March 12, 2019 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Work Session

Discussion:  Declare meeting to be open, legal, and properly advertised with all members having been informed of the nature of the meeting and having received related information. Announced that the Open Meetings Act was available for review.

Discussion:  Public Notice of the Meeting was distributed in Henderson, Bradshaw, and the front entrance of the school on March 8, 2019.

Discussion:  The Heartland Board of Education and Administration held a work session on March 12, 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to review previous goals and explore future goals.

The Board reviewed findings from the school accreditation group AdvancED. The group from AdvancED interviewed the administration, staff, students, and board members as well as student performance results and then submitted their findings.
The findings were:

1. Develop and implement professional learning communities.
2. Design a mentoring program for the staff. 
3. The community is actively involved with and supports the school.
4. Student offerings are robust and varied.

After reviewing past goals the board discussed possible future goals.
After discussion, four areas were identified:

1. Extra-curricular activities and the possibility of cooperating with area schools.
2. Mental Health needs of the school.
3. How to market and promote the district.
4. Continued expansion of technology.

The Board and Administration had expanded conversation on each one of these areas and will prioritize which areas to concentrate on during future board meetings.