Secondary+School+Goals+2009-10

=Secondary School Goals/Action Plan Statements 2009-2010= ** Programme Management/Curriculum ** >  >  >  > 
 * Clarify what it means to be in good academic standing at IST and to review IST graduation requirements.
 * Continue to facilitate the development of a clearly articulated MYP curriculum using the “backwards design” approach to designing units of study.
 * Administer the International Schools’ Assessment (Gr. 7-9) and the Developmental Reading Assessment (Gr. 6-8) and begin to collect and analyze the data to inform instruction and to evaluate programming.
 * Implement a Saturday Sports Recreation Programme to support the recreational needs of IST students.
 * Utilize on-line communication systems (assessment calendar and moodle) to enhance communication between school and home and to support home study (if necessary)
 * Clarify and make explicit internal assessment and reporting procedures that comply with standards prescribed by the MYP and the IBDP. (Development of a proper IST Secondary School Assessment and Reporting Handbook).
 * Operations and Administration **
 * Review IT organisational structure to improve IT systems (data management and communications) and ET systems (integration into the curriculum to enhance student learning). This will result in developing a whole-school plan.
 * Communications **
 * Review and revise IST School Profile in order to provide colleges and universities with more substantive information about IST.
 * Development **
 * Expand enrollment of Grade 11 to 90 students (capacity) and explore the possibility of creating four sections in Grades 8-9 while considering limitations of current facility and programming- programme coordination, bathrooms, library, PE facility, field space, etc.
 * Human Resources **
 * Integrate suitable job-embedded professional development opportunities for faculty and staff into the Secondary School work-day without significantly compromising the academic program and the afterschool activities program.

There are several goals/action plans related to facilities management (too many to list) that have been put forward by the GMFA. One of the goals/action plans is to clarify the “tender process” and a project management review process to include elements such as a project document archive, exit interviews, and lessons learnt archive, etc. We are fortunate to have some expertise on the Board to help us clarify and refine our approach to project management, and some steps have already been taken to improve our capacity to manage projects. **
 *  **Facilities Management**