Bellevue Board of Education District Goals for 2015-16 Achievement Improve student achievement for all students while reducing the achievement disparities of various disaggregated groups. Objective A1: Bellevue Public Schools will improve by five percentage points on all NeSA assessments each year and improve to be in the top 25% of all Nebraska districts by 2021. Objective A2: Bellevue Public Schools will exceed 100% of projected growth for each grade level as measured by MAP.

Buildings & Budgets Maximize district resources and provide high quality facilities to enhance educational programs. Objective B1: Bellevue Public Schools will proactively plan for future budget needs to provide high quality educational programs. Objective B2: Bellevue Public Schools will develop enrollment priorities in order to identify areas of opportunity and concern in regards to school boundaries. Objective B3: Bellevue Public Schools will identify facility and capacity needs to promote quality educational programs.

Community Engagement Work proactively with the community to improve educational programs. Objective C1: Bellevue Public Schools will develop processes and procedures to more effectively engage with the community about issues that impact students and educational programs. Specific strategies and action steps have been developed for each of the three goals.

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Achievement Improve student achievement for all students while reducing the achievement disparities of various disaggregated groups. Objective A1: Bellevue Public Schools will improve by five percentage points on all NeSA assessments each year and improve to be in the top 25% of all Nebraska districts by 2021. Objective A2: Bellevue Public Schools will exceed 100% of projected growth for each grade level as measured by MAP.

! Strategy #1 Maximize opportunities for all high school students as they prepare for the post graduation phase of life. Action steps Timeline Staff Progress 1.1 Identify appropriate programs and/or initiatives that show November 2015 – Harwood, promise of contributing to student success. June 2016 appropriate staff 1.2 Develop concrete plans to significantly improve the high school November 2015 – Harwood, student experience and culture. June 2016 appropriate staff 1.3 Present findings and recommendations to the Board. June 2016 – Harwood Preliminary report March 2016 1.4 Implement appropriate programs, plans and initiatives that TBD TBD could include pilot programs with limited or targeted implementation, this may include programs specifically for Bellevue East and/or Bellevue West.

! Strategy #2 Define College and Career Ready and explore strategies to increase academic rigor and academic performance. Action steps Timeline Staff Progress 2.1 Establish a College and Career Readiness Work Group November 2015 Harwood consisting of teachers and administrators. 2.2 Examine existing programs and explore additional programs November 2015 – CCR Work focused on increasing College and Career Readiness. This should June 2016 Group include but not be limited to: ACT testing for all students, Early College Program, AVID. 2.3 Present findings and recommendations to the Board. June 2016 – Harwood! Preliminary report March 2016

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Bellevue Board of Education District Goals 2015-2016 ! Strategy #3 Engage in a strategic planning process for district wide Early Childhood Education. Action steps Timeline Staff 3.1 Early childhood core leadership team will review existing December 2015 Bodensteiner! programs, resources and early learning data. Lucas! Fenster! Leadership! Team! 3.2 Planning team will meet with and gather input from stakeholder September 2015 – Bodensteiner! representatives during the planning process. June 2016 Lucas! Fenster! Leadership! Team 3.3 Present findings and long-range strategic plan July 2016 Bodensteiner! recommendations to the Board. Lucas!

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! Strategy #4 Review and revise the District Technology Plan to include an emphasis on integrating high impact instructional strategies and plan for its implementation. Action steps Timeline Staff Progress 4.1 Reconvene District Technology Initiative Committee with August, 2015 Boettger,! additional/replacement members. Tripple! 4.2 District Technology Initiative Committee will review existing October, 2015 Boettger,! technology plan, resources and outcomes. Tripple,! District!Tech! Committee 4.3 Review various models of instruction technology integration November, 2015 Boettger,! Tripple,! District!Tech! Committee 4.4 Present findings from committee study and make long-range December, 2015 / Boettger,! plan recommendations to the Board. January, 2016 Tripple,!

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Bellevue Board of Education District Goals 2015-2016 ! ! Strategy #5 Implementation of Danielson Framework and Learning Centered Supervision for all teacher observations. Action steps Timeline Staff Progress 5.1 Continued Implementation of the Danielson Framework and Continuous Harwood, Learning Centered Supervision for all certified staff. Bodensteiner, Principals 5.2 Teachscape Focus for Observers will continue to be used for Throughout 2015Harwood, S. ! training of new administrators. This will be a blended 2016. Smith, Professional Development model with both online and in person Bodensteiner components and will include Learning Focused Supervision. 5.3 Implementation of Professional Growth Action Plans for all October 1, 2015 Harwood, ! district administrators. Bodensteiner, Rippe 5.4 Development of a process and procedures for including March, 2016 S. Smith, ! Professional Growth Plans and Student Learning Objectives as Harwood, part of the evaluation program for all certified staff. Bodensteiner, District Evaluation Committee 5.5 Development of a process and procedures for including April, 2016 S. Smith, ! Stakeholder Perceptions as part of the evaluation program for all Harwood, certified staff. Bodensteiner, District Evaluation Committee 5.6 Revision of current Board Policy on certified evaluation with May, 2016 S. Smith, ! proposed changes presented to the board for possible approval. Harwood

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Maximize district resources and provide high quality facilities to enhance educational programs. Objective B1: Bellevue Public Schools will proactively plan for future budget needs to provide high quality educational programs. Objective B2: Bellevue Public Schools will develop enrollment priorities in order to identify areas of opportunity and concern in regards to school boundaries. Objective B3: Bellevue Public Schools will identify facility and capacity needs to promote quality educational programs.

! Strategy #6 Monitor current budget practices as well as future impacts on district funding to ensure adequate resources are available to maintain high quality education programs. Action steps Timeline! Staff Progress 6.1 Continuation of the quarterly budget reports to monitor current Quarterly Brooks revenue and spending. 6.2 Participation with other Learning Community districts and the Throughout 2015-16 Brooks, Legislature as changes to the Learning Community structure are Rippe, considered. Harwood 6.3 Engagement with GNSA and the Legislature as changes to Throughout 2015-16 Brooks, TEEOSA are considered. Rippe, Harwood 6.4 Engagement with NAFIS, MISA and Congress to maximize Impact Ongoing Harwood, Aid funding. Rippe, Brooks 6.5 Budget planning session to incorporate funding needs and priorities January/February, Brooks, determined from other goals/strategies. 2016 Bodensteiner, Rippe, Harwood 6.6 Action required to react to changes in districts funding and TBD TBD expenditures.

! Strategy #7 Develop a District Facilities Master Plan Action steps 7.1 District FMP Steering Committee made up of more than 40 staff and community members will meet to develop recommendations to the Board. This committee will be facilitated by Jacobs and DeJongRichter. 7.2 Community engagement meetings to seek input on District Facilities Master Plan facility planning. These meetings will be facilitated by the Steering Committee with help from Jacobs and DeJong-Richter. 7.3 Presentation to the Board with recommendations. 7.4 Implementation of next steps as determined by the Board.

Timeline September 9, 2015 September 21, 2015 October 26, 2015 December 14, 2015 October 8, 2015 November 2, 2015

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Community Engagement Work proactively with the community to improve educational programs.! Objective C1: Bellevue Public Schools will develop processes and procedures to more effectively engage with the community about issues that impact students and educational programs.!

! Strategy #8 Promote community engagement by improving communication and developing overt processes to encourage community input. Action steps Timeline! Staff Progress 8.1 Develop a brochure to inform the community about Bellevue Public October, 2015! Oliver Schools. Harwood 8.2 Increase the use of web, social media channels and mobile apps to Throughout 2015-16! Oliver provide and receive information for the community. Harwood 8.3 Use steering committees and focus groups to engage community Throughout 2015-16! TBD members in district planning. 8.4 Work with building staff to increase parent participation in Parent Throughout 2015-16 TBD Teacher Associations and Parent Teacher Conferences.

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