Administrative Procedure 110
School Planning and Reporting
Background:
School plans and results reports are a Division requirement. School plans are updated annually to incorporate Board direction and local input, and to address areas for improvement identified from the results.
Procedures:
- School Improvement Plans
- Division schools will develop, update and implement School Improvement Plans utilizing the following guidelines:
- Schools will actively seek collaborative involvement of stakeholders (students, parents, School Community Council, etc.), as appropriate, in development of Improvement Plans.
- Improvement Plans will utilize a format that identifies:
- Goals: general statements of purposes or ends to be accomplished in order to achieve its mission.
- Strategies: broad statements on actions that will be used to accomplish goals and achieve desired results.
- Results: outcomes to be achieved.
- Targets: required for achievements tests and diploma exams and other local targets may be set.
- Measures: means by which results will be quantified or qualified.
- School goals will reflect:
- The Division’s priorities and Continuous Improvement and Accountability Plan
- School and community goals and priorities
- School Improvement Plans are to impact the development of the school budget.
- School Improvement Plans will be developed and updated each school year and submitted to the School Community Council for final approval.
- School Results Reporting
- The schools will report annually on progress towards the goals of their Improvement Plans. This report will be submitted to Director and presented to the School Community Council.
- School Handbooks
- Schools are encouraged to develop handbooks or other documents and distribute them to appropriate stakeholders as a means of communicating the school’s philosophy, procedures and expectations for daily operation.
- Handbooks and local procedures must be consistent with Division requirements and expectations.
- Division schools will develop, update and implement School Improvement Plans utilizing the following guidelines:
Reference:
Section 108, 109, 140, 175, Education Act
Created:
April 14, 2009
Revised:
June 2009
November 2013