ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Implement and monitor high expectations for student performance and school accountability.
Support school administrators with implementation of the Florida Educational Leadership Standards.
Provide school administrators with guidance and tools to increase student outcomes and school grade components.
Collaborate with school administrators to improve college and career acceleration.
Develop effective, evidence-based, and equitable literacy instruction in all classrooms throughout the district.
Establish and monitor school-based literacy leadership teams.
Implement Amira as a reading intervention in grades K-3.
Implement Steps to Advance as a reading intervention in grades 3-6.
Redesign the intensive reading course for students in grades 7-8.
Expand Khan Academy as a tool for learning and progress monitoring in the intensive reading course for students in grade 9.
Adopt and purchase instructional materials for reading interventions in grades K-3 with implementation in 2025-26.
Provide high-quality, standards-based mathematics instruction that focuses on fluency, student discourse, and conceptual understanding.
Design and facilitate professional learning that focuses on the sharing, modeling, and planning for use of math manipulatives during instruction.
Purchase and implement additional math manipulatives for use in classrooms.
Expand Khan Academy as a tool for learning and progress monitoring in mathematics courses for students in grade 9.
Adopt and purchase instructional materials for math interventions in grades K-4 with implementation in 2025-26.
Implement exploration and career planning activities to increase participation in college and career pathways.
Increase use of Xello, Florida’s official college and career exploration tool for K-12 students.
Expand student opportunities for participation in college and career pathways in grades 7 and 8.
Provide equitable student access to advanced academic programs.
Plan and implement new legislative appropriations for building construction technologies at Palatka Jr.-Sr. High School.
Expand aerospace technologies to all secondary schools.
Provide students with opportunities to obtain flight hours and discovery flights in the aerospace technologies program.
Align and expand programs and course offerings for the STEM careers of tomorrow.
Sign a partnership with Space Florida.
Expand the partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
PREMIER WORKFORCE
Recruit, develop, reward and retain a diverse workforce to meet the needs of our students and community.
Provide opportunities for employees to earn the literacy coaching endorsement.
Implement stay interviews between supervisors and employees to personalize job satisfaction.
Include discussion of career ladders during negotiations.
Support employee overall health and wellness.
Approve and implement the buildout of a clinic model for employees.
Explore additional options to make healthcare more affordable for families.
Facilitate and support professional learning that changes instructional practice and builds teacher leadership.
Facilitate professional learning communities for teachers in grades 6-8 that focus on high effect-size practices, standards progressions, and engagement strategies.
Provide professional learning for teachers and leaders on the newly adopted resources in science and social studies.
Facilitate targeted school-based B.E.S.T. focused and aligned planning sessions in addition to district-wide learning communities.
Provide professional learning for teachers of Cambridge AICE courses at Interlachen and Palatka Jr.-Sr. High Schools.
Provide training opportunities for non-instructional employees to obtain licensures and certifications.
Broaden training opportunities for all classifications of employees.
Provide additional micro-credential opportunities.
Expand the Grow Your Own Program.
Practice good stewardship in the management of resources.
Complete the transition to a new banking contract that eliminates fees.
Identify ways to streamline purchasing and inventory management.
Monitor financial investments to ensure maximum returns.
Provide competitive salaries and benefits for all district employees.
Allocate resources to ensure all employees are paid competitively for their positions.
SAFETY AND MODERNIZATION
Implement a ten year phased plan to revitalize school facilities across the district.
Approve the final guaranteed maximum price summary for the new elementary school in Crescent City and begin construction.
Approve the final guaranteed maximum price summary for Crescent City Jr.-Sr. High School and begin phase 1 of construction.
Continue construction of the new elementary school in Palatka.
Develop plans for transitioning to new school facilities when construction is completed.
Ensure technology systems and hardware are modern, secure, efficient, and maintained.
Expand implementation of the Verkada security camera system to sports stadiums.
Create real-time Verkada viewing stations at Jr.-Sr. high schools.
Apply for grants to support replacing outdated technology hardware.
Provide safe, efficient, and on time transportation for students.
Improve communication with families when transportation issues arise.
Implement GPS software for school buses that provides parents with real-time status of bus times.
Maintain effective school safety procedures, infrastructure, and best practices.
Continue monitoring the implementation of new legislative safety requirements.
Implement the blue light and messaging visual alert system.
Upgrade cameras with artificial intelligence capabilities to improve safety.
Improve operational efficiency and compliance.
Revamp competitive solicitations with updated terms and conditions and procedures for digital storage and tracking.
Implement additional quality controls to ensure auditable student and teacher data is correctly processed and reported.
Expand use of multi-factor authentication security keys to district and school administrators to enhance cybersecurity requirements.
WHOLE CHILD
Connect families, stakeholders, and school personnel to create a community where students experience academic growth and develop a respect for diversity.
Create learning opportunities for students that develop a respect for and celebrate our diversity.
Achieve competitive excellence in athletics with a commitment to support every student-athlete’s academic and personal accomplishments.
Increase the use of the local radio station to promote our sports teams and accomplishments of student-athletes.
Enhance opportunities and increase participation in co-curricular offerings available to students at all schools.
Promote sports, clubs and other activities on school webpages.
Collect baseline data on current participation in co-curricular offerings.
Provide and promote new co-curricular clubs for students at secondary schools.
Support schools with messaging that highlights current offerings.
Prepare every student to graduate with the employability skills necessary for success in life.
Adopt and purchase instructional materials for the new Personal Finance and Money Management course in grade 11 with implementation in 2025-26.
Create and administer a student survey aligned with our Portrait of a Graduate competencies.
Develop a method for tracking post secondary enrollment in college and career paths.
Strengthen the implementation of social emotional learning through embedded classroom structures and experiences.
Develop and adopt a new school board policy regarding the use of therapy dogs.
Implement Bouncy, the animatronic dog, to promote resilience with our youngest students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
Improve community and business partnerships to allow for expansion and sustainability of career pathways.
Expand district advisory boards for college and career programs.
Work with community businesses and government agencies to recruit THRIVE Scholar applicants for internships.
Provide flexible learning environments through school choice options for students and families.
Implement virtual options for schools and families through Putnam Flex to better serve unique student needs.
Research and explore additional hospital homebound and ESE service options.
Research and develop a direct pay school choice option for families seeking contracted services.
Implement a revised dropout prevention program aligned with current FDOE guidelines.
Strengthen public trust, pride, and engagement in our school district.
Create common emails for all schools to collect and organize celebrations.
Implement the school and district newsletter tool with Apptegy.
Facilitate ongoing, timely, and accurate communication with internal and external stakeholders.
Increase communication with new teachers between hiring and the first day of school.
Celebrate and promote the achievements of our students, employees, and community.
Develop a thankfulness campaign to celebrate our employees.
Implement consistent expectations for promoting school and district achievements.