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District Improvement Plan: Performance Target 2

Goal Topic 2:


Every adult in the district will ensure that all children succeed academically.
Goals/Performance Targets Action Plans
  • By 2009 the district will implement a staff development system which offers varied levels of rigor, alignment to student needs, and real time access.
  • All professional staff will participate in “job alike” collaboration activities on an average of once per month.
  • By 2011 community forums will support increased membership in parent organizations (increasing diversity of membership) and visibility and participation of the community in the schools and classrooms.
  • District staff will develop and implement a staff development system training plan for principals and other staff using a trainer of trainer model.
  • District staff will develop a measurement component in the staff development system to track the use by staff, assess data for training in meeting needs of all learners (teachers and students):, end of course surveys; student formative assessments; student achievement scores.
  • To support collaboration activities, the district will assign priority in finding contract time during the instructional day/year for teachers to get together and plan.
  • Hold forums at middle schools geographically around the district with an appointed committee determining locations, schedule, agenda, and process for assessing participation.
  • GISD will collaborate with the local Chambers of Commerce to develop an action plan that will increase the involvement of employers in the success of GISD students.