GOAL: The Davenport School Board will actively support the efforts of the superintendent, district staff, and families to ensure continuous student achievement for all students.

To that end, we establish the following objectives and priorities:

Objectives

• Expect all students to make a minimum of one year’s growth in reading, math, and science as measured by the Iowa Growth Model.
• Ensure small class sizes are maintained to enhance the learning environment as set by Board Policy #603.01 Class Size.
• Improve communications efforts that will cultivate awareness, parental involvement, and participation with business groups.
• Evaluate and analyze board processes to find the best methods to improve board effectiveness and efficiency.
• Coordinate strategic and tactical legislative advocacy to provide opportunities to influence decision-makers in order to enhance public education in Iowa.
• Develop a long-range vision for the future using community input that captures the passion of everyone in the District.
• Create a superintendent evaluation instrument using new criteria developed by the State and conduct required assessment sessions.

Priorities

• Provide more opportunities to strengthen early childhood education.
• Assess the effects of the bullying policy on school climate and the influence implementation has had on middle school culture.
• Hold the superintendent accountable for ensuring the administrative performance evaluations, created for the purpose of improving student achievement, are fully practiced throughout the district.
• Periodically review achievement data and discuss progress made to provide assistance and programs for children at all levels.
• Quarterly evaluate belief statements developed by the Board against the work being accomplished to improve student achievement.

Board Adoption: November 10, 2008