Balanced Scorecard
The Mt. Lebanon School District’s Balanced Scorecard, aligned to the four strategic plan goals, is the focus for data collection. The Balanced Scorecard is used by School Board members, District senior staff, and community members to analyze the general performance of the District. The Balanced Scorecard is used by department personnel to analyze how well the strategies defined in the District strategic plan are working, if targets are being met and outcomes achieved, and if improvement activities need to be initiated. The Balanced Scorecard is used by staff members to monitor performance and determine improvement priorities, and is an essential part of school improvement planning.
Data analysis will be used to determine performance levels and may identify new opportunities for improvement. Mt. Lebanon staff members believe that, if the strategic plan goals are valued, then the goals need to be measured. If the goals are not measured, improvement may not occur, and goals may never be achieved.
Balanced Scorecard 11/4/13 PSSA scores show that District writing went up, while reading, math, and science scores declined.
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Dr. Timmy must be moonlighting to supplement his meager MTLSD comp. He actually looks more normal as a sausage peddler than a Super in a hardhat with a camera carrying a trombone.
Why is the measurement of this goal described as "N/A": "The District will engage community organizations and groups in collaborative efforts"?
I'd say the accurate measurement would be N for "Not".
Also, I am concerned that this report card says only 50% of kids are going on to competitive colleges. I am here so my kids can go to excellent, highly competitive colleges, like the rest of their family. What IS up with that?
I am going to say this in the nicest way possible.
When is the District going to actually analyze the results of their math program and make some changes?
That HUGE drop in math scores at the 7th grade level should be disconcerting.
I know the Board and Super will rally around the cry of "it's just a one year aberration". But how many years of aberrations make a pattern?
Perhaps I am asking the wrong audience to figure this out. After all, the SB members all seem to be MtL graduates.
That's the nicest way for me to ask.
Thank goodness the scores weren't better. Can you imagine the raises and bonuses we'd be paying for!
"… The Balanced Scorecard is used by School Board members, District senior staff, and community members to analyze the general performance of the District…."
Did the board have these results before re-upping the Superintendent?
The SB members are most assuredly NOT all MtL graduates. And those that are weren't considered the best and brightest in their graduating classes.
Here is what I have been doing to get a sense of life outside the bubble and recommend others do so as well. It may be the only way to improve this place, aside from scrutinizing the "balanced scorecard" of course. Start watching how other communities operate. Do the school districts have open forums within the community to discuss issues and concerns? What systems do they have in place for communication? Pick some school districts to watch -- good ones -- we don't need to go in the reverse direction. You will be surprised by how easy it seems for kindness, transparency, and ethical behavior to prevail.
You can follow superintendents from other districts on twitter, for example, and learn about how the schools are operating. You can go to other district websites and see how they handle the concerns that you might have. You can examine how school board members "fight for kids", how PTAs are actively pursuing important causes for kids, etc.
If you learn something important, share it with Mt Lebanon.
I think this is very ironic. My child finds writing the hardest while math and science are too easy.
Objective measurement does not make the measurement valid.
That explains it 6:40, your child represents all the children in the district.
Couldn't be there are left AND right brain predominent kids. Some that may find creative writing as easy pie and some that find pi as easy as... well-- pie.
The trouble is we need some way of measuring student progress and program/curriculum worth.
11:03 you may be interested to know there is a NAME college offering internet degrees for $6,000 and residential degrees for $44,000. Guess which one has the highest enrollment.
Hint: If you take out the four years of college coupled with the following four years of unemployment the lifetime college degree dollar advantage is cut in half.
I think there are so little comments because this report card is biased and hard to interpret. What are the mean median and mode of test scores for the PSSA? id like to see things broken down, grade by grade and by school. I'd also like to see Demographics related to income, race, etc? There is too little information here in my opinion. Why not see the report card of individuals of upper management? Don't forget everything at either end of the bell curve or whatever seems to be an anomaly is thrown out.
I think some good solutions need coupled with our questions. Who goes to their boss without knowing the answer to a problem presented? If you were ever in the military you know what I'm talking about!
My famy did nott go to an Ivy League school but am not from here. We do pretty well and I do not think an Ivy League school would have furthered our y careers.
Did u know there is a box to check on an MIT application for patents? No longer are schools looking at grades only, but extracurricular activities.
7:20, would u elaborate on the school you're talking about? Send the email to Elaine, maybe?
I'm 6:40. My kid s in honors math, too.
I personally think another year of highschool should be added, instead of requiring Kindergartners towrite full paragraphs By the end of the year. We can't pretend young children are ready for forcing crap like this down their throats works!
Everyone knows preparation is the way to achieve success. Instead of a cram, add another required year. Our country would catch up fast.
J
J at 12:46 visit the website explained by Dr. Davis at the last board meeting and you will find most of the information you want.
As for adding another year to high school, this community does not have the taxing power to pay for a first year of college. I'm looking for class offerings to be cut, especially those with fewer than 20 students. But if you do find a district that has that kind of money please let us know so we can save college dollars too.
http://www.mtlsd.org/district/stuff/student_outcomes_report2012.pdf
Here is a website that shows how well MTLSD is educating students compared to 15 top schools in the State. It shows Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 support is being given for students needing help as well as professional development available for teachers when needed. Overall, the report is a very good report for our district. Parents can look forward to success for their children.
Congratulations are in order for the administrators, staff and students who achieved at this high level.
9:44 AM - are reported outcomes the result of teachers & administrators being able to grade their own papers and tests; or, is this grading by a totally independent entity (certainly not the PDE)who developed their own grading system ?
12:01 yours is the kind of cheap shot I have come to expect from this blog. Sign your name.
Excuse me, John?
Elaine
Which website was Dr. Davis suggesting to visit? I visited a website that provides up to date data on the district and that was recommended by the district as a source of info (http://paschoolperformance.org).
However, when I referenced the data in a meeting with 2 administrators, they said my data was wrong.
Sigh.
5:53 try the Student Outcomes Report shown here:
http://www.mtlsd.org/district/stuff/student_outcomes_report2012.pdf
I would like to point out that we should have expected to see the rise Mt. Lebanon reported in science scores. I believe the science test debuted in 2008, so as the district (LIKE ALL DISTRICTS) aligned its curriculum to the test, scores rose. We will see a similar trend with the newer Keystones across all school districts. Scores will rise as districts' curricula are aligned to the test content and timing.
Sorry to say that aligning curricula and teaching to the test are necessary evils for every district in the country. I have nieces and nephews in the deep south who drill and kill in math and reading all day, to the exclusion of other subjects and "specials" such as the fine arts.
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