program strategies
The law (s. 118.43(4)(a)) requires that each performance improvement contract include a description of how the school will implement the four program requirements under s. 118.43(3), including any alternative classroom arrangements used to meet the class-size requirement.

In addition to plans for next year, the department will ask that each contract include:

• information about class sizes, pupil assignment processes, and classroom arrangements currently in place;
• a description of any needs assessment that has taken place related to community use of the school, groups using the school, types of activities for which the school is used, and actions of the board to make the building available;
• information about the number and type of contacts between staff and the parents of children attending the school;
• a description of the current curriculum for the grades to be covered by the SAGE program; the process, if any, currently in place related to curriculum review; any plans for changes, including names of the persons responsible for implementing such changes; and district plans for staff development related to implementation or new curriculum or instructional practices; and
• a description of any existing transition programs for new employees, current arrangements for staff and school planning, current staff improvement plans and the staff evaluation process, and a description of the process currently in use to retrain or remove staff whose performance is determined to be unsatisfactory.