Principal 90 Day Entry Plan

Distance Ahead

90 Days

The Journey...

Details Matter

• First generation college graduate from Kentucky
• Come from a military family
• Did not realize the power of formal education; understood the power of discipline
• Come from a family history of strong work ethic, high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity
• Salutatorian in a predominantly Caucasian high school
• Background rich instructional coaching and curriculum/assessment writing, then administration
• Taught 10 years in high poverty, low SES school, learned the power of authentic relationships
• Love to empower others, learn, and facilitate change
• Family oriented, love the arts and culture, exercising, and scrapbooking

"Details are the difference between good stuff and great stuff."

Stephen Brewster

Details Matter

60 Day

Goals

Summer/Fall Focus: Community Engagement

• Collaboratively develop a plan for better serving our student population such as reading Teaching With Poverty In Mind, or attending mental health workshops at local facilities
• Schedule meetings with feeder schools, student council, support staff. Establish routine communication protocol.
• Conduct neighborhood visits/tours, and home visits.
• Have staff send welcome postcards to students and parents.
• Collectively design incentive and reward system to recognize individual and collaborative achievement, growth, and contribution for staff and students.
• Refine P.B.I.S., CHAMPS and character building strategies.

Summer Focus: Culture

• Review Campus Data
• Establish criteria for "rigorous" assessments for teacher selected assessments (Real-life, Across content areas, Multi-step at high level of Bloom's, performance-based)
• Campus Assessment Calendar that includes assessment creation, implementation, scoring, and analysis timelines
• Professional Learning Calendar Framework - including staff presenters
• Prepare First Staff PD session for launch
• Draft school vision statement.

Summer Focus: Culture

• Establish criteria for "rigorous" assessments for teacher selected assessments
• Campus Assessment Calendar that includes assessment creation, implementation, scoring, and analysis timelines
• Professional Learning Calendar Framework - including staff presenters
• Prepare First Staff PD session for launch

Spring/Summer Focus: School Culture and Climate

• Interview staff members to identify staff member goals, strengths, and needs; campus strengths and needs
• Meet with school secretary, interim principal, & administrative team to fine tune structures and procedures; establish 2016-17 grade level assignments.
• Present plan for upcoming school year to campus committee for feedback and input in 4 major areas: Instruction, Professional Learning, Community Involvement & Communication
• Host meet and greet social with staff members: Instructional support, classroom teachers, cafeteria, custodial, secretarial

Principal Entry Plan

The road map!

Whyndii Dunn

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