Lake George Central School District

This document outlines the Lake George Central School District's plan to implement the New York State's Standards-Based Educator Evaluation & Professional Support System (STEPS) for teachers and principals. The plan emphasizes supporting professional growth through meaningful feedback, reflection, collaboration, and continuous improvement, guided by principles of professional growth, collaboration, consistency, and student success. It aims to strengthen instructional practice, enhance leadership, and improve student outcomes.

The meeting included an overview of the curriculum renewal process and its various stages. Additionally, the committee received presentations regarding the science curriculum and the physical education and health curriculum.

The Lake George Central School District aims to empower all students to be lifelong learners, leaders, and global citizens through personalized opportunities. The district's vision is to foster academic and personal excellence, responsibility, and cultural awareness by creating an engaging and innovative learning environment, implementing comprehensive instructional programs, connecting students to extra-curricular activities, and appreciating diversity. Key strategic goals include cultivating mindsets and behaviors for success and well-being (CREATE Values), raising academic standards, and increasing proficiency rates for target subgroups.

The Lake George Central School District's Board of Education recognizes the importance of reserved funds for the District's financial planning for future projects and acquisitions. A plan has been developed for the District's current reserves, which are accounted for in the General Fund. The Board intends to maintain and fund these reserves appropriately, with excess fund balance amounts apportioned to various reserve funds. The administration will report annually on the uses and balances of these funds to the Audit and Finance Committee. The plan includes status reports on the Repair Reserve, Unemployment Reserve, Employee Benefit Accrued Liability Reserve, Employee Retirement Contribution Reserve, Tax Certiorari Reserve, Insurance Reserves, Workers' Compensation Reserve, and Capital Reserves.

The Lake George Central School District's Strategic Plan focuses on personalizing opportunities to empower students as lifelong learners, leaders, and global citizens. The plan centers around three main goals: 1. Cultivating mindsets and behaviors for success and well-being by emphasizing core values (Collaboration, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Trust, and Empathy); 2. Empowering students to achieve academic standards at essential proficiency levels; and 3. Increasing the proficiency rate of target subgroups. Strategies for achieving these goals include fostering a supportive community and culture, creating a profile of student success and well-being, aligning and integrating existing programs, and developing an action plan with measurable outcomes. The plan also emphasizes gathering and analyzing data, identifying areas of need, creating intervention plans, and regularly assessing progress.