Kiski Area School District: SWOT by Dr. Slavic https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial Comprehensive Planning 2021-2022 en-us 2021-11-01 13:21:03 UTC 2025-10-21 13:33:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/387126674/dde40d7d3a505976b33e96ad5fe0e0e8/KA_OVAL_LOGO.jpg mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858736266 2021-11-01 13:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858736266 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858737390 2021-11-01 13:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858737390 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858738167 2021-11-01 13:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858738167 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858739021 2021-11-01 13:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1858739021 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859209943 Strength: The music program. The marching band wins local, regional, and national championships. Kiski’s musical performance is known throughout the USA.

3 Foreign Languages are offered including the highly sought after Chinese language.

All courses taught in the high school are honors level courses]]> 2021-11-01 16:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859209943 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859222871 Charter and private schools]]> 2021-11-01 16:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859222871 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859225489 Create an online module that makes getting a Kiski education more attractive than going to a charter school or private school.]]> 2021-11-01 16:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859225489 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859231854 Lack of standardization between school. All of our schools should be Blue Ribbon schools. ]]> 2021-11-01 16:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859231854 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859237636 State government has taken decisions out of the local level .]]> 2021-11-01 16:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859237636 PSU New Ken "Digital Foundry" https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859873360 PSU New Ken making strides in connecting business and education https://nextovation.org/]]> 2021-11-01 21:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859873360 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859874274 PLCs have created a collaboration that benefits student growth as well as teacher growth. Many of the schools have been recognized as a Model PLC.]]> 2021-11-01 21:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859874274 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859879347 Administrative recognition - Dan Smith -Pennsylvania Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year from the Pennsylvania Principal's Association.]]> 2021-11-01 21:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859879347 Human and Community Relations https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859879457 We lack the people and programs that may assist families and students with housing, mental health, and parenting needs that have grown in our community.]]> 2021-11-01 21:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859879457 "The school day, month or even year" https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859886016 Increasing number of people that see online or charter as better because the offer a more individual experience and or "on demand." ]]> 2021-11-01 21:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859886016 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859896476 Google Reference District]]> 2021-11-01 21:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859896476 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859909186 Lack of parent involvement and support in some of the schools.  It is the same small group of parents that participate in everything.]]> 2021-11-01 21:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859909186 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859910227 ESSER funding]]> 2021-11-01 21:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859910227 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859913466 Teachers credited with creating and implementing courses through the WIU eAcademy and eAcademy PLUS program.]]> 2021-11-01 21:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859913466 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859916582 Lack of emotional and autistic support classrooms.]]> 2021-11-01 21:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859916582 Strong 1-1 chromebook program 5-12 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859922420 2021-11-01 21:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1859922420 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861809073 2021-11-02 14:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861809073 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861810526 2021-11-02 14:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861810526 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861816035 2021-11-02 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861816035 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861945596 2021-11-02 15:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861945596 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861947375 2021-11-02 15:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861947375 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861993747 2021-11-02 15:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861993747 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861995422 2021-11-02 15:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861995422 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861997825 2021-11-02 15:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861997825 mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861998747 2021-11-02 15:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1861998747 I believe we've always had a strong and stable administration. Even though we've had notable demographic changes over the 6-decades of our existence we've been able to maintain academic and athletic excellence, along with other important extracurricular activities. I think our mix of rural and close knit communities with constructive parental involvement have helped the district greatly. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867823431

]]> 2021-11-04 15:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867823431 WEAKNESSES - I'm not sure how to answer this because I haven't heard many complaints about the district as a whole. Of course we've had our fair share of naysayers who attend school board meetings but most districts have that. Personally, I would like to see more STEM. We've made progress in this area and I'd like to see it continue. Please do not turn our district into a WOKE school. From my perspective we've always done a very good job of being an inclusive educational body. And this goes back to my days in high school 50 years ago. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867838721 2021-11-04 15:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867838721 OPPORTUNITY: I'm not really sure how this applies to me as a tax payer and interested alumnus. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867847008 2021-11-04 16:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867847008 THREATS: I think if we were to follow the socialist agenda it would greatly hurt our students because it's not how the country works. We've always been a practical district and have always seemed to be to do "more with less". Our tax base is solid but pales in comparison to the larger districts with much bigger budgets. Let's keep that in mind. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867858746 2021-11-04 16:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867858746 Mission Statement: I think it's fine. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867861302 2021-11-04 16:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867861302 Vision Statement: Are these visions? To me to come across more as goals. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867864557 2021-11-04 16:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867864557 Value Statements: These are fine https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867866984 2021-11-04 16:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1867866984 Current Mission Statement brian_swartzlander https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1875351580 Although I think it is worthy of discussion and review, our current mission statement was derived through the PLC process. I don't recall the exact text (though it may be "Learning by Doing"), but this mission statement was referenced during one of our administrative book reviews. ]]> 2021-11-08 15:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1875351580 I would be interested in taking a look at some other district vision statements. As an admin team, we viewed these as our district's "stretch goals," or our vision of where we would like our district to be in the future. brian_swartzlander https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1875439434 2021-11-08 15:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1875439434 Value Statements brian_swartzlander https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1875444666 Again, I believe these align with the professional learning community process and the continuous cycle of improvement as whole. ]]> 2021-11-08 15:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1875444666 1/5/22 Update mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1977628003 The committee created the new vision on 1/5/22. Please provide feedback!]]> 2022-01-06 00:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1977628003 1/5/22 Mission Statement mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1977630521 The committee created this mission statement. Please review and provide feedback!]]> 2022-01-06 00:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1977630521 Value Statement Update mslavic2 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1977634851 Please come prepared for our 1/19/22 meeting with example value statements.]]> 2022-01-06 00:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1977634851 https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1978866200 These are great and embody all that we do on a daily basis.]]> 2022-01-06 15:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1978866200 I think that "productive citizen" is generic and is used in many mission statements. I would like to see different wording. https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1978871789 2022-01-06 15:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/1978871789 brian_swartzlander https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/2001565494 We value inquiry and intellectual growth of all students and staff, recognizing their unique learning needs, encouraging them to be creative, engaged, and lifelong learners.

Example Value Statements (Categorized): https://www.mgs.vic.edu.au/about/governance-and-leadership/school-values]]> 2022-01-19 22:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mslavic2/y7ddhwh0yb5joial/wish/2001565494