This is the second in a four-part series around the district's 2023-24 Strategic Priorities. This week I'll provide more detail about College and Career Readiness, one of the four priority areas of the Strategic Plan.
College and Career Readiness is the meat and potatoes of the Strategic Plan. In order for all of our students to be prepared for their future, MSAD 51 schools have a responsibility and obligation to ensure that we provide academic rigor and a wide range of academic offerings. Our educators are tasked with creating environments of respect and rapport, establishing a culture for learning, managing classroom procedures, managing student behavior, organizing physical space, setting instructional outcomes, demonstrating knowledge of content, demonstrating knowledge of students, designing coherent instruction, designing and using student assessments to inform student learning, communicating with students using questioning and discussion techniques, engaging students in their learning, and demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness in meeting all learning needs.
In order to support our educators and staff in meeting student academic needs with the demanding expectations as outlined above, each school and district department is charged with developing an annual Site Improvement Plan (SIP). At the district level, this year's academic focus areas include reviewing best practices in writing, vertical articulation of the mathematics curriculum, and data analysis to inform interventions and other academic follow up. At each school, these improvement plans focus on responding to these overall questions:
What should students learn? (Standards and Curriculum)
How do we know they’re learning it? (Assessments)
What do we do when they’re not learning it? (Interventions)
What do we do when they already know it? (Extensions)
To learn more about the 2023-24 SIP, visit these links:
Instructional Support/Academic Services
Mabel I. Wilson School
Greely Middle School 4-5
Greely Middle School 6-8
Greely High School
