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Goal Two

 
 

Goal II: Culture

 

Milford School District will promote a positive culture that ensures all staff and students feel safe, secure, engaged, challenged, and supported. 

 

 

Objectives

Strategies

II-A

All Staff will be provided regular opportunities to collaborate with both their job-alike peers and interdisciplinary peers by the fall of 2021, as demonstrated by documented schedules for regular collaboration (Time/Opportunity Structure).

  1. Establish/refine the structures for Professional Learning Communities at the elementary, middle, and high school levels (structures).
  2. Provide professional development for professional staff around Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) throughout each year of the strategic plan.
  3. Capture the successes and challenges that are experienced during the current year for informing the subsequent year's school year's implementation.

 

 

 

II-B

All staff will learn strategies to teach, embed, and integrate social emotional skills into learning environments by June 2022, as demonstrated by a district professional development plan for doing so.

  1. Plan professional development around CASEL Social Emotional Framework for all professional PreK−12 staff.
  2. Plan professional development around CASEL Social Emotional Framework for all classified PreK−12 staff.

II-C

Students will demonstrate social emotional competencies in self-awareness, social awareness, responsible decision-making, self-management, and relationship skills by 2025 (CASEL).

  1. Engage diverse stakeholders in the program selection process.
  2. Select materials/program for teachers to directly teach SEL skills.
  3. Implement evidence-based SEL programs in the context of systemic district and school programming by dedicating time in the master schedule.
  4. Collect data from multiple sources to identify number of interventions related to SEL needs.
  5. Implement student and staff surveys to gain a baseline measure of current culture.

II-D

Schools will develop tiered supports to meet social emotional needs of students by 2021, as demonstrated by the documentation of such supports for each school.

  1. Form a district-level committee to develop a multi-tiered support structure
  2. Identify at each building level the existing student supports and needed supports.
  3. Provide opportunities for collaboration between adults and students to develop connections and strengthen trusting relationships.

II-E

The district will develop a comprehensive wellness plan by 2022 to help staff and students learn about health, wellness, and emotional safety and how to successfully navigate challenging situations.

  1. Review PreK−12 health and wellness curriculum.
  2. Increase the number of lessons around emotional safety and navigating challenging situations.

II-F

District and building safety procedures and protocols will be reviewed and updated to meet current safety standards and other identified need areas as prioritized by Administration by 2022. 

  1. Review and modify current building safety plans by working in conjunction with our School Resource Officer and emergency services personnel.
  2. Include and incorporate student feedback about physical and health safety.