Strategic Plan Data Area Report: Staff

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Strategic PlanData Area Report Staff

• Webster Groves School District Presented to
  Board of Education
• September 28, 2009

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DATA AREA Staff
INDICATOR Education and Experience
INDICATOR Performance
INDICATOR Satisfaction
INDICATOR Leadership
INDICATOR Continuous Learning
MEASURES
MEASURES
MEASURES
MEASURES
MEASURES

• Staff w/Masters
• Staff w/Doctorate
• Years of experience
• Certified in Area
• Certified Staff of Color
• Student-Teacher Ratios

• Participation in building and district committees
  
• Presentations to schools within WGSD
• Presentations to other districts, schools, or
  organizations
• Participation in regional, state, and national
  educational activities
• Survey on quality leadership

• Professional Development
• Participation
• Professional Development Hours
• Quality Professional Development
• Staff Evaluation of Professional Development
• Staff Conducting or Participating in Action
  Research
• Staff Participating in Technology Professional
  Development

• Attendance Rate
• Years in WGSD
• Cohort Survival Rate
• Annual Turnover Rate

• Observations Evaluations
• of Staff on PIPs
• Number of PDC Grants Awarded
• Number of Professional Growth Awards Received

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Identified Strengths

• Increase in educator participation on building
  and district committees.
• High percent of staff participating in
  professional development.
• Continual increase in average number of hours of
  professional development for staff.
• Increase in teachers receiving professional
  growth awards.
• Increase in staff participating in action
  research.
• Low number of educators needing a Performance
  Improvement Plan (PIP).
• Excellent staff attendance rate.
• High percentage of teachers who remain in the
  district.
• Experienced teaching staff.
• PDC will continue to provide all staff with
  professional development opportunities focused on
  differentiated instruction/responsive teaching.

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Staff Critical Issues

• Continue to be critical issues
• 1. Recruit and retain only certified teachers of
  the highest quality.
• 2. Maintain low student/teacher ratios
  for classrooms and improve the
• student/teacher ratios for
  specialists to the desirable MSIP level.
• Increase staff diversity to better reflect the
  student population.
• New critical issue
• Maintain the amount and quality of professional
  development available to support continuous
  learning for all staff.
• Critical Issues Met continue to monitor as part
  of Staff Data Area Report
• 1. Maintain all salaries at or above county
  median.
• Provide support needed for data entry and data
  driven focus.

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Leadership
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE Quality
Certificated Staff INDICATOR Leadership
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Leadership Participation on District and
Building Committees (297 Respondents)
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Leadership of Educators Providing Training to
Schools within WGSD (297 Respondents)
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Leadership of Educators Presenting to Other
Districts, Schools, or Organizations (297
Respondents)
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Leadership Participation in Regional, State, or
National Meetings/Conferences (297 Respondents)
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Leadership Survey on Quality Leadership

• Surveys regarding quality leadership are
  conducted on administrators in their first three
  years in the position.
• Experienced administrators receive feedback every
  three years, unless performance review merits
  more frequent feedback.

Parent/Teacher/Staff/HS Student Survey of
District Administrators Spring 2009 Total
Survey Participation 3 Parent
60 Teacher 20
Support Staff 2 High School
Student
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Leadership Progress Made

• Increase in use of national presenters for
  professional development within the Webster
  Groves School District.
• Increase in teacher participation on building and
  district committees.

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Performance
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE Quality
Certificated Staff INDICATOR Performance
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INDICATORPerformance

• of Staff on Performance Improvement Plans
• 2004-2005 .00
• 2005-2006 .33
• 2006-2007 1.3
• 2007-2008 .64
• 2008-2009 1.0

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WG PDC Grants and Professional Growth Awards
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Performance Progress Made

• The PDC revised the PDC Growth Award. It is now
  titled, Life Long Learner Award. Information
  on this award was shared by PDC representatives
  with their staffs last fall.
• More staff members received this award in
  2008-2009.
• Representatives will again encourage their
  colleagues to submit nominations during the
  2009-10 school year.

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Continuous Learning
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE Quality
Certificated Staff INDICATOR Continuous
Learning
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Continuous LearningProf. Dev. State Survey (297
Respondents)
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Continuous Learning Average of Hours of
PD/Certified Staff Member (297 Respondents)
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Continuous Learning WGSD Provides High Quality
Professional Development (5 point scale)
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Continuous LearningEducator Evaluation of Prof.
Dev. (5 point scale)
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Continuous Learning Action Research (297
Respondents)
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Continuous Learning Participation in Technology
Prof. Dev. (297 Respondents)

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Continuous LearningProgress Made

• More staff members participated in action
  research.
• C I newsletter distributed regularly.
• New Professional Development Award developed and
  implemented fall 2008.
• New Action Research Grant designed and
  implemented fall 2008.
• Designed and implemented Teacher Leader Academy
  for Best Practices in Responsive
  Teaching/Differentiation.
• Increase in number of professional development
  hours per educator.
• Increase in the number of professional growth
  awards received.
• Increase in professional development related to
  mathematics and differentiated instruction.

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Education and Experience
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE Quality
Certificated Staff INDICATOR Education and
Experience
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INDICATOR Education Experience
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Certification Status of Teachers 2006-2010

WGSD
MISSOURI
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Teaching Staff
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STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO 2006-2010
WEBSTER GROVES
MISSOURI
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Satisfaction
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE Quality
Certificated Staff INDICATOR Satisfaction
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INDICATORSatisfaction
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Identified Strengths

• Increase in educator participation on building
  and district committees.
• High percent of staff participating in
  professional development.
• Continual increase in average number of hours of
  professional development for staff.
• Increase in teachers receiving professional
  growth awards.
• Increase in staff participating in action
  research.
• Low number of educators needing a Performance
  Improvement Plan (PIP).
• Excellent staff attendance rate.
• High percentage of teachers who remain in the
  district.
• Experienced teaching staff.
• PDC will continue to provide all staff with
  professional development opportunities focused on
  differentiated instruction/responsive teaching.

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Staff Critical Issues

• Continue to be critical issues
• 1. Recruit and retain only certified teachers of
  the highest quality.
• 2. Maintain low student/teacher ratios
  for classrooms and improve the
• student/teacher ratios for
  specialists to the desirable MSIP level.
• Increase staff diversity to better reflect the
  student population.
• New critical issue
• Maintain the amount and quality of professional
  development available to support continuous
  learning for all staff.
• Critical Issues Met continue to monitor as part
  of Staff Data Area Report
• 1. Maintain all salaries at or above county
  median.
• Provide support needed for data entry and data
  driven focus.

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Thank You