KCS Strategic

Plan

• Graduation Rate

• Proficiency Rate

• Turnover Rate

• Teacher Working Conditions Survey

• Short Term Suspension Rate

• Dropout Rate

• Funding

Strategic Indicators:

• Graduation Rate = 39th in NC

• Proficiency Rate• Grades 3 – 8 Reading = 76th in NC • Grades 3 – 8 Math = 75th in NC • H.S. Performance Composite = 58th in NC

• Turnover Rate = 42nd in NC

Strategic Indicators:

• Teacher Working Conditions Survey• 29th in North Carolina • KCS ranked in top 20 on 51% of questions and in

top 10 on 24% of questions

• Short Term Suspension Rate = 90th in NC

• Dropout Rate = 104th in NC

• Funding = 68th in NC

Strategic Indicators:

Internal Implementation Committee

KCS Strategic

Plan

STRATEGIC GOAL 1: By 2015, KCS will achieve a

graduation rate of at least 80% and will have 90% or more of our

students proficient in all subjects.

Needs Assessment• Establish a culture in which high school graduation is the minimum expectation.

Parent University• Enhance long-range planning for students.

• Enhance student involvement in extra-curricular clubs and activities.

•Provide modified graduation requirement options.

• Establish early identification and intervention for at-risk students.

STRATEGIC GOAL 3: KCS will continue to attract, employ, and retain highly

qualified and informed staff who are motivated to affect

long-term achievement.

1. Improve mentoring•Meet as mentors 1-2 times throughout the year for updates and/or support. (Site Coordinator)

•Designate thirty minutes per week as mentor/mentee time for face to face contact.

2. Increase Vertical Planning

Needs Assessment and Strategies

Continued3. Provide time for collaborative

planning for all K-4 teachers from 3:30 – 5:00 for schools to collaboratively plan across the system by subject and grade, including ALL K-4 teachers: Regular, EC, ESL, AIG, and Special Areas. As this goal is implemented, our additional goal is for vertical alignment between all subjects in K-12.

4. Partner with local colleges and universities and the teacher programs

STRATEGIC GOAL 4:

KCS will provide adequate services for LEP/EC/At-Risk Students so that they can

exceed State expectations.

Needs Assessment

• Improve collaboration betweenschool and parents –hold at least one Hispanic

/international family night annually at each school

• Create a Welcome Center at A.L. Brown High School in the Bio-Tech wing

• Create a professional development team to determine training needs.

STRATEGIC GOAL 5:

KCS will establish a comprehensive alternative program within the existing academic environment that

will allow students to graduate with 21st Century

skills.

Needs Assessment

• Mental Health Issues / substance

abuse issues

• Enhancing / encouraging positive

behaviors

• Grow Community Involvement

/relationships

• Differentiated Diploma

• Attendance issues

External Implementation Committee

KCS Strategic

Plan

External Implementation Committee

• Faith Community

• Businesses

• NCRC / Biotech

• Parents

• County Government

• City Government

• School Board

• Social Services

• Teachers

• Counselors

• CMC-NorthEast

• RCCC

External Implementation Committee

Small Groups:

• Goals I & III (Academic Achievement & Personnel)

• Goal II (Finance)

• Goals IV & V (At-risk, EC, ESL, Alternative School)

External Implementation Committee

Small Groups:

• Goals I & III (Academic Achievement & Personnel)

• Biotechnology grants & partnerships

• NCSU partnerships—advanced professional development

• Engineering partnerships

• Introduce / Offer foreign language @ KIS

• NCRC partnerships for teachers/students

External Implementation Committee

Small Groups:

• Goal II (Finance)

• Grants helping to pay for school based health center

• Seeking other grants

• Expanding partnerships with the City of Kannapolis and

Cabarrus County government

External Implementation Committee

Small Groups:

• Goals IV & V (At-risk, EC, ESL, Alternative

Program)

• ESL Welcome Center for new Biotech Academy

• TRAIL Program

• RCCC and City of Kannapolis

• After school enrichment program

• G.E.D. Component

External Implementation Committee

Small Groups:

• Goals IV & V (At-risk, EC, ESL, Alternative

Program)

• Volunteer Coordination

• KCS Volunteer Database

• Recruiting and matching volunteers with KCS needs

• Communities & Schools volunteer training and

partnerships

KCS Strategic

Plan