2009-2010 Comprehensive District Improvement Plan - Jefferson ...
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JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS<br />
COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN:<br />
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR <strong>2009</strong>-10 AND BEYOND<br />
Goal 4: Improve Organizational Effectiveness<br />
We will improve organizational effectiveness by aligning district resources (i.e., human, fiscal, time, physical<br />
space) in ways that bring coherence and clarity to our efforts to improve instruction and school culture,<br />
particularly for schools not meeting all of their goals.<br />
Strategy 6: Enhance the Capacity for Innovation and Instructional <strong>Improvement</strong><br />
We will continue to build the capacity of the Gheens Institute for Innovation to promote and test new and<br />
creative ideas that will strengthen collaborative professional culture; effective instructional practice; and student<br />
understanding, meaning, and connection. We will encourage a culture of innovation through district awards for<br />
teams of teachers and individuals. We will collaborate in seeking grant opportunities, conducting research and<br />
professional-development activities, and promoting innovative practices.<br />
Sponsor: Arthur Camins<br />
ACTION STEPS IMPLEMENTER(S) START BY FINISH<br />
BY<br />
1. Promote innovation through the annual Pioneer<br />
Award and the Creativity and Entrepreneurship<br />
Awards.<br />
2. Launch a website to promote innovation and the<br />
visibility of the Gheens Institute for Innovation.<br />
3. Promote and highlight innovation through the schoolyear<br />
publication of three quarterly issues of the<br />
newsletter Institute Insights.<br />
4. Promote and highlight innovation through forums with<br />
external experts.<br />
5. Support the development of the environmental<br />
studies magnets at Cane Run and Portland<br />
Elementary schools to ensure curricular integration<br />
and design of outdoor learning space, including<br />
implementation of our EPA and E.ON U.S. grants,<br />
6. Support the development of the Institute for Creativity<br />
and Innovation magnet at Maupin Elementary School<br />
in partnership with Spalding University<br />
7. Support research, development and additional<br />
funding opportunities for innovative approaches to<br />
social studies education, such as One Community,<br />
One Nation (OCON), Facing History, and Choices.<br />
8. Support the introduction of innovative practices, such<br />
as universal design for learning, through the piloting<br />
of and research on Thinking Reader in middle school<br />
classrooms.<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Sondra Ferren<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Kim Goff<br />
DeVone Holt<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Pat Todd<br />
Amy Dennes<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Paul Graseck<br />
Arthur Camins<br />
Sandy Ledford<br />
Sharon Davis<br />
Bob Rodosky<br />
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