Claudia Arledge

The Emanuel County Schools Strategic Plan outlines key initiatives focused on student achievement and success, family and community engagement, a high-quality workforce, and operational efficiency. Specific goals include increasing student mastery of the curriculum (improving 3rd-grade Lexile scores and graduation rates), providing high-quality personalized instruction, implementing effective assessments, and promoting workforce readiness. The plan also emphasizes enhancing family and community engagement through improved communication, developing educational partnerships, and increasing workforce collaboration. For the workforce, the plan aims to recruit and retain highly qualified and diverse staff, provide high-quality professional development, and foster a positive work environment. Finally, operational efficiency goals include refining the budgeting process, improving work order efficiency, ensuring equitable allocation of funding, and improving utility use efficiency. The plan uses performance objectives, measures, initiatives, and action steps to track progress toward these goals.

The Emanuel County Schools Parent and Family Engagement Policy outlines the district's commitment to meaningful parent and family involvement in improving student academic achievement. Key areas of focus include jointly developing the LEA plan with parents, providing technical assistance and support to schools, conducting annual evaluations of the policy's effectiveness, allocating funds for parent engagement activities, coordinating services with other programs, building capacity for parents and school staff, and maximizing parental involvement. The policy emphasizes two-way communication, parental participation in decision-making, and providing resources and training to support parents in their role as their child's first teacher. The district aims to remove barriers to participation for all parents, including those with disabilities, language barriers, or other special needs.

The Georgia Department of Education's District Improvement Plan 2024-2024 focuses on improving student outcomes through four key goals. Goal 1 aims to increase the percentage of students earning proficient or higher scores on the GMAS by 3% through more individualized instruction. Goal 2 focuses on providing at least four individualized, evidence-based professional learning opportunities to all staff. Goal 3 seeks to improve graduation rates by 3% by addressing attendance issues and monitoring students through various programs. Goal 4 aims to increase parental involvement by 3% by supporting the Parent Resource Room and providing more opportunities for parental engagement. The plan utilizes a continuous improvement framework, focusing on coherent instructional systems, professional capacity, supportive learning environments, family and community engagement, and effective leadership to achieve these goals.