Goals of the Boston University/Chelsea Partnership
The Partnership identified seventeen goals that
it would strive to achieve during its existence. These goals respond directly
to the major problems that the Boston University study identified in Chelsea.
They are the standards by which progress of the Partnership may be judged over
the course of time.
- Revitalize the curriculum of the city's school system;
- Establish programs for the professional development of school
personnel and for the expansion of learning opportunities for parents;
- Improve the test scores of students in the school system;
- Decrease the dropout rate for students in the school system;
- Increase the average daily student attendance rate for the
school system;
- Increase the number of high school graduates from the school
system;
- Increase the number of high school graduates from the school
system that go on to attend four-year colleges;
- Increase the number of job placements for graduates of the
school system;
- Develop a community school program through which before-school,
after-school, and summer programs are offered to students in the school system
and through which adult education classes for inhabitants of the city are
offered;
- Identify and encourage the utilization of community resources;
- Establish programs that link the home to the school system;
- Decrease teacher absenteeism in the school system;
- Improve the financial management of the school system and
expand the range of operating funds available to the school system;
- Increase salaries and benefits for all staff, and raise
the average teacher salary to make it competitive with the statewide average;
- Construct effective recruiting, hiring, and retention procedures
for all staff members;
- Establish student assessment designs and procedures that
are of assistance in monitoring programs and that act as incentives for staff
members in each school;
- Seek to expand and modernize physical facilities in the
school system.