DISTRICT GOALS
2011-2012
“All About Learning”

 Mission Statement 

The mission of the Greensburg Community School Corporation is to provide and promote lifelong learning through its commitment to quality educational programs that prepare the students to be effective, successful, and responsible citizens.  This is to be accomplished in a financially prudent manner 

Core Values of GCS 

High Expectations- All stakeholders are working toward mastering or exceeding required goals using best practices. 

Accountability- Stakeholders are responsible for utilizing and managing resources, making data driven decisions, and incorporating best practices into their individual work situations. 

Shared Leadership- Stakeholders are collaborating and striving to achieve school and community goals through professional learning communities.  Stakeholders include all parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, school board, and community members. 

Evidence-Based Decision Making- Actions will be based on documented research and proven best practices supported through objective data collection and analysis.  All continuous improvement will be driven by the core values of Greensburg Community School Corporation.  

Continuous Improvement- Stakeholders will persistently strive to advance by using research based assessment tools, current data results, and ongoing review in a never-ending effort for growth. 

Social Responsibility- All stakeholders share an obligation to promote and enhance positive character traits, tolerance of differences, a commitment to safety; and global citizenship. 

Alignment- Our school community will use all resources to implement the mission, vision, values, goals and strategies, to move in a unified direction toward an efficient and effective educational program. 

Empowerment and Engagement of All Stakeholders- Students, staff, parents, and community will value each other and help them to take ownership of their roles in the school community by setting appropriate goals in an environment in which everyone feels safe to express and share their ideas and innovations. 

In light of the stated mission and core values of Greensburg Community Schools, the Board of School Trustees set the following goals for the 2011-2012 school year: 

• Curriculum

Provide vocational, technical, and academic programs to our students that are aligned with national and state standards providing learning opportunities to ensure their competitiveness in a global market place.  Continue the work on short cycle assessments for all subject areas and grade levels.  Continue the curricular mapping process for all subject areas and grade levels.  Continue the PLC initiative across the school corporation.  Use available data at each school to work towards 4-Star status and Blue Ribbon School status for the upcoming year. 

• Staff

Provide on-going staff development to promote student academic improvement in the areas where the Corporation has deficiencies.  Establish collaborative time schedules at each building. Provide opportunities for the professional staff to be exposed to techniques that promote multiple methods of delivery of instruction so that all student learning styles can be addressed in each classroom.  Make sure that all decisions being made at the building level are data driven.  Embed the Rise evaluation process in the staff’s daily operations.

·         Finance

Maintain a stable cash balance for the corporation through the continued use of sound budgetary practices.  Promote, practice and show evidence of the prudent use of the community’s financial resources in the Greensburg Community School Corporation.  Establish a cost containment plan to stop deficit spending for 2012-2013.  Adjust the 2013 budget to address the termination of additional revenue through the Federal Stimulus Grants.

·         Technology

Greensburg Schools will deploy the most effective infrastructure, hardware, and software, throughout the Corporation.  Greensburg Schools will begin the process of examining the feasibility of moving towards the use of electronic textbooks and providing each student with an electronic device (i.e. notebook, I pad, etc.) and needed software. 

·         Policy and Procedures

Audit and maintain existing policies.  Align policies, administrative guidelines and student handbooks at each building for congruency.

·         Public Relations

Develop ways at each building to engage our community in activities that will get them into our schools so that they can experience the innovative and challenging programs that are being provided to our students.  Involve parents and community members as volunteers, tutors, and mentors in our schools. Continue to expand the utilization of the digital television station at GHS to provide information to our community.

·         Facilities

Provide on-going needed annual maintenance and upgrading of all current facilities.  Commence an energy audit done across the school system to look at potential savings.  Maintain and enhance the comprehensive preventive maintenance plan developed for the corporation.

• Extra-Curricular

Maintain, refine and provide accessibility for all students with regard to extra-curricular programs.