Refer to the ICAN LPS Administrative Work Plan Archive page for ICAN critique and other information about the four previous annual administrative work plans, which were based upon the one-page LPS Strategic Plan 2001 [PDF 17KB] during 2002-2006.

The new one-page LPS Strategic Plan 2006-2011 [PDF 19KB] was approved unanimously by the Board of Education on September 28, 2006.  All five Board members had been actively engaged in its development during the previous February Board retreat and subsequent meetings.

On December 19, 2006 Superintendent Scott Murphy provided his 18-page LPS Policy Work Plan 2006-2009 [XLS 111KB], which is based upon the new strategic plan.  The nine focus area statements in the strategic plan are the same major section headings for the new policy work plan:

• Enhance instructional systems that maximize student achievement and integrate knowledge and skills relevant to a global 21st century.
• Expand access to instructional technology with appropriate use for student achievement while providing the infrastructure for organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide an educational and work environment that supports professional learning and collaborative work for all staff.
• Promote, sustain, and create quality programs that make Littleton Public Schools the uniquely preferred choice for families inside and outside the District.
• Sustain community and parent engagement as active partners in the objectives, activities, and performance of the school district and its students.
• Optimize the use of District resources and facilities to meet student learning needs while operating the District most efficiently.
• Promote and provide an environment that fosters caring, respect, and compassion for others within the school and community.
• Explore appropriate choices for early childhood programs such as preschool, full-day kindergarten and childcare.
• Educate and support staff and community to address increasingly diverse student learning, parent, and community needs, assuring equity of access and opportunity for all students.

Each of the nine two-page sections uses the following outline elements:

• Focus Area (statement from strategic plan)
• Intended Outcome (specific goal)
• Key Activities (bulleted statement for each task and a Gantt-style spreadsheet that shows task durations in monthly increments for school years 2006-2009)
• Leadership Responsibility (LPS administrative departments with primary and support roles)
• Resources Needed (itemized list)
• Measurement Used to Determine Success
• Result: What will be the return?

The policy work plan is a work in progress:

• Focus areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 have responses for each outline element.
• Focus area 1 is an outstanding example of a well-developed section:
  • Focus Area: Enhance instructional systems that maximize student achievement and integrate knowledge and skills relevant to a global 21st century.
  • Intended Outcome: Ninety percent of all students K-10 will be on or above grade level in Reading, Math, Writing, and Science by 2011.  The achievement gap in student performance will be cut in half by 2009.
  • Key Activities: Ten tasks are represented by action statements and then displayed by a horizontal bar to show the months for each task duration.
  • Leadership Responsibility: Primary - Learning Services, Student Support Services; Support - Technology, Community.
  • Resources Needed: Three categories are identified.
  • Measurement Used to Determine Success: An analysis of student achievement indicators to include CSAP, MAP, grades, and performance on benchmark and classroom-based assessments will be completed annually to determine progress from baseline data; individual achievement scorecard will be monitored for each student to assess grade level status.
  • Result: What will be the return?: Students will exit K-12 education prepared for success in 21st century educational and career choices.
• Focus areas 5, 7, and 9 will be targeted for a future year.

Initial reaction by ICAN to this new LPS policy work plan is very favorable, based partly on a key assumption that the current Board will continue to demonstrate in partnership with the superintendent and his staff both the willingness and ability to address some of the concerns stated on the ICAN LPS Performance Issues page.

Last modified: 12/29/2006

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