Educational Service Unit #17
Ainsworth, Nebraska
Continuous Improvement Process

Mission Statement:  ESU 17 is committed to partnering with its schools by providing support and resources to enhance teaching and learning.

 

Improvement Goal #1—The ESU will strive to promote awareness regarding available services to member schools.

  • (ESU Coop) Facilitate better communication between Coop coordinator and all school personnel.
  • (Health Services) Provide member schools with general information and contract schools with specific information.
  • (Media) Create opportunities that promote Media Center awareness, especially relating to the online media catalog and PowerMediaPlus Media on Demand resource.
  • (Special Education) Create an informational pamphlet for teachers and parents.
  • (Staff Development) Effectively reach all school district personnel regarding specific staff development services as well as actively promote professional development opportunities.
  • (Technology)  Develop a plan to increase the usefulness of the ESU 17 Home page.

 

Improvement Goal #2—The ESU will strive to promote user-friendly resources to enhance teaching and learning.

  • (ESU Coop) Make Coop information more available on a local level.
  • (Media) Provide key for success when using Media Center resources, especially online media catalog and PowerMediaPlus Media on Demand.
  • (Special Education) Create a SPED link on the ESU 17 homepage to cover a variety of subjects.
  • (Staff Development) Provide information in various platforms in order to reach educators who possess different degrees of technology expertise.
  • (Technology) Update and expand technology resources available to our member schools.

 

Improvement Goal #3—The ESU will strive to provide a wide variety of training opportunities for all school district personnel that enhances teaching and learning.

  • (Health Services) Offer varied training opportunities to create and maintain a safe and healthy school setting to schools contracting for health services.
  • (Special Education) Determine the training needs for specific school SPED issues.
  • (Staff Development) Provide a wide variety of training opportunities for all school district personnel that enhance teaching and learning.
  • (Technology) Offer a variety of training that meets the needs of ESU 17 teachers.

 

Process Goal—ESU 17 will improve its CIP process.

 

Departmental Goals

  • (Special Education) Create a SPED link on the ESU 17 homepage to cover a variety of subjects.
  • (Staff Development) Provide information in various platforms in order to reach educators who possess different degrees of technology expertise.