Kansas City Kansas Unified Schl Dist 500
Strategic Priorities
Safe and Respectful Learning Environments
- Foster responsible, caring climate and cultures congruent with the District’s values and expectations
- Provide for quality learning and working environments
- Demonstrate high, clear, and fair expectations
High Performing Workforce
- Recruit and retain highly effective teachers in every classroom with opportunities for professional growth and development
- Recruit and retain highly effective leaders and support staff in schools and departments with opportunities for professional growth and development
- Ensure quality on-going professional learning aligned to District’s goal and state and federal requirements
- Expect high performance for all employees
Positive Community Relations and Partnerships
- Foster strong parent and community awareness and engagement
- Foster partnerships and collective responsibility for student success with business, industry, and service organizations
- Support opportunities for learning beyond the classroom
High Expectations for Student Achievement
(District Continuous Improvement Plan)
- Student achievement is our primary focus, everything else as support to this outcome
- Students will have a strong academic foundation anchored by strong literacy skills
- Opportunities for learning beyond the classroom
- Rigorous standards and quality instruction leading to achievement of the District‘s goal
- Student’s Graduate high school within 4 years
- Extended day/year for students who are not on-track
Good Stewards of Resources and Financial Accountability
- Ensure sound fiscal planning and governance
- Provide financial accountability to the public
- Maintain local tax assessment to the lowest levels possible without compromise to the District‘s goal
- Leverage private resources to supplement local, state, and federal funding
- Advocate for the provision of suitable finance for all students
- Provide for competitive wage and benefits for all employee groups