BLUEPRINT 2.0 OUR WAY FORWARD

OUR WAY FORWARD:
DELIBERATE EXCELLENCE
Blueprint 2.0 provides the strategic direction to focus Team BCPS on
creating a school system culture where excellence is the norm. This
ambitious five-year plan sets forth the vision, purpose, and core beliefs
of Team BCPS and establishes the goals and progress indicators that
will be used to monitor and report progress.
As system activities and functions are aligned with
Blueprint 2.0, BCPS will build on past successes and
confront long-term challenges:
Creating a culture of deliberate excellence
for every student,
every school,
every community
GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE GRADUATES
To equip every student with the critical 21st century
skills needed to be globally competitive, BCPS
must ensure that every school has an equitable,
effective digital learning environment, and every
student has equitable access to learning and
developing proficiency in a second language.
• Anticipating enrollment increases and providing safe
and secure academic environments that fully support
21 st century teaching and learning require facility and
other infrastructure upgrades.
• Ensuring that every student has ample opportunities
to acquire 21 st century skills requires a world-class
curriculum.
• Implementing innovative approaches to teaching
and learning that include virtual instruction, credit
recovery programs, and additional resources for
low-performing schools are necessary to provide
effective instruction for every student.
• Utilizing a comprehensive data system is needed to
provide students, families, and staff ready access to
information that impacts teaching and learning –
especially student performance data. The same
data system will be used systemwide for the robust
performance management and other systems that
will be in place to maximize the effectiveness and
efficiency of all parts of the organization.
The plan also highlights the strategies and key actions
that will be implemented to fulfill the commitment that
every student – every single student in every one of
BCPS’ schools – will have an effective education with
the academic rigor and supports needed to reach his or
her potential and to develop the 21 st century skills and
knowledge required to be a successful global citizen.
• Continuing to make student safety a priority. To
address school safety, preventive measures such
as expanding student support services, instituting
anti-bullying and other proactive, anti-violence
strategies, and researching and using best practices
for security measures and equipment to optimize
safety are included.
11 BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BLUEPRINT 2.0: OUR WAY FORWARD 2014-2018