Overview of District Strategic Plan and Goals
1. Goal 1: Foster Supportive and Joyful Learning Environments
Desired Outcome: Create a welcoming and inclusive learning environment where all students and staff feel valued, connected, nourished, and prepared to learn.
Key Strategic Objectives: ●
Enhance instructional practice, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and student intervention plans to support student mental health and wellness, the Newton Portrait of a Graduate, and social-emotional learning competencies. ● Address student chronic absenteeism within the district in accordance with soon-to-be released DESE guidance.
● Strengthen student connection to school and district culture.
2. Goal 2: Provide Culturally Responsive, High Quality, Rigorous Instruction for All
Desired Outcome : Ensure all students engage in grade-level work that is culturally relevant, real-world connected, interactive, and guided by high expectations.
Key Strategic Objectives: ●
Using the 5-D expectations for student engagement, reduce gaps in opportunity for all students and accelerate learning for all students by developing vision and shared understanding of high expectations/high support for teacher pedagogy, assessment, curriculum use and data analysis. ● Build the capacity and alignment of instructional leaders to provide effective and aligned instructional leadership, including specific and targeted feedback to support teacher growth. ● Implement educator/employee evaluation training, vision and accountability related to teaching and learning.
3. Goal 3: Ensure Equitable Access to Effective Educators
Desired Outcome: Develop and maintain a diverse, culturally responsive, well-prepared educator workforce committed to continuous improvement.
Key Strategic Objectives: ●
Focus on unified teacher evaluation training, procedures, reports, analysis and documentation PK-22 by all educators, schools, programs, and departments.
● Track and report teacher attendance trends to principals and central staff in anticipation of DESE teacher attendance reporting expectations.
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