Statewide Research & Development School

A timeline is established to enable a transition team to implement specific plans over the course of three years. The Research & Development (R&D) school will be fully operational for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Year One (Fiscal 2010)

Establish a transition team to make decisions within the parameters of both the Implementation and Finance and Funding Committees’ recommendations subject to final review by the President of the University of Northern Iowa and the Director of the Iowa Department of Education. The team must be deeply knowledgeable and empowered to make decisions and allocate funding.

It is their responsibility to:

• Work with those involved with the facility study.
• Establish student enrollment procedures reflecting a balanced student body in collaboration with surrounding districts to be approved by the Iowa Department of Education.
• Redefine faculty/administrative roles and responsibilities within guidelines of the University and the Department of Education.
• Establish a management model that implements the school functions.
• Develop a strategic plan with progress monitoring that includes the Iowa Core Curriculum implementation plan.
• Define roles/responsibilities for partnerships (AEAs, Institutions of Higher Education and other Iowa schools).
• Report progress quarterly to the President of the University of Northern Iowa and the Director of the Iowa Department of Education who will then report to the Board of Regents, State of Iowa and the State Board of Education.
• Establish reciprocal relationships with surrounding school districts.

Year Two (Fiscal 2011)

• Determine tools and processes for demonstration and dissemination.
• Begin operation of the advisory council and act on Year One recommendations.
• Implement Year One recommendations.
• Seek additional funding from grants and other funding opportunities.
• Report progress quarterly to the President of the University of Northern Iowa and the Director of the Iowa Department of Education who will then report to the Board of Regents, State of Iowa and the State Board of Education.

Year Three (Fiscal 2012)

• Standing Institutional Research Committee (SIRC) prepares research plans and processes.
• Engage in ongoing implementation and evaluation.
• Report progress quarterly to the President of the University of Northern Iowa and the Director of the Iowa Department of Education who will then report to the Board of Regents, State of Iowa and the State Board of Education.