GOALS

ACTIONS PLANS/MEASURABLE OUTCOMES

2a. Teachers should be empowered as leaders at the school and district levels and we will continue to find ways to enhance teacher leadership throughout the District.

·       Engage teachers in committees such as math articulation, writing, EEAC, GATE DAC, Curriculum Council, and more. 

2b. Teachers, parents, administrators, and students need to be fully invested in the decision making process.

·       Continue to honor the School Site Council model. 

·       Support the PTO Council and use it as a working group to assist with decision-making, ideas, innovations, etc. 

2c. Principals shall work together, support each other, and share innovations.

·       Principals will work as a part of the Leadership Team on problem solving and ways to further our moral imperatives, goals, and action plans.

2d. Professional development will be matched to organizational goals and will emphasize choice, relevancy, and district vision. Participants shall be encouraged to share their new learning.

·       Develop new ways for teachers to share expertise that they have acquired.

·       Find ways to continue quality professional development even though federal funds for this purpose have been cut.

2e. Continue moving toward a collective bargaining approach that focuses on a joint problem solving with employee associations.

·       Use the negotiations process to focus on solving issues and finding innovations to better the quality of education, enhance employee morale, and make Oak Park a great place to work. 

2f. Administrators at the school and district level should be engaged with the students in the learning process.

·       Encourage administrators to find ways to work with students on a regular basis. Some ideas are through school gardens, enrichment activities, club sponsorships, etc.

2g. Develop a communication and advocacy plan for all relevant stakeholder groups. 

·       Begin a newsletter that is mailed out on a regular basis to the community at large. 

·       Support Our Children Our Future advocacy group.

2h. Develop a community outreach program.

·       Form a community outreach committee and develop a program that finds ways to engage our community in the schools and ways for our schools to serve the community in areas beyond our core mission of providing a world-class education.

2i. Ensure that the moral imperatives, goals and associated action plan are presented to and understood by all levels of the organization and foster a decision making process whereby all decisions are weighed against the current goals. 

·       Embed these moral imperatives, goals, and action plans into the core work that we do each day.