alignment with our mission and core values.

2019/20- Design and draft a platform that publicly showcases AISC’s Framework, relevant initiatives, and works in progress.

2020/21- Embrace at least 5 environmental sustainability organizational partnerships aligned with leadership in this initiative.

2021/22- Create at least 5 environmentally responsible organizational partnerships aligned with practices and helping to serve our organizational leadership in this initiative.

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5 Environmentally Responsible Organizational Partnerships

  1. Wasted 360 Solutions
  2. Trashman
  3. Earth Fokus
  4. [International Civil Aviation Organization]
  5. Internal & existing partnerships…

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Pathway: Community & Environmental Responsibility

AISC enlists the participation of all stakeholder groups to incorporate environmentally sustainable responsible policies, practices, and programming in alignment with our mission and core values.

2022/23- Design and draft a platform that showcases AISC’s Environmental Responsibility Framework, relevant initiatives, and works in progress.

2023-2024: Demonstrate and share tangible student learning outcomes related to environmental education, embedded within our measures of student success.

2024-2025:

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Pathway: Talent & Professional Growth

AISC develops a professional growth, wellbeing, and evaluation framework that is aligned to best practices and to the vision for an AISC learner, incorporates faculty learning and development.

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Pathway: Talent & Professional Growth

AISC develops a professional growth, wellbeing, and evaluation framework that is aligned to best practices and to the vision for an AISC learner, incorporates faculty learning and development.

2019/20- Review and revise the structure and process of professional growth and evaluation (PGE) to support the new standards.

2020/21- Produce new PGE Handbook that aligns professional growth and evaluation with professional learning and development.

2021/22- Produce new PGE Handbook that aligns professional growth and evaluation with professional learning and development.

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Pathway: Talent & Professional Growth

AISC develops a professional growth, wellbeing, and evaluation framework that is aligned to best practices and to the vision for an AISC learner, incorporates faculty learning and development.

2022/23- Prototype the new Professional Growth handbook with all new teachers and additional volunteers.

2023-2024: Implement the new Professional Growth handbook with all educators.

2024-2025: Define key knowledge and skills required for all AISC educators that is accompanied by a flexible and robust comprehensive professional learning plan.

2025-2026: Goal concluded

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Pathway: Talent & Intercultural Competence

AISC promotes and develops the intercultural competence of all employees to further the mission by communicating and working effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds.

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Pathway: Talent & Intercultural Competence

AISC promotes and develops the intercultural competence of all employees to further the mission by communicating and working effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds.

2022-2023: To define and socialize Intercultural Competence within the context of AISC while offering multiple entry points for all employees.

2023-2024: Create and prototype sustainable programs that equip all employees to understand and practice intercultural competence.

2024- 2025: Refine and embed programs that equip all employees to understand and practice intercultural competence.

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MSA Post- Accreditation

Outcomes:

  • Shared understanding of our Plan for Growth and Improvement Objectives
  • Gather feedback on Action Plans
  • Gather input for future Action Plan steps and Strategies

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Student Performance Objective: Reading

By 2028, AISC students will demonstrate increased growth rates in reading as measured by:

a) Over 75% of Grade 1 to Grade 10 English Language Learners (ELLs) will increase reading proficiency levels based on WIDA assessment criteria.

b) Over 71% of students in KG-8 will demonstrate a years growth in reading as measured by Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessments System.

c) Over 67% of students in grades 2-10 will meet or exceed projected growth in reading as measured by MAP.

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Student Performance Objective: Writing

By 2028, AISC students will demonstrate increased proficiency in writing use as measured by

a) 65% of Grade 1 to Grade 10 English Language Learners (ELLs) will increase writing proficiency levels based on WIDA assessment criteria.

b) 55% of students in grades 2-10 will meet or exceed projected growth in writing as measured by language usage MAP.

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Organizational Capacity Objective

By 2028, AISC will support faculty wellbeing that empowers community members to engage and flourish professionally, as measured by:

  1. An improvement in faculty engagement as measured by the Gallup Q12 Engagement Index will increase engagement 5% annually
    1. Baseline Year: November 2019
    2. Baseline Data: The Gallup Q12 Survey will be administered annually to measure the progress on meeting the goal of improving faculty engagement.
    3. Overall Organization

B. An improvement in job satisfaction as measured by the Gallup Q12 Overall Satisfaction rating a 4.0 or greater annually

    • Baseline Year: November 2019
    • Baseline Data: The Q12 Survey will be administered annually to measure the progress on meeting the goal of improving faculty engagement.
    • Overall Organization

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Action Plan Feedback and Input

  • In Trios by Strategy:
  • Read the 2021/22 Action Plans and Indicators of Success. Add additional indicators of success.
  • Read the 2022/23 Action Plans and Indicators of Success. Provide warm and cool feedback.
  • Add additional ideas for future action steps in the 2023/24 and Beyond space.

Move to the next strategy and repeat.

  • After Reviewing all Current Strategies:
  • Add new strategy ideas New Strategies poster.

Move to the next OBJECTIVE and repeat.

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SPO: Reading

SPO: Writing

OCO: Engagement and Wellbeing

Strategy Action Plan

Strategy Action Plan

New Strategy Ideas

Strategy Action Plan

Strategy Action Plan

New Strategy Ideas

Strategy Action Plan

Strategy Action Plan

New Strategy Ideas

2023/24 and Beyond

2023/24 and Beyond

2023/24 and Beyond

2023/24 and Beyond

2023/24 and Beyond

2023/24 and Beyond

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

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Action Plan Feedback and Input

  • In Trios by Strategy:
  • Read the 2021/22 Action Plans and Indicators of Success. Add additional indicators of success.
  • Read the 2022/23 Action Plans and Indicators of Success. Provide warm and cool feedback.
  • Add additional ideas for future action steps in the 2023/24 and Beyond space.

Move to the next strategy and repeat.

  • After Reviewing all Current Strategies:
  • Add new strategy ideas New Strategies poster.

Move to the next OBJECTIVE and repeat.

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MSA Post- Accreditation

Next Steps:

  • Further development of Action Plans
  • Gather data using identified measurement tools
  • Perform internal review of Plan for Growth and Improvement (annually)
  • Monitor and adjust Action Plans
  • Complete and submit Mid-Term Report (year 3)

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And THANK YOU to:

Lekhana - congratulations on graduating!

Mike S - enjoy the next adventure!

Deb - enjoy your next adventure too!

Finally, Andrew Hoover!

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