This Accountability section is our continuous report to the community -- updated throughout the year -- which provides a valuable source of information on the school district’s progress, accomplishments, future plans, and challenges.

You'll find common sense answers to commonly asked questions; updates on professional learning initiatives; student assessments and results; snapshots of the accomplishments, priorities, and demographics of each school; and information on the strategic areas of Enaged and Enthusiastic Learners, Effective Operations, and Communications & Connections.

This site also represents our Annual Report on Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Performance which utilizes assessment data from the 2011-12 school year.

Northpoint Elementary School Profile

A profile of each of our schools

A snapshot of each school is provided in this section, including a summary of assessment data, priorities and projects, strategic areas for improvement, desired results for continuous improvement, demographics, and school highlights.

Strategic Areas for Improvement

We have defined indicators of success within five strategic areas - our scorecards - that serve as district and school tools of accountability and continuous improvement. Initiatives and projects are identified within each area that will directly or indirectly improve student learning.

High Expectations,
High Achievement For All.
No Excuses.


  
Student Learning and Development

Improving student learning and realizing high achievement for all learners is our ultimate purpose and measure of success.

A profile of the school district

A look at our initiatives and projects and a snapshot of student demographics and achievement results
Engaged Enthusiastic Learners

Align the work of adults to continuously improve personalized instruction and responsiveness to meet our students’ unique and varied learning needs

How do we engage students to improve student learning?

What do teachers do when students aren't in school?

 
Communication & Connections

Increase the connection, engagement, and support of our families and community
Effective Operations

Improve our effective management of human, financial, and physical resources

  
Equity

Develop systems and school cultures which welcome and engage all people, cultures, and beliefs

StudentsWhat is Accountability?
In the Spring Lake Park School District, accountability is about aligning the daily work of our staff around continuously improving student learning, and then sharing progress with parents and community members. It is about using data, research, training, results, reporting, and two-way communication.

At the beginning of each school year, teachers face a roomful of new students with unique learning needs. The challenge and opportunity we have is to personalize learning that will result in the success of each student. We engage in ongoing improvement efforts which involve examining our practices, processes, and results, and then identifying student and professional learning needs at the district and school levels.