Strategic Plan

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• Strategic Plan
• St Johns Public Schools

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What you will see and hear.

• Why a strategic plan?
• Process of developing your strategic plan
• Critical issues and Recommendations
• How critical issues affect your community
• Final recommendations
• How to learn more

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Why a Strategic Plan?

• The status quo has disappeared. Incremental
  change often comes up short. That means
  educators and communities are faced with tackling
  monumental trends head on. A dynamic community,
  one that is truly poised for the future, is
  constantly planning for how it can become even
  better tomorrow than it is today.
• Ten Trends Educating Children for Tomorrows
  World Gary Marx. Journal of School Improvement
  2002

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Engaging the Community

• Over 70 community participants Staff,
  administrators, students, parents, community
  leaders, business representatives, consultants
• Fifteen public forums
• Approximately 27 months of due diligence
• Core Strategic Planning Committee/Action Teams
• Stephanie Dyer, Chair
• This is an ongoing process and dialogue with the
  community
• We invite you to Strengthen our Thinking

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3 Rs Research, wRiting and Recommendations

• Environmental Scan (SWOT Analysis), Kingscott
  Facility Analysis
• National student and parent surveys
• Title IX and ADA Requirements
• High School Graduation Requirements
• Costs incurred to stay as is - financing
  options
• Kindergarten programming
• Best Practices
• Task Force Action Plans/Recommendation
• Communication and Marketing
• Curriculum and programming -Class Size
  Equalization
• Technology
• Facilities
• Finance

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Critical Issues inMarketing Communications

• Build a Culture of Trust
• Need to be Visionary
• St Johns graduates will ..
• Remove silos for open communication
• Market SJPS to attract families, business and
  opportunities
• District branding and promotion

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Communications Action Plan

• Strategic plan to act out district values
• Improved Communication
• Cross functional team (internal)
• Integrated Communications Plan
• District Marketing Team/Consultant
• Public Image
• Board and administration establish a means of
  addressing public concerns and reporting
  resolution of them

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Benefits of Recommendations

• Change the Culture at SJPS
• Shared responsibility with personal
  accountability
• Open communication
• Promotion of facilities, students, staff and
  accomplishments is a priority
• Improved position in the marketplace
• Facilitate achievement of our vision

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Programming Committee Goals

• All curriculum areas will be articulated K-12 in
  the form of a scope and sequence
• Lessons and assessments will be aligned with
  content expectations (GLCEs/Benchmarks and
  Standards)
• Provide interventions necessary so all children
  achieve grade-level expectations or higher
• All staff will have adequate opportunity for PD,
  grade level planning, and support
• Students will receive instruction in
  appropriately sized classes

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Programming Committee
Critical Issues

• Inconsistencies in class sizes across the
  district
• Inability to meet the growing demand for all day,
  every day Kindergarten
• Half-time and traveling elementary principals
• Part-time counselors
• Traveling specials teachers
• Increasing demands for teacher specialists
• Isolated opportunities for teacher support and
  collaboration
• Increasing state mandated academic requirements

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Issues to Address (cont.)

• Lack of Enrichment Opportunities for Gifted
  Students
• Further Intervention Needed for At-Risk Students
• Maintenance Upgrade Costs at Elementaries
• Transportation Costs
• Duplication Costs for Services
• Technology Maintenance Costs Upgrades

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PROGRAMMING RECOMMENDATIONS

• Consolidate all elementary schools
• Use district owned property to build a new
  Kindergarten-1st grade building
• 13 Million vs. 9 Million for upgrades
• Create a 2nd3rd grade building
• Create a 4th5th grade building

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RATIONALE

• ONLY option to address class size inconsistencies
  on a district-wide basis.
• Best option for providing all day, every day
  Kindergarten.
• Student driven vs. budget driven proposal
• saved will be used for student needs

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• Possibilities for using current buildings to
  generate revenue
• Improves safety
• Creates more cost efficient busing
• Provides savings in delivery services
• Establishes adequate materials and supplies in
  each classroom.
• Allows for equal learning opportunities for all
  students at-risk to gifted.

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Rationale (cont.)

• Eliminates part-time principals.
• Improved schedules for specials
• Reduces travel time for district employees.
• Provides in house opportunities
• teacher experts
• teacher collaboration
• professional development
• Improved technology resources
• Improved ability to address high school
  graduation requirements K 12.

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Facilities Critical Issues

• Title IX
• American Disability Act
• Safety Security
• Classroom Size
• Science, Fine Arts Art rooms
• Functionality
• Address programming needs
• Aesthetics

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Goals of Facilities Sub-Committee

• Create a learning environment to meet educational
  needs of the 21st Century
• Address Title 9 and ADA standards
• Assess growth and demographic patterns re
  redistricting
• Improve aesthetics, safety, security, and
  functionality of facilities
• Critical analysis of five options

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Links
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Option 4A/5 Aerial View
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High School Options
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Football Site Option 5
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Middle School Priorities

• Middle School Priorities

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Bond Summary
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Facilities Summary

• Safe and nurturing environment
• Buildings, grounds and athletic facilities
• Increase square footage in classrooms
• Fine arts program (drama, marching band)
• Science rooms
• General classrooms
• Community benefits from ability to host area
  events
• MHSAA tournaments, swim meets, evening soccer
  games
• Improved learning environments
• Secure fencing, heating/cooling, boilers,
  improved parking areas

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Critical Issues in Technology

• With last bond, technology proved to be an
  afterthought rather than a building block
• Inadequate tools for instruction and delivery,
  especially with high school graduation
  requirements
• Important that certain technology objectives be
  defined and put into place to meet state and
  federal mandates

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Impact of Technology Issues

• Increased demand for technologically literate
  workforce
• Requirement for all students to access online
  instruction
• Ever changing global demands
• Access to continually evolving information
• TECH3RNOLOGY

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Technology Objectives

• One to One computing
• Staff/Student/Parent Access to curriculum and
  resources
• Provide multi-media systems
• Digital video content and delivery
• Infrastructure upgrades and data centers
• Shared technology services (collaboration)
• Connectivity strategy
• Provide a paperless environment

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Finance Goals/Objectives

• Goal To explore a variety of ways and means to
  enhance the revenue stream coming into the
  district.
• Enhance revenue and unrestricted funding
  opportunities for SJPS
• Evaluation of bonding/sinking fund/recreation
  millage as a means to address SJPS financial
  issues
• Evaluation of property and other assets
• District services (generation and savings of
  dollars through collaboration

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Summary

• We must prepare students today for
• Life long learning
• Responsible, productive citizenship
• Critical innovative thinking
• Problem solving
• Working collaboratively with others
• Succeeding in tomorrows world!

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Closing Thought

• The efforts of the 70 members involved in the
  Strategic Planning process, during the past 27
  months, focused on ONE goal...
• Preparing the children in St. Johns Public
  Schools for a better future.
• Staying the same puts us behind.

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To Learn More

• Printed narrative available at each building and
  SJPS district office
• Go to www.stjohns.edzone.net
• Key Committee Contact Information
• Administrators
• Public Meeting Dates and Places
• Tours
• Resources