PALISADES SCHOOL DISTRICT Strategic Plan

Sections of the Strategic Plan Chapter 4 Plan Action Plans Technology Plan Act 48 Plan Teacher Induction Plan Special Education Plan

Our Mission: Palisades School District is a community of learners. We are dedicated to the greatest possible development of all students. Our mission is to guide students as they gain and apply the skills, knowledge, and concepts needed to succeed in a global society. Working collaboratively, we will inspire a passion for learning, a commitment to excellence, and a respect for individuals and diversity.

Our Strategic Planning Team: This dedicated group of individuals from all segments of our school community met for many hours to develop our mission, goals and assumptions, as well as to develop those strategies that are essential to the vision of our district.

Members of the SPT: GROUP 1: Dr. Barnes, Carol Harder, Cindy King, Mrs. Moyer, Grant Newsome (student), Ann Wong GROUP 2: Audrey Colletti, Mr. Hermann, Donna Holmes, Dr. Miller, Colette Parys, Chuck Wagner GROUP 3: Nicole Ammons (student), Ed Baumgartner, Eric Gladfelter, Joan Quinby, Fran Ostrosky, Stephen Wiley GROUP 4: Deborah Bivighouse, Scott Davis, Mr. Kunkle, Joy Scott, Suzanne Patterson

The 6 “Big Buckets” or Strategies: Staff and Leadership Development Community Connections Technology Student and District Life Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Facilities

Staff and Leadership Development Develop and communicate a 5-year vision for the district’s initiatives Create an assessment program to identify staff’s competencies, skills and needs Develop and provide differentiated staff development based on “best practices” Implement a flexible and varied model of individualized professional development Align district’s mission and goals with personnel practices Project, prioritize and fill the district’s leadership needs Develop a method to project and provide for the district’s staffing needs for the next 5 years Janet Link

Community Connections Effectively inform and engage our community through our communications plan for the district Continue to offer extended learning opportunities for all members of our learning community Through collaboration, work towards resolutions that are fair and focused on our mission Develop integrated diversity education plans for students K–12 Develop opportunities for global and cultural connections for our school community Promote service, citizenship and activism among all members of our school community Donna Holmes

Technology Use technology to complete administrative tasks electronically in the classroom and at the building and district levels Provide infrastructure to support and enhance mobile one-to- one computing Provide web-based content to our learning community Integrate technology and curriculum planning to extend curriculum and learning to a system that is cooperative in nature and global in scope Develop an atmosphere of adaptive and differentiated computer learning, with immediate feedback and remediation Dr. Ron Renaldi/Gary Adams

Student and District Life Focus on student engagement Develop student leadership Minimize risk taking behaviors Promote student/school/community wellness Rich Heffernan

CIA: Curriculum We will examine the five year curriculum review process and develop a revision of this process We will integrate technology to assist in the delivery of K-12 curricular content areas We will identify the enduring understandings, global connections, and PA Assessment Anchors that are threaded through and integrated into the K-12 curriculum which foster student engagement in the process of achieving PA Standards as measured by PSSA Dr. Marilyn Miller

CIA: Instruction All teachers will use a variety of technology resources to enhance instruction, include global connections, and impact student learning All teachers will have access to a list of K-12 cross-curricular instructional strategies to ensure consistency of instruction for students All students/teachers will experience real world applications of content Dr. Marilyn Miller

CIA: Assessment We will actively utilize assessment data to improve student learning and performance on PSSA to meet NCLB requirements We will examine all classroom and district- wide assessments and evaluate the information they provide Dr. Marilyn Miller

Facilities To achieve the desired result of meeting the maintenance and capital project needs for all facilities in the Palisades School District, including: Palisades High School Palisades Middle School Durham Nockamixon Elementary Springfield Elementary Tinicum Elementary Warehouse Building Sewer Plant Dave Keppel

What are a few “Next Steps”? SEPTEMBER: Reconvene SPT to discuss program review and budget cycle Secure Board Adoption File E-Strategic Plan Managers appointed for six action plan strategies OCTOBER: Submit Strategic Plan budget to Superintendent and Business Administrator NOVEMBER/DECEMBER: Make presentation of Strategic Plan budget information to the Board Progress of six plan teams will be monitored; progress reported out at the Educational Programs and Service Meeting in May, 2007.