State of the Schools

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State of the Schools

• Facts, Issues, Future
• Sunrise Rotary
• Elmcrest Country Club
• September 15, 2005
• 700 a.m.

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Facts
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Quick Facts

• 121 square miles
• 2,700 employees
• 17,500 students
• 33 attendance sites
• 170 million budget
• 56 formal school/business partnerships
• Iowas second largest school district

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Did you know??

• IASBO and GFOA Certificates of Excellence in
  Financial Reporting (10
  consecutive years)
• Only school district in Iowa initiating
  E-procurement processes
• Moving to geo-mapping of transportation
• One of two school districts in the nation
  involved in the Switch Health/Nutrition Study

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Did you know??

• Washington and Kennedy in the top 100 high
  schools in the nation for AP exams
• CR high school students score significantly above
  Iowa and nation averages on the ACT
• Richard Threlkeld (25 year
  bureau chief for CBS news) and
  Patricia Robinson (nationally
  known poet) attended Kenwood
  School

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Did you know??

• Ashton Kutcher is a Franklin
  School alum.
• Money Magazine - Cedar Rapids is among the 100
  best places to live (education, crime rank)
• Grant Wood was a teacher at
  McKinley Junior High and old
  Washington High School

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ISSUES
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• ITBS/ITED
• SINA Schools
• Watch List Schools
• Sanctions
• Opportunities for all students

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The Other NCLB

• No calorie left behind

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Global Factors

• Competition
• Resources
• Economy
• Civility

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How do we make meaningful progress in a large
system with areas in need of improvement?
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FUTURE
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A helpful framework

• Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance
  Excellence

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The 7 Baldrige Categories

• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Student/Stakeholder Focus
• Information and Analysis
• Human Resource Focus
• Process Management
• Performance Results

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Its About Alignment!

• Can we get everyone rowing in the same direction?

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Aim of the Organization
Goals and Measures
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Question 1

• To provide the highest quality education to all
  CRCSD students, what challenges will the district
  have to address as it plans for the future?

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Do you enjoy reading to learn?
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Monitoring Progress

• What do our stakeholders think about the
  direction we are heading?

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Administrators Feedback

• I support the Districts continuous improvement
  efforts
• YES (99)
• NEED CLARIFICATION (1)
• NO (0)

• The pace of our continuous improvement effort is
  
• Just Right (94)
• Too Fast (5)
• Too Slow (1)

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Staff Feedback
District Focus Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Regarding District direction I believe the District is heading in the right direction. 41 57 2 0
Regarding District direction I believe the District has identified the right vision, mission, goals, core values and guiding behavior which I support. 43 55 2 0
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The only thing more exciting than our past is
our future!Visit us onlinewww.cr.k12.ia.us
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State of the Schools

• Facts, Issues, Future
• Sunrise Rotary
• Elmcrest Country Club
• September 15, 2005
• 700 a.m.