1. 2012-13 Key District Initiatives
August 8th, 2012

2. 21st
Century
Learning!

3. District Strategic Plan
District Leadership Team
School/Dept. Leadership Teams
PLC’s (Grade/Content)

6. Alignment, Leadership &
Continuous
Improvement
-Jay Marino

8. BALDRIGE CRITERIA
Strategic
‘Above the Line’
Leadership
Student,
Stakeholder & Strategic Planning
Market
Focus Strategic
Performance
Results
Human
Process
Resource Process
Management
Focus Performance
Results
Information & Analysis
Operational
‘Below the Line’ CORE VALUES

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12. Strategy to break down organizational barriers to enable
Continuous Improvement throughout the District.
Key factors include:
 Encourage innovation, creativity, cost-savings and increased
quality
 Engage all minds and expertise throughout the District
 Utilize improvement ideas from those closest to the work
 Engage shared leadership teams and empower them to
make process improvements on the front line
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13.  Best Practice: Effective organizations engage
their employees in improving quality, efficiency, cost
savings and safety
 Baldrige Criteria: The criteria call for a
standardized process to seek input from employees
and encourage innovation
 Need: As funding decreases, we need innovative
ways to improve quality and reduce costs (front line
employees know best!)
 Data: In recent surveys, employees identified this
as an opportunity for improvement!
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“Continual stakeholder feedback
guides improvement.”
Goal 5: “To obtain efficient,
effective and equitable use of
resources.”
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16. 1. Originate Suggestion Card
2. Leadership Team Review & Assign
3. Implement Idea/Suggestion
4. Complete, Sign-off & Recognize
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19. Facilities & Technology
Lisa Parker

23. Other Key Tasks
• Hickory Grove Elementary School
• Next steps for facilities
• Automation of processes
• Support Services Handbooks/Job
Descriptions
• Department Leadership
Teams

24. Curriculum & Instruction
Lonna Anderson

27. Other Key Tasks
• Implementation of Enrichment Eagles
(grades 3-5)
• Standards based report cards

30. Other Key Tasks
• Social, emotional, behavioral focus
• Coordination of services
• Counselors
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Prevention and intervention services
• Bullying
• Drug and alcohol
• Behavior interventions systems and discipline

31. Human Resources
Erik Christian

34. Other Key Tasks
• Education Reform Initiatives
• Administrator Performance
Evaluation
• Public School Works
• Job Description Creation/Updates
• HRIS (with IT, Finance)

35. 2012-13 Key District Initiatives
August 8th, 2012