Two years ago, Selma City Schools was awarded the Pathway to Performance Excellence Award as part of the Alabama Performance Excellence Program. Then last year, we received the Tier I Performance Excellence Award. Now, we were recently notified that Team Selma is a Tier II award recipient.
For the initial Pathway Award, we needed to show a true commitment to embark on the excellence journey. This included having a strategic plan and an organizational structure deemed conducive to continuous improvement.
The Tier I Commitment to Performance Excellence Award required more. At this point we had to demonstrate that we were embedding performance excellence concepts and principles into our work. This includes having a systems perspective, valuing people and visionary leadership. Our submission included detailed descriptions of our implementation of our strategic plan and numerous examples of how we engage stakeholders and measure success.
Team Selma is now at the Tier II Progress Towards Performance Excellence Award level. For this recognition, organizations must demonstrate a sustained commitment to the concepts and principles of performance excellence. A detailed process, this applying for this award allowed our team to dig deep as we examined our practices, reviewed data and considered ways to improve.
We were honored to receive each of these prestigious recognitions. Team Selma has much work to do but we will always embrace an opportunity to celebrate our successes along the way. We are moving in the right direction. Being selected for Performance Excellence awards is confirmation of that.
Our journey to excellence is about continuous improvement. That means that we are strategic and intentional in our work. A Framework for Excellence is our strategic plan that guides this work. Though we had to pivot due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are more focused than ever to improve outcomes for scholars, their families and the Selma community.
In the coming weeks we will continue updating our strategic plan based on the feedback received from the Alabama Performance Excellence team. Though we were commended for our efforts, we were also supplied with some key information that helps us identify gaps and opportunities. That’s what the journey towards excellence is all about. Check out www.alabamaexcellence.org for more information.
If you know any teachers, leaders or staff within the Selma City Schools, please give them a virtual high five or air hug and a word of encouragement. Our journey to excellence is only possible because of the dedicated people that make up Team Selma!
Let me close by reminding everyone that we must continue to Do Our Part Everyday. Join our DOPE campaign and let’s stop the spread of Covid-19. Thanks so much to the dedicated professionals of Vaughn Regional Medical Center, Rural Health, Wallace Community College of Selma, the City of Selma, our own nursing staff and all others who are supporting vaccination clinics.
I received my first shot last week at Bloch Park and it was a smooth, organized process. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel but must remain vigilant in the meantime by continuing to follow CDC guidelines. Stay safe and be DOPE!
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more information, email me at avis.williams@selmacityschools.org
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