Strategic Action Objectives
and Plans
Strategic
Planning is a process in which an organization engages in an
open and honest examination of the components and issues of
the organization and reaches agreement about the future
focus of the organization through a consensus of people who
represent various stakeholder groups of the organization.
Here at CIS, we initiated Strategic Planning during the 2004
– 2005 school year. A Strategic Planning Council was formed
that was comprised of students, parents, teachers,
administrators, support staff, and Board members. This group
worked on the development of a vision for the school based
upon a set of core beliefs and our mission statement. It
then established two five year objectives that include a
means of measurement, and resulted in Action Plans that
specify what needs to be done annually to meet those
objectives. The Strategic Planning Council meets annually to
discuss and evaluate our progress toward our goals. The
specific objectives are identified below with links to the
Action Plan for each.
Objective 1:
By the year 2010, all Cayman International
School grades K – 8 students will demonstrate improved academic performance in the core subjects of Math, Language Arts,
Science, and Social Studies as measured by:
- An average performance of
80% for the median percentile scores in the areas of
reading, language arts, language mechanics in grades 2
through 8 on the ITBS (Iowa Test Basic Skills).
- An average performance of
80% for the median percentile scores in the areas of math
concepts and problems, math estimation, and math computation
in grades 2 through 8 on the ITBS.
- An average score of
90% in the mean score of the University of Chicago
mathematics posttest at grades 1 - 8 as determined in 2004 -
2005.
- An average performance of
80% for the median percentile scores in the areas of social
studies in grades 2 through 8 on the ITBS.
- An average performance of
80% for the median percentile scores in the areas of science
in grades 2 through 8 on the ITBS.
Objective 2:
By the year 2010, all Cayman International
School grade 9 to 12 students will demonstrate preparedness for
college and careers as measured by:
- Increasing points
/average verbal and mathematics SAT scores using
baseline data to be determined through the adoption and
implementation of the SAT during the 2006 – 2007 school year.
- Increasing the percentage
of 11th and 12th grade students
enrolling in one or more AP (or enrichment) courses by 25%
percentage points each year for two years, beginning in 2008
– 2009.
- The percentage of
graduates who enter post-secondary education, either
full-time or part-time, will increase by 20% using 2007 – 2008
as a baseline.
- An 80% increase in the
number of hours all students engage in service learning.
- 100% student participation
in at least one extra-curricular activity.
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CIS' ITBS Scores
for 2005-2006
These
tests scores are used as baseline data for our Strategic
Planning Objectives CIS recently took the Iowa Test in Basic Skills. As a school and
individually, our scores
were very high, and we are proud of our teachers and students! The scores below
are based on the National Percentile Rank (NPR). This score shows the
grades' ranks compared to other grades tested within the same year. The
number represents the grades' rank, with the 50th percentile being the national average.
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Reading |
Language Arts |
Math |
Composite |
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First Grade |
99 |
94 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Second Grade |
78 |
76 |
71 |
82 |
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Third Grade |
84 |
76 |
80 |
86 |
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Fourth Grade |
84 |
72 |
68 |
93 |
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Fifth Grade |
86 |
76 |
72 |
80 |
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Sixth Grade |
76 |
64 |
82 |
77 |
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