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Wilmot UHS trustees hear strategic-plan progress, approve work on career lessons and communications
Summary
District staff reported progress on the strategic plan, including a December rollout of the Xello career platform, classroom practices to maximize instructional minutes, standards-based student-learning objectives and upgrades to the district website and communications tools.
District staff gave the board a quarterly progress update on the Wilmot UHS School District strategic plan, reporting several near-term rollouts and documented gains in extracurricular participation and communications.
At the meeting the presenter said the district will increase use of Xello—a college and career platform—by assigning monthly homeroom lessons with a planned December rollout and coordination by Mr. Kehoe and other staff. A student witness described the platform’s usefulness: “It’s super helpful for high school students,” the student said, crediting Xello with career matching, scholarship listings and time-management lessons.
The presenter also described an action step to implement routines for the first five and last five minutes of every class to maximize instruction in newly shortened 40-minute periods. Staff said professional-development sessions over the fall produced measurable improvements in teachers’ use of that time.
On assessment, the presenter said staff compiled course- and standard-level data using Otis and pivot tables to identify low-performing standards. Each content-area team will write a student-learning objective (SLO) focused on one of those standards with a target that at least 60% of students score proficient or advanced on the selected standard by the end of semester 2. Staff said teachers have been submitting interim assessments and many are on track to meet the three-times-per-semester data entry goal.
Communications and outreach were also highlighted. The community outreach coordinator reported fitness-membership goals were exceeded (target 93, current 94) and described restarted school visits under the "Panther Pals" program. Staff previewed a new district website built on a CMS (not yet published) and a companion app; they said the vendor has employed security measures and the site will meet ADA accessibility requirements. Social media growth was noted (Facebook reported at about 5,064 followers). A planned promotional “Why Wilmot” video was delayed about a month and is expected at the December meeting.
Why it matters: The updates show the district moving from planning into implementation on multiple strategic objectives—career-readiness lessons, instructional routines, data-driven SLOs and public communications—that staff say target measurable improvements in student outcomes and community engagement.
Next steps: staff will roll out the Xello lessons in December, continue SLO data collection through January and return to the board with additional updates at the next regular meeting.
