Catrina Mosley

The Mississippi Family Engagement Framework and Toolkit focuses on empowering families to support their children's learning and development. It promotes positive relationships between educators and families, builds leadership and capacity within families, and develops community investment and partnerships to provide continuous support and resources. The framework emphasizes creating welcoming environments, increasing student success through family involvement, and fostering equitable partnerships to ensure all families can actively participate in their children's education.

The West Point Consolidated School District Instructional Management Plan 2024-2025 focuses on a system-wide coordination of instruction aligned with Mississippi College-and-Career-Ready Standards. Key components include Mississippi Curriculum Frameworks, pacing guides, performance level descriptors, assessment blueprints, benchmark assessments, teacher resources, a multi-tiered system of supports, professional development, and data management systems. The plan aims to ensure that all students are prepared for success in college, careers, and workforce training programs. Annual review and revision are built into the plan to ensure ongoing improvement and alignment with data and needs.

The West Point Consolidated School District's 2024-2025 Professional Development Plan focuses on improving student achievement through high-quality, data-driven professional learning for all staff. Key areas include effective implementation of differentiated instruction, college-and-career readiness standards, technology integration, social-emotional learning, and classroom management. The plan aligns with the Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning, emphasizing equity, curriculum improvement, professional expertise, and collaborative inquiry. Data analysis, peer observation, and collaborative professional learning communities are central to continuous improvement and ensuring equitable outcomes for all students. The plan also addresses support for new teachers and those working with special needs and English learners. The overarching goal is to create a supportive and collaborative environment where all students can succeed.

The Mississippi Department of Education's 5-Year Strategic Plan (2016-2020) focuses on improving student achievement through six key goals: ensuring student proficiency and growth in all assessed areas; achieving 100% high school graduation rates with college and career readiness; providing access to high-quality early childhood programs; ensuring effective teachers and leaders in every school; implementing a world-class data system for improved student outcomes; and achieving a "C" or higher rating for every school and district. The plan emphasizes a professional growth system for educators and administrators, including observation cycles, feedback mechanisms, and the use of rubrics like the M-STAR Teacher Growth Rubric and the Administrator Growth Rubric to support continuous improvement and enhance instructional practices.

(School Name) aims to create a welcoming environment for parents to actively participate in their children's education. The school will develop and distribute a written parental involvement policy, ensuring it's accessible in understandable formats and languages. Key initiatives include annual parent meetings, flexible meeting schedules, parent involvement in program planning and improvement, timely information sharing, addressing parent concerns, developing a school-parent compact, building teacher-parent capacity, and providing opportunities for diverse parent participation.