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.

Increased stakeholder engagement opportunities will be planned throughout the year, both on and off campus, to engage with parents/community stakeholders in conversations about events and initiatives related to the school. Using PBIS to improve the school climate through evidence of staff and student appreciation/recognition throughout the building. 

Students will feel safe and welcomed when they enter the doors of Chesapeake HS.  They will see  staff members who want to engage and challenge them in a supportive rigorous environment.  They will see themselves throughout the building in visual displays and take pride in what it means to be a Chesapeake Cougar.  They will also find support for their social and emotional needs.  They will feel the adults care about them and know their stories.  They will build strong relationships with one another other and with their teachers.  Lastly, they will feel prepared to take on the challenges of life after high school.

Adults will feel invested in the success of Chesapeake.  They will feel heard and appreciated when it comes to the mission and vision of the school.  They will seek to challenge students to be the best version of themselves they can be, regardless of perceived limits to their abilities.  They will take pride in being a part of the Chesapeake family and value the relationships they have with one another.  They will also feel empowered to change the status quo and seek ways to engage and challenge students to best meet the students’ needs.

A school-wide approach to academic success of all students where regardless of the class, the skills needed for success will be practiced and reinforced in all areas.  Staff in assessed areas will work collaboratively to taylor instruction to meet the specific needs of all students.  They will not only seek out professional development, but will readily incorporate these skills and concepts into their daily lessons.  We will also be proactive to actively engage reluctant learners by ensuring they have the requisite skills to be successful in school.  We will find alternative ways to reteach material to ensure students can achieve success after initial failure.  We will use researched based programs to improve instruction by taking AVID school-wide and using other available programs to support teachers in their efforts to reach their students.

Students will interact with a staff that cares for them and actively works to build relationships with them.  They will find classrooms that offer alternative seating arrangements and lessons that foster student collaborations.  They will find there are avenues to success after failure as well as opportunities to improve their grades within the school day.