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About LPS
2007-2008 System Goals
The following three core purposes represent the essential and enduring commitments of the Lexington school community:
- Academic excellence
- Respectful and caring relationships
- A culture of reflection, conversation, collaboration
and commitment to continuous improvement.
As such, these three core purposes serve as the basis for the district's 2007-2008 System Goals
1. Ensure that the Academic, Social, and Emotional Needs of Students are Identified and Matched with Appropriate and Effective Curriculum and Instructional Experiences
Key Indicators:
A. Conduct Year 2 of the K-12 curriculum review processes for Mathematics and Physical Education/Wellness
* Based on student performance data, produce the first draft of a K-12 written curriculum aligned with state and national standards.
* Project the budget required to fully implement the new curriculum.
* Decide whether to pilot or fully implement the new curriculum during the 2008-2009 school year.
* Plan sustained professional development and consultation for teachers implementing the new curriculum.
* Provide lesson-modeling, coaching and mentoring opportunities for teachers implementing the new curriculum.
* Share new curriculum program goals with all stake holders
* Design and implement interdisciplinary projects that include the new curriculum.
* Identify ways that teachers and students can effectively use technology to further new curriculum goals
* Meet with grade-level teams and curriculum specialists to discuss the new curriculum and share best practices.
* Produce the final curriculum documents for staff and community, and make them available on LPS website (Summer 2008).
B. Conduct the first phase of the K-12 curriculum review processes for Science/Technology/Engineering
* Assemble K-12 content- specific curriculum task forces and study groups.
* Study research-based recommended practices.
* Review current resources and materials to determine curriculum alignment.
* Analyze MCAS and other student performance data to assess strengths and weaknesses of the current curriculum.
* Summarize data analysis.
* Make recommendations for updated curriculum.
* Develop standards-based benchmark outcomes/assessments consistent with revised curriculum.
C. Continue to expand the district's capacity to use data to assess programs and student work.
* Continue partnership with Boston College the Data Analysis and Strategic Planning Project (DASPP).
* Develop site council school improvement plans that include measurable goals.
* Expand the use of Professional Learning Communities to increase opportunities for teachers to collaboratively assess student work, based on mutually developed performance expectations.
* Use data to report to the School Committee on learning.
D. Continue to improve the safety programs in all schools.
* Work with town officials to upgrade the emergency management plans for each school.
* Students and staff will practice safety procedures in all schools, based on the revised emergency management plans.
* Create a chemical hygiene officer for the high school to develop and implement a chemical hygiene and laboratory safety plan, including training, reporting, and other functions.
* Provide training for all new teachers and administrators on fire safety in all schools.
* Explore and implement when feasible options to improve school-to home communications using telephone/electronic-messaging technology.
2. Ensure that the faculty and staff are of high quality and are enabled and supported to perform at the highest professional level.
Key Indicators:
A. Support teacher professional development that increases academic excellence and student achievement.
* Continue to explicitly link the professional development program to school and district goals.
* Support and focus the development of professional learning communities as a way to respond to assessed student needs.
* Provide embedded professional development and other professional development opportunities tied to new curriculum and instruction implementations.
B. Provide administrator of professional development to improve supervision and evaluation
* Train all administrators in standards-based supervision and evaluation.
* Provide legal training as it relates to supervision and evaluation.
C. Expand the capacity of the school system to deliver services, especially for students with special needs.
* Increase collaboration among all educators and between general educators and special educators in order to provide a coordinated delivery of instruction and learning opportunities for all students.
* Continue to review and expand service delivery models.
D. Foster a more diverse workforce in keeping with Lexington's goal to embrace diversity.
* Enhance hiring practices leading to a more diverse workforce.
3. Obtain and manage the financial resources, which maintain and improve the quality of the educational program and physical condition of our schools.
Key Indicators:
A. Implement cost-savings opportunities through the school system while maintaining high quality service
(e.g. purchasing energy management, facilities management, special education)
B. Continue the focus on maintaining, reviving or establishing basic operational procedures throughout the school system to ensure consistent delivery of operational services.
* Develop and disseminate a procedures manual for financial operations.
* Continue to use the Superintendent's Bulletin to regularly notify Staff about contractual deadlines.
* Revise procedures for renting school facilities.
C. Improve the district's capacity to monitor and forecast the school budget.
* Continue to develop the district's capacity to monitor all non-appropriation revenues and FY '09 budget recommendation.
* Take all other steps necessary to improve budget forecasts, including consideration of special education out-or-district placements.
D. Negotiate collective bargaining agreements with seven labor unions.
E. Continue initiatives started last year.
* Fully utilize new software to implement the Facility Department's work order system.
* Continue to update energy controls and efficiencies at all schools and monitor energy consumption.
Voted by the Lexington School Committee
September 25, 2007
Paul B. Ash, Ph.D.
Superintendent
(posted: October 9, 2009)
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