Reflection On Local Control Accountability Plan Meetings

The Wilson School District Board of Directors meets on the first and third Monday of each month to guide the operations of the district through six strategic vision planks. These planks seek to: improve upon or expand Wilson’s portfolio, grow Wilson regionally and nationally, increase organizational agility and capacity, engage in creative development of new and existing infrastructure, create a flatter organizational structure, and control for fiscal accountability. The following is a summary of the meeting which occurred on September 18, 2017, along with observations and conclusions from the perspective of a future district administrator.

Walker-Davidson announced, “I am thrilled to serve the district and the community in this new capacity. For the past four years I have served as the ABC district middle school principal and I feel that has provided me with a great foundation for moving forward. I am excited to work with the administrative team and staff in order to continue the academic growth within our school district. It is my personal goal to increase the graduation rate, test scores, and the availability of career readiness programs, as well as obtaining and training expert staff members.” Dr. Walker-Davidson went on to explain her mission for the school district to be: success driven, education focused, and student centered. I plan on carrying out this mission with expert educators, dedicated staff members, and community involvement.”

Once the team’s vision had been established, we became very honest about our personal and professional strengths and our target areas of growth. From this conversation, the team was able to clearly define the focus and responsibilities of the PLC Leader and individual team members. The meeting was successful and everyone is excited about working together. Our vision will remain in the forefront of our meetings, reminding us to always provide a climate in our classrooms that fosters thoughtful and respectful consideration of all viewpoints.

The principal conducted several meetings with stakeholders during the summer months to collect data and feedback to assess needs of the school. Our professional learning community team and principal participated in district training throughout the year over the summer.

In addition, the past several years have seen recent changes to administration at both schools. Three years ago the long-time middle school principal retired and a new principal was hired from outside the district. This principal was surprised at the lack of collaboration between the schools and would like there to be more. Last spring, the long-time principal of the high school passed away after a battle with cancer that brought the entire community together. The high school’s assistant principal, who was acting principal during the principal’s medical leave, was hired as the principal. He, too, seems ready to build better collaboration between the schools. Now seems to be a great time to begin the collaboration that is needed between the two schools.

The situation with Detroit Public Schools has been taking turns for the worse. Every day it seems like something is adding up to the pile of Detroit Public School District issues. DPS has been considered as “The Worst School District” in the country. DPS have been struggling to improve the school district, The district has been trying for decades as nothing has been working. Detroit Public Schools main issues that need to be tackled down includes: unhealthy environments, oversized classrooms, and the district’s unbalance of power.

The plan outlines five goals that we have found for our school district. These goals show our commitment to provide the highest possible standards of education for all students in our district and to ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all members of our community. We consider understanding individual differences in each student and teacher so that we can adopt the appropriate programs of study for them of the utmost importance.

I have spent numerous hours crying and prayed daily that the Lord would give me patience, strength, understanding and lead me in the direction that is best for all families. As the director of Largo Learning Academy my first priority is the safety and well-being of our children. With this in mind, there will be a few changes made for the upcoming fall

The agenda was precise and followed routine procedures regarding presentation of information. As usual the local school board of Cullman City Schools was very clear and methodical in the presentation of the agenda and maintained a strong sense of professionalism throughout the meeting. The groups that asked questions and had concerns seemed to very pleased with the responses that they received from the school board. The information that was provided to the various groups and parents helped the various groups gain a better understanding of the school board’s position on specific topics all while providing a clear understanding of the overall outcome that the school is wishing to achieve. The announcement of another special called board meeting on October 9th, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. was made. This announcement was made to inform all individuals who wish to attend, the opportunity to once again be a part of the ongoing discussion and search for the next superintendent of Cullman City

Every school district has board meetings throughout the school year. Unfortunately, many parents, community members, & school personnel do not attend such important meetings because they don’t realize or understand the importance of such board meetings or how informative they can be. According to Kankakee School District (2017), the Kankakee School District Board of Education is composed of seven elected members, who were elected by the citizens of Kankakee to serve a four-year term that do not receive no salary for they services, are committed to ensuring a quality of educational excellence that will enhance the opportunities and challenges facing today’s student and additional responsibilities that board members include are selection of the District superintendent, developing general polices according to wishes of the community and requirements of law, hiring school personnel based upon recommendation of the Superintendent and the Assistant Superintendent of Personnel, adopts salary schedules, approves funds to finance school operations, must adopt and review the annual operating budget for the District, and setting the property tax levy to produce adequate funds to meet the District’s financial needs ranks among the responsibilities of the Board of Education (Retrieved from https://www.ksd111.org/domain/68). For this paper, the Kankakee School District board meeting will be used, information learned from board meeting, use of

I would like to schedule a meeting with the Program and Staff Development Unit. This will be a working meeting so please select a time that accommodates a longer meeting schedule. Below you will find areas that KSU Cooperative Extension Program will focus on, please review this list before our meeting to have a better understanding. During this meeting we will divide responsibilities based on interest, technical, conceptual, and human skills. Everyone will have a lead focus area, secondary focus area, and supporting focus area. More information will be covered in our meeting see image below. Lastly, you will find a tentative agenda for this meeting below. If you have any suggestions or items you would like to discuss

At Havering, the common shared value between the Local Authority and the Schools allows us to plan long term and short term goals that benefits students and staff. By communicating with the schools we can understand what their needs are and how collaborating can mutually benefit both parties and can live up to or exceed their expectations.

The 2016-2017 school year has been one with mixed emotions. Public education has been faced with its biggest challenges and most tumultuous times. It is by God’s grace as an educational leader that we have been able to stay true to ourselves and remain on course in fulfilling our vision to better serve and meet the needs of our most important asset, the students in our respective district.

I acted as the audience here and just sat back to observe. I noticed that there weren’t many people in attendance. Then once the meeting started, it was very fast paced and difficult for any “random” to walk in and understand. This meeting really is only meant for people who have a part in this. I learned that school board meetings are a whole lot more boring than the movies make them seem. The construction program did seem to gain the additional funds they requested. The public are permitted to speak and ask questions, however the window of time is quite small and unless one has investment in a matter, you might not have too much to say

The Superintendent has an obligation to create and evaluate a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular and instructional district program, even in the current financial situation. The curriculum development and instructional delivery theories being used should be appropriate and up-to-date. Teacher performance must still be assessed. And district technology and information systems should be used to support and monitor student learning. In this case, it is easy to document the new technology put into place with the new referendum. The issue now is with the wiring. Efforts must be made to see what can be done immediately as well as in the long-run.