Kekaha Elementary Academic Plan

Developing a collaborative Academic Plan framed by the HIDOE Learning Organization is the foundation for a forward focused Academic Plan. An effective Academic Plan utilizes existing school resources to improve and/or introduce new ideas that accelerate the school community's knowledge about ending achievement gaps and providing equitable services for all students. A forward focused Academic Plan clearly describes a school's Theory of Action that incorporates the following: 1) analyzing data to explain achievement gaps; 2) incorporating measurable outcomes that inform a school how to close the achievement gap; and, 3) applying contextual and community measurements and assessments.

Starting from a comprehensive needs assessment, schools design measurable outcomes from the study of organizational, instructional, and student support systems. The measurable outcomes are implemented and improved through Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycles, and systemized by leading indicators.

HIDOE Learning Organization

Pipeline of Emerging Ideas: To prepare for emerging trends, advancements and changes that impact education, ideas are tried and vetted by our schools and teams, some will advance to support the core.

● The Pipeline of Emerging Ideas is linked to the HIDOE 2020-30 Strategic Plan (Section 5).

Innovation in Support of the Core: New strategies and systems for delivering teaching and learning.

High-Impact strategies: School Design, Teacher Collaboration, Student Voice.

● The Academic Plan incorporates School Design and Student Voice for Innovation in Support of the Core (Sections 2 through 4).

Teaching & Learning Core: Focus: equity and excellence in core curriculum and supports

● The Academic Plan is structured by the HIDOE Learning Organization, and it is founded on the Teaching & Learning Core (Section 1).

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