Annual Report 2005-2006 - Farmington Public Schools

Goal 2: To create a studentcentered learning environmentThe District continued to provide comprehensive Early Childhood programs for FarmingtonPublic Schools’ families. Due to budget concerns, for the 2006-2007 school year, the Districtconsolidated Fairview Early Childhood Center into Alameda Early Childhood Center, FarmingtonCommunity School and four elementary schools.The District continued to provide Adult/Alternative Education programs for those 16and over. Due to budget constraints, the Farmington Alternative High School programwas moved from its 10 Mile Building location to the Farmington Community School,which already included the Adult Education program.The Curriculum Department continues to actively engage teacher and parents incritical issues surrounding curriculum and instruction. Two critical focus areas forthe future are the issues of high school restructuring and the nurturing andexpansion of the District’s professional learning communities (PLC).The District continued the implementation of the K-12 Career FocusedEducation program emphasizing K-5.The Curriculum and Assessment Department introduced and initiatedcurriculum mapping across the core academic areas for the purpose ofalignment with the Michigan Curriculum Frameworks.The Fine Arts Department continued to explore elementary schedules andto improve the elementary scheduling process.A Sex Education Advisory Board was formed, in accordance withMichigan State Law, with parent, teacher, student, clergy and medicalprofessional representatives. The Advisory Board met when necessary toreview materials and make recommendations to the Board of Education andalso hosted public forums.The English Language Arts department helped to support PLC discussions asteachers analyzed data and selected instructional strategies to implement in theirclassrooms.Fourth-graders at Forest Elementary School read a book to eachother as part of a class assignment.Building capacity to meet student needs in math was continued, along withusing technology in instruction and assessment.FPS Parent/Community Survey - 2005A majority of respondents gave the District good “grades” for the jobthey are doing in teaching each of the following subject areas (musicand fine arts, reading, writing and language arts, mathematics,science, and civics and government) led by music and fine arts.7