Welcome to our Vision 2036 strategic planning website!
Explore our community-driven vision and strategic plan roadmap designed to empower every student in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District for their future!
Here, you'll discover our ongoing progress through updates and videos, along with avenues to voice your thoughts and provide feedback as we prepare our students for the world.
This strategic planning process begins with a community-driven long-term vision for our district, which will guide our strategic plan and district initiatives for the next 10-15 years.
The vision will shape the trajectory of student learning, staff professional development, recruitment, resource allocation, and investments.
The vision and strategic plan will determine when and how we work in community and partner with families, where we’re asking for investment from our community, business, and philanthropic partners, and how we will evaluate our progress toward our goal
Our long-term vision will comprise of the following:
A Graduate Portrait: What aspirations does our community hold for our students? What knowledge and skills should they possess upon leaving SVUSD?
An Adult Portrait: If we aim for specific outcomes for our students, what knowledge and skills must adults within the system possess to aid their development effectively?
A System Portrait: To facilitate the desired growth in students and staff, what changes are necessary within our school district system to provide optimal support?
Renewed Core Values: What fundamental principles guide us as a system? How do these values align with our overarching vision?
The visioning process will produce a cohesive graduate portrait, adult portrait, and system portrait, complemented by an updated set of district core values. The system portrait will set the foundation for our first 3-5 year strategic plan, propelling us towards the actualization of our vision. This strategic plan will set our district’s direction and priorities, with goals, strategies, actionable action steps, and metrics to monitor our progress.
✔️Student Summit January 19, 2024-Students from our middle and high schools expressed their insights on the future of SVUSD, detailing what they believe is essential for students to learn and excel in preparation for their future endeavors, as well as articulating their needs from the adults within the school system. (See Video below)
✔️Guiding Coalition #1 May 3 and 4, 2024- The guiding coalition serves as the stewards of vision development, embodying the diverse perspectives within the community. The focus of GC #1 is to delve into envisioning the future and explore what might students need to be prepared for their future.
✔️Community Engagement Series #1 May 6- August 19, 2024 -Share your thoughts on what skills and knowledge you believe students should possess upon graduating from SVUSD.
English survey | Spanish survey
✔️Guiding Coalition #2 September 13 and 14, 2024
Location: Sonoma Valley High School College and Career Center
✔️Community Engagement Series #2-Share your feedback on the emerging ideas for the future of SVUSD, and continue to contribute your ideas. Meeting details and survey links will be posted here.
✔️Guiding Coalition #3 October 25 and 26, 2024 NEW DATES!
Location: Sonoma Valley High School College and Career Center
✔️Board Study Session January 30, 2025
Location: Sonoma Valley Unified Shcool District
January 19, 2024
Our thanks to the Sonoma County Office of Education for helping to fund a portion of this work.
17850 Railroad Avenue | Sonoma, CA | 95476
Contact Information
Christina Casillas, Ed.D. | Associate Superintendent ccasillas@sonomaschools.org