Extracurricular Programs
Do well……
Music/Band
FFA
Community Support/Pride
Parent support
Good variety of activities
Gym scheduling
Drama shows
Track & field
Working/co-op with other communities
Chorus/band director
FFA Director
Improve…..
Consistency in programs (Jr High-High School)
Mentoring (coaches & sponsors)
Girls Sports (equality)
Better training in terms of inclusion
Keep what we have going and be consistent
1st year teachers not required to coach
Admin involvement/better communication
Student/coach conduct
Communication
Increase participation –Allow communications between sports
District/community support of coaches
Ball field scheduling
Maintenance-use volunteer/students
Promote student engagement
More care of eligibility (coaches/sponsors)
Transparency w/fundraising
New Ideas…..
Jr. High Softball
Enrichment activities (invite retired teachers)
Free admission for students
Purpose of Drama -Class? Activity
Upgrade all facilities (baseball)
Exit meeting with coaches
New Gym
Groups sponsor low income kids so they can participate
Student tutors for participants
Cut policy
Logo/cast for all Pikeland E.C. students?
Explore other co-ops
STEM
Finance/School Funding
Do well…..
Balanced budget
Local/Business partnerships (funding)
Donations-individual
Special Education programs
Outside resources (Grants)
Donations-supplies
Pikeland foundation
Use of laptops at PHS
Local option of sales tax
Improve…..
Hiring incentives for staff
Upgrade technology/textbooks
Transparency/Communication of Budget
Grant opportunities (additional) ask community groups
Technology (ipads, chrome books, apps)
Allocate for extracurricular-communicate how it’s used
Acknowledge businesses, recognize who donate (turns), align communicate to other groups
Reason we have to flow $ through offices form parent groups
Save labor costs by using volunteers and trade classes
Use local businesses for catering/T-shirts, etc. (buy local)
List of needs (proactive list)-community shared
How does $ get to Pikeland Foundation, Who is on committee?, communicate with teachers and/or buildings
Professional development funding
New ideas…..
Grant programs-teacher/community members
Corporate/Alumni Partnerships (Fund items needed)
Explore Medicaid billing
Go green-Google docs
Free lunch program
Finance special projects through community people & process
Fund special ed aide (1:1) in a different way
Build trust-Communication; newspaper/radio report
Website wish list (specific project)
Less dependent on state money
Alumni fundraising/allow-invite to come back (involvement), Saukee Nation-Alumni
Every student have ipad (donate form companies)
Seek corporate funding-busses, etc. (Pepsi, Nike-on public busses)
Activity fee-all-school pass (ex:G/P)
Add staff-innovate schedules, class sizes (directive of curriculum)
Planned giving through estates
Family/Community Engagement
Do well…..
Remind
Teacher ease/teacher website
All call
Email announcements and Friday notes to parents
South school PTO
Websites PCS & PHS
Facebook South
Love PHS Announcements
PHS teacher support by sport-single group event
Vets Program
Book Mobile
PHS & Other building “closets”
Snack Pack Program
Socialization skills 1st-HS, Learn right behavior-They know, Parent/Teacher conference, Teacher eval form
Improve…..
Website PCS & PHS-updated and current emails-get rid of old website
District policies/materials on line & searchable
Use community resources *more welcoming culture PCS/District
More positive PR for activities & events
Morning announcements from all attendance centers
Why should someone want to choose Pikeland #10?
What do the teachers need?
Reminder from PCS about PTO
Communication-returning phone calls/emails (within 24 hours)
Website Master (email provided)
More community forums/listening posts
Parent advisory groups-discussions by building
Facebook by building for family communication
Be sure doors open for Quiz Bowl
Community nights for activities-by team/group
Parent comments to admin/board-confidential
More celebratory programs (Christmas, spring, play, poetry speaking)
Why would a teacher choose Pikeland?
Engaging lower income families
Board meetings always in comfortable area-expect engagement
More open dialogue w/board/admin & success
One-on –one communication
Share data related to special ed (%, OHI, LD, etc. RTI programs)
New Ideas…..
End of year/season summary (parent & student)
More community forums
Mentoring program for bottom 30%
District calendar on the website (updated) (schedule tied to Google map) turn off old one
Public information officer-Marketing
Each grade level have remind
Create aclass for websites
Training night for parents-Teacher ease, video, share emails
Value-buy local.support local economy
Enrichment with retired teachers/community members for advanced.
Letter to the parent at the end of the year for the parent to give to the next year teacher
End of year season sport/activity survey-success/improvement
Blackboard website
Retired teachers mentoring new/less experienced staff
Create schools as “Community Hub”, for community events & gatherings, not just school sponsored
Facebook page for all buildings and district
More community forums with District & board
Teacher Friday notes/Brave Book (folder)
A La Carte
Do well…..
Manage Limited Funds Well
Staff cares about kids
Safety
Remind messages
Scholarship Awareness/Assistance
Helping students with college search
Staff willing to work in unorthodox measures
S.T.A.M.P.
Improve…..
Education for teachers and families on inclusive practices
Website/Facebook pages
Use community experts
Culture of bullying
Safety nets for lower (non iep) learners
Follow laws for Special Education and best practices
Create a welcoming atmosphere District wide
Improve home school connection with graded work
Improve website/face book pages?
Social Counseling vs. College Counseling- two jobs
Parental & student accountability
New ideas…..
Marketing of School District
Social Counseling Vs. College Counseling
Meet the Teacher night
Mentoring (teachers & staff)
Engage parents on a regular basis
Branding Expectations
How to use Teacher Ease better
Use retired staff as “experts”
Job shadowing
Middle school buddies for students with needs
Communication
Do well…..
Teacher Ease
Student Snapshot
School Reach
Remind 101
Teacher communication
Expand collaboration among teachers
Improve…..
Board Communication
District Wide Website
Positive Learning Environment
Teacher ease-possible lunch inventory (what did kids eat)
Remind-More consistent use, sports, classrooms
Update website-announcements consistently from All schools
Positive communication from office staff to students(PCS)
Better understanding individual student needs
Positive student handbook, Market/sell our successes, web, face book
Parents update contact info, online school registration
Transparency
Make email names for teachers uniform
Remove old website
District wide website should include searchable district policies and documents
New ideas…..
EOY Surveys/Exit interviews-Student, teachers, parents
Board email, web streaming meetings, summaries, forums
Utilize volunteers more
Student assistance, regular Board listening posts, forum
Face book PCS & PHS & District communication
Person devoted to website
Volunteer, NHS, create web design club, sponsor, partner with a college for web design
Announcements on website, teacherease
Add teacher pictures to the website by contact info
Teach kids communication skills, adult mentoring, volunteers willing to help
Google doc for automated (not manual) registration w/ability to print
District wide communication between teachers year to year, use what’s working in some grade levels (2-3), (k-8) all the way through
How funds are managed for PTO, extra-curricular, etc.
Facilities/Safety
Do well…..
Sending School Reach calls
Safety drills (code red drills)
Air conditioning
Having guest buzz in/check in
Students use buddy system at lower levels
South is very clean and PCS
Improve…..
Enhance technology infrastructure
Landscaping at PHS
Parking lots
Weapon safety issues/consequences laid out
South school sidewalk, insulate annex ceiling
Electrical capacity @PCS cafeteria, PHS (kicked breakers during play)
Change location of house lights switch in auditorium
Mildew on PCS building
Infrastructure to enable enhanced technology offerings
Football bathroom/area in general, locker rooms
Softball field-weeds/home plate hole
New ideas…..
Use drug dogs regularly
New sign at PHS
Slated planned gift options
Intruder drill with firing blanks
PCS baseball/softball field care
GYM-seek funding private, location of a new gym
Football field
Better office/teacher communication-friendlier
Beautify schools with landscaping
Use by public of gyms and ball diamonds, how to access procedure
All facilities open-school as “community hub”
Buddy system for middle school to aid in bullying
Use community
Move PHS dumpster
Curriculum/Programs
Do well…..
Fine Arts/Vocational
Language Arts
Weighted Course work
Teacher ease (daily announcements) email more than one
Conference P/T
Encouragements of reading
SOAP (PCS) 6-8
PHS math
Speech IEP (k-12)
Jr. high language Arts
Art, Band, Chorus, Ag, History
AR, Read 180, south and PCS
Improve…..
Math curriculum (consistent/mapping k-8)
Enrichment opportunities
Vocational-Educational tracking
Daily announcements-PCS
SOAP conflicts with PE (k-8)
Speech (offering PHS)
Foreign language
Creative opportunities
Writing across the curriculum
Hands on science
Non-fiction reading
Consistent curriculum
Share out data
Improve class size (3-5)
Keyboarding lower grades
Guided reading 2nd
Look at more advanced
More Physical Ed opportunities at PCS
New ideas…..
Work Study
Increased Course offerings (foreign language, keyboarding lower grades)
Increase access technology
Improve time management at lower grades, Include rotation of classes, lower grades
Recognize academic success (Jr.High)
Opportunity for enrichment
Shared record keeping between grade levels, strength and weaknesses of students especially at lower grades
Require parenting class (students)
Before and after school programs
Director of student engagement, leadership, good choices
Summer school for credit recovery
0-hour courses, do we let them out early?
Computer science-includes vocational offering