St. Anthony Consolidated

# St. Anthony Public Schools - Comprehensive Policy Synthesis for AI Framework Development

## 1. District Identity and Core Values

### Mission and Vision
- **Mission**: "To educate, prepare and inspire a community of lifelong learners in our small, caring environment."
- **Vision**: "We are committed to the success of all learners. We will engage, inspire and support each learner through innovation and collaboration."

### Core Concept: "Ever Brighter"
"Our students lead incredible lives in and outside of school. Giving students the chance to be their authentic selves allows them to find their brilliance, voice and purpose. As a small, caring community, we take pride in providing a truly unique experience for each student."

### World's Best Workforce Goals
1. Meet school readiness goals
2. Achieve grade-level literacy for all third-grade students
3. Close academic achievement gaps among all racial and ethnic groups of students and between students living in poverty and students not living in poverty
4. Ensure career and college readiness before high school graduation
5. Ensure all students graduate from high school

### Measures of Student Success
1. Students thrive emotionally and socially in adaptive environments.
2. Students possess a love of learning.
3. Students harness academic skills and a love of learning.
4. Students positively contribute as a thriving citizen to their community.

## 2. Data Privacy and Protection

### Key Policies
- Policy 515: Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records
- Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minn. Stat. Ch. 13)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

### Data Classifications
1. **Public Data**: Accessible to the public
2. **Private Data**: Not public, accessible to the individual subject
3. **Confidential Data**: Not public, not accessible to the individual subject

### Key Definitions
- **Education Records**: Records directly related to a student and maintained by the school district
- **Personally Identifiable Information**: Includes but not limited to student's name, parents' names, address, personal identifier, and other information that would make the student's identity easily traceable
- **Directory Information**: Information contained in an education record of a student which would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed

### Data Subject Rights
- Right to inspect and review education records
- Right to request amendment of records
- Right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information
- Right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education

### Data Security
"The principal of each school subject to the supervision and control of the responsible authority shall be the records manager of the school, and shall have the duty of maintaining and securing the privacy and/or confidentiality of student records."

### Data Practices Compliance Official
The data practices compliance official is the designated employee to whom persons may direct questions or concerns regarding problems in obtaining access to data or other data practices problems.

## 3. Technology Usage, Digital Learning, and Digital Citizenship

### Key Policy
Policy 524: Technology Acceptable Use and Safety Policy

### Acceptable Use Guidelines
- Use for educational purposes
- Respect for privacy and property rights
- Adherence to copyright laws
- Prohibition of unauthorized access or harmful activities

### Digital Citizenship
"Users will not use the school district technology resources to knowingly or recklessly post, transmit, or distribute false or defamatory information about a person or organization, or to harass another person, or to engage in personal attacks, including prejudicial or discriminatory attacks."

#### Additional Digital Citizenship Guidelines:
1. Respect for Intellectual Property:
   "Users will not use the school district technology resources to violate copyright laws or usage licensing agreements, or otherwise to use another person's property without the person's prior approval or proper citation, including the downloading or exchanging of pirated software or copying software to or from any school computer."

2. Personal Safety and Privacy:
   "Users will not post private information about another person, personal contact information about themselves or other persons, or other personally identifiable information, including, but not limited to, addresses, telephone numbers, school addresses, work addresses, identification numbers, account numbers, access codes or passwords, labeled photographs, or other information that would make the individual's identity easily traceable."

3. System Security:
   "Users will not use the school district technology resources to gain unauthorized access to information resources or to access another person's materials, information, or files without the implied or direct permission of that person."

4. Cyberbullying Prevention:
   "Users will not use the school district technology resources to engage in bullying or cyberbullying in violation of the school district's Bullying Prohibition Policy."

5. Responsible Social Media Use:
   "These prohibitions specifically prohibit a user from utilizing the school district technology resources to post personal information about a user or another individual on social networks, including, but not limited to, social networks such as 'Facebook,' 'Twitter,' 'Instagram,' 'Snapchat,' 'TikTok,' 'Reddit,' and similar websites or applications."

### Technology Integration
"Effectively deliver digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage students with technology."

#### Expanded Technology Integration Focus:
1. Curriculum Enhancement:
   "The school district is providing students and employees with access to district technology resources. The purpose is more specific than providing students and employees with general access to the Internet. District technology resources have a limited educational purpose, which includes use for classroom activities, educational research, and professional or career development activities."

2. Innovative Instructional Methods:
   "Staff development activities must enhance teacher content knowledge and instructional skills, including to accommodate the delivery of digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage students with technology."

3. Data-Driven Decision Making:
   "Provide opportunities for teachers to use student data as part of their daily work to increase student achievement."

4. Adaptive Technologies:
   "Effectively meet the needs of a diverse student population, including at-risk children, children with disabilities, Multilingual Learners, and gifted children, within the regular classroom, applied and experiential learning settings, and other settings."

5. College and Career Readiness:
   "Provide opportunities for staff to learn about current workforce trends, the connections between workforce trends and postsecondary education, and training options, including career and technical education options."

### Monitoring and Accountability
"The school district may make any data classified as protected non-public or confidential pursuant to this subdivision accessible to any person, agency, or the public if the school district determines that such access will aid the law enforcement process, promote public health or safety, or dispel widespread rumor or unrest."

### Continuous Adaptation
"Because of the rapid changes in the development of technology resources, the school board shall conduct an annual review of this policy."

## 4. Curriculum and Instruction

### Key Policies
- Policy 601: School District Curriculum and Instruction Goals
- Policy 603: Curriculum Development
- Policy 616: School District System of Teaching & Learning for Accountability

### Curriculum Development Process
"Curriculum development shall be directed toward the fulfillment of the goals and objectives of the education program of the school district."

### 21st Century Skills Focus
1. Reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing in the English language
2. Mathematical and scientific concepts
3. Locating, organizing, communicating, and evaluating information
4. Creative and critical thinking, decision making, and study skills
5. Work readiness skills
6. Global and cultural understanding

### Personalized Learning
"We design instruction that is rooted in our belief that each student contains brilliance. We seek to nurture their progress in learning, moving students along a growth continuum of skill acquisition while fostering a love of learning."

### Curriculum Review and Improvement
"Incorporated in the process will be analysis of the school district's progress toward implementation of the Minnesota Academic Standards. Instruction and curriculum shall be reviewed and evaluated by taking into account strategies and best practices, student outcomes, principal evaluations under Minnesota Statutes section 123B.147, and teacher evaluations under Minnesota Statutes section 122A.40 or 122A.41."

## 5. Assessment and Accountability

### Key Components
- Success Metrics system
- Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments
- Local assessments and evaluation processes

### Continuous Improvement
"The school district established a system to review and improve instruction, curriculum, and assessment which will include substantial input by students, parents or guardians, and local community members."

### Data-Driven Decision Making
"The educational assessment system component utilized by the school board to measure individual students' educational progress must be based, to the extent annual tests are administered, on indicators of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. Indicators of achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable statewide or district-wide assessments."

## 6. Staff Development and Professional Learning

### Key Policy
Policy 425: Staff Development and Mentoring

### Professional Development Focus Areas
1. Improve student achievement of state and local education standards
2. Effectively meet the needs of a diverse student population
3. Provide an inclusive curriculum for a racially, ethnically, linguistically, and culturally diverse student population
4. Improve staff collaboration and mentoring
5. Effectively teach and model violence prevention and conflict resolution
6. Effectively deliver digital and blended learning

### Teacher Mentorship
"The Staff Development Advisory Committee also must develop teacher mentoring programs for teachers new to the profession or school district, including teaching residents, teachers of color, teachers who are American Indian, teachers in license shortage areas, teachers with special needs, or experienced teachers in need of peer coaching."

### Professional Learning Communities
"Emphasize coaching, professional learning communities, classroom action research, and other job-embedded models."

### Ongoing Professional Development
"Staff development activities must:
a. Focus on the school classroom and research-based strategies that improve student learning;
b. Provide opportunities for teachers to practice and improve their instructional skills over time;
c. Provide opportunities for teachers to use student data as part of their daily work to increase student achievement;
d. Enhance teacher content knowledge and instructional skills, including to accommodate the delivery of digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage students with technology;
e. Align with state and local academic standards;
f. Provide opportunities to build professional relationships, foster collaboration among principals and staff who provide instruction, and provide opportunities for teacher-to-teacher mentoring;
g. Align with the plan, if any, of the district or site for an alternative teacher professional pay system."

### Paraprofessional and Support Staff Training
"The school district must provide a minimum of eight hours of paid orientation or professional development annually to all paraprofessional, Title I aides, and other instructional support staff. Six of the eight hours must be completed before the first instructional day of the school year or within 30 days of hire."

## 7. Equity and Inclusion

### Educational Equity Vision
"We believe all students can learn at high levels. We provide high support to meet students where they are at, moving them toward a mastery of comprehension and application of skills."

### Key Policies
- Policy 102: Equal Education Opportunity
- Policy 521: Student Disability Nondiscrimination
- Policy 522: Nondiscrimination of Students Based on Gender (Title IX)

### Inclusive Practices
"The school district does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, parental status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation or age."

### Support for Diverse Learners
"Provide teachers of Multilingual Learners, including English as a second language, and content teachers with differentiated instructional strategies critical for ensuring students long-term academic success, the means to effectively use assessment data on the academic literacy, oral academic language, and English language development of Multilingual Learners, and skills to support native and English language development across the curriculum."

## 8. Community Engagement and Transparency

### Advisory Committees
- Teaching and Learning Committee
- Site Professional Development Teams

### Reporting and Communication
"The school board shall publish a report in the local newspaper with the largest circulation in the district, by mail, or by electronic means on the school district website. The school board shall hold an annual public meeting to review and revise, where appropriate, student achievement goals, local assessment outcomes, plans, strategies, and practices for improving curriculum and instruction."

### Stakeholder Involvement
"The Advisory Committee shall, when possible, be comprised of at least two-thirds community representatives and shall reflect the diversity of the community. To the extent possible, the Advisory Committee shall reflect the diversity of the school district and its school sites and include teachers, parents, support staff, students, and other community residents."

## 9. Ethical Considerations and Responsible Use

### Data Ethics
"The school district recognizes its responsibility relative to the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of public data as provided in state statutes."

### Responsible Technology Use
"The school district will use reasonable methods to identify and authenticate the identity of parents, students, school officials, and any other party to whom personally identifiable information from education records is disclosed."

### Continuous Policy Review
"Because of the rapid changes in the development of technology resources, the school board shall conduct an annual review of this policy."

### Ethical Decision-Making
"The responsible authority may deny access to private data by a parent when a minor student who is the subject of that data requests that the responsible authority deny such access. The minor student's request must be submitted in writing setting forth the reasons for denying access to the parent and must be signed by the minor."