District Improvement Plan
2005-2008

Executive Summary

The Superintendent of Schools and the Greenfield Public Schools Administrative Team established four major goals for the Greenfield Public School District. These guide the improvement efforts of the Greenfield Public Schools. They include:

1. Design and adopt a curriculum and accountability system that is consistent across the district.

2. Establish school improvement goals to drive increased student achievement based upon data.

3. Ensure that instruction responds to the learning needs of each student based upon ongoing assessment that leads to the achievement of essential outcomes.

4. Improve the district and school culture by increasing parental and community involvement as well as maintaining safe, clean, orderly schools.

5. Promote initiatives that provide school staff, teachers, principals, and administrators with the capacity to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction that are aligned with challenging academic content and Massachusetts curriculum standards through such means as high quality professional development training.

To assist us in realizing these goals, the District Improvement Plan spells out specific strategies to be undertaken in an action plan for each of the four goals. The action plans specify a timeline for implementation as well as the evidence that will be collected to ensure progress is being made. The responsibilities of individual departments are also laid out in this document. The District Improvement Plan is data-driven and results oriented. It identifies specific areas of weakness in student achievement and subgroup of students in need of further support in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The plan is informed not only by district data but also by data that emerged from the individual school improvement planning processes and will be reviewed annually. The purpose of this document is to ensure that we are not just compliant with DOE regulations but that we are going above and beyond by guiding our actions regarding instruction and resource purchases by data from student achievement.

In order to streamline mandated documentation, the Department of Education (DOE) recommends a consolidated district improvement planning format that includes the following:

•  District Professional Development Plan

•  District Curriculum Accommodation Plan

•  Individual Student Success Plan document

•  New Teacher Induction Plan

•  Mathematics Work Plan

These documents are included in the appendix of this plan. The Professional Development Plan is based on the identified needs of the district and individual schools in English Language Arts and Mathematics. It offers researched-based teaching strategies to increase teachers' skills and improve outcomes for all students.

The District Improvement Plan outlines the focus and direction of the work of the Greenfield Public School District over the next three years. It is our intent that this document:

• highlight areas of focus for the current school year;

• guide the actions of all staff for the school years 2005-2008;

• build collaboration among individual schools and departments.

Our improvement efforts will focus on consistent implementation of standards and assessment, professional development that supports teachers in the use of researched-based strategies, and accountability at all levels to ensure improved student achievement.

Page last updated: July 15, 2008

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