PED suggestions

TEACHERS: Bring in educators with highly effective or exemplary performances.

COMPENSATION: Pay for teachers should be higher at the MRI schools than other schools in the district.

INSTRUCTIONAL TIME:

Amount of time students spend with high-performing teachers should increase and any time they spend with outside entities or consultants should be in addition to time with teachers, not in place of.

PRINCIPALS: They should have multiyear track records of increasing student performances and be paid higher salaries than any other principals in the district.

ASSESSMENTS: More evidence-based and state standard-alignment for assessments, curriculum and instruction, including utilizing state-approved assessments. Also eliminate any redundant or parallel assessment that duplicates efforts at the school and district level.

AT THE ROOTS: Plans should “identify clear metrics for development of the whole child — academic, cultural, social, emotional, etc.” It calls for more resources to meet students’ needs and allowing innovative deployment of resources available to the community.

BUDGET: Budgetary requests shouldn’t exceed $100,000 for the planning period and $675,000 per implementation year for the school. And the schools should show all the ways state funds, federal funds, grant funds and all other funds are being utilized for this plan.