Action Areas
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Strategic
Goals
Increase academic
achievement for all students.
Close the performance gaps in student
achievement.
Attract, develop and retain a high performing,
multi-cultural workforce to serve diverse students
needs.
Provide all students a healthy, safe, attractive, and
exciting learning environment.
Provide stable and adequate funding to ensure a
consistently high quality education for all
students.
Attract and retain students by meeting the diverse needs
of students, parents and the greater
community.
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Carrying out our action plan to
eliminate the achievement gap involves multiple tactics. Guided by
best practices, we are utilizing the below strategies to reach our
goals.
Follow the links to learn more
about each component of our overall strategy. An asterisk (*)
represents a link to a page that is outside of the Seattle Public
Schools Web site.
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Best Practices
After extensive research of
existing literature on the subject of disproportionality, a list of
best practices has been developed to guide our actions. |
Bilingual Program
Review
In order to successfully eliminate the achievement gap, the needs
of students who are English Language Learners must be reviewed and
assured they are being met. |
Courageous
Conversations
In August 2002 more than 5,000 Seattle Public Schools employees
embarked on an unprecedented training program aimed at eliminating
the achievement gap, mainly by encouraging race-related discussions
among teachers and students. These discussions continue today with
more than 50 schools participating throughout the
district. |
National
Urban Alliance: Literacy Initiative*
The Seattle/NUA Literacy Practicum is designed to build on the
district’s mission is to mediate learning, kindle enthusiasm
for learning on all levels, and meet the Essential Academic
Learning Requirements. |
Seattle Public Schools'
Priorities: 2002-2003
Read about the priorities set forth by the
Superintendent for the current school year. |
Seattle Resource
Fair
In March 2003, Seattle Public Schools and the Eliminating the
Achievement Gap Action Committee co-sponsored a community resource
fair. Follow this page to learn more about the organizations that
participated. |
School
Transformation
In one of the most fundamental changes in the district’s
history, every school is responsible for developing and
implementing a detailed plan to eliminate disproportionality. In
addition, we are displaying and analyzing disproportionality data
and targeting strategies to eliminate the achievement gap. Results:
Test scores are going up in most Seattle Public
Schools. |
Testwise
Seattle Public Schools is developing and implementing the Testwise
program to increase students’ attitude, confidence and skills
in test taking for 4th, 7th, and 10th grade students in six
schools: Concord Elementary, T.T. Minor, M.L. King, African
American Academy, Aki Kurose and Rainier Beach. |
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| Updated April 4,
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