2120 - SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
The Board of Education supports the concept of school improvement as established by the State Board of Education and will seek to create and/or maintain effective schools as defined by State guidelines. The Ohio Improvement Process (OIP) is the Ohio Department of Education’s (ODE’s) strategy for building the capacity of all districts and schools to improve instructional practice and make and sustain significant improvement in student performance against grade-level benchmarks aligned with academic content standards for all students.
In addition to adopting a Mission Statement and Educational Philosophy for the District, the Board shall create, as needed, policies which support the School Improvement Process.
District and school-level/building leadership teams are responsible for quality planning, implementation, and ongoing monitoring and reporting for all components for improving instructional practice and student performance.
The Superintendent shall provide leadership to District staff in the improvement process in the following core areas:
data and the decision-making process
focused goal setting process
instruction and the learning process
community engagement process
resource management process
Board development and governance process
The Improvement Process shall consist of the following stages:
use data to identify areas of greatest need
develop a plan to address those areas of need that is built around a limited number of focused goals and strategies to significantly improve instructional practice and student performance
implement the plan with integrity, and
monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the improvement process in changing instructional practice and impacting student performance
The District shall utilize guidance, technical assistance, and resources provided by ODE as may be appropriate and available.
In order to enhance school improvement, the Superintendent is authorized to waive any policy that has been enacted in order to comply with the following Federal statutes/regulations and to request waivers from these laws/regulations from the Superintendent of Public Instruction:
Titles I, II, IV, VI, and Part C of Title VII of the ESEA Act of 1965
The Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
The General Education Provisions Act
Parts of Education Department General Administrative Regulations
In requesting such waivers, the Superintendent is to abide by the procedures established by the State Department of Education.
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