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About the Plan Strategic Plan Framework The Case for Change The Challenges We Face and a Way Forward Challenge 1: Our schools are struggling to accomplish what they need to accomplish Challenge 2: Recent efforts to improve schools have come up short Challenge 3: Our traditional approach to education is standing in the way of success Challenge 4: Change must be achieved within existing resources A way forward through a relentless focus on our core priorities The Core Priorities Core Priority Area 1: Effective, Learner-Centered Instruction 1. Rigorous standards and aligned curricula 2. Learner-centered instructional practices 3. Assessment systems that provide educators with timely, accurate information on learner achievement and growth 4. Information systems that track learner growth over time Core Priority Area 2: Great Teachers and Leaders 1. Common standards for teacher and leader effectiveness 2. Initial preparation and ongoing professional development programs that are rigorous, relevant, and data-driven 3. Next-generation evaluation systems for teachers and leaders 4. Communities of practice designed to foster continuous improvement Core Priority Area 3: Multiple Pathways for Learner Achievement 1. Advancement based on demonstration of mastery 2. Student voice and choice in the demonstration of learning 3. Expanded learning options 4. “Anytime, anywhere” learning Core Priority Area 4: Comprehensive School and Community Supports 1. Effective and efficient services for learners with special needs 2. Coordinated health and wellness programs 3. A commitment to community and family engagement 4. Career and workforce partnerships Core Priority Area 5: Coordinated and Effective State Support 1. Seamless integration of educational programs from early childhood into adulthood 2. Adequate and equitable state resources for Maine’s schools 3. Comprehensive integration of technology 4. A robust and transparent accountability and improvement system
About the Plan
Strategic Plan Framework
The Case for Change
The Challenges We Face and a Way Forward Challenge 1: Our schools are struggling to accomplish what they need to accomplish Challenge 2: Recent efforts to improve schools have come up short Challenge 3: Our traditional approach to education is standing in the way of success Challenge 4: Change must be achieved within existing resources A way forward through a relentless focus on our core priorities
The Challenges We Face and a Way Forward
Challenge 1: Our schools are struggling to accomplish what they need to accomplish
Challenge 2: Recent efforts to improve schools have come up short
Challenge 3: Our traditional approach to education is standing in the way of success
Challenge 4: Change must be achieved within existing resources
A way forward through a relentless focus on our core priorities
The Core Priorities
Core Priority Area 1: Effective, Learner-Centered Instruction
1. Rigorous standards and aligned curricula 2. Learner-centered instructional practices 3. Assessment systems that provide educators with timely, accurate information on learner achievement and growth 4. Information systems that track learner growth over time
1. Rigorous standards and aligned curricula
2. Learner-centered instructional practices
3. Assessment systems that provide educators with timely, accurate information on learner achievement and growth
4. Information systems that track learner growth over time
Core Priority Area 2: Great Teachers and Leaders
1. Common standards for teacher and leader effectiveness 2. Initial preparation and ongoing professional development programs that are rigorous, relevant, and data-driven 3. Next-generation evaluation systems for teachers and leaders 4. Communities of practice designed to foster continuous improvement
1. Common standards for teacher and leader effectiveness
2. Initial preparation and ongoing professional development programs that are rigorous, relevant, and data-driven
3. Next-generation evaluation systems for teachers and leaders
4. Communities of practice designed to foster continuous improvement
Core Priority Area 3: Multiple Pathways for Learner Achievement
1. Advancement based on demonstration of mastery 2. Student voice and choice in the demonstration of learning 3. Expanded learning options 4. “Anytime, anywhere” learning
1. Advancement based on demonstration of mastery
2. Student voice and choice in the demonstration of learning
3. Expanded learning options
4. “Anytime, anywhere” learning
Core Priority Area 4: Comprehensive School and Community Supports
1. Effective and efficient services for learners with special needs 2. Coordinated health and wellness programs 3. A commitment to community and family engagement 4. Career and workforce partnerships
1. Effective and efficient services for learners with special needs
2. Coordinated health and wellness programs
3. A commitment to community and family engagement
4. Career and workforce partnerships
Core Priority Area 5: Coordinated and Effective State Support
1. Seamless integration of educational programs from early childhood into adulthood 2. Adequate and equitable state resources for Maine’s schools 3. Comprehensive integration of technology 4. A robust and transparent accountability and improvement system
1. Seamless integration of educational programs from early childhood into adulthood
2. Adequate and equitable state resources for Maine’s schools
3. Comprehensive integration of technology
4. A robust and transparent accountability and improvement system
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