STRATEGIC PLAN                      
Adopted by the Board:  October 12, 2006    
       
GOAL #1: FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MSAD #5 K-12 CURRICULUM INCLUDING THE MAINE LEARNING RESULTS
     
ACTIVITY     RESPONSIBLE     TIMELINE   MEASURE OF SUCCESS  
Complete K-12 written   Director of Instruction & Curriculum       Board approval of all content areas of the  
curriculum in all content areas   Content teams     curriculum    
a.  Math and Language Arts           May of 2007      
b.  Social Studies           May of 2007      
c.  Health           May of 2007      
d.  Physical Education           May of 2008      
e.  Visual/Performing Arts           May of 2008      
f.   Science           May of 2008        
g.  Career Preparation           May of 2009      
h.  Library/Media             May of 2009        
                 
Publish/Distribute Curriculum   Administrative Team     Following Board Administer on-line parent/teacher 
to staff   Superintendent     Adoption   survey.  Data will be shared  
a.  Hard copy   Director of Instruction & Curriculum        
b.  District website   Principals            
c.  Grade level brochures                 
     to parents                        
                 
Implementation of K-12   Director of Instruction & Curriculum   August of 2007 a.  Classroom assessments  
Curriculum   Principals       for Math/ELA/Health b.  Local comprehensive assessment system
    Coordinators     c.  NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Assessment)
    Team Leaders     August of 2008 d.  Staff Supervision and Evaluation
    Teachers       for science, social e.  Other information    
            studies, PE, visual and      
            performing arts      
                 
            August of 2009      
            Foreign languages,      
            career preparation,      
              Library/media        
                   
                   
ACTIVITY   RESPONSIBLE     TIMELINE   MEASURE OF SUCCESS  
Create a plan to review/revise   Superintendent     May of 2007 Approval of plan by curriculum committee
the K-12 curriculum   Director of Instruction & Curriculum   of the Board of Directors  
    Administrative Team          
    Content teachers          
    Parents/Community          
                         
Implement a Comprehensive   Superintendent         MSAD #5 participation at regional and state
Professional Development    Professional Development Committee   college & university job fairs.  
System   Administrative Team     Contact University of Maine for student
a.  Establish broad-based    Certification Committee   Spring of 2007 teaching interns.    
      recruitment process   Personnel Committee            
                 
b.  Establish a comprehensive           Planning May 2007 On-going review of HQT status for
     mentoring program             Implement 2007-08 professionals and para-professionals
                   
c.  Promote and support           On-going   Annual spring review of staff status in
     professional development towards           professional development and database
     best practices in all content areas           review, reflection sheet  
                   
d.  On-going implementation of           Annual Review Revisions/Board approval  
      supervision/evaluation system                
      for all staff                  
                         
                 
Establish a broad-based budget   Board of Directors     January of 2007 Further development of a consistent budget
process, in order to create a budget Superintendent     process.    
that supports full implementation of Administrative Team     Annual approval of the budget in June.
the MSAD #5 curriculum, including              
the Maine Learning Results