Strategic Plan Presentation to School Board

Dunlap Community Unit School District #323

Strategic Plan Update

• Set and Communicate Direction

• Consensus • Alignment• Accountability

Why a Strategic Plan?

The "good" to "great" tool!

Vision & Mission

Core Values

Goals & Strategies

Strategi

c plan!

• 38 representatives– Teachers, Administrators, Support Staff– Dunlap Education Association– Board of Education– Parents, Students, Community Members– Governmental Officials from the City of Peoria

and the Village of Dunlap

• 6 committee meetings during the year

• All information posted publicly on District site

• 3 opportunities for stakeholder input

Strategic Planning Committee

Form the planning team

Reflection & self

assessment

Data retreatStakeholder

review & input

Mission, vision, values 1st draft

Visioning retreat

Setting direction- goals

& measures

Share the plan!

Execute plan: alignment &

shared leadership

Steps to Strategic Planning

Strategic Plan Key Themes

• Preparing students for the world ahead – A focus on 21st century skills– Communicators and collaborators– Culturally aware citizens– Innovative, creative, resourceful thinkers

• A focus on learning and student engagement

• Teamwork, collaboration and shared leadership

• Data driven and results oriented

• Involving everyone in continuous improvement

• Mission focused• Customer service• Multi-tasking• Leadership qualities• Teamwork

–Conflict Resolution–Cross Training

• Accountability

What skills does OSF look for?

– University provides a major source of top professional talent• No longer enough to be an expert in one field• Our students must be uniquely prepared to operate in a

new paradigm where cross-disciplinary collaboration is expected

– Developed Engineering Business Convergence Center• Facility includes:

– Two large innovation and commercialization laboratories – Equivalent to a small company – Multidisciplinary teams

http://www.bradley.edu/

• Average hire is bi/tri-lingual and has traveled/worked abroad

• Changing global company• Cross-disciplinary collaboration – strategic planning

Students must be prepared!• Multi-disciplinary learning /experience - Companies do

more with less• International exposure cultural and languages• Critical thinking • Entrepreneurship (innovation and creativity)• Solutions oriented & Continuous learning culture

(Continuous Improvement!)

As a recruiter for a global company…

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

2 MAJOR FORUMS•MARCH 2N D

PARENTS/COMMUNITY•MARCH 18T H ALL EMPLOYEES

Stakeholder Input

Dunlap Community Unit District #323 Community Forum

Dunlap Valley Middle School

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 7:00 p.m.

Provide Input on the District Strategic Plan!

“One is hard pressed to think of any organization That has sustained some measure of greatness in the absence of goals, values and missions that become deeply shared throughout the organization.”

-Peter Senge The Fifth Discipline

The Dunlap Community Unit School District has been working on the development of a 5 year strategic plan. Since September of 2009, a team of stakeholders (including parents, students, staff and community members) has been reviewing data, analyzing strengths, and identifying opportunities for improvement to determine the desired future state of the school district. Information about the strategic planning process; including committee membership, meeting resources, and a variety of data, is available on the District's web site at http://www.dunlapcusd.net/. As a result of the committee's efforts, a draft of the strategic plan is now available for public review and input. On Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m., the District will host a community forum at Dunlap Valley Middle School to share: vision, mission, core values, goals and measures of the draft plan. Committee members will present a brief overview of the strategic planning process and will engage participants in an activity to obtain input into the draft plan. Feedback from the community forum will be reviewed by the strategic planning committee when it meets to finalize the District strategic plan. Your feedback is important! We hope to see you on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at Dunlap Valley Middle School.

March 18th Institute Day- All Employees

Summary Ratings

Plan Section/(% rating 3, 4 and 5 combined) (High) Consensus Rating (Low)

5 4 3 2 1

Mission (93%) 45% 37% 11% 6% .003%

Vision (97%) 49% 42% 6% 2% .003%

Values/Commitments (96%) 44% 38% 14% 4% 0%

Goals/Indicators (89%) 34% 38% 17% 10% .003%

Strategies (97%) 41% 44% 13% 2% .003%

Overall Rating (97%) 33% 53% 11% 3% 0%

97% Consensus

Mission and Vision

Core Values

MISSION: The Dunlap School Community will empower all students to excel in a global society.

VISION: Dunlap students will continuously excel in a global society by being:

• Self-motivated learners

• Critical thinkers• Effective communicators

• Skilled collaborators

• Responsible and culturally aware citizens

• Technologically capable creators

WE BELIEVE . . .While all children can learn, they learn at different rates and in different ways.

High expectations and an engaging, innovative, technological learning environment are critical to the learning success of all students.

Students must take responsibility for their own learning and achievement.

Effective collaboration requires trust, mutual respect, open, and honest communication.

District policies are necessary to ensure equitable and consistent implementation of expectations.

Goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, results-oriented, and time-bound.

Continual stakeholder feedback guides improvement.

MOTTO:

Educate . . .Empower . . .Excel . . .

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Teacher teams will develop and align common assessments with state and national standards and provide feedback to each student and parent.

Leadership teams will set and communicate direction which aligns the work of each school improvement plan to the District Strategic Plan.

Interventions and enrichments will align with state and national standards to provide progress monitoring to ensure the needs of all students are met.

Students will be responsible for tracking and monitoring their learning progress, collecting evidence of their success, and setting goals to accomplish future learning.

A data management system will be implemented to allow for all essential data to be collected, accessed, analyzed, reported, and acted upon.

District, school, grade level and department teams will have adequate time, tools, strategies, training, and resources to communicate, collaborate ,and monitor progress.

Communication and collaboration with parents and community will ensure engagement and satisfaction.

Long-range financial decisions will balance the needs of a high quality educational program for students with the financial ability of the community to provide adequate resources.

Long-range K-12 facilities/space decisions will balance the needs of a safe, secure, nurturing learning/teaching environment with the community’s financial ability to provide adequate resources.

1. To Continuously Improve Student Growth and Achievement

2. To Obtain a Satisfying and Productive Classroom and School Learning Environment

3. To Achieve a Satisfying and Productive Classroom and School Teaching Environment

4. To Ensure a Satisfying and Productive Partnership with Families and the Community

5. To Obtain Efficient, Effective, and Equitable Use of Resources

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• Students will meet/exceed expectations on state assessments comparable to benchmark districts . Annual• Students will meet/exceed college readiness standards. Annual• Students will meet/exceed District grade level and course learning expectations. Annual• Students will meet/exceed personal goals.

Annual• The number of students participating in honors & advanced placement courses will increase over time. Semester• Academic performance gaps among subgroup populations will decrease over time. Annual• Students will make successful transitions from elementary school to middle school, from middle Annual school to high school, and from post high school education and/or career paths.

• Behavior expectations for students will be consistent and fair. Monthly• Students will be highly engaged in academic programs and activities. Semester• Students will be highly engaged in extracurricular programs and activities. Semester• The ratio of certified and support staff to students will be consistent with benchmark districts. Annual • Students will report high levels of satisfaction .

Annual

• Staff will indicate high levels of satisfaction. Annual

• Staff will contribute to high performing collaborative teams. Annual

• Staff will be highly qualified and will maintain proper credentials and certification. Annual• Staff will be engaged in professional development opportunities aligned to school and District goals. Semester• Staff performance expectations will be consistently implemented and monitored to ensure

Annual expectations are achieved.• Staff retention rates will be comparable to benchmark districts .

Annual• Staff compensation and benefits will be comparable to benchmark districts.

Annual

• Parents will indicate high levels of satisfaction. Annual

• Community members will indicate high levels of satisfaction. Annual

• Parents will be involved in academic and extracurricular activities. Semester

• There will be multiple opportunities for parents to be involved in school and District decision-making. Semester• There will be increased use of two-way communication systems with parents and the community. Annual

• Budgets will be aligned to school and District priorities. Annual

• The District audit will have no findings. Annual

• District financial data will compare favorably with benchmark districts. Annual

• The student to computer ratio will support curricular goals. Annual

• Utilization of technology resources will be comparable to benchmark districts. Annual

• Academic and athletic facilities will be safe, clean, well-maintained and comparable to benchmark Semester districts.• Repairs will be completed timely, efficiently and effectively.

Semester

Unit District 323 Dunlap Schools Strategic Plan Dashboard 2010-2013

Goals Indicators When B T C

To Continuously Improve Student Growth and Achievement

To Obtain a Satisfying and Productive Classroom and School Learning Environment

To Achieve a Satisfying and Productive Classroom and School Teaching Environment

To Ensure a Satisfying and Productive Partnership with Families and the Community

To Obtain Efficient, Effective, and Equitable Use of Resources

B= Baseline

T= Target

C= Current

Strategic Plan Next Steps

Formal board approval of Policy 1:30 (Mission) in May

The cabinet will create: Action plans for key strategies to include

timelines/resources Key measures for each goal in the form of a balanced score

cardImplementation of a District Leadership Team to

monitor the planSchools to create school improvement plans

aligned to the District strategic planClassrooms to create “Data Centers” that align to

school goalsStudents tracking progress in data folders that

align to classroom goals










Representative group/meet quarterlyMonitor-

The implementation of the PlanThe results of the plan (Balanced Scorecard)

Provide continuous stakeholder inputEnsure alignment between District and Schools

District Leadership Team Tasks










Student Goals

Classroom Goals

School Improvement Goals

District Strategic Plan

Alignment to the strategic plan

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Student Goals

Classroom Goals

School Improvement Goals

District Strategic Plan

Alignment to the strategic plan

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The Plan on a Page!

Thank You District Strategic Planning Committee Members!