Dr. Timothy Mitchell Rapid City Area Schools

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful” Zig Ziglar

*Debris Clean-up *Water Damage *Roof Issues-Summer Hail Damage *Food – Cold Storage Issues Two Separate Incidents

Priority Task #1 All Students Learning at High Levels Priority Task #2 Fiscal Responsibility Priority Task #3 Infrastructure Development

Priority Task #4 Personnel Priority Task #5 Policy Development and Revision Priority Task #6 Miscellaneous Legislative Session and School Safety

Calendar Amendment SDCL-Minimum Standards-K, 1-3 & 4-12 (962.5 hrs) RCAS Base: 1200 hrs WE support more instructional time than almost every district in the state—even with PLC release Make-up: May 23, May 27 & May 28

Professional Learning Communities- More Clarity and Coherence Right People-Right Place-Right Time Curriculum-Assessment-Instruction Not Just on Wednesday-Culture Shift

Common Core Adopt by SD Board of Education-November 2010 Language Arts and Math Rigorous set of expectations for students Implementation school year Nov 6 Public Information Session: Common Core – 6:30 PM -- RCHS Historic Theatre

Race to Top Grant-$25 Mill Resources: People-Training-Technology Standardization to Individualization Provide a system of interventions and enrichments Next Steps: When we do not get the grant

Dropout Prevention New Job Description for position Success Facilitators (2) Review of current programming Task Force formation

Fall Enrollment 13, Fall Enrollment 13, Budget: 13,850

Budget Process-Similar to Budget Calendar Approved FTE counts submitted Health Insurance-proposed benefit change Capital Outlay requests submitted Audit presented to School Board Legislative Session Begins Federal Education Funding

Salary Schedule Task Force Must be Competitive Provide Flexibility Consider all Components of Compensation Communicates What is Important Serves a Purpose-Be Reliable

Health Insurance District Wellness Committee Representative for each building Incentive for Wellness Screening Participation District-wide programming for staff

Five Year Capital Outlay Plan Board Study Session Current Debt Review- Toby Morris Proposed Five Year CO Plan

Finalize Lease w/Rapid City Performing Arts Coalition Establishment of new Governance Structure PAC-City-School Partnership Lease Completed and ready for next step

Teacher/Principal Effectiveness Pilot **Improve instruction and student learning **Encourage professional relationships **Use of multiple measures **Establish clear expectations (Danielson Framework) **Fair, Flexible and Research-based **Used to inform personnel decisions

Policy Implementation-Facility Use (KG) Purpose: Make space available to public, consistent application and recoup costs of operation Applications Received: 230+ Organizations Created: 177 Most Use-Class I and Class III Least Use Class IV and V

KDD Media Relations Primary Goal: Keep the Public Informed **Press has legal right to visit our schools with restrictions **No legal right to disrupt student learning **No one is required to talk with media **District has right to ensure safety and privacy of students

KDD Media Relations **Guidelines cover the difference between Public Events and School Day **Nothing in policy/guidelines restricts expression of personal opinion **Superintendent or designee will represent the district position on all matters **Guidelines have been developed for the purpose of consistent application

Communication Task Force New Policy Implementation DRAFT-Media Guidelines Impact of Social Media Task Force formation

Monitor Legislative Session Nov 12 Legislative Breakfast – 7:00 AM – 1 st Floor Community Room Actively Involved: ASBSD, SASD, SDSSA, Large School Group and USA Group All education groups coming together with consistent proposals

Summer Study-Education Funding **Increase the # of school days by 2 each year for 5 years for a total increase of 10 days **Raise the PSA by 3.8% to $4805 (8-7) **Provide funding to add training days for technology **Plan to gradually reduce the use of Capital Outlay flexibility **Minimum funding base of 2%

Summer Study-Education Funding **Dollars for use of evidence-based strategies **Dollars for teacher salaries **Change index factor to 3% or more **Change the CPI

School Safety Emphasis: Mitigation and Internal Communication Crisis Planning-consistent (DOE Template) Debrief after every incident

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” --Randy Pausch