Recently, Dr. Register announced a plan for Transformational Change for MNPS. This plan will focus on the areas where the district must make improvements for our students and this district to be successful. To download and view Dr. Register's full presentation, click here.

The district will implement eight Change Leadership Teams – teams of administrators, teachers, community members and parents – who can provide guidance and leadership to critical areas of need. The eight teams are:

Performance of Students With Special Needs – the key focus areas will be:

• Inclusion/Differentiation of Instruction
• Decentralization
• Teacher Quality/Professional Development

Performance of Disadvantaged Students – the key focus areas will be:

• Comprehensive Instructional Support Systems
• Quality Teachers in All Schools and Classrooms
• High Yield Strategies for using Federal Funds

Performance of ELL/LEP Students– the key focus areas will be:

• Immersion vs. Self Contained Classroom Instruction
• Parental Engagement
• Transitions
• Curriculum

Middle-High School Reform – the key focus areas will be:

• Small Learning Communities and Career Academies
• School Climate/Safe Schools
• Graduation Requirements
  

Human Capital Development – the key focus areas will be:

• Recruitment – We must have excellent teachers
• Development - We must provide professional development
• Retention – We must have the support and instructional leadership to keep teachers

Communications – the key focus areas will be:

• Strategic planning
• Improve internal communications
• Develop key partnerships and engage parents and the community

Informational Technology/Data Management – the key focus areas will be:

• Data-informed decision making that is used by everyone in the district, with principals, teachers and district administration trained to look at student data to develop highly-effective strategies to help students.

Central Office Reorganization – key changes include:

• The Central Office will be organized to support the continuous improvement of teaching, learning, and instructional leadership.
• The highest yield instructional support and leadership strategies will be school based and close to the classroom.
• Move resources from the Central Office into the schools
• All positions will support school instruction

The district realizes it will be difficult to undertake eight major areas of reform simultaneously. But, this is what we must do. None of these areas can wait.