22
Anglo-American School of Moscow Strategic Action A Users Guide Turning Strategic Planning into Strategic Thinking Year 1: 2011-2012 Note: This is the first version of an annual document meant to guide annual actions in pursuit of the mission and vision of the strategic plan.

Strategic Plan 2011-2012 Users Guide

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

Strategic Plan 2011-2012 Users Guide

Citation preview

Anglo-American School of Moscow

Strategic Action A Users Guide

Turning Strategic Planning into Strategic Thinking

Year 1: 2011-2012

Note: This is the first version of an annual document meant to guide annual actions in pursuit of the

mission and vision of the strategic plan.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 2

Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 2

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 3

Key Elements ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Core Assumptions ............................................................................................................................................... 8

Learning Strategy Work Plan .......................................................................................................................... 11

Learning Strategy – Operational Goals .......................................................................................................... 12

Systems Strategy – Work Plan ........................................................................................................................ 13

Systems Strategy – Operational Goals ............................................................................................................ 14

Communications & Commitment Strategy – Work Plan ............................................................................... 15

Communications & Commitment –Operational Goals ................................................................................... 16

Board Goals ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

Administrative Team Operational Goals ........................................................................................................ 18

Elementary School Operational Goals ............................................................................................................. 20

Middle School Operational Goal ...................................................................................................................... 21

High School Operational Goals ........................................................................................................................ 21

St. Petersburg Operational Goals .................................................................................................................... 22

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 3

Introduction Moving ideas from strategic thinking into operational habits is the most critical aspect of turning plans

into results. There is a long history in leadership sciences of how planning often results in little

sustainable practice. We often reflect on our perceptions of a pendulum of change where we are forced to

try new things only to return to old habits of practice that are fundamentally related to very early

experiences. This is the lament of educational institutions the world over – how do we become more

responsive to change and adjust our practices to serve a world that is fundamentally different from just a

few years earlier.

Lewin (Schein, 1996) was an early researcher in the concept of “change” and postulated the idea of

unfreezing behaviors, changing them, and then refreezing them into habit. Many others have built on

that work to propose change processes that are more effective at making change “stick.” Kotter (1996)

proposed a process that has been shown to be effective in bringing high levels of success to first order

change:

The work of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee and their subordinate Strategy Groups emerged from

the sense of urgency to craft the next generation of decision making at AAS. After successful work on the

previous two strategic plans, it was logical to reconsider both the mission and vision of the school and to

recommit the organization to the core values. This committee completed building a guiding coalition and

a vision and strategy to accomplish this mission. In recent weeks, we have focused on communicating the

vision and helping people to understand the level of change associated with implementing the vision as it

relates to our goals for students.

Additionally, the organization that facilitated our work during the planning stage recommends the

following as we move into work on the first parts of each plan:

Creating Transformation is the most challenging stage of the transformation

process. It is here that implementation begins. The time, effort and creativity

invested to this point in the planning process is lost unless school district

leadership takes deliberate and systematic steps to merge the initiatives

outlined in the strategic plan with the operational activities of the system.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 4

The implementation component of the transformation process focuses on

merging and/or replacing existing operational practices with ideas,

programs and initiatives described in the plans of action.

To this end, the following pages should be considered a summary of the plans and goals that are

consistent with one year of work. It is purposely broad and comprehensive in that it includes the strategic

objectives for the current year alongside the operational goals that are ongoing. This is where the power

of the shift between strategic and operational really happens. We must look at our activities side-by-side

in order to move these plans into operational habits. Similarly, we will look at operational goals that are

no longer in alignment with our strategic thinking and abandon them where appropriate.

Included in this guide is only the things we plan to do THIS year. The entire strategic plan can be viewed

under separate cover and it should be understood that there would be annual adjustments to the plan

each year as required by our reflection on progress over time.

The work of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee and the validation by the School Board should be seen

as a confirmation of confidence in the plan and its potential to instrumentally improve the outcomes of

our efforts. Students are the ultimate benefactors in this process and this document confirms our

commitment, which remains consistent with our core values.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 5

Key Elements

Identity The Anglo-American School of Moscow is an international learning community that is enriched by the

local Russian culture and strengthened by the unique experiences and synergistic engagement of its

students, teachers, and parents.

Mission AAS empowers each student to

• Respect self and others

• Love learning, and

• Contribute as a globally aware citizen

in order to achieve individual academic and holistic excellence.

Vision We inspire student learning

• Through a dynamic and caring environment

• With innovative and effective instructional strategies

• In collaborative relationships, and

• By using current, relevant technologies, and the rich resources of our diverse community.

Outcomes By 2016 each student

• Advocates and exhibits a healthy lifestyle and respect for self and others

• Drives his/her own learning and turns it into ACTION, and

• Demonstrates the competencies and attitudes of a 21st Century learner.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 6

Core Values Core values are the essential and enduring tenets of AAS – the small set of guiding principles that have a

profound impact on how everyone at AAS thinks and acts. They are the soul of AAS – the values that

guide all actions.

AAS believes equally in the value of:

• Making decisions based on the students’ best interests

• Developing the whole child

• Supporting student success through community partnerships

• Delivering a challenging and inquiry-based curriculum in an engaging manner

• Reviewing curriculum via a reflective and dynamic process

• Respecting self and others

• Providing an emotionally and physically safe environment where people want to come

each day, and

• Providing students with an international perspective in order to prepare them for future

challenges and contributions.

Strategies

Learning

We will develop our philosophical beliefs, systems, and practices in order to support and empower each

student to achieve individual, academic, and holistic excellence.

Results we want to achieve that emanate from the Learning Strategy:

1. All faculty and support staff understand the concept of personalized learning and their

responsibility to provide personalized learning for each student’s success.

2. Students and parents understand their respective roles and responsibilities for personalized

student learning.

3. Faculty understands and actively uses the current systems and structures in place to support

individual student learning for academic and holistic excellence.

4. A school wide system is developed which proactively supports and empowers each student to

achieve individual, academic, and holistic excellence.

5. Parameters for personalized student learning have been defined and created.

6. Personalized learning profiles, built around robust learning goals and each child’s individual

needs and interests are used by students, teachers, and parents.

Systems

We will develop the means to align AAS processes and systems to each other and to our mission.

List of Results we want to achieve that emanate from the Systems Strategy:

1. AAS systems have been inventoried, defined, and documented.

2. An evaluation cycle has been implemented, that guarantees each system is effective in its scope

and incorporates best practices.

3. Processes have been implemented that ensure systems are sustainable and properly supported.

4. Processes have been implemented that ensure synergistic and/or complementary systems.

5. AAS systems are widely understood and fully utilized by relevant members of the AAS

Community.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 7

Commitment & Communication

We will create the means necessary for the AAS community to understand and support our vision in the

realization of our mission.

List of Results we want to achieve that emanate from the Commitment and Communications Strategy:

1. All AAS faculty and support staff understands the Mission and Vision, and what it means for

student learning.

2. Those in leadership positions support and integrate the Mission and Vision into their practices.

3. The Mission and Vision are guiding principles in our recruitment and admissions practices.

4. On-going processes exist to build an understanding of the Mission and Vision.

5. All AAS students understand and support the Mission and Vision and what it means for their

learning.

6. All parents understand and support the Mission and Vision and what it means for their children’s

learning.

7. All faculty and support staff support and integrate the Mission and Vision into their practices.

8. The AAS Community easily accesses decisions, processes, and products related to its Mission and

Vision.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 8

Core Assumptions

Strategy Teams Strategy work involves moving from strategic to operational. Thus, the three core strategies must have a

guiding coalition to work on means in incremental steps. Since this is now operational activity, these

teams should be led by those closest to implementing and leading change within the existing

organizational structure. These working teams need not have community or broader stakeholder

representation because they are operational, but opportunities exist for gathering data from stakeholders

to determine “next best” incremental step. These Strategy Teams ultimately report to the Strategic Plan

Steering Committee (SPSC). These teams begin their work now and continue in parallel with work to

align and adjust other operational plans and work.

Leadership

Measurement Team Working in parallel with the Strategy Teams, the Measurement Team is tasked with operationalizing the

statements of what we want students to be doing by developing rubrics and identifying assessment tools.

This group draws plans to implement ongoing collection of data and student behavior documentation.

Membership: 10-15 people with representation from each level and should include anyone with formal

responsibility for curriculum and assessment – especially those with operational responsibility. 1-2

parents could be included and possibly a student or two.

Meetings: Initiates after Winter Holiday – 4 days of work, Two days on operational definitions, two days

on methodology. Measurement work piloted in Fall 2012.

Schedule: 2 days in January before mid-winter break, 2 days after mid-winter break, reporting to SPT in

May.

Team Leaders: Paul Sexton, Ron Gleason, Judith Curtis, Vania Brumley, Carolina Gianetto

Strategic Plan

Strategy Teams

Learning Director of Curriculum

Systems Director

Deputy Director

Commitment & Communication

Director of Communications

Measurement Team

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 9

Strategic Plan Steering Committee The original committee with replacements as required will be maintained throughout the term of this

strategic plan. This committee will be gathered at least annually to discuss the following points in

relation to the strategic plan and in order to further inform the Board of Directors on proposed actions:

• Progress on Strategies: what we said, what we did, what we need next

• Measurement Team Progress – initial results from any benchmarking

• Reporting to Board

Meets in May, 2012.

Administrative Role Based on administrative dialog and reflection on strengths, Administrative Team members identify a

strategy of focus or the Measurement Group as their primary responsibility for 2011-2012 and ongoing as

appropriate. Their role is to continue facilitating strategy work and to assure that decision making aligns

with the adopted strategies.

Faculty Leaders Role As applicable, faculty leaders will be recruited and assigned to the Strategy Teams and/or the

Measurement Team as appropriate to their skills and abilities and according to their potential to help

operationalize new practices in divisions, departments, or other ad hoc groups that exist or are formed

within the organization.

Staff Member Roles As appropriate, additional staff will be recruited and assigned to the Strategy Teams and/or the

Measurement Team as appropriate to their skills/interests and according to their potential to help

operationalize new practices in classrooms and student settings.

Culmination Board report in June 2012 –recommitment and budget for 2012-2013. Revision of this document by May,

2012 for the 2012-2013 school year.

To this end, the following pages should be considered a summary of the plans and goals that are

consistent with one year of work. It is purposely broad and comprehensive in that it includes the strategic

objectives for the current year alongside the operational goals that are ongoing. This is where the power

of the shift between strategic and operational really happens. We must look at our activities side-by-side

in order to move these plans into operational habits. Similarly, we will look at operational goals that are

no longer in alignment with our strategic thinking and abandon them where appropriate.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 10

Woven Plans of Action

The following pages should be considered a summary of

the plans and goals that are consistent with one year of

work. It is both comprehensive and simple in that it includes the strategic plans for the current year (one out of

five) alongside the operational goals that are ongoing, in

most cases carried over from prior years and logical extensions of that work. This is where the power of the

shift between strategic and operational really happens.

We look at our activities side-by-side in order to move new strategies into operational habits. Similarly, we will look

at the operational goals that are no longer in alignment

with our strategic thinking and abandon them where

appropriate. Each year, the process of preparing the next year of work emerges from these pages. The next plan will

be largely finalized before we close school in June, 2012.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 11

Learning Strategy – Work Plan

2011-2012 Result 1 - All faculty and support staff understand the concept of personalized learning and

their responsibility to provide personalized learning for each student’s success.

Steps When

Define  best  practices  of  personalized  student  learning  using  a  “Leading  Team”.  Be  cognizant  that  different  cultures  interpret  personalizing  learning  in  different  ways.  The  Leading  Team  should  be  created  by  the  end  of  September;  it  should  include  some  members  of  the  learning  action  team  and  teacher  leaders  from  each  division.  This  team  will  contact  schools  who  have  implemented  personalized  learning  and  read  literature  about  excellent  standards  based  approaches  to  individualize  student  learning.  Research  should  draw  from  international  and  founding  embassy  schools.  (Authors  we  drew  research  from:  Dufour,  Stiggins,  Fullan,  Elmore,  Reeves  and  Schools  to  reference:  The  Big  Picture  Schools:  http://www.bigpicture.org/schools/).  

By May, 2012

Research  about  personalized  student  learning  is  disseminated  through  department  and  grade  level  teams.  Using  the  Leading  Team  established  in  means  #1,  create  a  common  protocol  for  disseminating  information  across  divisions.  Facilitate  discussions  among  teaching  teams  (departments  and  grades  levels)  about  how  shared  research  will  impact  instruction  and  student  learning.  Initial  information  should  be  brought  to  faculty  before  the  first  break  in  November.  At  all  times  connect  to  our  mission  and  vision.      

By May, 2012

Benefits    • Getting  faculty  support,  everybody  understands  responsibility,  formulating  discussion  and  

opinions.    • Developing  expertise  in  personal  learning.  • Broadening  community  supporting  work  and  profile.    

Costs    • Leadership  team  across  division  is  formed  of  approximately  10  people  for  5  hours  per  

person  per  month.  This  covers  presentation,  research.  This  could  take  the  place  of  an  afterschool  activity.  COST:  50  hours/month    

• Copying  books,  materials.      COST:  $  1000    Person  Accountable:    Peggy  Smith,  Director  of  Curriculum  and  Instruction    Team  member(s):  Harry  Houlis  Robert  Doyle  George  Dolesch  

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 12

Learning Strategy – Operational Goals

2011-2012 Curriculum  Leadership  Team  supports  the  school  in  the  alignment  of  professional  learning  to  student  learning.  (process  evidence)  Action  Steps:    

1. Faculty  effectively  design,  implement,  and  review  quality  units  that  are  aligned  to  standards  

a. All  teachers  participate  in  the  foundational  UbD  workshop  (Sep  29/30,  2011)  b. Curriculum  Council  has  peer-­‐review  process  in  place  for  newly  developed  units  

by  February,  2012  c. Subject-­‐area  teams  and  grade-­‐level  teams  refine  or  develop  peer-­‐assessed  units  

using  Rubicon    d. AAS  Rubicon  public  site  (unit  map  overviews)  available  by  March  1,  2012  and  

individual  units  by  March  1,  2013  e. Division  principals  and  CC  leaders  use  Rubicon  to  analyze  curriculum  and  

assessment  progress  on  a  quarterly  basis  (first  in  spring  2012)  

 2. Curriculum  Leadership  Team  (subject-­‐area  leaders)  begins  professional  learning  and  

planning  to  create  a  Pk-­‐12  assessment  system  that  allows  accurate  reporting  of  learning  and  use  of  student  data  to  improve  learning.  

a. Curriculum  Team  meets  Pk-­‐12  monthly  with  curriculum  director  and  administrators  

b. Curriculum  leaders  meet  monthly  with  their  subject  areas  (in  or  across  divisions  according  to  the  Pk-­‐12  subject  area  needs)  

c. Curriculum  Teams  support  and  develop  assessment  knowledge,  use  of  data,  and  development  of  benchmark  assessments  within  their  subject  areas.  

d. Curriculum  Council  creates  language  and  framework  for  assessment  system  and  expectations  of  data  use    

3. Curriculum  Team  and  administrators  develop  division,  subject-­‐area  and  personal  goals  related  to  student  learning  and  aligned  to  one  another  

a. Goals  are  focused  on  student  learning  b. Administration  creates  a  menu  of  PD  support  and  follow-­‐through  for  goals  c. Goals  are  reviewed  and  assessed  on  a  quarterly  basis  for  evidence  of  progress  

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 13

Systems Strategy – Work Plan

2011-2012 Result 1 - AAS Systems have been inventoried, defined and documented.

Steps When

Define  what  constitutes  a  “System”.     January, 2012

Develop a template including the elements which constitute a system, possible categories of systems, determine specific information to collect. For example : http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/baldrige/about/categories/.  

March, 2012

Establish method, time and process for conducting inventory.   March, 2012

Conduct inventory   April-May, 2012

Analyze inventory results.   May, 2012

Identify systems that may fall outside of the systems mentioned in the inventory.

May, 2012

Establish process for periodic review/update of the inventory. June, 2012

Integrate new systems into a system relationship diagram, justifying or removing redundancies, before implementing new systems.

2012-2013

Publish (document) inventory. June, 2012

 Benefits    

• Clear,  searchable  database  of  systems  in  place  and  descriptions  of  their  scope  and  function.    • More  effective  use  of  time  because  people  will  know  who  to  go  to  for  what.    • Reduced  frustration  as  greater  transparency  of  procedures  is  established.    • Reduction  of  redundancies.    • A  working  map  of  the  systems  in  place  which  can  constantly  be  revised.    

 Costs:    

• Create  team  of  stakeholders  (8-­‐10  members)  to  agree  on:    a) a  school-­‐wide  definition  of  systems  (1  hour);    b) determine  process  for  conducting  inventory  and  criteria  to  be  used  (3  hours);    c) conduct  inventory  (5  hours);    d) analyze  results  and  identify  redundancies  (3  hours);    e) generate  diagram  of  systems  within  AAS  justifying  or  removing  redundancies  (5  

hours);    f) establish  process  of  review  (1  hour);  and    g) generate  a  document  with  systems  inventory  (2  hours).    

COST:  200  hours    • Purchase/set-­‐up/design  of  a  database  to  keep  the  systems  inventory.  Could  take  training  of  

existing  staff  or  extra  support  (20  hours  for  creation  and  input).    • Training  for  stakeholders  on  how  to  access  and  use  database  (1  hour  for  staff,  1  hour  for  

parents/community,  1  hour  for  students  (within  advisory/classtime).    • Communications  staff  to  publish  access  to  database  online  (1  hour).    

 Person  Accountable:    Jon  Zurfluh,  Director  &  Ian  Forster,  Deputy  Director    Team  Member(s):  Nicolette  Kirk  

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 14

Systems Strategy – Operational Goals

2011-2012

1. Align communication systems and finish work on Student Information System and Online

Campus Community in order to support communication with parents and provide important

anchor for technology based instructional tools that may be employed by teachers.

2. Optimize and align the AAS Organization Chart and work to develop and formalize cross-

divisional support structures including Curriculum and Instruction, Pupil Support Services, and

Technology Integration.

3. Support the ongoing work on the St. Petersburg renovation project and bring the project to

closure.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 15

Communications & Commitment Strategy – Work Plan

2011-2012 Result 1 - All faculty and support staff understand the concept of personalized learning and

their responsibility to provide personalized learning for each student’s success.

Steps When

Mission  and  Vision  will  be  printed  and  visible  in  all  classrooms  and  offices  of  the  school.    

Explain  benefits  and  rationale  of  Mission  and  Vision  to  faculty  during  orientation  and  on-­‐going  throughout  the  year.    

Illustrate  the  Mission  and  Vision  using  visual  tools  such  as  multimedia  and  video  that  underline  practices  that  support  the  Mission  and  Vision  already  existing  in  the  school  (e.g.  IB  mission  video).    

Use  thinking  routines/concept  mapping  (project  zero)  to  explore  components  of  Mission  and  Vision  with  faculty  in  order  to  build  understanding.    

Translate  the  Mission  and  Vision  into  Russian  for  accessibility  to  all  staff.    

Make  language  of  the  Mission  and  Vision  comprehensible  to  all.  Consider  vocabulary  when  creating  visual  communication  tools.    

Use  the  Mission  and  Vision  to  frame  meetings.  It  should  become  an  integrated  part  of  meetings.    

Give  practical  and  visual  examples  in  classroom  or  teaching  approaches    

Facilitate  discussion  groups  in  order  to  give  faculty  and  staff  time  to  raise  concerns  as  understanding  of  the  Mission  and  Vision  is  being  built.    

Give  teachers  PD  around  the  idea  of  “individualized  learning”  so  that  they  might  better  understand  the  Mission  and  Vision.    

 Benefits    

• Being  trained  in  leading  change  will  lead  to  better  buy  in,  less  time  wasting  on  vision  and  action  of  “how,”  more  focus,  better  equipped  to  deal  with  negativity  of  change.  This  is  a  time  saving  benefit  of  “doing  it  right  the  first  time”  and  giving  the  leaders  a  professional  edge  in  presenting  and  promoting  the  strategy.    

• An  employee  dedicated  to  this  strategy  will  give  greater  relevance  and  focus  to  the  strategy,  tie  in  the  big  picture  to  small,  moving  parts,  take  off  the  burden  from  admin  and  teacher  leaders  concentrating  on  curriculum.    

• Videos  will  give  not  only  better  understanding  to  the  Mission  and  Vision  but  also  promote  emotional  connections.    

• Translating  the  Mission  and  Vision  will  give  a  sense  of  inclusion  and  promote  better  understanding.    

• Widely  publicizing  the  Mission  and  Vision  will  make  the  Mission  and  Vision  relevant  and  signify  the  importance  of  the  words/idea  and  the  strategy.    

     Costs    

• An  organizational  change  consultant  will  be  hired  to  train  admin,  teacher  leaders  and  community  leaders  to  order  to  better  facilitate  meetings,  discussion  groups,  questions  from  the  community,  reorganization  of  meetings  and  documents,  media/publications  noted  in  this  

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 16

plan  of  action.      COST:  included  in  the  next  bullet    • A  two-­‐day  training  (by  consultant  above)  in  leading  change/Mission  and  Vision  will  be  given  

at  the  start  of  the  year  to  14  admin  and  xx  teacher  leaders  and  xx  community  leaders  (PTO).  COST:  $  10,000    

• An  employee  will  be  dedicated  part-­‐time  to  this  Communication  Strategy  in  order  to  facilitate  change,  plan  strategy  integration  in  school  and  community  meetings,  plan  year’s  meetings/publications/videos,  and  integrate  Mission  and  Vision  in  all  aspects  of  community.    COST:  $  6000    

• Videos  will  be  produced  to  train,  educate  school  community  about  Mission  and  Vision.    COST:  $  2000    COST:  100  hours    

• Mission  and  Vision  will  be  translated  in  Russian  (by  in  house  staff).  COST:  5  hours      Person  Accountable:    Rita  Ehrman,  Director  of  Communications  and  Development    Team  Member(s):  Erica  Fursova  Jon  Zurfluh          

Communications & Commitment – Operational Goals

2011-2012

Mission and Vision key terms and/or message will be used as a framework for communication in order to

personalize the Mission and bring community understanding and support to it.

Existing methods of communication will be reviewed and a plan of streamlining and refining

communication will be developed.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 17

Board Goals

2011-2012

1. Management  by  Matrix  (Review  and  assess  quality  assurance  systems  to  evaluate  strategic  plan  implementation)  

• Collect  and  evaluate  performance  data                  • High  School  graduates                  • Departed  families                  • Student  performance  in  next  setting                  • Alumni  Data                  • Correlation  of  results  in  next  setting  to  AAS  Performance  and  standardized  test  results                  • Transitional  support  for  all  -­‐  beyond  graduates                  • Goals  for  results  

 

2. Align  admissions  with  the  mission  • Review  admission  policies  to  insure  AAS  education  serves  the  needs  of  the  desired  student  population  in  

alignment  with  the  mission  of  the  school                  • Review  categories                  • Seat  Fee                  • Percentages  –  ESOL,  SEN,  Deadlines                  • Waiting  List/Register,  Transparency                  • Policies  and  Procedures  

 

3. Provide  a  secure,  comprehensive,  and  flexible  financial  foundation  for  all  • Long-­‐term  master  capital  facilities  plan      • Long-­‐term  budgeting  plan  • Competitive  compensation  • Appropriate  (reasonable)  tuition      • Review  Investment  Plan  • Anticipate  the  impact  of  implementation  of  the  strategic  plan  on  facilities  and  finances.  

 

4. Learn  about  implications  of  the  strategic  plan  and  be  able  to  communicate  the  strategies  and  methodology  to  constituents  

• Student  learning  and  achievement                    

5.  Align  Extra-­‐curricular  and  Co-­‐curricular  options  with  the  objectives  of  the  strategic  plan  

• Define  Extra-­‐curricular  program  as  extension  of  holistic  learning  goals  and  individual  student  needs  • Broader  recruiting  program  including  local  options  for  staffing  

 

6. Become  better  aware  of  the  long  term  implications  of  our  location  and  linkage  to  the  Russian  environment  

• Trend  analysis                  • Logistics  and  traffic  issues                  • Politics  as  it  relates  to  threats/opportunities                  • Ongoing  assessment  of  security  and  update  of  disaster  planning  

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 18

Administrative Team – Operational Goals

2011-2012

Data Goal

The A-Team will learn to access, analyze, and discuss the implementation of various data sets during each monthly meeting (or another monthly venue) in order to use data to improve student learning. Action Items Status Responsible

Identify the relevant data sets that will be used to inform the process of improving student learning.

Ongoing

A-Team

Provide team members with the necessary background and understanding of the various data sets so that they are able to utilize the information collected.

In progress

A-Team

Analyze and present the emerging trends and patterns in the data as a basis for subsequent discussion and action.

In progress A-Team

Professional Growth Plan Goal

Implement and reflect on our system-wide individualized framework for professional growth plans. Action Items Status Responsible

PD Growth Plan Framework for faculty Complete C&I

All faculty will have completed PD Growth Plans for 2011-2012 In Progress Due: November

Principals

All faculty have a collaborative PD conversation with administrators by Nov. 15th and in May

In Progress A-Team

Develop PD Growth Plan Framework for support staff In Progress Due: June

A-Team

Develop bank of professional development opportunities and identify required pre-requisites

New Progress by May

A-Team

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 19

Performance Appraisal Goal

The A-Team will revise the performance appraisal process with an aim to improve individual performance and inform recruitment and retention. Action Items Status Responsible

Review process and timeline across divisions by December.

In progress A-Team

Evaluate & assess current, relevant, effective appraisal tools available from other sources including:

• schools • other organizations • commercial market (for purchase)

March A-Team

Reflect on selected tools and align with performance standards. Adjust standards where appropriate.

2012-2013 A-Team

Create/adopt an assessment tool and revised standards based on our core competencies.

2012-2013 A-Team

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 20

Elementary School – Operational Goals

2011-2012 Ensure that literacy practices of all teachers are consistent, based in research, and result in

improved student learning.

Outcomes:

• Collaboratively define what guided reading looks like at each grade level at AAS.

• A common understanding and consistent implementation of guided reading.

• All students reading below grade level are receiving appropriate support at instructional levels.

• A framework for authentic writing assessment is in place by the end of the year, with one common

writing assessment completed in the spring.

• The optimal learning model (OLM) is evident in our planning and lessons.

How:

• Incorporate professional development opportunities such as Regie Routman PD: Reading and

Writing Connections

• Focus Language Arts committee work

• Effectively using coaches and coordinators

To ensure all ES faculty and staff have a common understanding of the PYP’s philosophy and

practices.

Outcomes:

• To reflect and have a better understanding about our teaching & learning, the written curriculum,

collaborative planning, and assessment practices.

• Create a five year Action Plan which will include sustained professional development

How:

• Participate in the self-study process

• Attend and actively participate in related school initiated meetings and workshops

• Using the standards and practices as part of our yearly reflections

• Collaboratively create an Action Plan

• Effectively using coaches and coordinators

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 21

Middle School – Operational Goal

2011-2012

To use student generated data to improve student learning by

• providing guidance and training for teachers in data gathering and analysis

• establishing ways teachers can access, analyze and use data in their regular meetings

• providing time for teachers to access, analyze and use data.

High School – Operational Goals

2011-2012

 To create a comprehensive AAS HS policy statement reflecting our philosophy towards assessment and to

document our practices in order to provide clarity, coherence and correspondence across the HS division.

In line with the AAS mission of empowering students with a love for learning in order to achieve academic

excellence, the HS will investigate the factors that affect our climate for learning and explore how we can

use those factors to improve student achievement.

Anglo-American School of Moscow - Strategic Action 22

St. Petersburg Operational Goals

2011-2012

Each child is provided daily academic and personal interactions with staff members. All staff members

share in the responsibility to assist students at any time during the school day and at all school sponsored

events.

The learning environment is adjusted to reflect the individual strengths and needs of each student. This

is evident in the different assignments students receive and the additional assistance provided to students

outside normal classroom hours.

Staff will provide multiple opportunities for students to make independent decisions based on the

student's ability, commitment, and willingness to accept responsibility. Interactions between students and

staff are based on mutual respect, trust, a sense of belonging, and individual worth.

In September, we agreed to add a goal addressing our effort to integrate Habits of Mind into all aspects of

our program. Here is what we defined as our goal for HOM:

• Students and teachers will be able to demonstrate how habits of mind are explicitly taught,

learned, and reported in each classroom. (systematic)

• Students and teachers will use a common language to discuss habits of mind as they relate to the

growth of each child. (systemic)