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Goal One

 
Goal I: Student Success
 

Milford School District will provide an authentic, rigorous, and personalized experience for all students so they pursue their passions and become reflective, empowered, and contributing citizens of an ever-changing world. 

 

 

Objectives

Strategies

I-A

We will develop curriculum that integrates content competencies, work study practices and Portrait competencies throughout PreK−12 by 2025, as evidenced by documenting the integrated curriculum frameworks.
  1. Define and develop the curriculum components to be integrated with the content competencies, Portrait competences and work study competencies.
  2. Develop a process for integrating the curriculum content, Portrait competencies, and work study competencies.  
  3. Identify grade-level/subject-area exemplars for demonstrating the fully integrated curriculum.

I-B

By 2025, curriculum and instruction across all content areas will be paced to reflect learning needs, tailored to learning preferences, and specific interests with multiple opportunities for growth and success.
  1. All curriculum will be reviewed and revised all units and lessons to include differentiated content, process and/or product to assure ALL students are given the opportunities necessary to succeed.
  2. Review, revise and develop a consistent, developmentally appropriate reporting out system with common goal and language.
  3. All curriculum will be designed to provide multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression to allow access to all learners at all developmental levels.

I-C

We will develop an assessment system that supports and informs district progress towards student mastery of the integrated curriculum, by 2025.
  1. Develop a schedule for designing grade-level / subject area assessments that support formative and summative purposes.
  2. Develop data teams at each building and at the district with representation of building and district stake holders. A district calendar will be developed and set at the start of each school year.  
  3. Development of authentic assessments including performance tasks that are aligned with the Portrait Competencies, Content Competencies and Work Study Practices.

We will pursue local, state, and other forms of support for this assessment work.

I-D

We will provide embedded professional development and instructional strategy support for curriculum integration delivery, by 2025, as evidenced by a professional development plan presented to principals, teacher leaders, and the Board.
  1. Beginning in the 2019−2020 school year, MSD will develop, provide and communicate a comprehensive professional development plan for faculty and staff, to prepare for the implementation of Portrait competency learning experiences.
  2. We will implement Professional Learning Communities as a primary means for supporting these instructional changes.
  3. Beginning in the 2019−2020 school year, we will provide professional development to teachers and support staff in the areas of differentiation of content, process and product to assure personalized assessment, instruction and learning opportunities within all lessons and units.