Oregon’s Future

Starts HereSuperintendents’ vision for turning our good schools into great schools

Who created this vision?

• Oregon’s school superintendents

• In partnership with:

Here’s What We Need

• Rigorous Academic Standards for All Students from Pre-School through Graduate School

• Effective Teaching• Systems to Support

All Students in Meeting High Standards

Rigorous Academic Standards

• New ‘Common Core’ state standards• Rigorous graduation requirements• Next generation of assessments

Effective Teaching

• Quality of teacher and effectiveness of principal are critical

• Educators need resources to update their skills and knowledge, including:– High-quality professional

development– Useful evaluations– Support early in years– Opportunities for leadership,

advancement

Systems to Support All Students

• We can close the achievement gap and improve outcomes for at-risk students

• A key is additional, high-quality instruction time, such as:– Summer school– Before/after school programs– Targeted, in-school instruction

Here’s How We’ll Get There

• Strong Leadership and Effective Governance

• Stable and Adequate Funding

• Parents and Communities as Partners

Strong Leadership, Governance

• A proven education leader as state superintendent of public instruction

• An aligned state education governance structure, from pre-school through grad school

• A state accountability system that brings focus and clarity to school performance

Stable and Adequate Funding

• Stable and adequate funding, sufficient for schools to:– Provide high-quality education for students to meet

high standards– Offer additional instruction for students who need it– Ensure a full school year

• In turn, schools must achieve return on investment

Parents, Communities as Partners

• Educating the next generation is everyone’s responsibility:– Parents– Teachers– Students– Superintendents

and Principals– School classified employees– Governor and Legislature– Community members

Where We Go From Here

• Higher standards adopted by State Board• P-20 ‘Oregon Education Investment Team’

established by Governor• Governor, legislature considering change in state

superintendent selection process• Legislature considering bills to support effective

teaching: performance evaluation, mentoring• Governor, legislature debating

declining education budget