Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page 1

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1 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page Successes Goals for 2007 Participated in the Energy Rules Program Encourage student education on Offered incentives for energy programs sustainability through informal curriculum Recycled toner cartridges, laser printer cartridges, and other computer supplies (recycling, lighting/equipment operation, energy conservation issues, communicating Promoted cultural change that paper recycling is part of daily activity BMPs carpet desks, etc.) Use recycled materials in desktops Continued the Ecoweek program for 6 th grade students Offer Staff Development classes on telecommuting Foss kits are used elementary science curriculum to teach about earth science Expand job sharing, depending on situation and make leadership team aware of job Made numerous curriculum partnerships with environmental providers, including Fort Collins Utilities WaterSHED, Waterworks, and the Department of Wildlife sharing Offer paraprofessionals and classified employees a comprehensive orientation to PSD program, including safety, harassment, diversity, etc. Lesher Junior High School holds a teachers night with environmental providers Participated in the CSU/Natural Resources Ecology Lab: GK!@ program during which graduate students work with energy flow of materials and program; it also incorporates Cathy Fromme prairie Working with Human Resources to put together committees on diversity Currently have systems in place for job sharing All paper and catalogs are recycled Participated in the Latino Education Task Force Staff attended training for sexual harassment, discrimination Recycled paper and aluminum Conducted diversity hiring (including retirement practices, etc.) Reusing products and materials: cardboard Coordinating with Staff Development with safety Using Blackboard, an online classroom program Offered Staff Development classes/programs online, saving VMTs and travel time Teachers are participating in World Aware Offered Spanish emersion program to staff HR certified applicant process Expand the teacher share fair Increase web document library use and convert web document library use to online submission Conduct safety inspections and increased awareness/communication of findings, including IAQ, ergo prevention practices Publish notice on conditions/injury prevention Expand small scale chemistry use Offer diversity training Include building occupants at individual schools in processes and education as much as possible Maximize on buildings that teach Encourage telecommuting from other buildings, home, and promote cultural change of acceptance toward telecommuting Perform cost analysis of paper benefits Investigate paperless opportunities: electronic student handbook, ed parent communications, curriculum specs, applicant systems, evaluation Invest in IT support and resources for developing paperless opportunities Expand HP application to classified and administrative Expand HR recycling in general, including the administration building Expand recycling for cardboard, glass, and plastic bottles

2 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page Successes, continued Goals for 2007, continued Supported high school environmental clubs Provide education/information on recycling Support posting of documents opportunities electronically through the Document Place additional recycling containers Library Provide training opportunity to show how Encouraged job-sharing for single individuals to multiple sites to use online forms (both those developed and future) Worked to improve safety issues related to chemistry rooms Encourage computer recycling and info/education on opportunities Schools used small-scale chemistry Employ sustainability strategies based on building age Educate staff on paper use/reduction duplex printers, copiers Expand use of Blackboard program Expand Staff Development classes on sustainability issues 2007 Successes Goals for st goal extended into 2008 goals Education department re: goal and SMS in 2nd goal same general and 75% do good for owner for New partnerships and VIPs closet recycled material SMART goals key to inform on costs and supplies vs. utilities Stop buying water bottles and use pitcher for department meetings Compostable cups for meetings (goal is easier breakdown) Four parts in NEED count Ride sharing efforts to reduce VMT Continue NEED participation District wide collaboration on NEED with local PT representative 2008 Successes Goals for 2009 Newsletters and documents are posted online Quantify what percentage of Curriculum documents are online/electronic Catalog for all secondary schools has been posted online Will be holding a teacher orientation for creating environmental club, with Buildings Purchased a scanner that creates PDFs, That Teach allowing for paperless transmit of Ride sharing efforts to reduce VMT documents Work through efficiencies on when to Teachers are requesting electronic files vs. telecommute paper Help to increase awareness on how others CSU STEM grant: environmental literacy in office can be more efficient learning progressions/ provide support to teachers Work with Wellington Junior High School to get a wind turbine installed Coordinated statewide energy curriculum with NEED, etc. Reduce consumables! Start making only enough copies for those who need it Continued partnerships with the City of Fort Collins and Water Wise Hold an Earth Day celebration Coordinated with Channel 10 on Walking through the Water Year

3 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page Successes, continued Goals for 2009, continued CMAP teacher training on global climate conference Over 700 PSD High School students will attend Future Friday at the Sustainable Living Fair - a "green field day" designed to connect local youth with the national and regional sustainability experts that will be gathering in Fort Collins for the 10th annual Sustainable Living Fair. Focus areas for students include: Energy Education, Conservation Conversations, Your Future and Money, Energy Empowerment, The Future of Food and Solutions and Future Visions 2009 Successes Goals for 2010 Teacher orientation included information for creating environmental clubs Increase the amount of curriculum documents available online Participated in department-wide ride Increase awareness on office efficiencies sharing efforts Investigate seedlings for Earth Day project Used the Partnership Center as a central location to cut down on drive times for Attend the Future Friday at the Sustainable Living Fair meetings Promote the Environmental Film Festival Reduced the use of consumables Promote environmental clubs Promoted an Earth Day celebration Look into efficiencies on when to 700+ students attended the Future Friday telecommute at the Sustainable Living Fair Add additional training courses online Added trainings online Continue to support and develop partnerships and acknowledge their efforts via Connect newsletter or Partnerships website Work with Partnerships to develop the website to connect teachers and community through the Partnership Center grant 2010 Successes Goals for 2011 Continuing effort to increase amount of documents available online Unified plan information documents and videos was posted online process Offered support to schools interested in environmental clubs by working with school department leaders Capitalized on virtual conferencing technology for out-of-state applicants for the Director of Information Technology position; applicants had tele-interviews instead of traveling to the interview Continue to post documents online, eliminate duplicate publications, and work to streamline posting and organization Investigate additional uses and opportunities for virtual conferencing within the department Continue to add additional training courses online Create documents for standards transition and make documents available online for teachers

4 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page Successes, continued Goals for 2011, continued Added additional trainings online orientation for tri-fit equipment was posted for PE teachers and human growth and development standards training was made available for teachers Online help from Assessment for the school improvement planning was posted online as an aide for principals Ongoing efforts to build, maintain and share partnerships through the Partnership Center and ShareIt program Increased office efficiencies Provided seedlings for Earth Day to 3rd grade students Schools attended the Future Friday event at the Sustainable Living Fair in September Investigate interaction between Curriculum and Future Friday, as well as between Curriculum and the Environmental Film Festival, in order to increase student participation and to offer support to the events Continue efforts to build, maintain and share partnerships by collaborating with the Partnership Center and using the ShareIt program 2011 Successes Goals for 2012 Posted documents online to reduce the amount of paper copies distributed Continue to utilize virtual conferences to reduce VMTs Utilized virtual conferencing to avoid travel attended webinars and conducted interviews over Skype to save travel time, expenses, and VMTs Develop a more efficient textbook recycling process will recycle textbooks on-site instead of picking up all books and consolidating to one location, which will Added additional training courses online Created documents for the standards transitions and made them available online for teachers Discarded textbooks were redistributed within the district, sold back to the company, or donated to organizations in Africa for distribution Added an evaluative factor to the textbook review process for a digital component. Technology components of textbooks are tested for compatibility with PSD systems and textbook evaluation groups include a member from IT to evaluate technology components save time, storage space, and VMTs Continue to have an evaluative factor within in the textbook review process for a digital component. Increased use of digital materials will avoid paper use, limit the need to recycle books once they are obsolete, and reduce the number of lost textbooks that need to be replaced Measure and examine processes within the department to find areas of improvement Invest in textbook inventory software to effectively manage textbook distribution and internal shift of resources across the district. Software will save staff time, resources, and money. Continue to create online documents for the standards transition to reduce paper copies Hold an internal garage sale to redistribute surplus instructional materials within the district

5 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page Successes Goals for 2013 Utilized virtual conferencing whenever possible, including for interviews, to access experts in the field, and to hold meetings, VMTs which saves travel time, VMTs Investigated a more efficient textbook recycling process through vendor but ran into obstacles Partnered with Instructional Technology to investigate digital textbook components textbook adoption committees now include a member from Instructional Technology and decisions are able to move forward easier with the help of IT Continued to examine office processes to find areas of improvement, streamlining, or savings Worked with Information Technology to examine textbook tracking software but software did not meet expectations Created online documents for standards transitions and online presentations for principals, reducing the number of meetings necessary Held a garage sale to redistribute surplus instructional materials within the district instead of recycling items or sending items to the landfill Formative Assessment class monthly activities are done through Blackboard and participants only meet face-to-face once per semester, saving VMTs and travel time Use virtual conferencing for principal feeder meetings, saving travel time and Continue to investigate textbook recycling and refine the textbook recycling process Invest in textbook inventory software to effectively manage textbook distribution and internal shift of resources across the district. Software will save staff time, resources, and money. Streamline processes for instructional material review and adoption primary delivery model will be digital content and IT will be brought in to examine infrastructure and capacity needs; assessment program will be delivered via computer within two years Enlarge the scope of online Professional Development options by using a hybrid model with digital activities through Blackboard and face-to-face meetings activities can be completed online and number of face-to-face meetings can be reduced Utilize the Synergy student information system to access demographic and performance data. Currently, information has to be pulled for multiple systems. Use of one system will streamline reports and simplify data requests Increase the number of digital courses for students created through Blackboard o Teachers will be able to create content, allowing for the district to own a much more significant portion of the content o o Classes would be more versatile and would match standards; courses through outside vendors don t always match standards Teachers wouldn t have to make materials to match the classes created by outside vendors Build a partnership with the Rotary Club for STEM support and explore and expand STEM opportunities (ongoing goal)

6 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Annual Sustainability Report Page Successes Goals for 2014 Contracted with a textbook reuse firm to locate a secondhand market for used textbooks; if a secondhand location was not identified, the textbook was recycled Researched and selected textbook inventory software to improve textbook management efficiencies Provided digital video trainings in lieu of face-to-face meetings, which reduces VMTs and travel time Increased the access to digital curriculum materials, which reduced the amount of printed materials needed Worked with the Wellnes Advisory Committee to help establish health and wellness goals Increased the number of summer school course offerings offered through digital means Used district-adopted Synergy student information system to streamline reports and simplify data requests Identify rate of fitness among students by implementing districtwide physical fitness assessments Update health curriculum and instruction to reflect current research in adolescent health and fitness Incorporate concepts of sustainability into content curriculum where appropriate (e.g., Agricultural Education) Research and adopt an assessment management system that gives teachers real time access to student achievement data, reducing requests for custom data reports Research and implement an educational program tracking tool to create, monitor, and house student goal setting plans (i.e. READ plans, Advanced Learning Plans) Explore opportunities to expand curriculum adoption through digital means, thereby reducing the number of bound paper textbooks