Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

Strategic Objectives Review – January 2012
CURRENT OBJECTIVES
Core Goal: Teacher and Leader Effectiveness
A. Implement a new, innovative and fair evaluation system
for all TPS staff that is based upon feedback and support
and is aligned to enacted Oklahoma legislation.
B. Continue the enhancement of human capital functions
that assures: 1) a pipeline of high quality principals,
teachers and staff, prepared to be effective in an urban
setting; 2) targeted and coordinated evidence-based
development of leaders and teachers.
C. Structure central administration and human capital
resources and establish systems and processes to
support schools and enable campus leadership to focus
on student growth and achievement.
D. Create a culture of high expectations for academic
achievement and conduct that makes no excuses based
on the student’s demographics and/or socioeconomic
status.
G. Explore opportunities for increasing academic learning
time so students have more time in the classroom to
acquire the academic knowledge and skills that will
prepare them for work-force entry or college, and
subsequent career decision making.
H. Develop, track and communicate clear outcome
measures for student learning goals and organizational
goals in order to precisely monitor work that will make a
difference in student achievement. Develop a system for
shared accountability for results.
Core Goal: Performance-Based Culture
A. Improve alignment of District leadership and community
focus on the most critical District aspirations while
fostering an environment of innovation based upon datadriven
decisions.
PROPOSED REVISIONS
Assure that Tulsa Public Schools has an effective teacher in every
classroom, an effective principal in every building and an effective
employee in every position.
B. Continue the enhancement of human capital functions that
assures the effective recruitment, development and retention
of a high-performing workforce prepared to be successful in
an urban setting.
C. Structure central administration and human capital systems to
effectively support schools and enable campus leadership to
focus on student growth and achievement.
F. Create a culture of high expectations for academic
achievement and conduct that makes no excuses based on
students’ demographics and/or socioeconomic status.
MOVE UNDER GOAL 1 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
F. Develop, track and communicate clear outcome measures for
student learning and organizational goals in order to precisely
monitor work that will positively affect student achievement.
Create an environment for sustainable performance improvement and
accomplishment of the District’s Vision, Mission, Core Goals and
Core Beliefs.
A. Improve alignment of district goals and objectives to focus on the
most critical District priorities while fostering an environment of
innovation based upon data-driven decisions.
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