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1003-C.c CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT POLICY (App. 3/01) |
School Board Approved March 26, 2001 Independent School District #534 Stewartville, Minnesota CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT I. PURPOSE The purpose of this policy is to ensure the principles and practices of continuous improvement philosophy are implemented throughout the District, including at school, classroom, and District-wide department levels. This approach supports the District’s vision statement of “Lifelong Learning for All” and mission to “Be an educational community committed to building a foundation for students to meet the changes and challenges of the future.” II. GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY Implementation of the principles and practices of continuous improvement will maintain a focus on the needs of students and stakeholders and examine key student and stakeholder requirements to define the strategic direction of the District. Guided by this philosophy, District leadership will use data from a variety of sources including satisfaction and performance data to develop aims, goals, measures, and results. The District will use the Malcolm Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence as the criteria to monitor the continuous improvement efforts of each school, classroom, and District-wide department. All sites/departments will submit an annual goal/improvement plan, which will include data gathered from a yearly self-assessment. III. DEFINITIONS A. Malcolm Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence – This criteria provides a valuable framework for performance excellence and can help assess and measure performance on a wide range of key institutional performance indicators. The self-assessment identifies strengths and opportunities for improvement in each of the seven criteria areas. |
