2023-2028 Strategic Plan

2023-2024 Strategic Plan: Goals and Action Steps

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

• Ensure that all common summative assessments are aligned to priority standards that have been identified and updated for all content areas and grade levels.
• Review existing research on the reporting of learning and match best practices based on the grade level.

• Ensure all staff is trained in engagement strategies.
• Conduct curriculum audits on all proposed adoptions.

Student Needs

• Survey all students to determine the level of emotional support needed.
• Review existing SEL program and alternatives to find the best one available to meet this need.

• Work to inject diversity awareness in all facets of student and staff life.
• Find ways to incorporate Deep Equity work with the full staff.

Finance

• Develop a 5-year projection utilizing new revenue gained through the November, 2022 referendum.
• Establish targets for fund balance growth over the next 5 years and implementing budgeting to meet those targets.

• Complete market analysis to develop comparables for south suburban school districts.
• Identify creative forms of compensation to attract and retain employees.

Facilities

• Conduct enrollment projections for students in grades Pre-K through 8 for the next 10 years.
• Conduct a safety audit to identify a list of needs in this area.

• Develop a master plan of all annual maintenance needs for the next 5 years.
• Utilize architects to review facilities and establish priorities.

Human Resources

• Survey staff on their views regarding climate and culture.
• Research strategies to improve climate and culture and implement at least 1 per year.

• Identify diversity gaps in our organization by creating a document that shows multiple diversity and inclusion measures of our current staff in comparison with desired outcomes and current applicant pool.
• Research strategies shown to be effective in the recruitment of minority candidates and implement at least one.

Community/Public Relations

• Survey families regarding their views on communications from the schools/district.
• Implement streamlined communications where similar messages from each building occur in one place.

• Assemble a list of all programs currently in place and for which family engagement is desired.
• Implement one new engagement strategy per year for the next 5 years.

Many thanks for the contributions and support from the participants of the Strategic Long Range Planning Committee: