The Batesville Schools have made outstanding progress implementing the Baldrige Process into their district, building and classroom systems. In June 2000, a team from the Rossford Schools attended a Baldrige Training Program in Columbus, Indiana. We had the good fortune to hear Brenda Clark, retired principal of Azalea Elementary School, Pinellas County Florida, and Karen Edwards, first grade teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico, share their experiences using Baldrige as a tool to improve the teaching-learning process in their school district. A core group of teachers chose to implement Quality Tools and Techniques in each of our three elementary and two secondary buildings. Mary A. Hooper, an Atlanta, Georgia, consultant for Jim Shipley and Associates, will serve as the keynote speaker for our districtwide inservice and will present three elective sessions during the day.
Staff development is a tool, based to accomplish operational planning and deployment.
Our district CIP goals and strategies provide our leadership with the necessary structure to lead a high performing system. Through on-going staff development, we are creating a technical support system. Since our August 2000 inservice, a core group of teachers in each building is using quality tools and techniques to improve student, classroom, building and district performance on the District Report Card. This has led to the development of district, building, classroom goals statements and strategies. Professional development activities and planning district-level inservice sessions are made using district goals.