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What's Next for Seattle Schools?

I'll ask that question because apparently, the district isn't going to ask you.

I bring this up after reading thru the presentation for last week's Work Session with one section about SMART goals and the other about the budget.  Here's the title for the SMART goals:

Selection of the 2017-18 Board Governance Priorities & Superintendent SMART Goals ... for next year.

Our goals help the Board and staff:

a) Focus on: a few, high-priority and high-impact goals. Note: Over the last few years we have gone from 12 > 9 > 7 > 5 goals

b) Aligned to the Board-adopted 2013-18 Strategic Plan. Note: Our goals are now fully aligned to our strategic plan.

First, that's great that the Board and senior staff finally realized that having too many goals dilutes the focus and the work. Also great is that their goals are aligned to the strategic plan.

However, despite the rubric that staff uses to judge the implementation and output of these goals, I'm not quite sure I have ever seen how/when they know they have achieved them.  Is complete implementation the goal or outcomes (to some degree) or both? 

So their three big goals over the last three years were:

• MTSS
• EOG - Eliminate the Opportunity Gap
• Community Engagement

As a result: we are a high performing district outperforming our peers and each year we increase the number of positive outlier schools – leading the way state-wide in eliminating opportunity gaps.

This is also good news but I note that is for our state.  Nationally, still not great.

Now is the time to consider new large initiatives for the 2017-18 school year. After the adoption of these goals in June, other new initiatives would be pushed into the 2018-19 goal setting. 

Due to capacity of the Board, staff and financial considerations, we are asking Directors to select a maximum of 5 goals. There will also be budget impacts for each goal. Staff have developed a starting framework based on: a continuation of our Goal 1 (MTSS) and Goal 2 (EOG) work; and Board feedback/interests expressed during the year.

Here's the timeline for this goal-setting work:

Timeline/Next Steps

• March 22, 2017: Work Session - Directors share ideas for potential 2017-18 SMART Goals, review and offer feedback on staff recommendations, and narrow list of possible goals
  
• April 2017: Work Session - Directors review draft rubrics and refine list of possible 17-18 Goals
  
• June 1, 2017: Executive Committee
  
• June 7, 2017: Regular Board Meeting - Intro of 2017-18 Governance Priorities and Superintendent
  SMART Goals and Rubrics
  
• June 28, 2017: Regular Board Meeting - Action on 2017-18 Governance Priorities and Superintendent
  SMART Goals and Rubrics
  
• June and August: Launching this work with principals for the start of the 2017-18 school year
  
• June 2018: Annual Evaluation of the 2017-18 Superintendent SMART Goals
  

 

Do you see any place that might ask what teachers and parents think?  Me, neither.  So much for community engagement.  I know that, in the end, the Board and the senior staff are responsible for deciding on the work but it might be nice to see what the people on the front lines think.

The staff is suggesting these goals:

1. MTSS (falls under Board Governance Priority 1: Eliminate the Opportunity Gap)
2. EOG (falls under Board Governance Priority 1: Eliminate the Opportunity Gap)
3. 21st Century Skills/24 Credits (falls under Board Governance Priority 1: Eliminate the Opportunity Gap)
4. Budget (falls under Board Governance Priority 2: Improve Systems and Supports)
5. Engagement/Collaboration ( falls under Board Governance Priority 3: Create Culturally Inclusive School, Family & Community Engagement)

The only new goal is number 3; the rest are continuations of current goals. I am confused by the inclusion of "Budget" - isn't that work staff would be doing anyway?

The other options presented are:

1. SMART Goal 4: Advanced Learning
2. SMART Goal 5: PAR (Peer Assistance and Review which is teacher evaluation)
3. SMART Goal 6: Strategic Plan

I'm a bit baffled by the appearance of the Strategic Plan in there because isn't that the job of the Superintendent anyway?  What Board member would say no to the creation of a new one?

So there you have it.  No one is asking you to weigh in but if you have thoughts anyway:

spsdirectors @seattleschools.org - just the Board
schoolboard@seattleschools.org - the Board and senior management

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