“Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence–only in constant improvement and constant change.”
– Tom Peters
Engage, Inspire, Empower – these words drive our vision and our mission in Deerfield Public Schools, District 109. We are Future Ready, we have made great gains in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics K-8. We have impressive, world class facilities and we select excellent staff and administrators! We have tons to be proud of.
We never rest on our laurels and we aim daily to go from good to great or from great to more great. Part of this relentless focus on excellence is shown in the data informed leadership from multiple stakeholders. Recently, in partnership with K12Insight, we administered a special education perceptions survey to parents and staff. All staff were invited to take the survey and all parents of children who 
have an IEP were invited to take the survey as well. Survey data like this guides us, informs us, provides check-ins and check ups and allows us to best serve our students.
The presentation made to the Board of Education on Monday, October 5, 2015, is embedded below. We are so proud to show positive growth:
86% of parents were completely or somewhat satisfied with the quality of the special education and related services their child received this year, which is 9 percent higher than in 2014.
90% of employees said special education students are receiving quality services.
And we are equally proud to show in what areas we have growth opportunities:
55% of employees who have been in co-teaching environments said they do not have adequate support from district leadership for co-teaching. Forty-nine percent of employees who have been in co-teaching environment said they do not have adequate support from school leadership for co-teaching.
31% of employees rated assistive technology services and 25 percent rated professional development in assistive technology as fair or poor.
