January, 2012 Governing Board Retreat

PUSD Strategic Plan Student Learning Data-Driven Decision Making Capacity Development Community Connectedness

Student Learning  Increase the Average Composite Score on ACT  State Assessment Scores in Math and Reading  High School Graduation Rates for PUSD Students  Increase Enrollment in Current Signature School Programs  Demonstrate Sound Fiscal Management Through Captured Efficiencies Outside of the Classroom  Dollars in the Classroom (percentage from ADE report)

Data-Driven   Piloted at 11 schools last year  Formalized the process this year in order to begin implementing it in all schools  Country Meadows chosen to test the new process  All Instructional and Curriculum Specialists have been trained in order to support the process moving forward  Nine teachers have been trained at Country Meadows to serve as leaders on the campus

Data-Driven   Worked with staff from all over the District to complete the audit of our PUSD systems  Teams were assigned to each Standard  Teams worked to report the findings on their standard  Standards Assessment Report (SAR) is complete and was submitted to AdvancED on December 22nd  Quality Assurance Review (QAR) Team will visit PUSD February 5-8 to check alignment to our SAR report

Capacity Development   Developments since May, 2011 Board approved the new Peoria Teacher Evaluation Process Administrators have been through over 40 hours of training on the new Peoria Teacher Evaluation Process Teachers have been through 4 modules of training on the new Peoria Teacher Evaluation Process Teachers created goals and a self-reflection All administrators have completed one evaluation on their non-continuing teachers (less than 3 years in PUSD)

Capacity Development   Future Plans for Spring and Summer, 2012 An electronic survey will be administered to all teachers and administrators about the Peoria Teacher Evaluation Process Data will be used to gage progress and make adjustments Committee of almost 100 teachers across several grades levels and content areas has been convened to look at adding the data piece for the 33% to 50% of student achievement data to the Peoria Teacher Evaluation Process per ARS Committee of principals and assistant principals has been convened to draft a new principal evaluation process that is aligned with the teacher evaluation process  Goal is to seek board approval in late April or early May

Capacity Development   Work to attain 100% Highly Qualified (HQ) workforce  Put systems in place streamline the dissemination of HQ applications to staff  Implementation of new Peoria Teacher Evaluation Process that identifies high performers  Supporting District Administrators with the improvement process for certified staff  Developing increased compensation plan for current District employees

9 Community Connectedness  Campus Suggestion Boxes  Electronic Suggestion Boxes  District on Social Media  12 Schools on Facebook  Customer Service Survey  Cross-Communication with the City of Peoria  United Way Pull the Bus with the City of Peoria  E-Board Updates  Phone Survey  Athletic Forum  Enhanced Employee Communications  21 st Century Education Forum  City of Glendale Immunization Clinics