MarylandTransforms-StrategicPlanGuidebook - Flipbook - Page 27
MARYLAND TRANSFORMS - STRATEGIC PLAN 27
ENABLER 3: ELEVATING THE TEACHING PROFESSION
Strengthen regulations to increase the rigor of educator preparation programs.
Support Grow Your Own staff programs to expand teacher and school leader pipelines, increase
diversity to better align with student demographics, and address educator shortages.
Develop guidelines for comprehensive educator Induction Programs for new teachers and school
leaders to provide quality mentoring and support to ease the transition into the classroom.
Implement teacher and school leader Career Ladders that expand opportunities for growth and
collaboration, as well as increase compensation to attract and retain a high-quality and diverse
educator workforce and to incentivize educators to work in low-performing schools.
ENABLER 4: SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS SOCIALLY & EMOTIONALLY
Expand community schools and provide professional learning for community school coordinators and
staff rooted in the Collective Impact framework to provide effective wraparound services that meet the
needs of students and the community.
Enhance Tier 1 school-based mental health promotion services and supports to foster positive, socialemotional and behavioral skills for all students. Tier 1 activities are implemented school-wide, at the
grade level, and/or at the classroom level, and services are delivered by both school- and communitybased professionals working within schools (e.g. school-wide mental health literacy; school climate
improvement efforts; restorative practices; classroom-based social emotional learning for students; etc.).
Scale the Maryland School Mental Health Response Program and strategic partnerships to support
local education agencies in addressing student and family mental health needs by enriching the work of
site-based student support services personnel through enhanced training and consultancies on mental
health promotion and services (e.g. risk assessment; crisis stabilization; safe and supportive schools;
linkages and triage; brief interventions; etc.).
Utilize results from the Maryland School Survey to spotlight connections between student and educator
perceptions of their schools and school achievement and other outcomes, while driving school level
practices for improvement of student outcomes.