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Mission | Basic
Assumptions
Unique Approach | Core
Business
10 System
Standards
STANDARD
1: DEVELOPING A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR CHANGE
The members of the board of education, the superintendent, central
office staff, principals, teacher leaders, leaders of parent organizations,
and key community leaders (e.g., civic leaders, business leaders)
have a common understanding of the nature of the problems and opportunities
that confront the school district and base their discussions of
these issues on a common body of fact and information.
STANDARD
2: DEVELOPING SHARED BELIEFS AND VISION
The
school district and its community develop within the local context
a compelling vision of what schools can be and how schools should
be related to the community-a vision capable of earning wide support
in the school district and in the community and consistent with
a set of well-articulated beliefs regarding the nature of schools
and the schooling enterprise.
STANDARD
3: DEVELOPING A FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND ON THE QUALITY OF WORK PROVIDED
TO STUDENTS
Throughout
the school district there is a clear focus on students and on the
quality of the work provided to students--work that students find
interesting, challenging, and satisfying and that results in their
learning what is expected by schools, parents, and the community.
STANDARD
4: DEVELOPING STRUCTURES FOR PARTICIPATORY LEADERSHIP
The
school district develops patterns of leadership and a structure
of relationships such that teachers are leaders, principals are
leaders of leaders, and all school district-level activity is focused
on providing direction and support for schools.
STANDARD
5: DEVELOPING STRUCTURES FOR RESULTS-ORIENTED
DECISION MAKING
The
school district develops a results-oriented management system and
a quality-focused decision-making process that are consistent with
the beliefs that guide the system and that ensure that the measures
of quality conform with the requirements of those who provide support
to students and the schools.
STANDARD
6: DEVELOPING STRUCTURES FOR CONTINUITY
The school district provides for stability in leadership, structure,
and culture over time, including support for innovative efforts
that produce desired results.
STANDARD
7: PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT
The
district provides systems of training, incentives, and social and
political support for those who are committed to the district's
beliefs and vision and widens support for the pursuit of the beliefs
and vision among all members of the community.
STANDARD
8: FOSTERING INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY
The
district develops a policy environment and a management system that
foster flexibility and rapid response; that encourage innovative
use of time, technology, and space; that encourage novel and improved
staffing patterns; and that create forms of curriculum organization
that are responsive to the needs of students.
STANDARD
9: EMPLOYING TECHNOLOGY
The
district and community display a common understanding of the transformational
nature of changes in information-processing technologies, and the
district provides all students and adults who work in the schools
the tools required for quality work.
STANDARD
10: FOSTERING COLLABORATION
The district encourages and supports the creation of relationships
within the school district, between schools and parents, and among
those agencies and groups that provide service to children and youth,
in order to ensure that each child has the support needed to succeed
in school and in the community.
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