As we head into spring break before the final eight weeks of school, I’m thrilled to take this opportunity to look toward next school year and share with you CCSD93’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, which will guide the district for the next five school years through 2027-2028.
This next Strategic Plan represents the will of the community. All parents, staff members, community members and middle school students were invited in the fall and winter of 2022 to provide feedback on their desired direction for the district through online or telephonic surveys. In total, more than 2,400 stakeholders took the opportunity to share meaningful input on the current state of the district and priorities for the future. CCSD93’s Senior Leadership Team, School Board President Scott Stone and Vice President Clay Elmore then utilized these responses with guidance from school strategic planning experts Hazard, Young, Attea, Associates (HYA) to develop the 2023-28 Strategic Plan in alignment with CCSD93’s Portrait of a Graduate. It was previewed to the District Leadership Team, which staff, parents and administrators from each school are asked to participate in, in December and then approved by the Board of Education on January 12, 2023.
It provides every member of CCSD93, including the Board of Education, the direction needed over an extended period of time to organize expertise, systems and resources to achieve the district’s mission and realize its vision for students. It defines what the district believes (core values), what is important for the district to achieve (strategic priorities) and the way to achieve them (objectives). It also includes the basic measures (key performance indicators) used to assess progress over time. The plan will help ensure efficient and effective use of the valuable resources the community provides our district.
If you’re familiar with our current 2018-23 Strategic Plan, you’ll notice that this iteration is far more streamlined. This was done intentionally to engender an even greater focus on its elements, all of which are geared toward creating the very best outcomes for our students. It was also purposefully designed to be understandable by all within the community, and we have avoided using jargon that only educators would be familiar with when possible. Please review it here!
Mission Statement
A mission statement describes the essential purpose of an organization. We reviewed and analyzed the current mission statement and found that it still encompasses just what the community wants for our students.
CCSD93's mission remains: Maximize the academic, social & emotional potential of each student.
Tagline
A tagline is a brief, memorable, repeatable phrase that succinctly and clearly communicates what an organization does that makes it unique. Our most current strategic plan does not have a tagline, but I’m proud to share
CCSD93's new tagline is: Maximize the potential.
Vision Statement
A vision statement describes what an organization wishes to accomplish. As you know, prior to developing the 2023-28 Strategic Plan, CCSD93’s strategic planning partners at HYA hosted interviews, focus groups and community forums with more than 100 community members, parents, students, staff and administrators. Throughout this process, participants provided in-depth insights into the values, knowledge, skills and work habits that CCSD93 8th graders must have by graduation, and then CCSD93 senior leaders worked to organize this feedback into a Portrait of a CCSD93 Graduate.
The following Portrait of a CCSD93 Graduate image serves as CCSD93’s vision statement. It articulates the qualities CCSD93’s community wishes for it to instill in students by 8th grade in the voice of the student.
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