Future-Ready Framework

Future-Ready FrameworksThe Future-Ready Framework is the foundation of the District’s continuous improvement efforts and local accountability system. Together, these systems ensure a district-wide approach to ensure students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged - we call this dynamic organizational strategy. FISD students are academically prepared for their future and possess a set of skills that enables them to embrace challenges, collaborate, innovate, communicate, contribute and respond to whatever their future holds.

Future-Ready Focus Areas

The Future-Ready Framework is comprised of six focus areas. Each focus area contains accountability questions designed to aid FISD’s future-ready educators and future-ready leaders in assessing the need for continuous improvement.

Learning Organization

FISD is an organization where people continually expand their capacity to create desired results by strategically adapting and modifying behaviors to reflect new knowledge and insights.

Key Accountability Questions

  • To what degree do we solicit feedback and partner with all stakeholders in an effort to meet school improvement needs?

  • To what degree do our foundational commitments drive our decision-making?

  • To what degree do we modify organizational behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights?

  • To what degree do our decisions reflect the coordination of the interrelated systems within our organization?

Focus Area Impact

The educational system continually evolves to address the needs of the school community.

Basic Conditions for Learning

FISD provides the physiological and environmental needs of students that must be met for learning to occur. Watch a video spotlighting FISD's commitment to Basic Conditions for Learning.

Key Accountability Questions

  • To what degree do we provide safe and effective learning spaces for all students in all circumstances?

  • To what degree do we ensure students' physiological needs are met?

  • To what degree do we provide all students access to education?

Focus Area Impact

Students will demonstrate an eagerness to learn and will be capable of reaching their full potential.

Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum

FISD provides a comprehensive framework of learning standards that provides all students access to high-quality content at the appropriate time for mastery. Watch a video spotlighting FISD's commitment to a Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum.

Key Accountability Questions

  • To what degree do all learners have access to a standards-based curriculum that supports learning for all?

  • To what degree are all learners provided with rigorous and meaningful future-ready learning experiences?

  • To what degree are all learners demonstrating grade-level achievement?

Focus Area Impact

All students will receive an education that will prepare them for their futures.

Differentiated Instruction & Assessment

FISD provides an instructional design that meets student needs and interests by providing a variety of learning experiences and meaningful assessments. Watch how differentiated instruction and assessment is tailored to meet student needs.

Key Accountability Questions

  • To what degree is timely and meaningful feedback provided in order to design and adapt instructional practices?

  • To what degree are all learners given appropriate time to demonstrate mastery of the standards?

  • To what degree are we growing and cultivating our students' knowledge, talents, and abilities?

 Focus Area Impact

Students will demonstrate academic growth.

Positive Culture

FISD is a school community designed to build relationships that support academic, social, behavioral, and emotional growth. Watch a video spotlight about FISD's commitment to a positive culture.

Key Accountability Questions

  • To what degree do we systematically address academic, social, behavioral, and emotional needs?

  • To what degree are our learners involved and connected within the school community?

  • To what degree do we promote a growth mindset and action in our staff and student learners?

  • To what degree do we hire, develop, and retain future-ready focused staff?

Focus Area Impact

Students will feel a sense of support, belonging, and connectedness at school.

Learner-Centered Experience

FISD provides an atmosphere that facilitates collaboration, creative thinking, and problem-solving. Watch a video about Frisco ISD's focus on Learner-Centered Experiences.

Key Accountability Questions

  • To what degree are we creating engaging learning experiences that are inclusive and collaborative?

  • To what degree do we facilitate, promote, and value students' ownership in their learning?

  • To what degree are resources and learning spaces utilized and adapted to support learner engagement and outcomes?

Focus Area Impact

Students will demonstrate ownership of their learning and develop future-ready skills.