Strategic Plan

Our Vision
The Lewiston School Department is a school system of excellence, where all learners succeed at high levels and where learning is standards-based, collaborative, rigorous, interactive, and responsive to the needs of diverse learners and our community.

Our Mission
Developing lifelong learners who value themselves and others, contribute to their community, and succeed in a changing world.

Each Lewiston student leaves school as:

1. A clear and effective communicator.
2. A self-directed and lifelong learner.
3. A creative and practical problem-solver.
4. A responsible and involved citizen.
5. A collaborative and quality worker.
6. An integrative and informed thinker.

Our Beliefs About Learning and Community

• We believe all students can learn and want to learn and succeed.
• We believe students learn in different ways and at different rates.
• We believe all students can be held to high standards with flexibility in the time to achieve them.
• We believe success breeds success.
• We believe our schools should be safe and welcoming environments that support learning.
• We believe students, parents, and teachers are partners in the learning process.
• We believe students need personal connections/relationships with teachers and mentors.
• We believe the learning process should reflect the most current research on cognition and student development.
• We believe values and common goals shape and change the working environment of an organization.
• We believe education must challenge students and foster responsibility.
• We believe instruction and assessment must be aligned, learner-centered, and based on standards.
• We believe Maine's Learning Results and Maine's Common Core of Learning should guide the development of curriculum and the direction of instruction.
• We believe sustained professional development is essential for an organization to achieve its goals.
• We believe technology is a tool that, when integrated, enhances learning, communication, and work.
• We believe community partnerships in education promote ownership and sense of community.

• Implement NWEA testing to chart student learning.
• Review and interpret student data to guide teaching and learning.
• Involve Leadership Assessment Committee in the use and interpretation of assessment data.
• Continue to align curriculum to the standards of the Maine Learning Results
• Develop a model at the secondary level for horizontal and vertical curriculum support and development.
• Monitor implementation of the collaborative pre-K programs at Farwell and Longley.
• Develop and distribute curriculum guides for ELL instruction.
• Provide support for year two of the Reading First Grant at Longley.
• Improve support systems needed to enhance student learning.

• Provide professional development for School Committee members.
• Promote building-based professional learning communities.
• Continue training in inclusive practices and differentiated instruction.
• Provide central office support to schools identified as not meeting AYP or placed on monitor status.
• Continue to develop with the Curriculum Advisory Committee CAFA (Curriculum Access for All) as an inclusionary curriculum model.
• Utilize workshop days and planned after-school meetings to address staff needs assessment.
• Continue to leverage school department grants to support identified professional development needs.
• Provide training in ELL instruction and diverse culture.
• Continue to collaborate with Hudson Bus Lines on training for bus drivers.
• Involve central office staff in regular meetings with high school administrators to provide support in curriculim and professional development.

• Implement year one of the new three-year Technology Plan.
• Continue laptop training program for grade 6 students.
• Plan professional development offerings for current and new staff members.
• Oversee training and use of School Messenger for attendance, notices, and alert notifications.
• Provide targeted training for PowerSchool, PowerGrade, IEP software and MEDMS.
• Present proposal(s) to School Committee for paperless meetings.
• Support LHS/LRTC staff and administration with laptop training (MLTI expansion to 9-12).
• Provide technical support for NWEA adaptive testing.
• Complete card access system for school buildings.
• Review school department web page for ease of use and usefulness of information.

• Promote parent and community involvement with schools.
• Support “Read Across L.A.” with “20 Minutes a Day – Ready for K” awareness and celebration.
• Continue working with local colleges to promote student aspirations and access to post-secondary options.
• Promote school community service projects.
• Continue work with Healthy Androscoggin, SOCHS (school health clinics), and other agencies to support wellness in our schools.

• Provide asbestos training to all custodial and maintenance staff and monitor asbestos management plan.
• Conduct a review of capital needs (Capital Asset Management Plan) and prepare recommendations for inclusion in the Lewiston Capital Improvement Plan (LCIP).
• Monitor operation of building systems at the new Farwell Elementary School.
• Assist in design of the new elementary school on College Avenue.
• Provide guidance in developing a system-wide building security format and protocol.