Chavis Bradford

The communications plan is designed to align district communications with strategic goals, ensuring families and the community are informed and connected. It focuses on proactive storytelling, media relations, public relations training, and community engagement. The plan utilizes various communication platforms, including social media, the district website, and direct messaging, to disseminate information and promote the district's vision and achievements.

The Hattiesburg Public Schools Instructional Management Plan for 2025-2026 focuses on creating a model teaching and learning environment where every student graduates prepared for success in life, college, and the workforce. The plan outlines strategies to achieve academic success, ensure effective staffing, foster a positive school climate, promote family and community engagement, and maintain fiscal responsibility. It details the curriculum, data sources, instructional practices, and educator roles, emphasizing a three-tiered instructional model and the use of high-impact teaching strategies to enhance student achievement.

The strategic plan of the Hattiesburg Early Learning Collaborative focuses on developing early learners into productive, focused, and adaptive lifelong learners. Key goals include ensuring academic success and kindergarten readiness, maintaining effective and committed staff, fostering a positive school climate and culture, promoting family and community engagement, and ensuring fiscal responsibility and sustainable resources. The plan emphasizes providing a supportive and enriched environment to benefit the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of early learners.

The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Implementation Guide for Hattiesburg Public Schools focuses on creating a model teaching and learning environment where every student graduates prepared for success in life, college, and the workforce. Key goals include academic success, effective staffing, a positive school climate, family and community engagement, and fiscal responsibility. The guide outlines a three-tiered instructional model, key MTSS components, and processes for identifying and supporting students' academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs. It also addresses specific considerations such as dyslexia, English learners, and the Literacy-Based Promotion Act to ensure comprehensive support for all students.

The employee handbook outlines the mission, vision, goals, and beliefs of the Hattiesburg Public School District. It details employment policies, compensation, employee benefits, and paid leave. The handbook also covers additional policies and procedures related to performance evaluation, technology use, workplace violence, and emergency management. It includes guidelines for transportation employees and emphasizes the importance of maintaining a safe and secure working environment.