3.+SWOTs

 · Parent involvement · Committed staff · High expectations of professional growth through education/training for teachers · Fair/Balanced evaluation structure for management and staff · Competitive salary · 90% of graduates go on to post secondary education · Opportunities for students to be civically involved · Residents proud of community · Supportive, proactive, decisive town council · Parent Involvement · Strong school tradition (school spirit) · High standardized test scores High graduation rate Culturally strong ethnic groups/community || · Divided school board (realistic, fiscally conservative vs penny pinching tax payers) · School board micro manages/powerless administration · Blanketed directives/policies from school board ·  Outd ﻿ ated technology and resources Summative assessment is primary method of assessment S ﻿ · Data not driving instruction · Outdated curriculum/textbooks · Mixed population of the economic disadvantage and affluent · Insufficient professional development · Outdated facilities in need of renovations · Growing problems with drugs, gangs, bullying and violence || · Strong athletic, arts, and club programs · Corporations within school district · Parents · Staff/Administration Communication · Full day kindergarten · Scheduling · Parent volunteers · New initiatives for new assessment methods || · Merit pay/teachers threatened by test results · Closing of small businesses/plants · Budget (state and local) · Cuts in programs, personnel · Global changes · Traditions holding back progress · Family stress levels/life styles · Foreclosures · Parents dictating policy · Haves and have nots · Too much time focused on testing/teaching to the test · Time stolen due to NCLB · Federal and State mandates without funding Pay to play ||
 * **Strengths** ||  **Weaknesses**  ||
 * · Tradition of excellence
 * **Opportunities** ||  **Threats**  ||
 * · Increasing population of retirements/hiring of new teachers