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State of the Schools Facts, Issues, Future Sunrise Rotary Elmcrest Country Club September 15, 2005 7:00 a.m.
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State of the Schools. Facts, Issues, Future Sunrise Rotary Elmcrest Country Club September 15, 2005 7:00 a.m. Facts. Quick Facts. 121 square miles 2,700 employees 17,500 students 33 attendance sites $170 million budget 56 formal school/business partnerships - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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 FeedbackDistrict 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.
