The document outlines the strategic plan and goals of JCPS (Jefferson County Public Schools) to improve student learning and outcomes. It includes three focus areas: 1) Increased Learning 2) Graduation and Beyond 3) Stakeholder Involvement/Engagement. Under each focus area are specific goals and district strategies to achieve the goals, such as designing professional development for teachers, using data to inform interventions, increasing community partnerships, and engaging parents through strategies like the Parent Portal. The plan provides leadership with evidence to track progress towards the goals of improving academic achievement, preparing students for postsecondary education/careers, and enriching student experiences through community support.

1. JCPS
Strategic
Plan
Vision
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Evidence
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Effective
Leadership
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Dillard
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Focus
Areas
and
District
Goals
District
Strategies
Leadership
Evidence
Focus
Area:
Increased
Learning
Goal
1:
Every
student
progresses
in
his
or
her
learning
and
meets
or
exceeds
proficiency
in
all
subjects.
1.3
Design
and
implement
a
coordinated
system
of
professional
development
that
is
aligned
to
annual
strategic
priorities
and
targeted
to
the
needs
of
schools.
• Professional
Development
(attach
PD
plan)
• Professional
Conferences
Coaching
Plan
sessions
and
debrief
(attach
plan)
• Redhawk
Rounds
(attach
data
summary)
1.4
Establish
a
formal
process
to
support
and
monitor
the
use
of
instructional
best
practices.
• Learning
Walks
• Redhawk
Rounds
1.9
Create
a
coordinated
system
of
support
that
will
result
in
increasing
attendance,
reducing
dropout
and
suspensions,
and
ultimately
increasing
time
spent
on
learning.
• Focus
Teams
• Attendance
data
• Discipline
data
• Drop
out
data
• Mentoring
Program
• Behavior
Intervention
Groups
• Suspension
Reduction
Plan
• Student
Response
Team
• Report
Card
Conferencing
• ECE
Behavior
Resource
Teacher
• PBIS
• Redhawk
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1.10
Provide
for
continuous
improvement
for
systems
designed
to
support
student
achievement
and
to
eliminate
the
achievement
gap.
• Test
scores
• Leadership
analysis
of
data
and
plan
for
gap
groups
• ESL
• Red,
Yellow,
Green
system
for
data
analysis
Focus
Area:
Graduation
and
Beyond
Goal
2:
Every
student
graduates
prepared
for
his
or
her
postsecondary
choice
-­‐
for
college
or
career,
and
life.
2.1
Utilize
predictive
data
(EXPLORE,
PLAN,
ACT)
to
inform
interventions.
• Freshman
Pre-­‐Algebra
Classes
• Reading/Ramp
Up
• Seneca
101
• College
Connection
ACT
Classes
Daily
Plan
• ACT
practice
tests
for
juniors
and
sophomores
• Practice
PLAN
for
freshmen
• ACT
conferences
with
all
juniors
• SharePoint
data
• Extended
School
• College
Connection
period
• PLC
Data
Days
2.3
Utilize
advisory
structures
to
increase
the
number
of
students
pursuing
and
enrolling
in
extension
and
postsecondary
experiences.
• HAWKS
• Freshman
college
visits
• Senior
college
visits
• Career
themes
partnered
with
business
and
industry
advisory
committees
(including
college

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representatives)
• College
Application
Week
2.4
Work
collaboratively
with
community
partners,
postsecondary
education
institutions,
and
the
Kentucky
Department
of
Education
(KDE)
to
achieve
the
goals
of
55,000
Degrees
and
the
KDE
and
our
Commonwealth
Commitment
to
create
a
context
where
all
students
have
a
disposition
for
postsecondary
education
and
are
college-­‐
and
career-­‐ready.
• Spalding
• IUS
• KSU
• UK
• ERL
• ERS
• Go
College
• CMAP
• Men
of
Quality
• BBT
• Close
the
Deal
with
Mayor
Fischer
2.6
Develop
capabilities
of
students
to
be
effective
and
happy
citizens,
learners,
workers,
and
leaders
for
the
21st
century.
• Gates
Scholar
• Mayor’s
Summer
Work
Program
• Lead2Feed
project
• Increased
enrollment
Focus
area:
Stakeholder
Involvement/Engagement
Goal
3:
Parents,
community,
and
partners
enrich
students'
educational
3.1
Design
aligned,
data-­‐driven,
and
sustainable
planning
processes
to
provide
a
coherent
focus
in
order
to
achieve
the
vision
of
the
Board
of
Education.
Align
the
Comprehensive
• CSIP
• 30-­‐60-­‐90
Day
Plans
• 30-­‐60-­‐90
Day
Progress
Reports

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experiences
and
support
their
success.
District
Improvement
Plan
(CDIP)
and
Comprehensive
School
Improvement
Plan
(CSIP)
with
the
Strategic
Plan
and
ensure
deep
implementation
of
these
strategies
so
that
they
impact
the
work
on
each
student’s
desk.
3.2
Increase
the
number
of
out-­‐of-­‐school
hours
spent
by
students
scoring
at
the
Novice
and
Apprentice
levels
in
reading,
math,
science,
social
studies,
writing,
ACT,
and
end-­‐of-­‐course
subjects
(Biology,
Algebra
II,
English
II,
and
U.S.
History),
including
using
such
technological
tools
as
SuccessMaker
and
Study
Island.
• HIP
(attach
reports)
• Extended
School
(attach
reports)
• Study
Island
• Cambridge
3.3
Increase
the
number
of
community-­‐
based
opportunities/experiences
to
support
student
learning,
including
service
learning,
the
arts,
and
enrichment
experiences.
Increase
the
use
of
Parent
Portal.
• UPS
Co-­‐Op
program
• Goldsmith,
Binet
&
Price
Elementary
partnership
• Cultural
Arts
trips
for
all
scholars
• Urban
Agriculture
projects
• Men
of
Quality’s
Bullying
Program
at
Goldsmith
• JROTC
• Global
Market
3.4
Think
big!
Plan
with
parents,
teachers,
• PTSA
fundraising
-­‐
scholarships

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administrators,
and
community
stakeholders,
and
seek
support
and
funding
for
major
initiatives
that
will
impact
student
learning.
Design
community
engagement—“a
movement”
around
increased
learning
time—that
includes
tracking
family
activities
that
support
learning.
(Audit
action
9.9)
• Seneca
Past
&
Present-­‐
technology,
Scholarships
• Farm
Bureau
• BBT
business
lessons
• Junior
Achievement
program
• Parent
Leadership
(Pettaway)
3.5
Collaborate
with
the
Parent
Teacher
Association
(PTA),
Jefferson
County
Teachers
Association
(JCTA),
Jefferson
County
Association
of
School
Administrators
(JCASA),
community
organizations,
and
institutions
of
higher
education
to
increase
the
“concerted
cultivation
mindset”
among
parents
in
the
community
so
that
they
become
our
partners
in
the
“educational
cultivation”
of
our
children.
• Monthly
LO
with
PR
reps
and
leadership
team
• Monthly
PTSA
meetings
• Business
Advisory
meetings
• Parent
Leadership
(Pettaway)
• Close
the
Deal
program
3.7
Build
capacity
for
schools
to
develop
Professional
Learning
Communities
with
cohorts
of
teachers
and
administrators
who
share
a
collective
vision
for
and
shared
ownership
of
achievement
for
each
child.
• PLC
schedule
• PLC
agendas
and
minutes
• PLC
presentations
to
ILT
• HSTW
Integrated
Science
Presentation
• US
History
GHEENS
PLC
Award
• State
audit

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commendation/“Powerful
Practice”
for
PLC
practices
• Selected
as
model
PLC
by
Rick
DuFour,
Solution
Tree
3.8
Celebrate
Learning-­‐the
success
of
our
students
as
well
as
the
contributions
of
teachers,
administrators,
parents,
and
community
stakeholders.
• Scholars
Proficient
&
Distinguished
academic
celebration
• FLO
• Hilliard
Lyons
Award
• Culture
Audit
results
• State
Audit
results
• Scholarships
for
various
colleges
• Vogt
Scholarship
• GSP
winners
• Good
News
report
• Email
Urban
Ag
Scholars
in
top
10
state
Biology
EOC
Focus
Area:
Safe,
Resourced,
Supported,
and
Equipped
Schools
Goal
4:
All
schools
are
staffed,
resourced,
and
equipped
to
support
student
needs.
4.3
Provide
equal
access
to
programs,
services,
and
opportunities
to
advance
achievement
for
all
students
• Advance
Kentucky
• HAWKS
• College
Connection
period
4.4
Develop
a
comprehensive
system
of
• Freshman
Community
• HAWKS
Advisory
period

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proactive
student
supports
and
interventions
to
ensure
that
all
students
are
safe,
feel
secure,
and
posses
a
sense
of
belonging-­‐primary
foundation
for
learning.
• YSC/FRYSC
• Counseling
• Principal-­‐Student
Dialogue
• Increased
cameras
• A-­‐Phone
System
• Restricted
Hall
Plan
• Crisis
Plan
• Peer
Mediation
team
• RTI
Plan
4.7
Provide,
monitor,
and
support
Cultural
Competence
training
(that
includes
pedagogical
strategies)
for
100
percent
of
staff.
Utilize
the
expertise
of
JCPS
staff,
community
partners,
and
institutions
of
higher
education
develop
the
training.
• Cultural
Competence
Team
• Culture
Audit
by
Dr.
Roger
Cleveland
• Dr.
Anthony
Muhammad
Coaching
and
Training
Staff
• Culturally
Responsive
Teaching
• Dr.
Roger
Cleveland,
Culture
and
Inclusion
Conference
4.8
Retain
and
recruit
high-­‐quality
staff
who
reflect
the
diversity
of
the
student
population
• Student
demographics
• Staff
demographics
4.9
Create
a
system
of
targeted
professional
• Professional
Development
Plans
• Redhawk
Rounds

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development.
Assess
the
impact
(footprint)
of
the
professional
development
on
the
students’
desk.
Our
formula
is:
Teacher
Talent
+
Professional
Development
=Improved
Student
Achievement
• Retreats
for
staff
and
leadership
team
(Power
Points
and
Agendas)
• PGES
• Creating
PLCs
-­‐
Jack
Baldermann
• RTT
Systems
Training
-­‐
Austin
Buffam
• Systems
Training
–
Kay
• Cultural
Competence
Training
–
Dr.
Cleveland
• Differentiated
Instruction
–
Gayle
Gregory
• Formative
Assessments
-­‐
Tom
Hierck
• Creating
Common
Formative
Assessment
-­‐
Cassie
Erkens
• Transforming
School
Culture
-­‐
Dr.
Anthony
Muhammad
• Principal
Kafele:
Educating
African
American
Males
4.10
Create
a
system
of
support
for
collaboration
in
Professional
Learning
Communities
• PLC
PD
• PLC
schedule
• PLC
agenda
and
minutes
• “Powerful
Practice”-­‐Leadership
Assessment
• DuFour’s
Model
PLC
• Solution
Tree
Case
Study

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