This school needs the support necessary to abandon the old report card and identify a report card that will help it achieve its goals for students. District offices and school leadership teams can encourage schools to identify practices that inhibit the implementation of their school improvement initiatives and allow for waivers from district policy and assist in applying for state waivers. Once policies, practices, or programs are identified, the staff can determine what can be done to banish them from the school. Monitor progress and update plans. Monitoring and updating of the plan help maintain commitment.
Action plans posted in the hallways provide visual reminders of the progress.
Regular reports at faculty meetings also provide a vehicle for facilitating accountability to the plan. Annual reports can be shared with the community. Annual updates should be required for any school improvement plan. Teams need to review their missions, beliefs, and policies and to examine their progress toward their goals. New data made available during the school year, including test scores, attendance records, school climate surveys, and community satisfaction surveys, need to be studied and any appropriate mid-course corrections recommended.