Bozeman School District

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Bozeman School District 7Long Range Strategic
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Bozeman Public SchoolsLong Range Strategic Plan

• LRSP connects current planning to a longer, more
  strategic vision for our schools.
• Board Executive Council use of community
  engagement like Above and Beyond as the
  starting point.
• Research base from the work of Jim Collins and
  Glenn Tekker Organizational structures for the
  public sector.
• Ready to bring this work to our education team
  and community for input and dialogue.

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The Order of Strategic Planning
Core Purpose Core Values Big Audacious
Goal Three to Five Year Plan Goals
Objectives Strategies Actions
Who are we?
Identity First
Where are we going ?
Direction Second
What are we doing?
Activities Third
Who will do what?
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Bozeman Public SchoolsLong Range Strategic Plan

• Core Ideology describes our districts consistent
  identity that transcends all changes related to
  our relevant environment.
• Core Purpose the districts reasons for being
• Core Values essential and enduring principles
  that guide a district

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Bozeman Public SchoolLong Range Strategic Plan

• Envisioned Future conveys a concrete yet
  unrealized vision for our district
• Big Audacious Goal a clear and compelling
  catalyst that serves as a focal point for effort
• Vivid Descriptions of Desired Future vibrant
  and engaging descriptions of what it will be like
  to achieve the big audacious goal

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Bozeman Public SchoolLong Range Strategic Plan

• Five to Ten Year Planning Horizon
• Assumptions about the future describe critical
  factors affecting the relevant world throughout
  the life cycle of the plan, often categorized as
  strengths, weaknesses, opportunities or threats
• Mega Issues are issues of overriding strategic
  importance, which reflect fundamental questions
  the district must answer and the major challenges
  the district will have to address in achieving
  our vision

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Bozeman Public SchoolLong Range Strategic Plan

• Goals Areas for the Next Five Years
• Goal Statements describe the specific outcomes to
  members, the public, and other key stakeholders
  of the district that the district intends to
  achieve through its work over a 3-5 year cycle
• Strategic Objectives define the desired
  directions in which the district needs to move in
  order to accomplish its goals

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Core Ideology

• Core Purpose
• Bozeman Public Schools exist to provide an
  outstanding education that inspires and ensures
  high achievement so every student can succeed and
  make a difference in a rapidly changing world
  community.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Core Ideology

• Core Values
• High Student Achievement We are committed to
  ensuring that all students achieve at high
  levels.
• Committed, Quality Staff We employ and retain
  well qualified and talented staff members who
  demonstrate a commitment to the core purpose of
  the District.
• Community and Family Engagement We believe that
  parents and the community are essential
  contributors in the achievement of our goals.
• Climate We operate in a climate of respect,
  honesty and hard work, recognizing the need to be
  adaptable and open to change.
• Fiscal Responsibility We are fiscally
  responsible in the management and expenditure of
  all District resources.
• Decision Making We rely on best practices
  research to guide our decision-making.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Envisioned Future

• Big Audacious Goal
• The Bozeman Public School District is widely
  recognized as a vibrant, flexible and progressive
  educational system that generates student
  excellence and engages students to succeed and
  positively contribute in a global community.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Envisioned Future

• Vivid Description of the Desired Future
• Students
• First and foremost, Bozeman Public Schools are
  about children.
• Personalized education is embedded in everything
  that Bozeman Public Schools do.
• Students are accepting, understanding of others,
  flexible and resilient, exposed to, and
  interested in, interacting with the global
  community.
• Students have the opportunity to participate in a
  wide variety of quality extra-curricular
  activities that enhance their ability to succeed
  in school and as part of a world community.
• Every student graduates and has met or exceeded
  the high academic standards of the Bozeman Public
  School District such that all students are
  equipped to succeed in post-secondary education.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Envisioned Future

• Vivid Description of the Desired Future
• Teachers
• Teachers in the District are energized, well paid
  and inspire students to reach their maximum
  potential.
• Teachers participate in a progressive
  professional development program to assure
  competency of staff.
• Student achievement and results driven
  instruction are at the core of all professional
  discussions.
• Teachers will enable learners to acquire
  information, make meaning from their school work
  and transfer learning to challenging and unique
  situations.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Envisioned Future

• Vivid Description of the Desired Future
• District
• The District maintains a clearly articulated
  educational system that defines achievement on
  the attainment of goals. Bozeman Public Schools
  is equally effective at preparing students for
  post-secondary education and career readiness.
• The District employs an effective management
  structure demonstrating behaviors that
  consistently produce effective staff leadership.
• Resources and delivery systems (e.g., the school
  schedule/calendar, facilities, technology,
  pedagogy, materials, curriculum, etc.) are
  regularly assessed, aligned and optimally
  correlated to ensure achievement of the strategic
  plan of the District and to maximize the learning
  opportunities of children enrolled in Bozeman
  Public Schools.
• The Board and Staff Leadership Team work
  collaboratively with the community to create a
  common vision with flexibility and ability to
  respond to a changing environment. The Board and
  Leadership Team are open, flexible, able/capable,
  consistent, and responsive.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP Envisioned Future

• Vivid Description of the Desired Future
• Community
• Together, Bozeman Public Schools, students and
  the community regularly collaborate as partners
  to achieve the shared goals of the District and
  community.
• The District provides widely-accessible,
  educationally responsive and community-centered
  facilities that regularly serve as locations
  where the community gathers and collaborates in
  the interests of children.
• Bozeman Public Schools are widely recognized as
  being both community-centered and integrated into
  the world community. The schools of the District
  provide a link between the Bozeman community and
  the rest of the world.
• Bozeman Public Schools are recognized locally and
  nationally as a significant contributor to
  Bozemans outstanding quality of life.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5-10 Year Horizon

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Assumptions
• The skills students need to succeed in the global
  community and marketplace are changing rapidly.
• The skills and knowledge needed to succeed in
  post-secondary education and in the workforce
  have essentially converged.
• To successfully engage student, curriculum and
  instruction must be highly relevant.
• Mega Issue Questions
• What can Bozeman Public Schools do to ensure our
  curriculum and instruction are exemplary and
  truly aligned with our goal to prepare students
  to succeed and positively contribute in a global
  community?

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5-10 Year Horizon

• Demographics/Social Values
• Assumptions
• The Bozeman area will continue to experience
  substantial growth, which will trigger an
  increased need for community resources and which
  may also create a continued need for the District
  to build more schools.
• As the community grows and increases in its
  diversity, it will become more difficult to
  create and/or identify community consensus.
• As our population continues to age, we will have
  to ensure the involvement and support of people
  in our community who dont have children in our
  public schools.
• Our student population will become more diverse,
  both ethnically and economically. As a result,
  increased reliance on social service partners,
  volunteers and private organizations, as well as
  supports within our District, to assist in
  educating students.
• Mega Issue Questions
• What can Bozeman Public Schools do to best keep
  abreast of growth in the Bozeman area and its
  impact on our ability to provide a quality
  education to the children of the District?
• What can Bozeman Public Schools do to ensure that
  new arrivals to the community and those without
  children in our public schools understand the
  value of what we do for the Bozeman community?
  How can we translate that understanding into
  greater involvement and support by such people?
• What are the most effective strategies that
  Bozeman Public Schools can employ to address
  increasing ethnic and economic diversity in the
  Bozeman community? What research-proven
  strategies show the greatest promise in
  overcoming achievement gaps that are a function
  of economic circumstance?

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5-10 Year Horizon

• Business/Economic Climate
• Assumptions
• The cost of living (e.g., housing, healthcare,
  daycare, etc.) in the Bozeman area will continue
  to rise, impacting our ability to recruit and
  retain a qualified workforce necessary to improve
  student achievement.
• The growth of high tech businesses and extensive
  research at MSU contribute to a highly educated
  citizenry and dynamic business and civic
  environment. This creates outstanding
  opportunity for Bozeman Public Schools to
  establish partnerships, internships, dual
  enrollment opportunities and more.
• Mega Issue Questions
• What can Bozeman Public Schools do to help ensure
  that the cost of living in the Bozeman area does
  not become a significant barrier to our ability
  to recruit and retain the quality educators we
  need to ensure improved student achievement?
• What can Bozeman Public Schools do to ensure we
  coordinate federal, state, and local community
  resources to adequately fund community requested
  programming?

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5-10 Year Horizon

• Technology
• Assumptions
• We will experience continued challenges in
  keeping abreast of technology improvements to
  ensure that we maximize the opportunities for use
  of technology by the children and staff in our
  District.
• We will experience a growing need for technology
  education in order to be competitive in a global
  environment.
• As our use of technology increases, we will need
  to plan for, monitor, and guide appropriate uses
  of technology in our School District.
• The growth and advancements in technology will
  present increasing quantity and quality of
  distance and other virtual learning
  opportunities.
• Mega Issue Questions
• How can Bozeman Public Schools best achieve
  enhancements to its technology over the next 3-5
  years to ensure that staff and students of the
  District are provided with the opportunities
  necessary to compete with their peers around the
  world?
• What are the most effective ways that Bozeman
  Public Schools can encourage increased use of
  technology by students while also monitoring and
  guiding appropriate use? What can be done to
  ensure that we avoid isolating and denigrating
  the value of personal interaction and the
  development of social skills of the children in
  our schools?

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5-10 Year Horizon

• Legislation/Regulation/Politics
• Assumptions
• We will continue to experience the negative
  effects of under-funded federal mandates and loss
  of local control in funding allocations at both
  the state and federal levels.
• Montana will continue to struggle in developing
  comprehensive tax policy, which will have a
  corresponding negative effect on the pursuit of
  adequate funding for quality education.
  Regardless of what funding is provided, we need
  to work with what we have, be creative, and
  prioritize.
• We will have to engage in a sustained, effective
  and concerted effort with our local legislators
  to ensure a proper understanding of and support
  for our financial needs. We will need to
  facilitate a greater level of involvement of the
  community in these discussions to help make our
  case.
• Mega Issue Questions
• What are the most effective means that Bozeman
  Public Schools can utilize to bring public
  attention to and find solutions to the problems
  created by unfunded or underfunded state and
  federal mandates and loss of local control?
• How can we best balance the time we spend in
  pursuing solutions to these issues while also
  working with what we have and learning to better
  maximize the positive impact of all resources we
  receive on behalf of the children in our public
  schools?
• How can Bozeman Public Schools best facilitate a
  common understanding and shared goals regarding
  needs of the District with the Community and area
  legislators?

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 1 Academic Performance Every
  student meets or exceeds the high academic
  standards of the Bozeman Public School District.
• Intended Outcomes
• All students show grade academic performance in
  all content areas, with a consistent focus on
  reading, writing, math, and science proficiency.
• Integrated and differentiated approaches to
  instruction are used.
• Multiple measures are used to measure academic
  performance based on district-created progress
  goals.
• Standards-based curriculum development,
  instructional strategies, assessment, grading and
  reporting are implemented.
• By graduation, all students successfully complete
  a career cluster strand and are proficient in
  technology.
• By graduation, all students have extensive
  exposure to and the opportunity to become
  proficient in a language in addition to English.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 1 Academic Performance DRAFT STRATEGIC
  OBJECTIVES
• 1.01 The Proficient Plus (P) Concept will be
  outlined and communicated with the BPS Education
  Team and the community.
• 1.02 Proficient Plus (P) goals will be
  determined in Math, Reading, Science and Writing
  based upon district and state assessments, with
  future development in other academic areas.
• 1.03 Meaningful Standards-Based district
  assessments will be researched, developed and
  administered to collect student performance data
  in all content areas as indicated on the district
  assessment calendar to make best practice
  educational decisions.
• 1.04 Implement the Action Plan for
  Standards-Based Curriculum, Instruction, and
  Assessment based on the timelines set in that
  Action Plan.
• 1.05 All content areas have standards-based
  curriculum and assessments aligned to local,
  state, national and international standards.
• 1.06 All staff utilize content-area standards and
  are proficient in the use of best practice
  instructional strategies.
• 1.07 Full implementation of full-time
  kindergarten during the 2008-09 school year.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 1 Academic Performance DRAFT STRATEGIC
  OBJECTIVES
• 1.08 Implement the Curriculum Improvement
  Sequence.
• 1.09 Implement plans in the following areas to
  improve student achievement Instructional
  Coaching, Special Education, Reading
  Intervention, Math Intervention, Response to
  Intervention (RtI), Technology, Professional
  Learning Communities, Indian Education for All,
  PEAKS (Gifted) Program, Extended Day and Extended
  Year programming.
• 1.10 Refine and standardize Student Assistance
  and Child Study Team Procedures.
• 1.11 All students, by graduation, successfully
  complete a career cluster strand.
• 1.12 Both middle schools and the high school
  offer significant opportunities for coursework
  that includes exposure to a language other than
  English.
• 1.13 All students, by graduation, demonstrate
  proficiency in technology as measured by the
  District technology assessment or successful
  completion of IT Essentials.
• 1.14 All students, by graduation, successfully
  complete one semester of coursework pertaining to
  a language other than English.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 2 Operations and Capacity Building
  District operations, facilities and human
  resources support an efficient and progressive
  educational system.
• Intended Outcomes
• Secure adequate land and facilities for current
  enrollment and projected enrollment.
• Prioritization of budget according to program
  goals.
• Secure adequate, sustainable funding from the
  state.
• Achieve full staffing with qualified and
  effective personnel with minimal turnover.
• Implement optimal use of current technology and a
  plan for continual updating.
• Maintain current District facilities providing an
  atmosphere conducive to student learning.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 2 Operations and Capacity Building
  DRAFT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• 2.01 Refine and update the criteria used to
  estimate the projected enrollment and identify
  future enrollment projections.
• 2.02 Complete a comprehensive study of the
  functional capacity of each district school and
  determine desired functional capacity that
  includes the educational needs of the district.
• 2.03 Use refined functional capacity and
  enrollment projections to make decisions
  regarding long-range facility needs.
• 2.04 Develop and implement a planning strategy to
  report the alignment of the budget with district
  goals and programming.
• 2.05 Continue to improve the district budget
  document to clearly portray the use of available
  resources.
• 2.06 Continue to speak with authority about
  strategies to achieve adequate sustainable
  funding.
• 2.07 Research strategies for hiring and retaining
  employees in hard to fill positions.
• 2.08 Provide professional development training
  program for the professional and classified
  employee groups.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 2 Operations and Capacity Building
  DRAFT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• 2.09 Design and implement a District-wide new
  employee orientation and mentoring program.
• 2.10 Review and refine the Leadership Academy
  Program to better prepare future district
  leadership candidates.
• 2.11 Improve the employee screening and hiring
  process through implementation of an on-line
  application program.
• 2.12 Successfully negotiate and maintain
  employment agreements aligned with the core
  ideology of the district.
• 2.13 Update and implement the technology plan to
  optimize the technology requirements needed to
  meet facility and educational goals.
• 2.14 Use refined functional capacity and
  enrollment projections to make student enrollment
  and placement decisions.
• 2.15 Achieve 3-of-Current Replacement Value
  annual facilities maintenance investment.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 3 Community Engagement and External
  Relations Bozeman Public Schools has created an
  environment in which parents, community,
  legislators and all education stakeholders are
  supportive, engaged, and contribute to
  successfully educate our students.
• Intended Outcomes
• Form collaborative relationships between the
  schools and our students families that are
  central to the achievement of educational
  excellence.
• To engage the community, community businesses and
  community agencies in cooperative efforts on
  behalf of our students and their families.
• Achieve ongoing development of the Bozeman
  Schools Foundation and other school related
  organizations.
• Educate and work with legislators to develop
  adequate and sustainable school funding.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 3 Community Engagement and External
  Relations DRAFT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• 3.01 Implement timely updates to our District
  Website for effective, accurate, timely
  communication.
• 3.02 Utilize media opportunities to articulate
  clear, consistent, school district messages.
• 3.03 Develop a communications plan for supporting
  annual school election information distribution
  in the community.
• 3.04 Bozeman Public Schools will seek to enhance,
  recognize and increase Educational Partnership
  opportunities.
• 3.05 Collaborate with community agencies to
  develop and implement an Early Learning Center.
• 3.06 Continue development of Councils to advise
  the Superintendent on matters of relevance and
  importance enhancing external communication of
  the district.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 3 Community Engagement and External
  Relations DRAFT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• 3.07 Continue the use of the Consensus process to
  develop effective dialogue with the community
  around matters of importance to the school
  district.
• 3.08 District Trustees, school district education
  team, parents, members of the community and State
  Legislators will be invited to engage in a
  collaborative dialogue surrounding topics of
  educational importance (Mega Issues) to our
  community and their impact on the LRSP.
• 3.09 Create a public education campaign depicting
  the state school funding apportionment process
  for Bozeman Public Schools and the associated
  linkages needed to achieve high quality
  educational programs.
• 3.10 During the 2009 Legislative Session, Bozeman
  Public Schools will continue to advocate for
  policies, procedures and resources needed to meet
  the high quality educational goals important to
  the community.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 4 Student Success/Safety/Health/Welfar
  e Bozeman Public Schools has effective systems
  in place for students to learn and staff to work
  in a safe and healthy environment.
• Intended Outcomes
• In collaboration with other agencies and
  programs, Bozeman Public Schools has developed a
  well defined preventative crisis and risk
  management plan addressing issues that may
  negatively impact student success.
• Provides a safe and orderly learning and working
  environment for all students and staff members.
• Assesses District K-12 approaches to alcohol/drug
  prevention, intervention, and consequences, and
  the implements appropriate strategies.
• Healthy, active, wellness-focused activities are
  available for all students and staff.
• Healthy nutrition options are available for all
  students and staff.
• Advocate for adequate mental health services for
  students and families.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLRSP 5 Year Goal Areas

• Goal Area 4 Student Success/Safety/Health/Welfar
  e DRAFT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• 4.01 Develop and implement Foundations action
  plan designed to decrease behavior infractions,
  reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug usage, and
  increase positive school and district climate.
• 4.02 Continue to develop and implement safety
  policy and procedures that provide students and
  staff a safe, secure setting, in, around and on
  the way to school.
• 4.03 Continue to seek maximum available resources
  in order to equitably maintain school facilities
  conducive to an effective learning and working
  environment.
• 4.04 Develop a continuum of alternative services
  intended to address at-risk student needs.
• 4.05 Implement wellness action plans for students
  and staff by working to instill in each student
  and adult the desire to make responsible healthy
  choices.
• 4.06 Develop and implement a community-wide Early
  Childhood event, targeting parents of children
  ages birth to 5, focusing on Special Education
  Child Find, Kindergarten registration, and
  community resources.
• 4.07 Continue and expand participation and
  collaboration with community agencies and
  consortia about mental health services available
  for at-risk students.

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Bozeman Public SchoolsLong Range Strategic Plan

• Communicating the Plan and Collecting Community
  Input
• Input collected at Board meetings and through
  website May August 2008
• Strategic Objectives developed June August
  2008
• Adoption of the LRSP and SOs Sept 2008
• Community Forum to announce Plan Sept 2008
• Written School/Area Plans aligned to LRSP By
  Nov 1, 2008
• School and District reports to the Board
  2008-09 school year

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Thanks Team!

• Your effort to make the LRSP a big part of your
  goals and objectives in the coming years will
  certainly create an environment of success for
  our students!