Organizational+Management

=== __Organizational Management Initiative for Brogan Suburban School District __ ===

__Philosophy of Organizational Management: __

We believe the organizational management of the school district should be structured for the purpose of catalyzing mission and vision attainment. (F orm F ollows F unction ). Therefore the organizational management belief statement serves a dependent role in the commission’s work.

 __Function Analysis __

__ VISION __ of the Brogan Suburban School District:

// "Provide experiences and a diploma to __prepare all__ students __for__ the greatest experience ~ __Life__." //

__ MISSION __ of the Brogan Suburban School District:

//"T o be a community of learners in which __all__ members are engaged and challenged in order to become __productive citizens and responsible stewards__ of our world." //

__ Reform Commission Initiatives __


 * Human Potential || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Curriculum || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Organizational Management ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Patty-PLC's || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Crystal-Mapped & Prioritized || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Christine-Authentic Assessment || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Matt-School Day and School Year Reform ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Teachers collaborate to improve teaching and learning

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Intervention not remediation based; proactive not reactive

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Job-embedded professional development || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Align curriculum to standards through teacher and administrator collaboration

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Provide teachers direction through scope and sequence

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Common instructional practices and assessments follow || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Training for teachers to develop authentic assessments and rubrics to evaluate student work

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Portfolios

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Assessments guide program improvement || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Structure the school district in such a way that it best serves our vision, mission, and initiatives ||

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Belief Statement – Organizational Management: __

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">We believe Brogan Suburban School District (BSSD) should be organized and managed for the purpose of supporting an educational environment which facilitates staff collaboration and authentic student learning through a guaranteed and viable curriculum (F <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">orm <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">F <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ollows <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">F <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">unction <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">).

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Statement of Problem being addressed: __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Over the last one hundred years, our society has evolved and changed, but the general structure of our public education system has remained constant. Schools have become museums and educators have become the curators.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Initiative: __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Analyze the current SWOT of the BSSD. Then analyze its’ current organizational structure. Brainstorm different models for public education and compare and contrast them to the current model being used. Synthesize all information yielding a new organizational structure/model of public education for BSSD.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Purpose of initiative: __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Reform the Brogan Suburban School District so that it effectively and efficiently serves the publics educational needs of the 21st century, not the 20th century; the information age, not the industrial age.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Thoughts: __

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Time for staff professional development **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> for PLC's, Curriculum Mapping and Prioritization, and Authentic Assessments

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Common planning **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> so instruction and assessments are continuously updated through student data analysis

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Accountability for implementation **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> of initiatives; **training for administration** to monitor and sustain initiatives

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Initiative momentum motivates **educators to** continuously **evaluate and improve through critical self-reflection, inquiry, and collaboration**

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Interdisciplinary **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> instructional approach **becomes habit** for instructional staff

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Commissions end result is to **develop critical thinking and problem solving skills in our students and the means are curriculum, instruction, and assessment; "C, I, &A = Means, Learning how to Learn = End"**

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Initiatives Relationship to ISLLC Standards: __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This organizational management initiative integrates well with each of the first 3 ISLLC standards. However, it specifically addresses standards 2 & 3.

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional **program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth and**

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">ensuring management of the organization, operation, and resources for a safe, **efficient, and effective learning environment.**

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Implementation Ideas: __

//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">1 – Student & Teacher Day __// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It's time to stop doing what we have always done solely because it's what we know and within our comfort zone. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Research suggests that the biorhythms of a teenager are much different than those of children and adults. Teens get up later and go to bed later.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Secondary student day - 9:00AM - 3:45PM. The district will communicate this change with the key stakeholders: staff, students, parents, local employers, after-school activity advisors (A.D.’s, etc…)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Elementary student day - 8:00AM – 2:45PM. The younger students starting earlier and the older students starting later will help families with child care needs in the morning.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The 8-hour workday is contractual. This is industrial age, not informational age, appropriate. Next round of teacher contract negotiations will include this discussion.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The 8-hour teacher workday will be set up so that it creates 1-hour of daily teacher collaboration (PLC) time. This one-hour slot will also be used to prioritize and map the curriculum. It will occur immediately before or after the student day. If the need or desire arises for all teachers in the district to be on the same work day schedule, this can be accomplished with the elementary teachers having PLC time after the student day and secondary teachers before the student day (7:45-3:45)

//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">2 – Achievement Gap __// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Closing the achievement gap early on in a child’s life is extremely important. The sooner the gap is addressed, the quicker and less difficult it will be for the student to catch up to grade level. Although there is an upfront cost associated with early intervention programs, considerable savings are realized by avoiding future remediation and special education services.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Those students not possessing school readiness skills will be placed in a half-day Pre-KG program. Our KG classrooms already are equipped to handle the needs of a Pre KG program (scald proof faucets, bathrooms in each room, partitioned off learning centers, inside and outdoor materials to facilitate the development of fine and gross motor skills, etc…).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To avoid needing to add on to our elementary buildings, the pre kg program will be blocked opposite the KG program. (Pre KG in AM and KG in PM-same classrooms/same teachers).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Also, a successful Pre-KG program à <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> decrease the learning gaps present in the KG students à <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> allowing KG class sizes to be slightly larger à <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">decreasing the number of KG classes needed.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Student selection will be based on school readiness assessments given to students. Multiple parent nights will be held for parents and their pre-KG child. Students attending will take part in informal school-readiness activities. Of course, parents can also ask that their child be assessed for pre-KG.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">For grade 1 and older students who are performing below grade level, we will have school based remediation before and/or after school. Transportation and a snack will be provided by the district.

//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">3 – Full-Time and Part-Time Cyber School Option __// · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">students can take as little as one on-line class or they could enroll full-time as a district cyber student · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">for the full-time students, o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">can now receive a Brogan Suburban HS diploma o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">will be able to participate in district extracurricular activities since the cyber school is part of the school district o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">will be able to participate in graduation ceremony o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">will save lost funding

//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">4 – Grade Spans & School Structure __//

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Main discussion point involves middle school concept · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">If funding is an issue - Pre KG – 5 / 6-8 / 9-12 with a 9/10 house and a 11/12 house that is split in to 2 academies · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">*Pre KG – 6 / 7-10 / 11-12* · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Pre KG – 5 / 6-10 / 11-12 · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Pre KG – 5 / 6-9 / 10-12

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Post Secondary Preparation Academy (PSPA) · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">comprised of two academies o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Higher Ed and Career · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">for students in their final two years of High School · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">push for students to finish the "core” before entering the PSPA - core could be defined as the courses in which the state requires students to pass an end-of-course exam (keystone, national exams, ?)   · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">regardless of the academy chosen, students will experience a curriculum that is aligned to rigorous and relevant college or career readiness standards    · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">also, all students once in their chosen PSPA, will be required to experience on-line learning

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Career Academy · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">students will experience a less classroom-bound education than the 20th century model of public education (preparation similar to aspirations) · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">community partnerships will play an important role in providing learning experiences outside of school · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">students will have access to structured opportunities for career exploration · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">students will see a meaningful context to what they are learning, it will be inherently interdisciplinary and loaded with authentic assessment, and the expectations will come from the real world, not a classroom disconnected from the outside world · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">students would experience industries coming in to school and doing site-based trainings and workshops · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Year l students would experience 3 clusters of their choice · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Year 2 students would be doing half-day at school and half-day of job embedded experience in the cluster they chose as their focus · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">the student experience will involve learning opportunities in workplace and community settings · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">will require programs during non-traditional school hours and in the summer as well

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Higher Education Academy · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">student could choose the IBDP if it fits their needs (No PYP & MYP) · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">students could challenge themselves with AP courses, College in the HS, and/or Dual Enrollment · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">some students will be attending college full-time in their final year · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Teachers and students in this academy will interact with college personnel on a regular basis · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Students will see the purpose and relevance of their program through the relationships that form with the Higher Education representatives · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">this structure must remain flexible – permitting students to enter and exit this academy (provide time for students satisfy requisites) · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">traditionally time is held constant forcing achievement to vary, in the PSPA we will hold achievement constant allowing time to vary (within reason)

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">School Year __ · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">At minimum, two facets of the current school year must change o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">The agrarian Sept – June school calendar o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Students leaving for winter recess before the end of the first semester thus returning two weeks later with the requirement of finishing the semester and taking summative exam on first semester

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Vision with action can change the world." Joel Barkel //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"Worse than having no sight is having sight but no vision" Helen Keller //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"If you aim at nothing you'll hit it every time" //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"Everybody ends up somewhere in life. Some people end up somewhere on purpose. Those are the ones with a vision." // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"Vision is a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the coviction that it should be." // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"A clear, focused vision allows us to experience ahead of time the emotions associated with our anticipated future. These emotions serve to reinforce our commitment to the vision." // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: normal; margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">"Find me someone who lacks motivation and I'll show you someone with little or no vision." //