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Introduction: Strategic Plan as Framework Academic Preparation School Climate Community and School Relationships Performance Plan and Budget: Budgeting for Results Relationship of Goals to Budget: The importance of succeeding in meeting the goals laid out in this Strategic Plan requires a direct link between this plan and the district’s budgeting process. Specifically, annual budget requests compiled by school administrators will present the budget and make requests according to the goals outlined in this plan. Program Evaluation The key to all program evaluation systems is knowing where you start. Therefore, the first step toward measuring progress toward the goals outlined in this document is to create baselines in each area, either collecting data from previous years or taking the steps to collect data in the necessary areas (for example, the number of parents who participate in teacher-parent conferences at each grade level). Another key to the goals documented in this plan is the tracking of the district’s graduates. A plan for this initiative should be implemented ASAP. Program evaluations for other, individual goals are a pending part of this plan. Conclusion In the past two years, CSD 13 has taken important steps toward documented methods of increasing student achievement, by working with the community to define a 5-Year Vision and Mission; and facilitating the definition and implementation of educational goals and changes by the professional education staff, as outlined in this document. The consensus-building process itself is invaluable and must remain an ongoing, consistent process within the schools. The global information/creative economy places new demands on educational systems first created in an industrial age, when large mills and factories demanded workers trained to follow direction. These manufacturing based systems and models have never been a good fit for the entrepreneurial culture of this island. New, emerging economies value and reward individual ingenuity, creativity, and problem-solving; the very characteristics of the district’s natural resources-based community. Therefore, the Vision, Goals, and Strategies outlined in this plan work toward a redefinition of the island’s public education system, one that leverages traditional strengths in new sectors with the hope of increasing opportunity and prosperity for our young people. Summary of Strategic Plan Goals and Outcomes |
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