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School Improvement Plan

DYCKMAN VALLEY 2004 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

The following is a School Improvement Plan for Dyckman Valley Elementary School regarding professional development, learning, and evaluation for a Professional Learning Community (PLC). The 12 NSDC Standards, PLC concepts (DuFour & Eaker, 1998; Huffman & Hipp, 2003), and additional references are incorporated in the design of the current plan for the 2004 school year.

Current PLC status was established by teacher-responses on the PLCA. Teachers reported positive responses for the following areas: Shared and Supportive Leadership (most agreed or strongly agreed); Shared Values and Vision (most agreed or strongly agreed); Collective Learning and Application (most agreed or strongly agreed); Shared Personal Practice (most agreed or strongly agreed); Supportive Conditions-Relationships (most agreed or strongly agreed); and Supportive Conditions-Structure (many agreed but some disagreed). The school has the goal of providing a PLC with continued striving toward this goal. The PLCA findings demonstrate the current success status relative to this goal.

Teacher responses to the PLCA revealed that supportive conditions in the form of structures are lacking in the work setting. Problems include: not enough time provided to facilitate collaborative work; school schedule does not promote collective earning and shared practice; fiscal resources are not available for professional development; communication systems do not always promote a flow of information among staff; and communication systems do not always promote a flow of information across the entire school community including central office personnel, parents, and community members. Thus it is concluded that time and money are lacking to provide optimal conditions and communication flow systems need improvement. Continued professional development as well as the enhancement of the existing PLC needs to include offerings of worksh...

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