2015 Year End Results One | Page 21

WVUSD: 2014-2015 Year-End Results __________________________________________________________________________________________________  Area of Focus # 2: Strengthening Relationships   Goal: Develop, maintain, and strengthen relationships based upon trust, respect, communication, and collaboration among colleagues, students, parents, and community members. Objectives: Trust and Respect: Build trust and respect among all stakeholders Communication: Communicate effectively to share information and unite the district on common goals Collaboration: Develop a culture of collaboration throughout the district Introduction: In addressing the Strengthening Relationships goal and objectives, our current practices were enhanced and new practices were initiated. The following is a summary of how each objective has been addressed, along with overall recommendations for continued areas of focus. Trust and Respect Relationship with the Associations: The district continues to value trust and respect through strong relationships with the California School Employees’ Association (CSEA), the Walnut Valley Educators’ Association (WVEA), and the Walnut Valley Administrators’ Association (WVAA). Negotiations were professional and appropriate agreements were made. The district heard the teachers’ concern that they needed more preparation time during the day to implement Common Core. As a result, morning supervision was taken away as an added responsibility in order to allow for more planning time. The district worked with WVEA to reduce the number of kindergarten benchmark tests and prov