Performance of Students With Special Needs – the key focus areas will be:

• Inclusion/Differentiation of Instruction
• Decentralization
• Teacher Quality/Professional Development

Performance of Disadvantaged Students – the key focus areas will be:

• Comprehensive Instructional Support Systems
• Quality Teachers in All Schools and Classrooms
• High Yield Strategies for using Federal Funds

Performance of ELL/LEP Students– the key focus areas will be:

• Immersion vs. Self Contained Classroom Instruction
• Parental Engagement
• Transitions
• Curriculum

Middle-High School Reform – the key focus areas will be:

• Small Learning Communities and Career Academies
• School Climate/Safe Schools
• Graduation Requirements

Human Capital Development – the key focus areas will be:

• Recruitment – We must have excellent teachers
• Development - We must provide professional development
• Retention – We must have the support and instructional leadership to keep teachers

Communications – the key focus areas will be:

• Strategic planning
• Improve internal communications
• Develop key partnerships and engage parents and the community

Informational Technology/Data Management – the key focus areas will be:

• Data-informed decision making that is used by everyone in the district, with principals, teachers and district administration trained to look at student data to develop highly-effective strategies to help students.

Central Office Reorganization – key changes include:

• The Central Office will be organized to support the continuous improvement of teaching, learning, and instructional leadership.
• The highest yield instructional support and leadership strategies will be school based and close to the classroom.
• Move resources from the Central Office into the schools
• All positions will support school instruction