1. Zone 2 / Area B Strategic Planning Follow Up December 14 th, 2011 Please take a lunch.

2. Objectives for Today Review zone vision Review and revise existing goals Review/discuss zone-specific goals(goal 10) Next steps

3. Zone Vision Draft Draft of zone vision: http://tinyurl.com/6mtn7urhttp://tinyurl.com/6mtn7ur Word bank from Dec. 9: http://tinyurl.com/7pxlhgqhttp://tinyurl.com/7pxlhgq Initial Thoughts?

4. Feedback Zone Structure Collaboration Zone community marketing Ease transitions Increase enrollment Easier to implement change, understand differences between/within schools Systematic alignment of curriculum and assessments Collegiality among leaders Community synergy potential (parents and other partnerships) Pathways for families, keep kids closer to home, busing & savings

5. Feedback Cambridge Synthesis of Strengths &Needs Area needs to back up buildings with money to support staff and pd Need for exemplars, coaching and pd on differentiation, data analysis and learning targets Commonality of pd and implementation Time needed to learn student needs, assist teachers in working efficiently as a group to meet student needs. Use structures in place Specific data pd. What data is important to use? How to implement, follow up and evaluate implementation? What do data teams look like?

6. Feedback Area Parent Meeting Remember to listen to the voice of all parents Schools and the Area need to drive the conversation Clear consistent communication from school to school with clear expectations for everyone (teachers, principals, data, and student experiences/needs/interventions) Vertical and consistent alignment of communication/curriculum/transitions

7. Feedback Results MPS Data Data doesn’t show the whole picture Data impacts marketing Need for more data and specific information on variables that were addressed More clarity on value added and how to talk about the data ACT score discrepancy between H.S.’s and variable of who takes test

8. Next Steps January 16 th Draft Due 19 th Principals (GoToMeeting) 23 rd Brief Associate Sups and Chief Academic Officer – Area plans (commonalties, missed, coherence building) 29 th Area B Parent Meeting (with principals?) 31 st Present Plan to CEO