Standard+7+-+Commitment+to+Continuous+Improvement

** STANDARD: ** The system establishes, implements, and monitors a continuous process of improvement that focuses on student performance.

** Impact Statement: ** A system is successful in meeting this standard when it implements a collaborative and ongoing process for improvement that aligns the functions of the system with the expectations for student learning. Improvement efforts are sustained and the system and its schools demonstrate progress in improving student performance. New improvement efforts are informed by the results of earlier efforts through analysis of student performance, system effectiveness, and assessment of the improvement process.


 * 7.1 || Engages in a continuous process of improvement that articulates the vision and purpose the system is pursuing (Vision); maintains a rich and current description of students, their performance, system effectiveness, and the community (Profile); employs goals and interventions to improve student performance (Plan); and documents and uses the results to inform future improvement efforts (Results) ||
 * 7.2 || Engages stakeholders in the processes of continuous improvement ||
 * 7.3 || Ensures that each school's plan for continuous improvement is aligned with the system's vision and expectations for student learning ||
 * 7.4 || Ensures that each school's plan for continuous improvement includes a focus on increasing learning for all students and closing gaps between current and expected student performance levels ||
 * 7.5 || Provides research-based professional development for system and school personnel to help them achieve improvement goals ||
 * 7.6 || Monitors and communicates the results of improvement efforts to stakeholders ||
 * 7.7 || Evaluates and documents the effectiveness and impact of its continuous process of improvement ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">7.8 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Allocates and protects time for planning and engaging in continuous improvement efforts system-wide ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">7.9 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Provides direction and assistance to its schools and operational units to support their continuous improvement efforts ||


 * Standard Documentation**
 * [|SAR Standard 7 10-06-11]**
 * [|Action Plan Form Standard 7]**

[|Curriculum Mapper (7.3) Guest Login : 51481 password: password] District Website (7.3) Tech Tuesdays (7.4)
 * __Student Learning ( 7.1, 7.2, 7.3,7.4, 7.6)__**

//Exit Surveys (7.1, 7.2, 7.4)//
 * [|Class of 2009 Exit Survey]
 * [|Class of 2010 Exit Survey]
 * [|Class of 2011 Exit Survey]

//Student Handbook (7.3)//
 * Bennington Elementary
 * Pine Creek Elementary
 * Jr/Sr High

//Curriculum Guides (7.3)//
 * [|Kindergarten]
 * [|First Grade]
 * [|Second Grade]
 * [|Third Grade.pdf]
 * [|Fourth Grade]
 * [|Fifth Grade]
 * [|Sixth Grade]
 * [|Jr/Sr High Course Descriptions]

//Newsletters (7.3, 7.6)//
 * Bennington Elementary Badgerline
 * Pine Creek Badger Beat
 * [|Jr/Sr High Daily Badger Gram]
 * Jr/Sr High Monthy Happenings
 * Horizons Community Newsletter

//Problem Solving Team (PST) Meetings (7.4, 7.5)//
 * [|PST Secondary Referral]
 * [|PST Team Report 09 10]

//Staff Evaluation Process (7.4, 7.5)//
 * [|Staff Pre-observation form]
 * [|Staff Post-Observation Form]
 * [|Walkthrough Observation Form]
 * [|Teacher apprasial Rubric]
 * [|Summative Report Appendix I]
 * [|Formal Observation Form]

Annual Report (7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.6, 7.9) Quarterly Learning Targets - Jr/ Sr High School (7.1) School Board Meetings (7.2, 7.6) [|ESU 3 Professional Development plan ( 7.2)] [|Professional Development Plan] [|Summer Curriculum Work](7.4, 7.8, 7.9)
 * __Communication of Improvement (7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.6)__**

//School Climate Surveys (7.1, 7.2, 7.4)//
 * [|BE Parent Survey 2011]
 * [|PC Parent Survey 2011]
 * [|HS Parent Survey 2012]
 * [|HS Student Survey 2011]

//Individual School Websites (7.6)//
 * [|Bennington Elementary School]
 * [|Pine Creek Elementary School]
 * [|Bennington Jr/Sr High School]

//Curriculum and Personnel Proposal Process (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.9)//
 * [|Curriculum Proposal Timeline]
 * [|12-13 District Curriculum Committee]
 * [|Curriculum Prop 11-12]

//Mentor Program Meetings (7.4, 7.5, 7.7)//
 * [|Mentor-Mentee Assignments]

//Data Review Sheets (7.4, 7.5, 7.9)//
 * [|Data Review Team Sheet 2011-12]
 * [|HS Data Review Outline 09-16-11]
 * [|Data Review 2011]

//School Improvement (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.8)//
 * [|School Improvement agendas (7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.8)]
 * School Improvement Goals (7.3)

PLCs (7.1, 7.5, 7.7)
 * [|2011-2012 Calendar with PLC days]
 * [|Data Review Team Sheet 2011-12]

[|11-12 Schedule DATA REVIEW (7.1, 7.4, 7.5)]
 * __Evaluation of Improvement (7.5, 7.7,)__**

//SMART Goals (7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9)//
 * [|SMART Goal Template]
 * [|SMART Goal 2010-2011]
 * [|Smart Goal 2011-2012]


 * __Support of Continuous Improvement (7.8, 7.9)__**

//Curriculum Cycle (7.9)//
 * [|Curriculum Cycle 2010-2011]
 * [|Curriculum Cycle Descriptions]

District Calendar (7.8)