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The School Improvement Plan: The School
Improvement Plan (SIP) is the document and process
schools use to choose and implement a targeted set
of strategies to accelerate progress toward goals.
A re-designed SIP and streamlined process will ensure
that schools are using their limited time and energy on
the strategies that their school community deems most
impactful.
School Instructional Design: Schools will also work
annually to align their resources (time, people and
money) to the needs of their individual students. A
school’s “design” is the way it chooses to organize itself
– who is working with which students on what, when and
how in alignment with our district-approved plans for
Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners
and Advanced Learners within inclusive schools. By
creating more flexibility to use resources based on the
strengths and needs of students, schools
will be better
Integrated School Support Teams: To support a
school’s unique improvement plan and instructional
design, cross-functional school support teams that
include expertise from key departments, will support a
small portfolio of schools and meet at least quarterly to
problem solve and build capacity to support the
school in meeting its goals.
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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Our Great Teaching Framework describes high-quality
teaching in our school district and puts culturally and linguistically responsive teaching at the
center – all in service of deeper learning for all students. We will more tightly align our systems
for hiring, placement, induction, professional growth, coaching and evaluation for teachers to
this Great Teaching Framework.
Building Collective Efficacy: Teams that engage in clear and disciplined
cycles of reflection, planning and action can clearly attribute the impact of
their actions on student outcomes. We’ll move from relying on mainly large
group or district-wide professional development to more school-based
learning, drawing on the expertise of principals, teachers and educators
within and across schools. In doing so, we’ll build on the work of many
successful teacher teams, as well as student services teams, across the
district
Talent Development: We will also continue to strive for a more diverse staff
and a talent development model that helps every staff member forge a path
to grow professionally and increase their positive impact. We will continue
to enhance efforts to engage employees through the establishment of
affinity groups and the articulation of clear individual promotional paths
and development opportunities aligned to social justice and racial equity.
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Early Childhood: Working with the City of Madison, Dane County, our Early
Care and Education sites, the United Way of Dane County, potential funders
and other key community partners, we will explore full-day four-year-old
kindergarten options, stronger links to early learning for birth to age three
and more wrap-around care for our earliest learners.
Neighborhood Needs: We will continue to explore and expand models like
Community Schools in support of our highest-needs neighborhoods and
partner with agencies, like the Madison Out-of-School Time coalition, to
increase access to the services families and students need to thrive.
School Buildings: Through long-range facilities planning, there is potential
to not only improve the quality of facilities across our district, but align our
investments in school facilities with our values of racial equity and social
justice. By working together with our community, we can address inequities
that have existed in our community and invest in facilities that serve our
community well.
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Cultivating MMSD’s Strengths in Innovation: We know
educators are already problem solving and innovating,
but we haven’t yet captured this expertise. We’ll begin
by mining for innovation already in our schools and
classrooms, learn from it and make resources available
in an online repository for staff across the district.
Facilitating Innovation in MMSD and Beyond: We’ll
create an innovation team whose expertise is not in the
subject matter of specific issues, but in design thinking
and the process to develop and test ideas. This team
will help facilitate the process of innovation and design
with educators throughout MMSD.
Developing Innovation Skills and Capacity
among MMSD Staff: We’ll also provide professional
development and training opportunities for schoolbased
and central office staff that feature hands-on skill
development, highlights of successful innovation and
opportunities to collaboratively solve problems.
