Superintendent Dr. Bauer's Goals
Superintendent Dr. Bauer's 2024-2025 Goals
- Increase student academic achievement: 1.5% increase in proficiency on PSSA and Keystone
- Review and adjust structure for superintendent's student advisory process
- Continued expansion of UDL across levels
- PBIS Middle Level Implementation in two middle schools. The third middle school will prepare for implementation next year.
- Implementation, review/monitoring, and adjustments necessary for new middle school schedule
- Implementation of new structure and processes within the special education department
- Development, approval, implementation, of and professional development for K-12 STEEL standards implementation
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Academic Excellence
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- Review of playground assessment and action plan for addressing findings and financing updates
- Comprehensive review of coaching handbook for athletics
- Review, evaluate, and improve processes for special education programming adding redundancy and increased communication
- Continue to enhance recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies to employ a diverse staff in all aspects of the district
- Expand network of community resources for students and staff through community conversations and engagement
- Refined focus in professional development and equity work focused upon data-driven instructional shifts and behavior management through an equity lens
- Review and reimagine communication efforts such as Community Conversations and Superintendent's Student Council to increase participation, engagement, and impact
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Equity, Access, and Cultural Responsiveness
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- Continue to implement ALICE training and safety protocols across the organization with trained trainers. Incorporate student components of training.
- Comprehensive review of student handbooks at both the elementary and secondary levels in accordance with Board policy changes
- Integration of Evolv weapons detection policy and process for large events and random scanning in buildings
- Lead process for beginning phase one of NPHS renovation, K-Pod, and Natatorium. Lead processes for phasing preparation.
- Continued advocacy at the local and state level regarding funding to support infrastructure and facility upgrades
- Devise and implement action plan to increase paraprofessional vacancy fill rates
- Work with technology department to implement notification system at central office for certain discipline infractions
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Safe, Efficient, and Modern Schools
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- Lead process for new transportation center and relocation of fueling station
- Initiate support staff salary comparison study
- Study efficiency and effectiveness of current warehouse structure and consider/implement direct shipping program
- Develop handbooks for facilities and operations department and for tax collectors to not only memorialize procedures, but also to ease transition of new directors in these departments
- Improve and increase two-way communication and engagement with the North Penn community to include reorganization of the website, strengthening of social media presence, and supporting consistency among buildings
- Conduct a formal salary study for all support staff positions through contracted service
- Phasing and implementation of time-clock process for record-keeping and payroll processing
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Operational Excellence
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- Continued expansion and implementation of responsive classroom
- Professional development for staff and speaker series for families to enhance capacity for supporting social and emotional well being of students and staff
- PBIS Middle Level Implementation in two middle schools. The third middle school will prepare for implementation next year.
- MTSS professional development and streamlined practices at the secondary level
- Evaluation of social emotional learning program at the middle level and during Knight Zone
- Review and expand upon mental health supports for staff through North Penn Health Care Center and through St. Luke's as EAP provider
- Administer climate survey and incorporate student and staff results into planning for professional development plan and school calendar for 25-26
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Social and Emotional Wellness
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