NWA

• Spring-to-Spring tracking and Fall-to-Spring tracking gives us a full picture of student experience
  • Spring-to-Spring: year-round students that are in every cycle
  • Fall-to-Spring: New students that start later
• Strong performance in high school in target areas
• Middle school (specifically 5th and sixth) are biggest areas for improvement
• Key:
  • Want to see the diamond in the box on the chart
  • We want to be over the circled numbers
    • Indicator mark over 50: nationally strong
    • Indicator mark over 70: North Star strong
• All high school testing markers are above 50
• Numbers for both middle school and high school are higher in Spring-to-Spring growth than Fall-to-Spring
• Data shows that keeping kids and families is better for the students
  • Have to invest in our teams to make this happen
  • Invest in families and students so they understand the impact of year-round consistent education at Kairos
• Looking forward to future it also shows growth for students looking to college, not just a better test score it's a better future

Summer Training and PD

• Operations team owns the building in July
  • Friday 6/28/24 through 8/5/24 no one is in the building
  • Paint, refresh, update
• Schools team starts with gradient training (new curriculum training) in mid-July
• All leaders will come together to hone in on what the expectations are for the next year
• Team leader stepbacks 
• Teachers will return 7/31/24 and do staff training with campus teams
• PD training will ensure that everyone has a strong start with individual teams and as a group for the upcoming year and Cycles

Playbooks for Success (BOY Ready)

• Have a full year planning document so everything has one place to go for each team
  • Goal is that a new person can enter and know exactly how to do their hob and what the team is focused on prioritizing throughout the year
• Playbooks existed last year but there was not a clear understanding of what they were or how to use them
• Playbooks this year are more clear
  • Can be used at any point during the year, not just in preparation time
  • Playbooks have several sections that will be used to keep alignment with every month
    • Goals and Metrics Tracking
    • Big Rocks
      • Priorities for the upcoming year
      • How priorities match the strategic plan
      • Key strategies to make the priorities happen
    • Roles and Duties
    • Key Decision-Making Rights
  • Playbooks are so clarity and organization is standardized and achieved across all levels of leadership in all teams
  • KG ACTION STEP: Share with the board at Board Meeting (6/26/24) senior leadership BOY Ready Playbook
    • Insert LinkedIn profiles as well so people can put names to faces