Student Experience

We all commit to ensure that every SDSM student will demonstrate skills in problem-solving, communication, and collaboration through a student-centered inclusive instructional model. Every student will feel a sense of purpose & belonging so that they graduate prepared to pursue a meaningful post-secondary plan.

Objectives

Every employee will hold each other accountable by:

Prioritizing student-centered instructional practices in order to increase academic proficiency and whole-child growth.
Intentionally designing daily instruction, support, and experiences that are grounded in communication, collaboration, problem-solving, student ownership and sense of belonging.
Engaging in meaningful learning & collaboration through professional learning communities and coaching in order to grow each other's capacity to meet each student’s needs in a co-plan to co-serve, to co-learn model.
Purposeful planning with students and caregivers to develop meaningful post-secondary plans in 4K-12th grade.

Performance Indicators

By the end of the 2028-29 school year:

The SDSM overall District Report Card score, which measures student achievement, growth, target group outcomes, and on-track to graduation, will increase from a score of 62.8 to 70--meets expectations to exceed expectations.
The percentage of K-12 students who feel a sense of belonging will increase by 34% across all grade levels as measured by the student engagement survey.
100% of collaborative teams will achieve a sustaining level of implementation for Professional Learning Communities, on all 10 indicators, as measured by the PLC Fidelity Rubric.
The Targeted Group Outcomes indicator of the District State Report Card will increase from 58.3 to 65 (meets expectations) through full 4K-12 implementation of the co-plan to co-serve to co-learn model.
The percentage of 3rd grade students who are proficient or advanced in the area of literacy will increase from 40.1% to 75% as measured by the State Forward exam.
The percentage of 8th grade students who are proficient or advanced in the area of math will increase from 23.8% to 50%.
100% of students will have a documented and collaboratively developed Academic and Career Plan (ACP) that has markers, caregiver input, and evidence of student growth in student ownership of learning, communication, collaboration, problem-solving and a sense of belonging at 4th, 8th and 10th grade.
100% of collaborative teams, 4k-12, will engage in and utilize the Equitable Multilevel System of Support (EMLSS) process in order to increase the percentage of students who do not require selected/intensive interventions and increase the rate of dismissal from the EMLSS process by 25% each year.

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Objectives

Every employee will hold each other accountable by:

Performance Indicators

By the end of the 2028-29 school year:

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