System Strategic Plan

Commerce City Schools

System Strategic Plan 2023-2024

Goal 1: All students will master content at the developing, proficient, and distinguished levels. No more than 10% of students will score at the beginning level on any End of Grade assessment or on any End of Course assessment.

Action Steps	Resource Needs	Person Responsible
Use iReady Reading & iReady Math (grades K-8) and IXL assessment (grades 9-12) to provide personalized and equitable learning for all students. Assess students three times each year/course.	Charter Funds	Principals; Assistant Principals; Curriculum Director
Provide professional learning in content areas K-12 to develop a systematic process for curriculum design to align instruction and assessment with required standards (priority standards).	Marzano instructional framework; state standards for math, ELA, science, and social studies	Curriculum Director; Principals; Assistant Principals; K-12 content teachers
Fully implement practices from Marzano PL sessions- • Establish common grading practices; • Establish student created learning targets to monitor progress; • Establish proficiency scales aligned to priority standards; • Establish a common instructional framework using Marzano planning template (unit plans/lesson plans); and • Establish professional learning communities at each grade/content area with a focus on data analysis to guide instruction	Padlets from Marzano PL	Curriculum Director; Principals; Assistant Principals; K-12 content teachers

Goal 2: 100% of teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators will participate in at least one jobembedded professional learning opportunity focused on meeting student academic needs and/or wraparound services for students and/or teachers.

Action Steps	Resource Needs	Person Responsible
Provide professional learning opportunities K-4; 5-8; 9-12 on the following- • Rigor (Marzano)-What is it? What is it not?; • Classroom ManagementBehaviors; • Challenging gifted and talented learners; • Addressing gaps of special needs learners • Literacy strategies (with a focus on comprehension); • Culture-sensitive and responsive to the cultural, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic make-up of the community we serve; • Addressing needs of limited English proficient learners (growing population) • Effective integration of technology into teaching/learning (C. Hutcheson) • Address professional weaknesses as identified through TKES/LKES selfassessments	Title II-A; State Professional Learning Funds	Curriculum Director • Principals • Assistant Principals • K-12 content teachers • Paraprofessionals

Goal 3: Increase family engagement as measured by the Title II-A and Title I family engagement surveys.

Action Steps	Resource Needs	Person Responsible
Address the request for more online communication with stakeholders- • School System App; • Website; • Facebook; • Twitter; • Instagram; • Thrillshare through AppRooms (interactive communication between schools and stakeholders)	Apptegy Training for Teachers; Apptegy Campaign for Parents/Guardians	Technology Support Specialist; Principals; Assistant Principals; Teachers; System Admin
Provide parent involvement workshops at every level Examples- • Literacy workshops; • Math workshops; • Parenting workshops; • Mental health workshops; • Managing challenging behaviors	Schedules of school events and recreation events to avoid scheduling conflicts	System Admin; School Admin
Fully implement bus software to communicate location of buses and riders	Software- Here Comes The Bus	Transportation Director; System Admin; School Admin; Bus monitors

Our System’s Top 15 Recommendations from the GSBA Vision Project:

Promote public education as the cornerstone of American democracy by publicizing student and school successes through all available media;
In order to provide an environment where studentslearn best, ensure that teachers work and plan together, learn and share effective teaching practices, and are provided support for their ongoing learning;
In order to provide an environment where students learn best, ensure that teachers use a variety of technologies to teach and measure what students know and can do;
In order to provide an environment where studentslearn best, ensure that teachersteach challenging and problem-solving lessons that are flexible enough to meet the interests and needs of individual students;
In order to provide an environment where students learn best, ensure that teachers use varied measures to determine what students know and can do;
Ensure full integration of current technology and training into the classroom;
Continue to develop and maintain a comprehensive data system for monitoring student progress(PreK-12) and making decisions to improve educational practice;
Identify and recruit the most talented candidatesinto teacher preparation programs;
Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of teacher and leader preparation programs;
Develop and implement at the localschool district level an accountability system based on local school district educational goals that are aligned with state educational goals and state accountability system, and which include clearly defined measures of school district, school, and student success;
Develop safe, orderly,supportive learning environments built on respect and encouragement where all individuals believe they can make a positive difference;
Make each school and schoolsystem an inviting place to be for students, parents, staff, and the larger community;
Establish each school as the center or hub of the community in which it exists;
Determine stakeholder perceptions ofschools and school district; and
Develop school and district culturesthat are sensitive and responsive to the cultural, racial, ethnic, and socio-economic make-up of the communities they serve.