Leadership Rapid City In SD the legislature is charged with the constitutional responsibility “to establish and maintain a general and uniform system of public schools Article 8 Section 1-SD Constitution ***Current Lawsuit***

Article 8 Section 1 The stability of a republican form of government depending on the morality and intelligence of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature to establish and maintain a general an uniform system of public schools wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all; and to adopt all suitable means to secure to the people the advantages and opportunities of education

Leadership Rapid City The legislature has delegated the responsibility to an educational team operating at the state and local level SD Board of Education: Kelly DuncanMarilyn Hoyt Don KirkegaardStacy Phelps Glenna FoubergTerry Sabers Richard GowenPatricia Simmons Phyllis Heineman

Leadership Rapid City Appointed by Governor Consent of Senate Term of Office 4 Years Shall meet four times annually Two members must represent Vocational Education

Leadership Rapid City Department of Education Secretary of Education-appointed by Governor Tom Oster General supervision of accredited elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary technical institutes

Leadership Rapid City Local School Board-SDCL Elected body created according to the laws of the state to serve as the governing board of the school district (Role) Leah LutheranSheryl Kirkeby Brett SwansonDoug Kineburgh Suzan NolanJeff Nelson Brad Otten3-student reps

Leadership Rapid City Law provides an Annual Meetingg the 2 nd Monday of July unless otherwise designated RCAS-1 st /3 rd Thursday 5:30 PM Quarterly-4 th Thursday 5:30 Pm-WDT Board meetings are open to public but not open meetings—Public participation is controlled by the Board

Leadership Rapid City A majority of the Board is a quorum All members vote-even chairperson Qualifications: must be a registered voter, live in district, 18 years old and not a teacher

Leadership Rapid City Superintendent-hired by School Board (Role) Executive Team Building Leadership Teaching Staff Support Staff

Leadership Rapid City Elementary-15 Middle School-5 High Schools-2 Alternative High School-1 Post Secondary Technical Institute-1

Leadership Rapid City Enrollment: 13,340 Elementary: 6,326 Middle School: 2,962 High School: 4,052 Post Secondary: 1,152 K-12 Staff: 1500 Post Secondary Staff-120

Leadership Rapid City K-12 Ethnicity White 74.48% Native American: 19.75% Hispanic: 2.56% African America: 1.87% Asian: 1.34%

Leadership Rapid City Budget $199,387,609+33% General Fund: $80,764, %

Leadership Rapid City Facility Upgrade Collaborative Goal Setting-Strategic Planning School Attendance Boundaries Graduation Rate at High School

Leadership Rapid City Leading a successful enterprise calls upon everyone to know the organization’s purpose. Public education has to be clear in its purpose if schools are to grow and prosper.

RCAS Mission Building a community of life long learners, one student at a time.

Leadership Rapid City To embrace learning rather than teaching as a school’s mission, to work collaboratively to help all students learn, to focus on results to foster continuous improvement and to assume individual responsibility to take steps to create such a school.

Leadership Rapid City A purposeful community is one with the collective efficacy and capability to develop and use assets to accomplish purpose and produce outcomes that matter to all community members through agreed-upon process

Leadership Rapid City Are the processes that lead to patterns of communication, relationships among community members, a sense of well- being, connections between the school and other institutions, shared leadership opportunities, and a sense of order and discipline

The Three C’s of Community Building Confront the Brutal Facts Communication (Effective) Collaboration

Confront the Brutal Facts Create a culture where the truth is heard! Includes four basic practices: Lead with questions, not answers Engage in dialogue and debate, not coercion Conduct autopsies, without blame Build red flag mechanisms that turn information into information that cannot be ignored

Communication Superintendent Website –Community Blog –Staff Blog –Twitter Feed –Streaming Video Presentation –Presentations –Links

What does this all mean??? We need to implement a strategic approach to create an environment of high quality learning Critical Steps: Point to the Destination Script the Critical Moves Build New Habits

Big Ideas #1-Focus on Learning: Are We Clear as to Our Purpose Learning outcomes are clearly articulated to all stakeholders in the school, and each student’s attainment of the outcomes is carefully monitored. Staff members work together to enhance their effectiveness in helping students achieve learning outcomes. The school has developed systems to provide more time and support for students experiencing initial difficulty in achieving the outcomes

Big Ideas #2-Collaborative Culture: Staff Working Together Staff function as a team. They work collaboratively to identify collective goals, develop strategies to achieve those goals, gather relevant data, and learn from one another. Unlike a work group, they are characterized by common goals and interdependent efforts to achieve those goals

Big Ideas #3-Govern by Results Teams of teachers are hungry for information on results. They gather relevant data and use these data to identify improvement goals and to monitor progress toward the goals