WVUSD: 2014-2015 Year-End Results
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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