DCI Strategic Plan 2024 - 2029
This strategic plan builds from the 2019-2024 plan and proposes multi-year goals to guide DCI from Fall 2024 to Spring 2029
DCI's Approach to Strategic Planning
When DCI turned five in 2019, we embarked on a strategic planning process to guide the next five years. Now that DCI has hit 10 years, the Board of Trustees, in partnership with a steering committee and deep stakeholder engagement, developed and approved a new strategic plan to ensure that DCI is moving in alignment with our mission. Our strategic plan guides the direction of our organization and reaffirms our founding mission as the key statement of purpose for the organization.
Organizational Mission
DC International School inspires inquiring, engaged, knowledgeable and caring secondary students who are multilingual, culturally competent, and committed to proactively creating a socially just and sustainable world.
The Strategic Planning Stakeholder Engagement Process
When we set out to update our existing strategic plan we did so by prioritizing deep stakeholder engagement. The 2024-2029 Strategic Planning Steering Committee – comprised of the school’s senior leadership team and two board members – spearheaded these efforts with support from Bellwether Education Partners.
The team elicited and reviewed 500+ survey responses and spoke to 100+ community members (teachers, staff, students, guardians, member school leaders, and board members) through interviews, focus groups and office hours to help inform the strategic plan.
The Steering Committee also analyzed data on DCI’s academic outcomes and student belonging to inform the plan:
Academic performance benchmarked vs. DC students (e.g., DC CAPE growth and proficiency)
IB outcomes, including Diploma and Certificate earning rates and exam scores
Enrollment projections for DCI and Member Schools
Student belonging survey data
National IB research studies to inform the team’s understanding of ties between IB outcomes and postsecondary outcomes
Foundational Pillars
In service of DCI's mission and in response to stakeholder feedback, the 2024-2029 strategic plan updates our foundational pillars to better reflect our current context and includes one new pillar.
2024-2029 Strategic Plan
The core of DCI’s strategic plan is its mission, pillars, impact goals, and strategic priorities.
Learn more about each by clicking into our strategic plan below.