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Strategic Plan

The document outlines the goals and strategic plan of the Minidoka County School District #331 for 2007-2008. The mission is to ensure academic excellence, ethical behavior, and personal responsibility within a caring environment. The vision is for daily increases in learning, growth, and achievement. The strategic plan focuses on three main goals: 1) Improving student achievement in all areas, 2) Promoting a positive and safe educational environment, and 3) Increasing professionalism and improving parent involvement and home-school communication.

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Strategic Plan

The document outlines the goals and strategic plan of the Minidoka County School District #331 for 2007-2008. The mission is to ensure academic excellence, ethical behavior, and personal responsibility within a caring environment. The vision is for daily increases in learning, growth, and achievement. The strategic plan focuses on three main goals: 1) Improving student achievement in all areas, 2) Promoting a positive and safe educational environment, and 3) Increasing professionalism and improving parent involvement and home-school communication.

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Minidoka County School District #331

“Schools and Families Working Together”

Board Members Administration


Brian Duncan, Chairman Dr. Scott A. Rogers, Superintendent
Greer Copeland, Vice-Chairman John Fennell, Assistant Superintendent
Doyle Price, Trustee Betty Miller, Board Clerk
George MacDonald, Trustee Michelle DeLuna, Business Manager
Tammy Stevenson, Trustee

Board Goals &


District Strategic Plan 2007-2008

Mission:
To ensure academic excellence, ethical behavior, and personal responsibility within a caring environment.

Vision:
Daily increases in learning, growth, and achievement.

1. Improve student achievement.


• Board meetings will make improving student achievement the top priority. Establish learning and
growth as top priority in all schools. Participate in lighthouse study for board training.
• Meet the requirements of no child left behind (NCLB) and adequate yearly progress (AYP).
• Improve writing language achievement and math achievement K-12. Maintain growth in reading
performance.
• Support effective intervention and remediation programs like PLATO, peer tutors, extra-help
class periods, language acquisition classes, student advisory programs, alternative education
programs, school-wide and targeted assistance plans to meet the needs of all students.
• Increase graduation rates and lower drop out rates. Improve attendance rates and student
engagement.
• Use data driven decision making and school improvement teams to design programs to meet
AYP.
• Establish and maintain accountability K-12 through aligned grade level standards, effective
assessments, and accurate/timely reporting of data.
• Secondary schools will focus on meeting AYP with more instructional intensity, effective
questioning, time on task, creativity, collaboration, and effective teaching practice.
• Develop alternative methods of educating at-risk students.
• Expand and support effective and best-quality English language learner programs.
• Provide extended learning opportunities for struggling students.
• Provide teacher education on strategies to meet the needs of lower students.
• Improve gifted & talented programs and facilitate accelerated learning for top-end students,
including advanced placement, honors, and dual credit options.
• Maintain current and state-of-the-art technology.
• Support ARTEC charter school and all professional-technical programs.
• Develop and maintain career certification programs, career pathways, and academies.
• Partner with business and industry to maximize exposure to professional-technical programs
using district and community resources.
• Analyze, evaluate, and align educational programs with technical skills for the work place.
• Update infrastructure, equipment, and facilities to support the best possible professional-technical
education.
• Link career opportunities to all academic areas.
633 Fremont Avenue~Rupert~Idaho~83350~Telephone (208) 436-4727~Fax (208) 436-6593~Website www.minidokaschools.org
2. Promote a positive and safe educational environment for all students, patrons, and staff.
• Promote and monitor safety and security, drug and tobacco free schools, positive discipline, and a
desirable environment free from all forms of harassment, violence, and bullying.
• Involvement of all students in curricular and extracurricular programs/activities regardless of
ethnicity or cultural background. Improve cultural sensitivity district-wide.
• Customer service focus, user-friendly schools, and caring environment at all times.
• Engage and recruit private and home school students in our programs using creative options in
dual-enrollment and credit by examination or portfolio review.
• Promote character education programs in each building and district-wide.
• Develop a consistent, positive, fair, and uniform code of conduct.
• Focus on enforcement of student dress code, and eliminating inappropriate displays of affection
and foul language in school.
• Maintain the middle school philosophy and provide adequate funding to implement effective
middle school concepts.
• Develop and maintain a district-wide resource officer program.
• Develop and maintain a risk management and safety program to reduce school and work related
injuries.
• Foster safe and disciplined school transportation.
3. Increase professionalism, and improve parent involvement and home-school communication.
• Develop and implement a plan for the use of volunteers in each building.
• Develop and distribute bilingual brochures for preschool and K-12.
• Celebrate cultural diversity. Train staff in cultural sensitivity to develop improved cultural
competencies.
• Create and communicate opportunities for parental involvement in academic and extra-curricular
activities by building and district-wide.
• Support and involve PTSA/PTO and other parent efforts to improve schools.
• Effective and positive media plan including use of newsletters, web site, and press releases.
• Look for new ways to bridge cultural/social/political gaps and truly involve all students and
families.
• Foster teamwork and involvement with local government agencies and businesses.
• All departments and staff engage families and parents at a higher level.
• Courteous, positive, customer service focused attitudes to improve customer satisfaction with our
schools and programs.
• Maintain highest possible standards in human resources.
• Encourage wellness and safe/healthy lifestyles.
• Recruitment, retention, training, and recognition of highly qualified people to work in our
schools.
• Effective, collaborative and timely staff evaluation and support/mentoring programs.
• Quality, integrated, and focused professional development to continue teacher education and
promote professional learning communities.
• Promote ethical and professional conduct and dress by all employees.
• Faculty and staff meetings will focus primarily on improving student achievement and effective
instruction and leadership.
• Operate within a financially responsible and sound budget.
• Follow capital improvement plan and keep facilities well-maintained and clean.
• Maximize revenues and reduce expenses as educationally sound. Practice conservative
budgeting.
• Continue and improve on the energy conservation program.
• Complete building projects.

“You have not taught until they have learned!”


-Coach John Wooden

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