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Continuous Improvement Plan

Focus

All employees will be accountable for implementing research-based practices including a rigorous and aligned curriculum, common assessments, focused instruction and data-driven decisions to achieve the best academic and developmental outcomes for every student within a fiscally sustainable budget.

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2024-2025 Continuous Improvement Plan
Commitment to Excellence

The New Albany-Plain Local School District is committed to creating a culture of accountability that achieves the best academic and developmental outcomes for each student.  The District aspires to become and remain the best rated public school district in the State of Ohio.

Benchmarks and Indicators

Benchmark 1: Increase achievement

  • Earn a District Performance Index Percentage result of 95% or greater on the Local Report Card.

Benchmark 2:  Facilitate a year or more of growth for every year of instruction

  • Earn a District Progress Component Rating of Four Stars or greater on the Local Report Card.

Benchmark 3: Meet or exceed State’s achievement gap closing standards for identified subgroups

  • Earn a District Gap Closing Component Rating of Five Stars on the Local Report Card.

Benchmark 4:  Graduate students who are college and career ready

  • Earn a District Graduation Component Rating of Five Stars on the Local Report Card.

  • 50% or more of the Class of 2025 will earn an Honors Diploma as reported in the graduation data collection by ODEW.

  • 10% or more of the Class of 2025 will earn an industry credential or complete a pre-apprenticeship as reported in the graduation data collection by ODEW.

Benchmark 5:  Enhance school culture, social-emotional well-being and stakeholder satisfaction.

  • Administer age-appropriate student, staff and parent surveys to measure the effectiveness of school climate factors impacting daily school culture.

    • Students: 

      • Student Belonging Survey for Grades 1-12

      • Substance Usage Survey for Grades 7, 9 and 11

      • Student Agency Survey for Grades 6-12

    • Staff:  

      • Student Agency Survey

      • Staff Climate Survey

    • Parents:

      • Student Agency Survey

  • Analyze survey results to inform and enhance school culture.

  • Implement student advisory recommendations to enhance student belonging.

    • Complete Root Cause Analysis by December 1, 2024 to determine ways to enhance student belonging.

    • Pilot one or more elements of a House System in grades K-12 by February 2025.

  • Implement strategies to increase parent/community engagement and knowledge of current and future needs of our school district (i.e. Annual Community Update; Town Hall Meetings; Listening Sessions; PTO Meetings; Community Events, etc.).

Enhance community and business partnerships to increase educational opportunities for students (i.e. senior seminar, industry-based credentials; community service hours, Entrepreneur Day, Concord Counseling etc.).

Benchmark 6: Demonstrate sustainable fiscal management

Maximize efficiencies to reduce FY24 Five Year Forecast Line Item 4.500 (Total Expenditures) by at least $798,287 resulting in a 1% or greater reduction in total expenditures, to positively increase the District’s Five Year Forecast.

Board Adopted - September 16, 2024