Buena Vista School District February 6, 2017 ENDS Report Priority #1 Building Professional and Community Collaboratives Buena Vista School District February 6, 2017

Student Centered Accountability Build Professional and Community COLLABORATIVES Instruct with focus on THINKING STRATEGIES and FEEDBACK Create spaces of OPTIMISM Establish SAFE and HEALTHY Learning Environments ​

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Share instruction and assessment between PK and K-5 Early School Director & Elementary Principal Begin & Implement: Fall 2016 Sustain: Fall 2017  

District Priority 1 Alignment of CTACHS and TS GOLD

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Use Co-Teaching model at MMS to support student growth and teacher growth SPED Director, Middle School Principal, Teachers Begin: Summer 2016 Implement: 2016-17 Sustain: 2019-20  

MMS engaged in professional learning this year around co-teaching and continue to improve in their ability to utilize the various stances of co-teaching as they become more comfortable working with their colleagues.   MMS Early Release Book Study on Co-Teaching   MMS next steps: various team use all 4 of the different co-teaching stances and share findings.  Teachers who don’t have a co-teaching classroom will try some different things with their paraprofessionals they work with, as described in the readings.   A follow-up and introduction to co-teaching training will occur in June 2017 District Priority 1

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Utilize Instructional Coaches  District Administration, Principals, Coaches Begin: Summer 2016 Implement: 2016-17 Sustain: 2018-19  

District Priority 1 Instructional Coaches: One-on-one coaching - forging strong, collaborative relationships with teachers in our buildings Professional learning - forming professional communities via small-group instruction in such areas as visual thinking, educational technology, and peer book study groups

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Establish time for department and cross-department (SPED and general) planning District Administration, Principals, Coaches Begin: 2017-18 Implement: 2018-19 Sustain: 2019-20  

District Priority 1 Teachers have found ways to establish common planning times at least once a week.   In some cases that means that they use the co-teaching 4 days a week and use the last day for planning.   Kindra Johnson co-teaches 6 different classes (3 ELA and 3 Math) with 5 different teachers for all grade levels

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Provide shared opportunities to score and analyze student CTACH assessments District Administration, Principals, Coaches, Teachers Begin: 2016-17 Implement: 2017-18 Sustain: 2018-19  

District Priority 1 IDA days continue to be offered for shared scoring Re-establish in 2017-18 through PL days that were needed for adjustment to schedule in 16-17

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Establish relationships with the Buena Vista School District community by communicating vision and being transparent with decisions Superintendent Begin & Implement: 2016-17 Sustain: 2017-18  

District Priority 1 Membership in Chamber and CCEDC Principal regular meetings with law enforcement Meeting with DHS Safety Plan Development in collaboration with community Community meetings regarding Building Project Town Trustees- Land Swap Website Board Connections

TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION District Priority 1 ACTION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TIME FRAME FOR BEGINNING, IMPLEMENTING, & SUSTAINING ACTION UPDATE OF ACTION Strengthen partnership between CCHS and BVHS/MMS Superintendent, Principals, Teachers, Students Begin: 2016-17 Implement: 2017-18 Sustain: 2018-19  

District Priority 1 Communication and collaboration has begun with: Scott came to CCHS to learn about the school Mike met with BVHS staff to discuss CCHS Discussion on sharing resources and offering BVHS classes to CCHS students began Drafts of contracts and eligibility criteria begun CCHS invited to BVHS dance CCHS math teacher sharing duties at BVHS Students from MMS coming to CCHS for Freshman year when appropriate Projected : Begin conversations about the fundamental roles and cultural beliefs of CCHS and BVHS

Buena Vista School District February 6, 2017 ENDS Report Priority #1 Building Professional and Community Collaboratives Buena Vista School District February 6, 2017