Strategic Plan Excellence and Equity in Education

Initiative 1.1: Implement evidence-based instructional practices that are culturally relevant and aligned with high standards of excellence.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Establish a structure to conduct ongoing curriculum audits and adopt evidence-based tools, resources and practices for academics and social-emotional learning.

• Develop coherent instructional scope and sequence and pacing guides to maximize student learning and engagement across all grades.

• Adopt and train staff in balanced assessment systems.

Initiative 1.2:  Empower Educators through a professional learning community (PLC) model to increase student achievement.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Provide research-based professional development on PLC models for all instructional staff.

Initiative 1.3:  Create a classroom culture framework that cultivates high achievement and belonging.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Establish guidelines for district and building leadership roles – including principals, deans, and directors.

• Develop an instructional coaching model that incorporates evidence-based academic and social-emotional learning best practices.

• Establish district-wide standards for classroom culture and instruction that prioritize innovation, engagement, relevance, and student voice and choice.

• Create a structure that gives students multiple pathways to demonstrate competency.

Initiative 1.4:  Expand a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework in all schools.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Enhance the current MTSS team structure, so that schools may collaboratively use data to support the academic and social-emotional needs of each student.

Celebrate diversity, while elevating equity of opportunities and outcomes for each student.

Initiative 2.1: Ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities in each school building.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Conduct a comprehensive study of physical building needs to accommodate the district's growing and diverse student population.

• Establish parameters and revise protocols to maximize federal, state, and local grant dollars across each school.

Initiative 2.2:  Establish a district-wide strategy to ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for historically under-resourced and special populations. 

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Conduct an equity review of district program offerings, with a focus on multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and students of color.

• Provide increased, high-quality early childhood offerings for under-resourced families.

Cultivate an inclusive school environment that recognizes and addresses the whole child - social, emotional, physical, and mental wellness, and safety.

Initiative 3.1: Ensure safe, welcoming school communities.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Unify a school culture and climate model that incorporates Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS), Restorative Practices, Capturing Kids' Hearts, and social-emotional learning.

• Implement district-wide protocols for positive relationships, data-driven decision-making, threat assessment, and options-based crisis response.

Initiative 3.2:  Identify and leverage community partnerships to assist broader student wellness needs.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Develop guidelines for new and existing community partnerships in order to best leverage resources on behalf of students.

Recruit and retain high impact staff that uphold the values of KPS - in particular staff that are reflective of community diversity.

Initiative 4.1: Establish partnerships with postsecondary institutions, government, and community-based organizations to create career pathways for diverse candidates.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Launch a "grow your own" initiative, a pathway to alternative teacher certification for support staff.

• Establish partnerships with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other institutes of higher education, as well as nonprofit and government organizations, to create a talent pipeline.

Initiative 4.2:  Develop an intentional induction and mentorship program.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Establish a formal induction and mentorship initiative to provide ongoing support to retain high-impact educators.

Initiative 4.3:  Revise hiring processes to remove bias, assess cultural competencies, and use multiple measures to evaluate qualifications.

Success Indicators (3-5 Years):

• Deploy evidence-based policies and protocols that include an interview rubric and selection plan across the district.

 Cross-Cutting Themes: These themes surfaced repeatedly during input  from various stakeholder groups. Their importance cuts across all goal areas and plays a role in work we do across the board. The themes are present in the thinking and planning for all decisions we make to positively impact our students.

• Meaningful Learning
  • Make learning meaningful and accessible for all students through innovation and "real world" experiences.
• Communications and Engagement
  • ​​​​​​​Ensure students, families, and staff benefit from effective communication, ongoing outreach, and engagement opportunities.