2015 Administrative Retreat

The Journey to World Class:  Maximizing our Impact

Sunday, July 12, 2015

• Welcome and Overview (3:00 p.m.)
  • Ice Breaker
  • Identify Desired Retreat Outcomes
  • Create and Review Retreat Norms
  • Personal Goals
    • Review 2014-15 Personal Goals
    • Achievement
    • Leadership/Educator Focus
    • List & Share what has occurred to Accomplish 2014-15 Goals
    • Identify Barriers to Meeting Personal Goal
    • Identify Initial Thoughts for 2015-16
• The KCS Guiding Tenets:  Where are We Now? (3:45 p.m.)
  • Revisit/Review/Confirm Guiding Tenets
  • Core Beliefs
  • Key Practices
  • 4 Critical Questions
• Break/Check In (4:45 p.m.)
  
• Sharpening the Focus:  Where are Our Priorities (5:00 p.m.)
  
  • Finalization of "Plate Activity" Discussion
    • Review Changes (PowerPoint)
    • Review/Identify Barriers to Overcome
• Depart from Lobby for Dinner (5:45 p.m.)
• Dinner:  Best Italian (6:00 p.m.)
• Post Dinner:  Gatlinburg Walk/Social

Monday, July 13, 2015

• Breakfast (7:30 a.m.)
• Ice Breaker - Creativity (8:00 a.m.)
• Performance Excellence:  KCS Effectiveness (8:15 a.m.)
  • 2015 Employee Satisfaction Results
  • System Level Data Review
  • State Assessments 2015-16
  • Trajectories and Quarterly Reports
• The Principal:  Three Keys to Maximizing Impact (9:15 a.m.)
  • Book Activities
    • Leading Learning
    • Being a District and System Player
    • Becoming a Change Agent
• Break (10:15 a.m.)
• Looking Back:  A 2014-15 Review (10:30 a.m.)
  
  • Appreciations
  • Celebrations
  • Puzzles
  • Learnings
• Lunch (11:30 a.m.)
• Moving Forward:  Identifying the Priorities for Success (12:15 p.m.)
  • District
    • Sharing District Priorities
    • Key Work for 2015-16
  • School
    • Identifying Priorities
    • Key Work of the School for 2015-16
• Break (2:15 p.m.)
• Charting the Journey:  School and District Plans for Action (2:30 p.m.)
  • Development of Innovative Ways to Address Key Priorities
  • Ensure Alignment to Guiding Tenets
  • Establish a Timeline and Who is Responsible for Next Steps
  • Share Out with Whole Group
• Wrap Up (4:30 p.m.)
  • Final Thoughts of the Day 
• Depart from Lobby for Dinner (5:45 p.m.)
• Dinner:  Calhoun's (6:00 p.m.)
• Post Dinner:  Lobby Games

Tuesday, July 14, 2015