Memo+to+Superintendent's+Cabinet+6.11.12

MEMO ** TO ** : Superintendent’s Cabinet ** FROM : ** Administrative Specialist
 * CC ** : Dr. Superintendent
 * Date ** : June 2012
 * Subject ** : Educational Initiatives for the District

As you are aware, the board of school directors recently hired a new superintendent to lead our district to reach higher levels of achievement. In times of budgetary constraints and increased expectations for rigorous learning outcomes, your new superintendent has tasked you with researching and recommending the most important educational initiative that will have the most significant impact on student achievement in our district and is relevant to the needs of our students. This initiative needs to have a significant impact on student achievement and it should also be fiscally responsible, innovative, and in keeping with learning outcomes that give our students a competitive edge for participating in a global society. You are being asked to work in teams, based on topics/initiatives of interest, to make important recommendations to your new superintendent. After a brief period of “research,” you will create a media presentation of your recommendations and recommended action plan for advancing our district/a school/grade level to meet the increasing rigor of the Common Core Standards. This administrative task is broken up into three sections:  **__ Part 1 __** First, as a team you will identify and select an educational topic of interest and importance from the list below or other topics generated by the Cabinet. Once you are in teams, you will need to develop a research question that will guide your group inquiry. To answer your question you will need to locate and identify a variety of on-line and real-time data sources (websites, libraries, interviews, observations, OJR data) to best answer your inquiry. **__ Part 2 __** Second, you will develop an action plan to support the educational initiative you have researched and recommend. Your plan should include the research from your inquiry, goals for the work, and action steps needed (with time, resources, and assessment measures). **__ Part 3 __** You will need to prepare a media presentation (see Wiki) on your topic to share with the rest of Cabinet and Dr. Superintendent.