Focus Area One
What is Focus Area One?
Learning Experiences that Support Students to Reach Their Fullest Potential
Priority One
Reaching Academic Potential
Steamboat Springs School District has strong and diverse programming that meets the needs of all students including Special Education, Gifted and Talented, and emerging bilingual learners.
Completed Items
- Systems Enhancement:
- Hiring of a school improvement coordinator to support data-driven instruction, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and educator training on data systems (EduClimber).
- Program Enhancement
- Review and assess program effectiveness for emerging bilingual, GT, SpEd literacy and numeracy
- Preschool programming will be available at every elementary school in SSSD.
- Program redesign as necessary based on review of effectiveness.
- Professional Learning:
- Identification of needs and targeted supporting and training for educators through Professional Learning Communities to implement up-to-date and current research-based strategies and practices for instruction and assessment.
- Review and design new teacher onboarding to align with curriculum, data training, and data-driven PLC structures to ensure data-driven instruction and evidence-based strategies.
- Depth and complexity training for all teachers to expand rigor and application of learning at all levels.
In Progress
- Systems Enhancement:
- Develop structures for improved data uploading, analysis, and review at the school and district levels with a focus on improved multi-tiered system of supports (tier one instruction, tier two and three interventions).
- Curriculum Enhancement:
- Curriculum review for alignment and gaps from kindergarten through graduation.
- Training is provided to all staff on the curriculum mapping platform and requirements.
- District begins developing a comprehensive mapping structure within new housing platform including pacing guides and common assessments.
Priority Two
Inclusive Communities of Learning
Steamboat Springs School District learning communities are inclusive and reflect the diverse cultures, identities, and experiences of all the students in each classroom.
Completed Items
- Professional Learning:
- SSSD staff and leadership will be trained in culturally responsive teaching practices.
- SSSD administrators will be trained in culturally response teaching practices.
- Home Visit Program:
- SSSD staff will be given the opportunity to pilot with emerging bilingual families.
- SSSD will continue to build on the Home Visit program with all families.
In Progress
- Student Access:
- SSSD will research strategies (including student identification tools and strategies) to increase diverse representation in advanced and Gifted and Talented (GT) courses, CTE programs, extracurricular programs/sports, and post-secondary enrollment.
- SSSD will implement strategies to increase diverse representation in high school Advanced Placement courses, GT, CTE programs, and extracurricular programs/sports, and post-secondary education participation.