Our Vision
Students First – Inspire, Educate, Celebrate
Our Mission
Dearborn Public Schools will provide an exceptional learning environment that empowers every student to succeed in life today and in the future.
To our Dearborn Community,
It is my honor to share with you the work of dozens of diverse stakeholders throughout our community. Together this group spent months formulating a Strategic Plan to ensure our district remains a leader in education. We started by analyzing data, comparing ourselves to similar districts in test scores, budget, staffing, and enrollment. We examined areas of strength, and we identified areas where the district will focus its energies in the next three years. Then we trusted our professional staff to develop the roadmap to attain the standards of excellence our community expects of the Dearborn Public Schools.
Through this process, we will maintain our vision and mission statements that continue to be a call to action.
Our Vision
Students First – Inspire, Educate, Celebrate
Our Mission
Dearborn Public Schools will provide an exceptional learning environment that empowers every student to succeed in life today and in the future.
This school district is part of a growing, vibrant area built upon quality education and outstanding city services. New schools, housing, and retail development complement the existing infrastructure to provide residents with a safe, stable community. Each and every one of our schools is a great place for your child to receive their education.
The district offers programs and services to meet the needs of all students as you will see in this document. To find out more, please contact the school in your neighborhood or the Administration Office at 313-827-3006. Thank you for taking the time to review our Strategic Plan for the future of the Dearborn Public Schools.
Dr. Glenn Maleyko
Superintendent
Strategic Plan Stakeholders Committee
The Strategic Plan Committee members represented a wide array of roles throughout the district. Community members, parents, students, teachers, and administrators were all represented.
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Strategic Plan Stakeholder Committee Members
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Focus Area 1: Teaching and Learning
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Goal 1 - Maintain a high graduation rate and meet annual proficiency and growth targets in pre-K through 12th grade as set by the state accountability system.
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Strengthen the Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) process districtwide by Implementing:
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| Provide a Guaranteed and viable curriculum through common resources aligned to grade level rigor |
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| Incorporate Disciplinary Literacy practices in all schools |
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SMART Goals and Milestones: Focus Area 1 – Goal 1
Goal 2 - Increase career readiness through Career Development Education as measured by AP coursework, industry certifications and dual enrollment.
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Implement career development education- Use MI model for career development:
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| Revise My Learning Plan to align with Michigan’s Educational Development Plan |
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Develop and employ a program that provides each student with a designated adult or peer who will support each student in his/her course(s) who will function as a single point of contact and advocate for student success. |
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Goal 3 - Strengthen positive relationships and student leadership to improve discipline and attendance and decrease bullying.
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| Incorporate SEL activities at each level |
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| Implement behavioral intervention strategies at each building |
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| Provide timely and relevant professional development on current issues (Trauma informed instruction, Vaping, culturally responsive teaching, restorative practices, social media impact) |
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SMART Goals and Milestones: Focus Area 1 – Goal 3
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Focus Area 1: Teaching and Learning
Goal 1: Maintain a high graduation rate and meet annual proficiency and growth targets in pre-K through 12th grade as set by the state accountability system.
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Strengthen the Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) process districtwide by Implementing:
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SE and EL Directors Executive Directors Principals |
2019-2023 |
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Provide a Guaranteed and viable curriculum through common resources aligned to grade level rigor |
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Curriculum Consultant Committee Co-chairs Executive Directors |
2019-2023 |
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Incorporate Disciplinary Literacy practices in all schools |
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Curriculum Consultant Science Coordinators Principals |
2019-2023 |
Goal 2: Increase career readiness through Career Development Education as measured by AP coursework, industry certifications and dual enrollment
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Implement career development education- Use MI model for career development:
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Building administrators Counselors Executive Directors |
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Revise My Learning Plan to align with Michigan’s Educational Development Plan |
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Counselors Building Administrators Executive Directors |
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Develop and employ a program that provides each student with a designated adult or peer who will support each student in his/her course(s) who will function as a single point of contact and advocate for student success. |
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Data to support Goal 2: (measures of achievement: AP enrollment and test pass rates, industry certifications, purposeful dual enrollment numbers toward degree, collect data in regards to college acceptance and year 13 success rate, university feedback (How are the kids doing in the 1sr year of college and beyond? GPA, skills for college success, drop out)
Goal 3: Strengthen positive relationships and student leadership to improve discipline and attendance and decrease bullying.
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Incorporate SEL activities at each level |
SIP Visits Building artifacts (ex. Care2Core, Leader in Me, etc.) |
Affective Education Coordinator Executive Directors School Administrator Director of Special Education |
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Implement behavioral intervention strategies at each building |
Behavioral Intervention Model Artifacts (examples Leader in Me, PBIS, Restorative Practices, etc) attendance, discipline records..etc, specifically reduction in truancy and suspension rates |
Affective Education Coordinator Executive Directors School Administrator Director of Special Education |
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Provide timely and relevant professional development on current issues (Trauma informed instruction, Vaping, culturally responsive teaching, restorative practices, social media impact) |
PD Calendar General Admin Agenda |
Affective Education Coordinator Executive Directors School Administrator Director of Special Education |
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Data to support Goal 3: (SEL Surveys, Discipline Data, Bullying Data, Attendance Data)
Focus Area 2: Talent Development
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Goal 1: Improve instructional and non-instructional performance as evidenced by evaluation effectiveness ratings.
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| Provide targeted professional learning to non instructional staff based on employee feedback |
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| Individualize professional learning for effective performance for instructional staff |
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SMART Goals & Milestones: Focus Area 2 – Goal 1
Goal 2: Increase applicants and decrease vacancies in high-demand positions by implementing an improved recruitment process.
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| Develop and document a recruitment system for all district positions |
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| Engage in aggressive and creative recruitment methods |
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| Expand networks with teacher universities (pre-student/student teacher opportunities and placement) |
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SMART Goals & Milestones: Focus Area 2 – Goal 2
Goal 3: Increase employee job satisfaction within the district as measured by annual staff perception surveys
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| Increase the leadership capacity of all employees |
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| Evaluate programs to reduce initiative overload and measure program effectiveness at the building and district level |
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| Maintain regular meetings between administrators and employee bargaining groups to improve job satisfaction and use the results to drive improvement process |
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SMART Goals & Milestones: Focus Area 2 – Goal 3
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Focus Area 3: Stakeholder Engagement
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Goal 1: Enhance communication at the school and district level as measured by various analytic communication tools.
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Create a communication plan encompassing district and school communities
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| Establish a consistent communication tool at the building level (blog, remind, classdojo, etc) |
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| District and Building Administrators will maintain communications through blogs and/or other social media |
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Goal 2: Increase parent involvement in school through a strengthened home-school connection PreK-12
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| Maintain Parent-Teacher home visits |
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| Collaborate with PTA’s and booster groups in our secondary schools |
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| Provide Parent Talk professional development to selected district trainers to provide training at the schools |
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SMART Goals & Milestones: Focus Area 3 – Goal 2
Goal 3: Increase partnerships with community organizations to provide increased learning opportunities
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| Implement partnerships with businesses to support the academies model |
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HS Principals Executive Directors of student achievement |
| Academy Teacher Leaders engage foundation, service clubs, organizations, businesses large and small, colleges, universities, trade schools and civic leaders in creating educational and career opportunities for our students |
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| Utilize community organizations to provide timely and relevant professional development on current issues (Trauma informed instruction, Vaping, culturally responsive teaching, restorative practices, social media impact) |
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Focus Area 4: Facilities and Infrastructure
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Goal 1: Significantly reduce the amount of high priority infrastructure needs throughout the district.
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| Implement an administrative process to prioritize needs that will be addressed by bond- Prioritization Process |
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| Establish and market a bond proposal to fund identified building and district needs |
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| Establish a process to address long term capacity needs |
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SMART Goals & Milestones: Focus Area 4 – Goal 1
Goal 2: Increase student and parent satisfaction with the school food program
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| Improve food quality and expand customer service |
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| Improve and expand menu choices by enhancing purchasing and preparation |
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| Create a marketability program that incorporates health education |
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Goal 3: Improve security infrastructure throughout the school district
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| Implement an administrative process to prioritize needs that will be addressed by security program |
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| Review and update building and district security plans |
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| Provide emergency management training districtwide |
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*Fidelity of Implementation will be monitored and communicated through board briefs.