Work Plan for School Committee Oversight of District Operations

Workplan for Goal: Oversight of District Operations	Prepared by: Julie Dobrow Date: 9/21/05
Results to be achieved	Ensure that District is “managed by a goals-plans-status review” process Timely review of key aspects of District operations Evaluate Superintendent against objective criteria
Relationship to other School Committee or District goals	School Committee oversight of teaching, learning, curriculum development and professional development (this goal also addresses aspects of managing District by goals)
Milestone events and dates	Transportation review: revenue, schedule, satisfaction 9/15/05 After-school Athletics review: revenue, enrollment, costs, financial aid 10/20/05 LASMP review: revenue, enrollment, costs, financial aid 10/20/05 Special Education program update 1/26/06 Spending reviews 10/20/05 1/26/06 5/4/06 6/22/06 Town Meeting Warrant item (capital and expense) status reviews 9/29/05 12/15/05(to coincide with voting the FY76 budget) 3/2/06 District enrollment update 9/15/05 12/15/05 (to coincide with voting the FY07 budget) 6/1/06 Review Hanscom facilities plan 9/15/05 10/26/05 1/26/06 6/22/06 Review Lincoln facilities plans 10/6/05 12/1/05 6/22/06 other dates TBD Evaluate performance of Superintendent 1/26/06 distribute materials to SC members 3/16/06- discuss and adopt evaluation Review workplans for achieving district goals -Review district project plans for academic year 9/29/05 and 10/6/05 -Review district workplans: Facilities 10/6/05 Hanscom contract 10/6/05 -Review school improvement plans: Hanscom primary and middle- 10/6/05 Status of Technology Planning 10/20/05 Lincoln-10/20/05 Evaluate progress of district and school based workplans -Mid year review- 2/9/06 -End year review (Lincoln) 5/4/06, 6/1/06 (Hanscom) 5/18/06 Hanscom contract Establish subcommittee and review charge 9/29/05 Review workplan 10/6/05 Periodic reports TBD Adopt FY07 district goals -Initial discussion: 5/18/06 -Second discussion: 6/1/06 -Adopt: 6/22/06
People and resources involved	School Committee members Central office and school administrative teams No subcommittees directly involved in this workplan
Assessment criteria	Ensure that District is “managed by a goals-plans-status review” process -Were the workplans for district goals reviewed as scheduled? -Were the mid-year and end-year status review of goals conducted as planned? -Were the goals for FY07 discussed and adopted as planned? Timely review of key aspects of District operations -Did the various milestone reviews described in this plan occur as scheduled and with appropriate content? Evaluate Superintendent against objective criteria -Was a written evaluation presented at a public meeting, and was it objective, and did it follow criteria established in advance?