Oh, Bay Village Prior strategic expenditures in areas like curriculum enhancements, PBIS implementation, and financial planning are showing definite returns as Bay Village moves into the third year of their strategic plan. These include increased AP scores, state testing outcomes, and fiscal efficiency.
Assistant Superintendent Robert Hoon reported significant improvements in state testing results, with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce reporting advances in performance index ratings for all three buildings.
Hoon claims that the middle and high schools made especially notable progress, and the official school report card, which is published in the middle of September, should show the outcomes.
In terms of content and instruction, the district has completed a thorough evaluation and update of the core curriculum for all grade levels, adopting a less is more approach to instructional materials.
He clarified that while elementary English Language Arts adoption is starting its first full year of implementation, the last component, secondary mathematics, will be implemented in the next school year.
Our instructors are excellent. Hoon clarified, “They’re high quality and have been doing this at a high level for quite some time.”
The main goals are to provide teachers with a strong and demanding curriculum, excellent professional development opportunities, and, most importantly, to simply step aside and let them do what they do best.
Hoon clarifies, Performance has significantly improved as a result of our efforts to streamline things and to highlight our teachers’ cooperation and consistency.
Speaking of the AP scores, Hoon continued, “We have never seen numbers quite that high before, as 84% of our students achieved a three or higher.” At Bay High School, we offer fifteen different AP courses, and it has been amazing to see the amazing work that both our teachers and students have produced.
The Bay Village City School District’s introduction of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) has produced remarkable outcomes in all five buildings, according to Superintendent Scot Prebles.
For the second year in a row, Normandy Elementary received Gold distinction, the highest honor available, while Westerly Elementary received Silver and Glenview, Bay Middle School, and Bay High School received Bronze, according to Prebles.
Over the past few years, disciplinary referrals have decreased by 38% as a result of the emphasis on fostering a healthy school culture, according to Prebles. Viewing the Student Progress Measure: Discipline Data document, which is used to help calculate the discipline rate, will help you better understand the data on this.
According to Prebles, the Bay Village City School District has also put in place other initiatives that promote the wellbeing of its students. These include the student-led Sources of Strength program at the high school, peer mentoring programs at the middle school, and mentoring programs for girls at the middle and high school levels.
A strength-based, upstream strategy to preventing negative outcomes while encouraging well-being, help-seeking, resilience, healthy coping, and a feeling of belonging is the approach taken by Sources of Strength, an evidence-based program that promotes mental health and prevents suicide.
It’s amazing how Bay Village has managed to attain these goals while remaining frugal, cutting back on expenditure, and increasing savings.
According to Treasurer Meghan Rohde, this entails constantly searching for operational inefficiencies, negotiating the best contracts, and regularly assessing our resources. In fact, last year, curriculum purchases resulted in savings of about $200,000.
Rohde continued by saying that we saved more than a million dollars last year thanks to these operational improvements, which I monitor as part of our strategic strategy.
All things considered, the third year of the Strategic Plan is critical for Bay Village in organizing the following strategic cycle, as Bay starts assessing what is effective, what needs to be adjusted, and what priorities should direct the following planning period.
It’s a moment to celebrate accomplishments and reflect strategically on future objectives and paths.
