Pillar C

Investing in Our Team

Pillar C: Systemic & Effective Supports

our staff

We are Investing in our Employees: This is about building a comprehensive support system for employees through competitive compensation, recruitment, leadership development, equity-focused learning, and diverse staff retention. By investing in our staff and their well-being and continuing to foster a collaborative culture, we will be stronger as an organization and more adept at supporting student success.

Key Actions

SYSTEM-WIDE KEY ACTIONS
C1. Develop strategies to attract and retain District staff, including creating and maintaining a regionally competitive compensation and benefit model, and exploring ways to address housing affordability challenges and employee satisfaction. *Year 2 Action 2024-25, *Year 3 Action 2025-26

C2. Prioritize the recruitment, onboarding support an sense of belonging amongst teachers, leaders and staff in order to improve staff retention and satisfaction *Year 2 Action 2024-25

C3. Create a sense of shared purpose and vision across all levels of leadership (staff, teachers, students, parent and administration), rooted in District values, which connects and inspires *Year 2 Action 2024-25, *Year 3 Action 2025-26

C4. Develop an internal leadership pipeline and succession planning process to promote leadership from within and to motivate aspiring leaders

C5. Provide a research-based system of professional growth and training that ensures all students receive proactive, universally designed, standards-based instruction *Year 2 Action 2024-25, *Year 3 Action 2025-26

C6. Create structures that provide for common planning time, collaboration, and professional development for staff at each level in order to align resources to address student needs

EQUITY-SPECIFIC KEY ACTIONS
C7. Utilize the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and professional learning processes to identify and address the needs (academic, social-emotional, behavioral) of underserved students in a timely manner *Year 2 Action 2024-25, *Year 3 Action 2025-26

C8. Develop equity-based anti-biased and culturally responsive professional learning that is responsive to the needs of unduplicated students and is tied to a data collection system *Year 2 Action 2024-25, *Year 3 Action 2025-26

C9. Ensure diverse staff are recruited and retained by utilizing diverse hiring panels, and providing ongoing mentoring and support *Year 3 Action 2025-26

C10. Prioritize scheduling for English Learners, students in Special Education, or tiered interventions supports *Year 2 Action 2024-25, *Year 3 Action 2025-26