Strategic Objective #2: Professional Culture, Relationships & Climate
Professional Culture, Relationships & Climate
Create an environment that honors and celebrates diversity, growth mindset, and social-emotional wellness
Strategies & Action Steps for the School Year 2021-2026 | |
2.1 | Build and sustain a responsive learning environment driven by voice and choice, that infuses opportunities for students to incorporate their own identity (race, gender, neurodiversity, language) into their learning experiences |
2.2 | Promote a school culture that encourages and honors all voices |
2.3 | Provide professional learning opportunities for all staff focused on growth mindset, social-emotional learning, and culturally responsive practices |
2.4 | Recruit, hire, support, mentor, and retain a diverse group of highly qualified educators, leaders and staff |
2.5 | Seek ways to know, understand, and integrate each student and family's identity and varied experiences to best shape their child's education and well-being |
2.6 | Design and develop a social-emotional learning vision for all members of our community and a framework that identifies guiding principles for community partnerships, equitable opportunities for all, and resources necessary for implementation |
PROFESSIONAL CULTURE & CLIMATE OUTCOMES
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Build and sustain a responsive learning environment, driven by voice and choice, that infuses opportunities for students to incorporate their own identity (race, gender, neurodiversity, language) into their learning experiences
- Within each classroom, PK-12, the instructional materials are designed specifically to center the learning around each student
- Within the performing and visual arts classrooms, culturally affirming instructional materials have been utilized to stimulate student participation
- Professional development thorough Katie Novak consulting regarding Universal Design for Learning
- Funding strategically used to increase our library holdings of reading materials which reflect our student and family demographics
- Promote a school culture that encourages and honors all voices
- Implemented the use of student surveys at the middle and high school levels regarding topics such as engagement, safety etc.
- Student Advisory Groups established for the first time at the middle school level
- Implemented the use of staff surveys regarding building and district culture, professional learning needs along with district priorities (SOA)
- Provide instructional materials and professional learning that centers Taunton classrooms around students’ experience, knowledge, and voice
- Provide professional learning opportunities for all staff focused on growth mindset, social emotional learning, and culturally responsive practices
- Instructional Leadership Teams participated in Harvard’s Universal Design Series to provide students with more access to meaningful learning experiences
- All teachers in the core subjects are participating in professional learning in new curricula that have these practices embedded within the instructional practices
- Professional learning opportunities in support of Social Justice, Cultural Proficiency and equitable grading practices have been provided
- Recruit, hire, support, mentor, and retain a diverse group of highly qualified educators, leaders, and staff
- Participated in Department of Education’s Professional Learning Community in Diversification of staff with other districts to learn best practices
- Became a member of Massachusetts Partnership for Diversity in Education - attended an in-person job fair geared at recruiting diverse candidates
- Attended the American Association of School Personnel Administrators Diversity Summit to discuss ways to attract and retain diverse staff
- Continued to work on creating a diverse pipeline of young diverse educators by leading the high school internship program
- Created a Young Educators Club at Taunton High to promote occupations within the field of education
- Partnered with Bridgewater State University to host Student Success Coaches within our schools
- Seek ways to know, understand, and integrate each student and family’s identity and varied experiences to best shape their child’s education and well-being
- Hosted math and literacy nights at the elementary schools to strengthen home/school academic partnerships
- Cultural Fairs, nights or pot luck dinners sponsored in conjunction with families in an effort to promote intercultural connectivity
- Collaborate with PTO/PTU school organizations to promote a variety of family events that are centered around student interest