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Rochester Public Schools outlines two‑phase overhaul of school improvement planning
Summary
District staff presented a two‑phase School Continuous Improvement (SCIP 2) process that shifts more goal‑setting to school sites, ties plans to the recently approved balanced budget model and builds in more frequent data‑driven check‑ins. Staff said an initial "beta" launch will start next year with fuller implementation to follow.
Rochester Public School District staff told the school board at a Jan. 14 study session that they will move the district’s school continuous improvement process into a two‑phase model that increases site discretion while providing stronger district supports.
Superintendent Kent Pickell opened the presentation and said staff would turn the work over to district research and improvement leaders. “I’m going to be very brief and then I’m going to turn it over to Dr. Peter Ruck,” Pickell said.
District leaders said the redesign — described as SCIP 2 — will begin with a lighter “2 Beta” process for the coming school year, followed by a fuller SCIP 2 rollout. The new structure will put a small set of board‑approved performance measures at the top (separate measures for elementary, middle and high school), then allow each school to set a three‑year improvement goal tied to those measures, select improvement initiatives, and define action steps and progress indicators to monitor implementation.
The board heard that sites will receive more district support on initiative selection, but that the district will remain directive for schools with…
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