The Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough

Strategic Plan - Vision 2026

Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough
Educate • Inspire • Challenge

A diagram illustrating the "Portrait of a Graduate," outlining core values and key competencies for student development.

NSboro 2024-2025 Action Plan

Implement instructional practices that engage students in developing and demonstrating their knowledge and skills through rigorous, innovative, and relevant learning experiences.
Finance and Operations to Support Teaching and Learning to Develop, support, and operate sustainable, functional, and well-maintained schools.
Provide all students access to challenging and culturally responsive learning experiences that meet their individual needs.
Prioritize social, emotional, and physical well-being of students.
Demonstrate continual growth through professional collaboration.

Educate, Inspire, and Challenge

Integrity
Empathy
Inclusivity
Equity
Perseverance
Respect

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Collaborators

Enrich the learning of self and others through teamwork.
Solicit and respect diverse perspectives and contributions.
Seek, contribute, and react to feedback to achieve shared outcomes.
Recognize and leverage strengths to build collective commitment, action, and understanding.

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Critical and Creative Thinkers

Transfer and connect knowledge and skills to deepen understanding.
Demonstrate thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.
Use disciplinary knowledge and skills in routine and innovative ways.
Make informed decisions, solve problems, and use a variety of tools to deepen learning.

Communicators

Articulate thoughts and ideas using oral, written, and non-verbal communication skills.
Listen to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions.
Use technological skills and contemporary digital tools to explore and exchange ideas.

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Socially and Civically Engaged

Demonstrate personal, civic, and social integrity through ethical and empathetic behaviors.
Recognize individual and communal impact on others and the natural world.
Value and embrace diverse cultures and unique perspectives through mutual respect and open dialogue.

Growth-Oriented

Cultivate positive attitudes and habits about learning.
Pursue one’s own interests and curiosity to experience new learning.
Consistently improve the quality of one’s own thinking by skillfully analyzing and assessing.
Persist to accomplish difficult tasks and overcome barriers to meet goals.

Healthy and Balanced

Develop and demonstrate awareness, sensitivity, and respect to connect with others.
Use reflective practices to understand personal strengths, challenges, and passions.
Make choices to support a lifestyle that is healthy physically and mentally.
Demonstrate resilience through managing emotions, stress, and challenges.

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Model a culture of continuous growth by collecting and using multiple sources of feedback to improve their professional practice.
Where needed, reorganize the use of time, people, and resources to focus on instructional practice and improve student learning.
Develop a district-wide approach to supporting the social and emotional development and well-being of students.
Define and employ a framework for highly effective learning and teaching based on current learning theory and culturally responsive practices.
Work together to create and implement focused, strategic school improvement plans including sustained and aligned professional learning.
Use data to inform, plan, implement, and measure district, school, and student-level improvement.
Educators design and implement lessons with instructional goals, assessments, methods, and materials that meet the individual needs of learners.
All students will actively engage in learning that meets their developmental needs academically, socially, and emotionally.
Students will be prepared for the next level of learning, college, or career.

Educate, Inspire, and Challenge
- Integrity
- Empathy
- Inclusivity
- Equity
- Perseverance
- Respect
Collaborators
- Enrich the learning of self and others through teamwork.
- Solicit and respect diverse perspectives and contributions.
- Seek, contribute, and react to feedback to achieve shared outcomes.
- Recognize and leverage strengths to build collective commitment, action, and understanding.
Critical and Creative Thinkers
- Transfer and connect knowledge and skills to deepen understanding.
- Demonstrate thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.
- Use disciplinary knowledge and skills in routine and innovative ways.
- Make informed decisions, solve problems, and use a variety of tools to deepen learning.
Communicators
- Articulate thoughts and ideas using oral, written, and non-verbal communication skills.
- Listen to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions.
- Use technological skills and contemporary digital tools to explore and exchange ideas.
Socially and Civically Engaged
- Demonstrate personal, civic, and social integrity through ethical and empathetic behaviors.
- Recognize individual and communal impact on others and the natural world.
- Value and embrace diverse cultures and unique perspectives through mutual respect and open dialogue.
Growth-Oriented
- Cultivate positive attitudes and habits about learning.
- Pursue one’s own interests and curiosity to experience new learning.
- Consistently improve the quality of one’s own thinking by skillfully analyzing and assessing.
- Persist to accomplish difficult tasks and overcome barriers to meet goals.
Healthy and Balanced
- Develop and demonstrate awareness, sensitivity, and respect to connect with others.
- Use reflective practices to understand personal strengths, challenges, and passions.
- Make choices to support a lifestyle that is healthy physically and mentally.
- Demonstrate resilience through managing emotions, stress, and challenges.
- Model a culture of continuous growth by collecting and using multiple sources of feedback to improve their professional practice.
- Where needed, reorganize the use of time, people, and resources to focus on instructional practice and improve student learning.
- Develop a district-wide approach to supporting the social and emotional development and well-being of students.
- Define and employ a framework for highly effective learning and teaching based on current learning theory and culturally responsive practices.
- Work together to create and implement focused, strategic school improvement plans including sustained and aligned professional learning.
- Use data to inform, plan, implement, and measure district, school, and student-level improvement.
- Educators design and implement lessons with instructional goals, assessments, methods, and materials that meet the individual needs of learners.
- All students will actively engage in learning that meets their developmental needs academically, socially, and emotionally.
- Students will be prepared for the next level of learning, college, or career.

Objectives and Initiatives

Implement instructional practices that engage students in developing and demonstrating their knowledge and skills through rigorous, innovative, and relevant learning experiences.

1.1 Cultivate a shared understanding and common vision of high-quality instructional practices that develop all students toward the profile of our ideal graduate.

1.2 Collaborate within and across schools to ensure consistent implementation of high-quality instructional practices.

1.3 Systematically promote opportunities for innovation in learning and teaching.

1.4 Provide opportunities for students and educators to use technology to solve problems, learn and communicate.

1.1 Cultivate a shared understanding and common vision of high-quality instructional practices that develop all students toward the profile of our ideal graduate
- Identify a committee to lead this initiative.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: September, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Inventory and assess the curricular tools and resources including technology that are used to support high-quality learning and teaching
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, building principals, and curriculum leaders (PreK-12)
  - Date: December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Agree upon a framework, grounded in current learning theory, to define the District’s definition of high-quality instructional practices
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA) and curriculum leaders (PreK-12)
  - Date: March, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Identify a committee to lead this initiative.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leaders (PreK-12)
  - Date: May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: Yes (Resources, substitutes, and design work)
1.2 Collaborate within and across schools to ensure consistent implementation of high-quality instructional practices
- Administer a baseline assessment of District and school-based opportunities for faculty and staff to engage in professional collaboration
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, building principals, and curriculum leaders (PreK-12)
  - Date: January, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Further develop systems for professional collaboration to support consistent implementation including: enhancing structures and processes for high-performing collaborative teams and providing opportunities for peer-to-peer observational practices such as instructional rounds
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, building principals, and curriculum leaders (PreK-12)
  - Date: May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Build upon current systems of feedback for educators and administrators that support improvement and growth
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October-May, 2020-2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop systems for the common use of digital learning platforms and tools for in-person and remote learning environments
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant, Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, and Instructional Technology Specialists
  - Date: October-May, 2020-2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: Yes (Resources, substitutes, and design work)
1.3 Systematically promote innovation in learning and teaching
- Create a District Innovation Committee to inventory and assess innovative learning opportunities throughout the District
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: November, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Create a District webpage that highlights Innovation
  - Person Responsible: Innovation Committee and Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning
  - Date: April, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Provide professional learning opportunities, through District professional development day, to support educators in developing innovative approaches to learning and teaching
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leaders (PreK-12)
  - Date: September,2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: Yes (Resources, substitutes, and design work) Estimate: $30,000 (Included in FY21 Budgets)
1.4 Provide opportunities for students and educators to use technology to solve problems, learn and communicate
- Reconvene committee to develop and implement a baseline assessment of how technology is being used and the degree to which Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) standards are integrated into curricula. Committee will also introduce a long term plan for how all students K-12 will engage in meaningful, high-quality. digital literacy and computer science curriculum and instruction.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, Digital Literacy Leaders (DLL), and building principals
  - Date: September 2020 - December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Create and launch professional learning pathways for administrators, faculty, and staff that can build upon their understanding of how to integrate technology, use learning platforms to support student learning, and build digital literacy into high-quality instruction including through a District professional development day
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, and Northborough,
    Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: January - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: Yes (Resources, substitutes, and design work) Estimate: $30,000
Provide all students access to challenging and culturally responsive learning experiences that meet their individual needs.

2.1 Develop and implement coherent systems for collecting and using student learning data to better understand the needs of individuals and groups of students.

2.2 Develop and implement consistent systems to identify and address students’ individual needs for the full range of learners.

2.3 Foster culturally responsive and inclusive communities and environments that provide equal access. 2.4 Ensure excellence in the continuum of educational programming for Student Support Services. 2.5 Ensure, quality, coherence and equitable access for courses and programs

2.1 Develop and implement coherent systems for collecting and using student learning data to better understanding the need of individuals and groups of students.
- Identify a committee to lead this initiative.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Identify a district-wide system for storing student learning data and providing access to individual student learning profiles and data sets for groups of learners.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $40,000, Southborough - $30,000 and Regional - $30,000
- Develop system-wide agreements on what data will be collected and monitored for all students.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough
  - Date: February, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop and begin to implement systems for how data is used to inform school improvement planning, instruction and equity.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Explore ways that the new student information system (PowerSchool) can gain real-time insight into student performance, behavioral trends, and key demographic information to personalize instruction and learning.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, administrative assistants, guidance faculty, and building principals
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
2.2 Develop and implement consistent systems to identify and address students’ individual needs for the full range of learners.
- Reconvene District Committee focused on multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) to review plans that were previously developed.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent and Director of English Language Education
  - Date: October, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Inventory and assess current practices for student support teams and their intersection with special education programs and staff.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Director or English Language Education, and Directors of Student Support Services
  - Date: January, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Engage in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education sponsored professional learning related to MTSS and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
  - Person Responsible: MTSS District Committee
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop a plan for implementation of MTSS including professional learning for educators in the district for 2021-2022.
  - Person Responsible: MTSS District Committee
  - Date: April, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $8,000, Southborough - $6,000 and Regional - $6,000
- Review and implement District Curriculum Accommodation Plan.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), curriculum leadership team (PreK-12), and educators
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
2.3 Foster culturally responsive and inclusive communities and environments.
- Administer a baseline assessment of District and school-based faculty and staff understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy and unconscious bias.
  - Person Responsible: Working Group and Director of English Language Education
  - Date: November, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Build capacity of the system and school leaders to lead conversations about culturally responsive pedagogy and unconscious bias.
  - Person Responsible: Working Group and Director of English Language Education
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY21 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $2,000, Southborough - $1,500 and Regional - $1,500
- Create and launch professional learning pathways for administrators, faculty, and staff that can build upon their understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy and unconscious bias.
  - Person Responsible: Working Group and Director of English Language Education
  - Date: May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
2.4 Ensure excellence in the continuum of educational programming for Student Support Services.
- Continue to develop educators’ expertise to teach specialized reading programs.
  - Person Responsible: Directors of Student Support Services
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $8,000, Southborough - $6,000 and Regional - $6,000
- Research, select, and implement a universal dyslexia screening tool that identifies students at risk for reading difficulties and plan interventions based on data.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Directors of Student Support Services and PreK-8 Reading Teachers
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FFY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $4,000, Southborough - $3,000 and Regional - $3,000
- Enhance partnerships with community and state agencies to provide resources that support all students ( transition services, FSP, Providers’ Symposium, consultants).
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Director of English Language Education, Directors of Student Support Services
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Assess and expand inclusionary practices to determine the impact on student learning.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $2,000, Southborough - $1,500 and Regional - $1,500
2.5 Foster culturally responsive and inclusive communities and environments.
- Identify the committee to lead this initiative.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop and articulate cycle and process for ongoing internal curriculum and program review and evaluation.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: April, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Conduct an equity audit of courses and programs.
  - Person Responsible: Director of English Language Education
  - Date: May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: Estimate: Northborough - $2,000, Southborough - $1,500 and Regional - $1,500
- Set goals for improvements in course offerings, programs, and student participation in particular courses or programs.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
  - Date: May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: Estimate: No predicted budget impact
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Prioritize social, emotional, and physical well-being of students.

3.1 Develop and implement a coherent and systematic approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) Pre-K-12.

3.2 Develop a comprehensive approach to health education Pre-K-12.

3.1 Develop and implement coherent systems for collecting and using student learning data to better understanding the need of individuals and groups of students.
- Identify District SEL committee.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Inventory and assess current approaches and materials used for SEL.
  - Person Responsible: District SEL Committee
  - Date: November, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: No predicted budget impact
- Explore effective approaches to SEL used in other systems.
  - Person Responsible: District SEL Committee
  - Date: February, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Agree upon coherent approaches and materials to support SEL system-wide.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
  - Date: March, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop plan for professional learning and implementation of coherent approach to SEL.
  - Person Responsible: District SEL Committee
  - Date: April, 2021 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $8,000, Southborough - $6,000 and Regional - $6,000
- Identify and collect baseline data about students’ social-emotional health and physical well-being and then use this data to monitor progress.
  - Person Responsible: Working Group, Assistant Superintendent, Director of English Language Education, guidance faculty, Wellness Coordinator
  - Date: December, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
3.2 Develop a comprehensive approach to health education Pre-K-12.
- Health and Wellness Committee review the role and functions of the committee, redefine, and set plans for the committee’s future work.
  - Person Responsible: Wellness Coordinator
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Inventory and assess current approaches and materials used for Health Education PK-12 including physical education and health classes as well as extra-curricular health and wellness offerings.
  - Person Responsible: Wellness Coordinator and District Wellness Committee
  - Date: November, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Explore effective approaches to Health Education used in other systems.
  - Person Responsible: Wellness Coordinator and District Wellness Committee
  - Date: February, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Agree upon an approach and materials to support consistent and comprehensive Health education system-wide.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
  - Date: March, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Plan for additional health and wellness extra-curricular offerings that use Universal Design standards to meet the needs of all students.
  - Person Responsible: Directors of Student Support Services and NASA
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Implement the plan for Start Time Initiative to support healthy sleep habits among students.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
Demonstrate continual growth through professional collaboration.

4.1 Increase District leaders’, school leaders’ and teachers’ capacity to improve teaching and learning.

4.2 Develop and implement aligned District and school improvement plans including professional learning plans for educators.

4.1 Increase District leaders’, school leaders’ and teachers’ capacity to improve teaching and learning.
- Review and assess current leadership roles and responsibilities related to curriculum and instruction in order to define, and where needed, restructure the roles.
  - Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: December, 2020 - May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $40,000, Southborough - $30,000 and Regional - $30,000
- Provide opportunities for District and school leaders to further develop skills related to observation, feedback, and coaching of educators.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Evaluate current professional learning systems and the effectiveness of the systems. The evaluation will focus on time, how it is used, roles and responsibilities and organization of professional learning.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and District Professional Development Committee
  - Date: October, 2020- February, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop systematic, strategic professional learning plans for educators throughout the District in alignment with strategic plan, school improvement plans and educator goals.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and District Professional Development Committee
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
4.2 Develop and implement aligned District and school improvement plans (SIP) including professional learning plans.
- Implement a consistent SIP process for all schools supported by a SIP template.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Provide school leaders support in organizing and planning the school improvement planning processes and ensure alignment among educator goals SIP and the District Strategic Plan (DSP.)
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: September, 2020- June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
Develop, support and operate sustainable, functional, and
well-maintained schools.

5.1 In collaboration with municipal police and fire, continue to improve school security infrastructure and preparedness.

5.2 Engage residents in open dialogue about the qualities of school facilities that will support the next generation of Northborough and Southborough students.

5.3 Identify a systematic strategy to: Increase energy efficiency, decrease costs, increase reliability and security, improve facility management and optimization through data and analytics, and meet carbon footprint and sustainability goals.

5.4 Adopt a new student information system, PowerSchool.

5.5 Enhance our transportation system by improving efficiency and customer service.

5.1 In collaboration with municipal police and fire, continue to improve school security infrastructure and preparedness.
- Complete a needs assessment of safety and security infrastructure across the three districts in collaboration with municipal police and fire departments.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent and Director of Operations
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Expand use of camera systems and communications tools to support supervision of school buildings and response to incidents.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Principals
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Review current District and school-based safety protocols and procedures.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Provide systematic training for safety protocols and procedures to District faculty, staff, and students.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
5.2 Engage school community in open dialogue about the qualities of school facilities that will support the next generation of Northborough and Southborough students.
- Partner with towns on long-term capital and master planning.
  - Person Responsible: School Committees, Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Complete a needs assessment of each school facility.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020- May, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Research Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) funding opportunities for prioritized school needs (Peaslee and Neary).
  - Person Responsible:Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Director of Finance
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop systems for the common use of digital learning platforms and tools for in-person and remote learning environments
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant, Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, and Instructional Technology Specialists
  - Date: October-May, 2020-2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
5.3 Identify a systematic strategy to: Increase energy efficiency, decrease costs,increase reliability and security, improve facility management and optimization through data and analytics, and meet carbon footprint and sustainability goals.
- Conduct energy audits at each school building to identify potential savings and capture energy efficiencies.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations and Director of Finance
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Evaluate facility management systems including cleaning and maintenance protocols.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Procure resources and supplies utilizing the purchasing power of the three districts.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations and Director of Finance
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Develop contracts with vendors that maximize resources and utilize available technology.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Director of Operations and Director of Finance
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Evaluate partnerships with collaboratives and identify plans to maximize efficiency.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations and Director of Finance
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- PReview food services operations including finances, menu, and administrative support with the goal of increasing student participation in the program.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations, Director of Finance, Directors of Food Services
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
5.4 Adopt a new student information system, Powerschool.
- Complete migration and implementation of new student information system.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Registrar Administrator, Guidance Faculty, and NASA
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Streamline and simplify scheduling procedures and new student registration to increase efficiency.
  - Person Responsible: Assistant Superintendent, Registrar Administrator, Guidance Faculty, and NASA
  - Date: October, 2020- December, 2020
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Provide parents and guardians with a platform and training to complete school forms online.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations, Director of Human Resources, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Instructional Technology and Digital Learning, Guidance Faculty, and Registrar Administrator
  - Date: October, 2020- June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Promote family engagement with better communication and improve student accountability with convenient access to their grades and progress.
  - Person Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date: October, 2020- June, 2021
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
5.5 Enhance our transportation system by improving efficiency and customer service
- Utilize GPS routing software to streamline our bus routes to make them more efficient.
  - Person Responsible: Director of Operations
  - Date:
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Promote community connection by offering superior customer service that includes improved response time and communication.
  - Person Responsible: ADirector of Operations andNorthborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date:
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
- Implement later start time for Algonquin Regional High School with logistical support while reducing impact on other schools.
  - Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Operations, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
  - Date:
  - Status [future work, in process, completed]:
  - Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact