Project Team MSBA – local school board members MASA – local school superintendents and other stakeholders MSBA/MASA Board of Directors Co-chairs of Planning Teams and executive directors of MASA and MSBA Steering Committee Superintendents, local board of education members and association staff Planning team Experience in facilitation, planning and educational issues Facilitator/Coordinator Authorize project Approve final report Provide project oversight Approve final report Develop recommendations Adopt final report Coordinate and facilitate activities of planning teams Oversee drafts and final report GroupRepresentationKey Functions

Project Model & Structural Framework Area of Focus Teaching & Learning Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations Area of Focus Early Learning Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations Area of Focus Human & Org. Capital Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations Area of Focus Governance, Leadership & Accountability Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations Area of Focus Climate, Culture & Org. Efficacy Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations Area of Focus Resources – Physical Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations Visioning Document Dissemination Strategy Review PlanApprove Plan Implementation Plan Steering Committee & MSBA/MASA BOD Planning Teams Area of Focus Resources – Financial Guiding Principles Key Issues Promising Practices Recommendations

Overarching goal: To create a world-class educational experience for all of Missouri’s students

Teaching, Learning and Assessment  Provide a rigorous core curriculum  Integrate technology at all grade levels and across all subjects  Differentiate teaching methods and instructional time for every public school student in Missouri according to his or her needs and abilities.  Attract the most talented individuals to the teaching field

Early Learning and Student Success  Provide every family in Missouri with access to a voluntary, free, quality preschool program  Form partnerships with families to strengthen support systems for children  Establish a coordinated early learning system that aligns the efforts of all preschool learning opportunities

Climate, Culture and Organizational Efficacy  Make every school building in Missouri an inviting and safe place for every student, parent, staff and the larger community  Create an overall culture of high expectations through effective leadership  Encourage innovative programs and enable districts to share knowledge and best practices

Human and Organizational Capital  Attract and retain high-quality teachers in every Missouri school district by providing excellent salaries and benefits  Implement performance-based evaluations for teachers, principals and superintendent  Provide staff with excellent professional development opportunities

Physical Resources  Provide state support for school construction and renovation that will enable every Missouri student to be educated in a quality learning environment  Establish standards to accommodate technology in school facilities  Develop a strategic alliance with communities on the use of school facilities

Governance, Leadership and Accountability  Ensure that local, state and federal education policy be focused on providing the best education for students, not on partisan ideology  Develop an accountability system to drive and inform instructional practice, administrative leadership and governance decisions  Create an environment that actively supports innovation

Financial Resources  Provide an adequate and equitable school finance system that will place Missouri in the top ten in rankings of state support for school funding.  Develop research-based definitions of measures of adequate and equitable school funding  Evaluate the effectiveness of economic development tools that have an impact on school funding