District Goals

Over the last few years we have made significant strides in the alignment of curriculum across the elementary schools, launched new innovative courses at Springbrook Middle School, developed a honors pathway to dual enrollment and IB at the high school starting in the ninth grade, launched PBIS in each building, upgraded technology district-wide and worked hard to develop and enhance our curriculum K-12 using Atlas Rubicon.

This year we continue to stay the course on these important fronts as we focus on the following goals as a district:

Elementary:

• Provide intensive professional development and support to focus on enhancing math instruction K-5.
• Continue instructional growth in the area of guided reading to improve early literacy K-5.

Middle School:

• Provide instruction that engages all learners. Instruction that both accelerates and remediates as needed.
• Increase the rigor of instruction by having students develop solutions to real-world problems.

High School:

• Review and update course offerings and graduation requirements at Adrian High School.
• Enhance the Professional Learning Community process centered around:
  • What do we expect our students to learn?
  • How will we know they are learning?
  • How will we respond when they don’t learn?
  • How will be the response if they already know it?

District Wide:

• Continue to improve district-wide curriculum mapping and support best instructional practices to improve student learning.
• Work with the Adrian Schools Educational Foundation to enhance student leadership opportunities K-12.
• Implement restorative practices and conflict resolution strategies as an enhancement to the current PBIS program K-12.
• Explore and, if feasible, launch community recreation programs that build and enhance recreation experiences for APS students and APS programs.
• Continue implementing the first year outcomes of the APS “Game Plan” for Athletics.