2019-2020 Portland Public Schools Teaching and Learning Priorities
A COHESIVE CONTINUUM OF PRACTICE THROUGHOUT EACH BUILDING & FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE THAT INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO TEACH AND LEARN
A CLIMATE AND CULTURE THAT IS INTELLECTUALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE AND WELCOMING FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ADULTS
District Priority One
Vision of the Graduate
Goal: Engage the Portland community in the development of a collective vision that articulates the community’s aspirations for students and their learning.
Description: Through an inclusive process that engages all community stakeholders, the Portland Public Schools will develop a comprehensive Vision of the Graduate that articulates the district’s collective mission. The Vision of the Graduate will reflect the community’s core values and beliefs, and identify the academic, social, and civic values that the district aims to develop in students from Pre-K through to graduation. The Vision of the Graduate will be used to guide teaching and learning throughout the district, and will serve as the foundation upon which the district will collaborate with the next Superintendent of Schools to design a strategic plan.
Objective One: Identify stakeholder groups in the Portland community, and engage stakeholders in a process that uses focus groups to identify and elicit the community’s core values and beliefs about teaching and learning.
Objective Two: Use standard qualitative research methodology to identify common themes across and between stakeholder groups. Once common themes are identified, share common themes with stakeholder groups to establish validity and reliability.
Objective Three: Use the common themes to draft a Vision of the Graduate. Solicit feedback on the draft, and use feedback to create a final draft.
Objective Four: Publish a comprehensive Vision of the Graduate, which will be used by the new superintendent of schools
as a tool to drive the creation of a district strategic plan during the 2020-21 school year.
District Priority Two
Aligning Student Learning Objectives
Goal: Align student learning objectives across grades PreK-12 and create a process that uses qualitative and
quantitative data to measure student academic, social, and emotional growth.
Description: The district will align curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and create a process that ensures the district
is able to monitor student growth and development in PreK through Grade 12. To enhance this process, the Portland Public Schools has identified the following student learning objectives for the 2019-20 school year:
· District SLO 1: Portland Public School students will demonstrate one year’s growth in literacy skills as
demonstrated in one or more of the grade level assessments identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar.
District SLO 2: Portland Public School students will demonstrate one year’s growth in numeracy skills as demonstrated in one or more of the grade level assessments identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar.
District SLO 3: Portland Public School students will demonstrate one year’s growth in critical, creative, and/or inquiry skills as demonstrated in one or more of the grade level assessments identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar..
District SLO 4: Portland Public School students will demonstrate developmentally appropriate physical well being and social and emotional growth identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar.
Objective One: Identify a portfolio of qualitative and quantitative data points that will be used by building principals and teachers to establish indicators of academic growth and development.
Objective Two: Collect qualitative and quantitative data throughout the year, and use the data to monitor and adjust curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Objective Three: Ensure qualitative and quantitative data is used effectively by grade level teams, departments, SRBI teams, Planning and Placement Teams, and 504 teams, to intervene and support students as-needed.
Objective Four: Monitor the efficacy of the process through implementation of the Portland Teacher Evaluation Plan and the Portland Administrator Evaluation Plan.
District Priority Three
Selection of a Superintendent of Schools
Goal: Select the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Description: The Portland Board of Education will engage in a process that involves community stakeholders in the development of a profile that will be used to help select the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Objective One: Identify stakeholder groups in the Portland community, and engage stakeholders in a process that uses focus groups to identify and elicit community feedback on the desirable qualities of the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Objective Two: Use community feedback to develop a profile that outlines the qualities sought in the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Objective Three: Use the profile to help select the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE THAT INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO TEACH AND LEARN
A CLIMATE AND CULTURE THAT IS INTELLECTUALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE AND WELCOMING FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ADULTS
District Priority One
Vision of the Graduate
Goal: Engage the Portland community in the development of a collective vision that articulates the community’s aspirations for students and their learning.
Description: Through an inclusive process that engages all community stakeholders, the Portland Public Schools will develop a comprehensive Vision of the Graduate that articulates the district’s collective mission. The Vision of the Graduate will reflect the community’s core values and beliefs, and identify the academic, social, and civic values that the district aims to develop in students from Pre-K through to graduation. The Vision of the Graduate will be used to guide teaching and learning throughout the district, and will serve as the foundation upon which the district will collaborate with the next Superintendent of Schools to design a strategic plan.
Objective One: Identify stakeholder groups in the Portland community, and engage stakeholders in a process that uses focus groups to identify and elicit the community’s core values and beliefs about teaching and learning.
Objective Two: Use standard qualitative research methodology to identify common themes across and between stakeholder groups. Once common themes are identified, share common themes with stakeholder groups to establish validity and reliability.
Objective Three: Use the common themes to draft a Vision of the Graduate. Solicit feedback on the draft, and use feedback to create a final draft.
Objective Four: Publish a comprehensive Vision of the Graduate, which will be used by the new superintendent of schools
as a tool to drive the creation of a district strategic plan during the 2020-21 school year.
District Priority Two
Aligning Student Learning Objectives
Goal: Align student learning objectives across grades PreK-12 and create a process that uses qualitative and
quantitative data to measure student academic, social, and emotional growth.
Description: The district will align curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and create a process that ensures the district
is able to monitor student growth and development in PreK through Grade 12. To enhance this process, the Portland Public Schools has identified the following student learning objectives for the 2019-20 school year:
· District SLO 1: Portland Public School students will demonstrate one year’s growth in literacy skills as
demonstrated in one or more of the grade level assessments identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar.
District SLO 2: Portland Public School students will demonstrate one year’s growth in numeracy skills as demonstrated in one or more of the grade level assessments identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar.
District SLO 3: Portland Public School students will demonstrate one year’s growth in critical, creative, and/or inquiry skills as demonstrated in one or more of the grade level assessments identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar..
District SLO 4: Portland Public School students will demonstrate developmentally appropriate physical well being and social and emotional growth identified in the 2019-20 Portland Assessment Calendar.
Objective One: Identify a portfolio of qualitative and quantitative data points that will be used by building principals and teachers to establish indicators of academic growth and development.
Objective Two: Collect qualitative and quantitative data throughout the year, and use the data to monitor and adjust curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Objective Three: Ensure qualitative and quantitative data is used effectively by grade level teams, departments, SRBI teams, Planning and Placement Teams, and 504 teams, to intervene and support students as-needed.
Objective Four: Monitor the efficacy of the process through implementation of the Portland Teacher Evaluation Plan and the Portland Administrator Evaluation Plan.
District Priority Three
Selection of a Superintendent of Schools
Goal: Select the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Description: The Portland Board of Education will engage in a process that involves community stakeholders in the development of a profile that will be used to help select the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Objective One: Identify stakeholder groups in the Portland community, and engage stakeholders in a process that uses focus groups to identify and elicit community feedback on the desirable qualities of the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Objective Two: Use community feedback to develop a profile that outlines the qualities sought in the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.
Objective Three: Use the profile to help select the next Superintendent of the Portland Public Schools.