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'Plan on a Page'
reate ownership stock for reaching a common goal
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- For ours to become a great school system, we needed to change.
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- comprehensive approach to system change
- ong history of support and high expectations for education
- 4 schools with a hard-working staff
- systematic and systemic transformation. We are "improving on purpose."
- In our case, the development and deployment of a district strategic plan was the basis for systemic reform from the boardroom to the classroom.
- hrough community and staff forums, focus groups and individual solicitation, district leaders asked internal and external stakeholders questions such as, "What are the key challenges our district faces to provide an effective education?" and "What are the most important skills our students will need to be world-class learners?"
- such as develop world-class learners; focus on customer satisfaction; promote diversity in the workforce; operate with fiscal integrity and efficiency; improve student academic performance; and enhance the social development of students.
- We also understand the necessity of letting go of ways that do not support the new direction.
- We also began to use the mission and goals as a filter for making decisions about new initiatives.
  - In every situation you will need to use this as a filter, even in a crisis.Our vision, mission, goals, values are already set to give us perimeters of how to respond within our expectations. - on 2008-06-19
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- Since we began the systemic transformation process three years ago, we have seen heartening progress. We know the importance of communicating these successes throughout the continuous improvement journey.
  - Absolute model for leadership and transformation. - on 2008-06-19
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- The school board developed goals and accompanying action plans to guide its work and district administrators developed a defined set of measures to monitor the progress of district goals.
- There is also greater focus on our work and tangible evidence of improvement.
- ncrease in the number of national board-certified teachers and an increase in the number of compliance targets met within the six-year plan for special education.
- district's balanced scorecard and is made available online for staff, students, parents and the community to review.
- Jim Collins makes this point in Good to Great. Employees want to be a part of something successful. This concept is further explained in-depth by the book The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne. Anything is achievable if you believe it in both your head and heart.
  
  To attain success for all students through high academic expectations and behavioral standards, we needed to include respect, involvement, encouragement and challenge in the school environment at all times. Staff desperately need, given the atmosphere of today's world, to be a part of the positive energy that exists when a group comes together and talks about its hopes and fears. It generates a power and energy so real that the greatest hope for your district will become a reality.
- hree elements of our systems thinking approach to examine the data and identify trends, patterns and opportunities for impact.
- Dave Markward is superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Community School District in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  - How long has Dave Markward been the superintendent of schools? - on 2008-06-19
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Boardroom to classroom: continuous improvement in cedar rapids: the district uses what it calls a 'Plan on a Page' to create ownership stock for reaching a common goal | School Administrator | Find Articles at BNET.com

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Strategic Planning Process

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The City Hall and County Courthouse are located on Mays Island, an island on the river. Cedar Rapids is one of only a few cities in the world to have governmental offices on a municipal island.^[1
The city is also an economic hub of the state and is at the core of the Interstate 380
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- Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Technology Corridor
- Cedar Rapids is nicknamed the City of Five Seasons for the traditional four seasons and a "fifth season" which is "a time to enjoy" the other four.^[7] The symbol of the five seasons is the Tree of Five Seasons sculpture in downtown Cedar Rapids along the north river bank. The name "Five Seasons" and representations of the sculpture appear throughout the city in many forms
- In June 2008, the Cedar River surpassed the 500-year flood plain and placed an estimated 438 city blocks on both banks of the river under water. Nearly 4,000 homes were evacuated.^[8] (see Great Iowa Flood of 2008)
- Although many of these companies have been located in Cedar Rapids for quite some time, a larger number of high-tech industries are locating in or around Cedar Rapids because it is part of the Technology Corridor, a region of the state that also includes the Iowa City metro area to the south. Much of Iowa's technological businesses and industries operate from this corridor. Since a diversification of the local economy, the unemployment rate has held at a reasonable rate and wages are consistently among the highest in the state.

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