Barrington 220 Strategic Plan
“ Empower personal excellence in every learner.”
A Barrington 220 Learner...
Engages in a process of producing new and unique ideas, making connections among them, and understands the value of taking risks.
Exchanges ideas and information while listening thoughtfully for the purpose of achieving understanding.
COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY
THINKS CRITICALLY & SOLVES PROBLEMS
Understands logic and reasoning to analyze and create solutions while considering multiple perspectives.
CREATES
Identifies and seeks support when needed for self and others. Seeks to understand, be sensitive to, and elevate others diverse perspectives to ensure everyone has equitable access for success.
PRACTICES ADVOCACY & EMPATHY
Works productively and meaningfully with others for a shared purpose.
RIGOROUS ACADEMICS
FRAMEWOR K 220
COLLABORATES
EXHIBITS
INITIATIVE & SELF DRIVE
Demonstrates commitment and perseverance through practicing leadership, service, personal responsibility, accountability, and goal setting.
LEARNER PROFILE
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
FOCUS OBJECTIVES TIMELINE
2023-2024 & 2024-2025
The Framework 220 plan consists of 28 objective areas under the strategic priorities. Starting with the 2023-24 school year, the district began focusing on a specific set of objectives. To view the detailed progress of each objective, visit our Framework 220 dashboard at www.barrington220.org/framework220.
FUTURE READINESS Authentic Learning
Global Awareness
Career Pathways
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Grade Level & Program Transitions
Social Emotional Learning
Social Media Awareness & Digital Citizenship
COMMUNITY External Communication
PARTNERSHIPS Internal Communication & COMMUNICATION
Support Strategic Priorities
PERSONALIZED Learner Agency LEARNING Flexible Learning
Early Childhood & Kindergarten Opportunities
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Hiring Practices
Professional Development
STEWARDSHIP
Infrastructure/Facilities
Fine Arts Center
PERSONALIZED LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1 Learner Agency & Pathways
Create opportunities and experiences for all learners to pursue individualized pathways to explore their interests and passions; provide well-rounded educational opportunities to develop skills that increase student agency, preparing them to make future career, college, and life decisions.
2 Academic & Personal Success Skills
Continue the development and implementation of academic and personal success skills as it relates to learning progressions, rubrics, and learning experiences. Work will honor learner choices, interests, and passions.
3 Flexible Learning
Research best practices in flexible learning and formulate recommendations as they relate to the use of time, space, pace, and path at all levels, from pre-school through post-graduation transition.
4 Individualized Pathways
Implement professional learning opportunities for staff, in order to gain a broader understanding of structures and teaching practices that allow for students to explore individualized educational pathways and empower their own learning.
5 Early Childhood & Kindergarten Opportunities
Consider the addition of an increase in early childhood education opportunities for district students, including but not limited to implementing a full-day kindergarten program, while addressing cost implications through careful staffing and facility utilization planning.
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Embrace and celebrate diversity. Recruit, hire, and maintain a diverse, high-quality staff. Refine and build educational systems from pre-kindergarten through post-high school transition that serve the breadth and depth of our student community. Ensure all learners have equitable access to high-quality education to achieve their potential.
PRIORITY LEAD: Dr. Celestina Rivera, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION OBJECTIVES
1 Accessibility
Provide all students access to academic and co-curricular programs and experiences pre-kindergarten through post-high school transition while reviewing barriers to participation; allow students personal choice in their involvement in extracurricular activities.
2 Embracing Diversity
Develop a process to gather input from stakeholders of diverse backgrounds. Using a lens of equity, incorporate input into the development and review of district practices and programs.
3 Hiring Practices
Develop an ongoing process to recruit, hire, and retain a more diverse staff that mirrors our student demographics; develop partnerships with colleges and universities to incorporate a ‘Grow-Your-Own’ program.
4 Professional Development
Continue the development and implementation of a plan for large-scale professional development for all stakeholder groups focused on inclusive education and culturally responsive teaching practices (e.g., revised Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching).
FUTURE READINESS
Engage students in innovative, real-world learning experiences that are not confined by time or location in order to develop global awareness and prepare them for any post-secondary path.
PRIORITY LEAD: Dr. Matt Fuller, Assistant Superintendent for Technology & Innovation
FUTURE READINESS OBJECTIVES
1
Authentic Learning
Create and expand authentic learning opportunities for all learners to provide innovative and real-world learning experiences through initiatives that promote career readiness, career exploration, problem-based learning, and experiential learning.
2 Global Awareness
Design opportunities for students to develop global awareness, cultural competence, cultural appreciation, understanding of world issues, and global citizenship through experiences (e.g., travel or exchange programs, overseas placements, language instruction, and intercultural activities) so that all learners can interact effectively with the world.
3 Career Pathways
Evaluate, build, and implement career pathways that include work-based learning opportunities based on student interest, labor market data, and local industry support in order to prepare all learners for an everchanging world.
4 Life-Skill Development
Develop and implement life-skill learning opportunities (e.g., communication, financial literacy, nutrition, stress management, self-care, cooking, continued education, and executive functioning skills) to continue developing well-rounded students.
HEALTH & WELL-BEING OBJECTIVES
1 Safe Environment
Facilitate the growth and promotion of our district’s culture that embraces physical and emotional safety for all stakeholders, allowing for an environment of open communication and healthy risk-taking.
2 Grade-level & Program Transitions
Design a system for early childhood through post-high school transitions that supports students as they develop the capacity to form relationships and have a sense of belonging in all settings, with an emphasis on new environments.
3 Social-Emotional Learning
Embed social-emotional learning (SEL) standards into daily instruction and include the development and use of common language. Ensure multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) processes are in place to understand the need for balance between school, home, and life for all staff and students.
4 Social Media Awareness & Digital Citizenship
Identify and implement a district-wide process to address the use of social media and digital citizenship in a healthy, safe manner; include opportunities for students and staff to gain a deep understanding of how social media sites and apps and digital citizenship can affect multiple aspects of student and staff life both in and out of the school environment.
5 Staff Wellness
Foster, expand, and promote initiatives related to the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being among staff members (e.g., nutrition education, stress management strategies, physical activity resources, and access to mental health services).
