Strategic Planning Process

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Strategic Planning Process

• Dunlap School District 323

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Guiding Principles related to the Strategic
Planning Process

• Includes stakeholder participation to ensure
  ownership.
• Conducted in the context of the Districts
  current reality
• Build on Strengths
• Reflect upon Opportunities for Improvement
• Considers new requirements (current and future)
• New knowledge
• Changes in both the internal and external
  environment
• Strategic planning sets clear direction with
  measures to monitor and track progress.

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Outcomes of the Strategic Planning Process

• To enlist the participation of all stakeholder
  groups- board of education, certified and
  support staff, administration, parents, students
  and community to assess the current performance
  results of the district and envision a preferred
  future.
• To use data to drive decision making for
  continuous improvement.
• To determine gaps between the current performance
  and the preferred future performance. (current
  Vs. desired state)
• To ensure a process to bring the plan to life
  through actions, monitoring, and
  tracking/reporting progress.

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The Strategic Plan will include

• Mission
• Vision
• Values/Beliefs
• Guiding Philosophy
• Goals and Key Indicators of Success
• Strategies

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Process Parts

• PART ONE (August December)
• Determine the AS IS state of the district
• PART TWO (December January)
• Determine the PREFERRED FUTURE state of the
  district
• PART THREE (January March)
• Setting Improvement Direction to move from the
  AS IS state to the PREFERRED STATE
• PART FOUR (March Continuing)
• Achieving the PREFERRED STATE

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PART ONE Determine the AS IS state of the
district
Strengths Opportunities For Improvement
State of District
District Self- Assessment
Plan Team Data Retreat
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PART TWO Determine the PREFERRED FUTURE
Current Strategic Plan Mission and Vision Belief
Vision Mission Values/Beliefs Goals
Plan Team Visioning Retreat
School/ Community Visioning Forums
Writing Team Draft
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PART THREE Setting Improvement Direction
Visioning Retreat Findings
Data Retreat Findings
Scorecard Goals Measures Timelines Strategies
Plan Team Direction Setting Retreat
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BOARD APPROVAL
TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS INTO
ACTIONS
Align school Department plans to District
Align Performance Goals throughout system
Improvement teams
Align monitoring System and data tracking
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Deliverables

• One Page Strategic Plan on a page- Vision,
  Mission, Values/Beliefs, Goals, Strategies and
  Guiding Philosophy
• Support Document containing details related to
  the One-Page Plan

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• Examples of Deliverables

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• core values
• Learner Focus We will make decisions in the
  best interests of our students. We believe that
  students should be for their own learning.
  We believe that essential assessment information
  drive instruction.
• Environment We recognize that everyone shares
  in the responsibility of creating a safe,
  nurturing environment in which students and
  supported and encouraged to learn. We know
  our responsibility is to keep learners on
  winning streaks, not losing streaks.
• Continuous We are committed to continual
  improvement improvement in all initiatives by
  using the processes of planning, implementing,
  studying, and reflecting. Continuous
  improvement processes will cause us to be better
  and more efficient in what we do.
• Quality Employees We recognize that our
  ability to attract and retain quality employees
  enhances our ability to achieve our mission
  and vision.
• Innovation/ Training We believe that continued
  learning for faculty and staff keeps the district
  current, leading-edge, aligned to best
  practices, and better equipped to ensure our
  mission and vision. We know that technology can
  enhance both teaching and learning.
• Learning Community We will keep a sharp focus on
  learning, collaboration, and results as we
  monitor our progress. We support a shared
  vision and commitment to collaboration and
  communication. We recognize that a partnership
  with parents and community enhances our
  success.
• Accountability We will be accountable to our
  community that created, maintains, and sustains
  us. We will be responsible for our successes
  or failures.
• Communication We will adhere to the practice
  of listening to all stakeholders and responding
  with clear, frequent, open, thoughtful and
  honest communication.
• Integrity/Respect We will demonstrate the
  highest ethical standards of behaviors in all of
  our interactions with staff, students,
  parents, community, and business partners. We
  will treat each other with kindness, and dignity.
  We will embrace diversity. We will treat
  each other like we would want to be treated.
• Resources We will align our resources of
  people, time and money to make progress.
• vision

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