University System of Georgia Strategic Plan
Strategic Goal Four:
Strengthen the USG’s partnerships with the state’s other education
agencies.
Strategic Plan in Action
Challenge
Insufficient number of highly effective educational leaders to meet state needs. Georgia’s public schools do not have a sufficient pool of highly effective educational leaders to meet needs for school improvement. Large percentages of educational leaders will retire within the next few years (within five years of retirement based on years experience):
- 77% of superintendents.
- 45% of principals.
- 25% of assistant principals.
- Total positions to be filled: 1,968 positions.
Action, Activities for Implementation, Baseline Measure & Targets
| Action | Activities for Implementation | Baseline Measure | January 2008 Target | January 2009 Target | January 2010 Target | January 2011 Target | January 2012 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthen educational leader preparation programs, USG action: Design and implement competency-based educational leadership preparation programs in USG institutions that prepare educational leaders for the public schools. | Facilitate the USG Faculty Design Team. Use practitioner-based “competencies” identified through analyses of the best performing schools in Georgia (verified through Georgia’s Leadership Institute for School Improvement) to guide program design. Build sophisticated partnerships between USG institutions and school districts for cooperative assessment of each leader candidate on the performance of each competency, in real-time, school-based situations. |
Percent of USG educational leadership preparation programs that meet or exceed new State standards. 2008 Baseline. | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Percent of USG educational leader preparation programs that meet or exceed an 80% pass rate on licensure examination. 2008 Baseline. | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| Percent of USG-prepared educational leaders hired in Georgia’s public schools. 2008 Baseline. | Baseline | Set after baseline established | |||||
| Percent of school district administrators that are satisfied with USG-prepared leaders. 2009 Baseline. | NA | Baseline | Set after baseline established | ||||
| Number of new educational leaders prepared by USG. 2009 Baseline. | NA | Baseline | Set after baseline established | ||||
| Action | Activities for Implementation | Baseline Measure | January 2008 Target | January 2009 Target | January 2010 Target | January 2011 Target | January 2012 Target |
| Provide ongoing development and training of educational leaders to enhance school improvement, student achievement, and the continuous improvement of university-based preparation programs, USG action: Georgia’s Leadership Institute for School Improvement (GLISI). | Implement a number of GLISI-developed school improvement protocols designed to help school districts meet measures of adequate yearly progress on state report card and to inform USG preparation programs for school leaders. | Percent of schools participating in GLISI that make Adequate Yearly Progress: | |||||
| 2006 Baseline: GLISI Elementary Schools: 98%. Non-GLISI Elementary Schools: 95%. | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% | ||
| 2006 Baseline: GLISI Middle Schools:
56%. Non-GLISI Middle Schools: 56%. |
60% | 63% | 67% | 71% | 75% | ||
| 2006 Baseline: GLISI High Schools:
62%. Non-GLISI High Schools: 59%. |
65% | 68% | 71% | 73% | 75% | ||