After each school leadership team reflected on its school culture, community, and the key contributing factors to student growth, they used this information to select the Strategic Plan Indicators that would have the greatest positive impact for their students.  Each school was directed to select two to six indicators on which to focus during the 2018-19 school year.  Certainly, we all know that if we focus narrowly and deeply, we are more likely to realize positive results.  The indicators that this school’s leadership team selected are noted below.

Throughout the next 3 years, schools will focus on their chosen Strategic Plan Indicators as the drivers to increase student engagement and achievement within their schools.  They will choose strategies to help them grow or increase within each indicator and will monitor and evaluate the student and school changes that take place along the journey.  Below you will see what this school imagines their students and school to look like in 2021 after having focused and worked on their chosen indicators for three years.

By the spring of 2020, our students will avidly apply reading behaviors and see themselves as competent and confident readers. A culture of reading and literacy will be evident throughout the school, reinforcing and fostering an appreciation of books and magazines. Adults will see an increase in the percentage of students who read on or above grade level. (Indicators 5 and 6) 

After two years, staff and stakeholders will see students who recognize and appreciate themselves as confident mathematicians who are able to make real-world connections with math. Through consistent use of strategies such as manipulatives, students will develop an understanding of concrete, representational, and abstract concepts. Teachers will cultivate an environment that encourages students to explain their thinking and embrace productive struggle when solving problems. As a result, adults will see an increase in the percentage of students who meet or exceed grade level expectations on standardized Mathematics assessments; and adults will say that students show more stamina with math and their everyday learning. (Indicator 6)

Also by the spring of 2020, students will say that they feel safe in their school, that their interactions are positive and respectful, and that they trust the adults in the school can help them solve problems. Students and parents will routinely engage in open communication with school staff regarding their concerns, reflecting a respectful and safe learning culture. Students and adults will feel supported and cared for by HHES staff. (Indicator 2)

Lastly, after two years, adults will see a consistent pattern of positive, respectful interactions with students. As a result of their efforts to model appropriate interpersonal skills, adults will say that they feel successful in helping students solve problems, interact positively with their peers, and consider others’ perspectives in a culturally responsive manner. (Indicator 2)