State of the Schools

Facts, Issues, FutureSunrise Rotary

Elmcrest Country ClubSeptember 15, 20057:00 a.m.

Quick Facts• 121 square miles• 2,700 employees• 17,500 students• 33 attendance sites• $170 million budget• 56 formal school/business

partnerships• Iowa’s second largest

school district

Did you know??• IASBO and GFOA Certificates of

Excellence in Financial Reporting (10 consecutive years)

• Only school district in Iowa initiating E-procurement processes

• Moving to geo-mapping of transportation

• One of two school districts in the nation involved in the “Switch” Health/Nutrition Study

Did you know??• Washington and Kennedy in the top

100 high schools in the nation for AP exams

• CR high school students score significantly above Iowa and nation averages on the ACT

• Richard Threlkeld (25 year bureau chief for CBS news) and Patricia Robinson (nationally known poet) attended Kenwood School

Did you know??• Ashton Kutcher is a Franklin

School alum.• Money Magazine - Cedar Rapids is

among the 100 best places to live (education, crime rank)

–Grant Wood was a teacher at McKinley Junior High and old Washington High School

• ITBS/ITED• SINA Schools• Watch List Schools• Sanctions• Opportunities for all

students

The Other NCLB

•No calorie left behind

Global Factors

•Competition

•Resources•Economy•Civility

How do we make meaningful progress

in a large system with areas in need of improvement?

A helpful framework…

Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for

Performance Excellence

The 7 Baldrige Categories

• Leadership• Strategic Planning• Student/Stakeholder

Focus• Information and

Analysis• Human Resource Focus• Process Management• Performance Results

It’s About Alignment!

•Can we get everyone rowing in the same direction?

Random Acts of ImprovementAim of the Organizatio

n

Goals and Measures

Aim of theOrganization

Aligned Acts of Improvement

Goals and Measures

Question #1• To provide the highest

quality education to all CRCSD students, what challenges will the district have to address as it plans for the future?

Do you enjoy reading to learn?

Monitoring Monitoring Progress…Progress…

–What do our stakeholders think about the direction we are heading?

Administrators Administrators FeedbackFeedback• I support the

District’s continuous improvement efforts… – YES (99%)– NEED CLARIFICATION

(1%)

– NO (0%)

• The pace of our continuous improvement effort is…

– Just Right (94%)– Too Fast (5%)– Too Slow (1%)

Staff FeedbackStaff Feedback

District Focus:StronglyAgree

Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree

Regarding District direction… I believe the District is

heading in the right direction.

41% 57% 2% 0%

Regarding District direction… I believe the District has

identified the right vision, mission, goals, core values and guiding behavior which I support.

43% 55% 2% 0%

98%98%

98%98%

The only thing more exciting than our past is our future!

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State of the Schools

Facts, Issues, FutureSunrise Rotary

Elmcrest Country ClubSeptember 15, 20057:00 a.m.