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Strategic Plan for Excellence Adopted: February 20, 2007

Vision

Te Cave Creek Uni ed School District community will providediverse learning experiences to challenge and inspire all students tobecome thinking, responsible, contributing leaders with the passionand energy to shape our changing world.

Mission

Inspire Excellence

Guiding Principle

Students First.People Always

Belie s

Cave Creek Uni ed School District Believes:

Every student will have the opportunity to learn in a sa e nurturing environment.

All students can learn but may learn in di erent ways and at di erentrates.

All students can learn and inspired teaching makes the di erence. Dedicated sta members make a signi cant contribution to student

learning. Our schools must continuously improve. All students will bene t rom a school district that engages the sta ,

parents and community. Our school district must prepare students to become responsible

citizens and contributing members o our community. Our schools must be the cornerstone o our community. Our schools must be good neighbors, respecting the values, rights,

and property o all who live within our school community. o best serve our students, our sta will model li e-long learning

through pro essional development.

I belie e our community is made stronger by working through partnerships and outreach. Te Ca e CreekUni ed School District outreach to the community, asthey ormulated the strategic plan, only helps to ensure the highest quality o education or our children. It isimportant or all le els o government to partner -- fom

ederal, state to local. By partnering we work together toensure top quality schools.

Peggy Neely Vice Mayor, City o Phoenix

As a businessman, parent and communit I belie e it is critical or CCUSD to look need to be success ul in the uture. Te Str Excellence is a great ehicle through whicneeds.

Brian KunkelPresident, Care ree Kiwanis

CCUSD District O fcePhysical Address:33606 North 60th StreetScottsdale, AZ 85262

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 426Cave Creek, AZ 85327

Phone: 480.575Fax: 480.488.70 www.ccusd93.o

Susan Clancy, MemberLisa Doche, MemberCasey Perkins, MemberGladys Styles Johnston, Me

Governing Board Members Javier Ledesma, PresidentStephanie Reese, ClerkPetra Cervino, MemberMarv Christensen, Member

Dr. acy C. Ashby, Superintendent

Cave Creek Unifed School District No. 93


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Strategic Plan or Excellence Emerging Themes: De ciencies, Challenges and Opportunities or

Input From Our Communities

Facilities

Older buildings need maintenance,beauti cation

Need or new acilities, i.e. swimming pool,auditorium, tennis courts, district o ce

Layout o schools and proximity to eachother

Need to bridge schools with community,i.e. sharing acilities

Sa ety

ra c and sa ety issues, i.e. parking,bicycles, bus routes

Budget and Finances

Lack o unding Prioritize budget, maintain reserves Pursue creative sources, i.e. grants, bus

advertisements, corporate unding opportunities

Business partnerships Attract students to district

Equipment

Inequality between schools, i.e. technology,equipment and materials

Instructional technology or homework Webmasters to support teachers

Facilities and Resources Excellence

Our Action Areas

1. Long Range Facilities Plan (Committee)

New high school Future bond planning Maximum enrollment standards and uture school needs Community partnerships on other construction projects Adequacy o current acilities and grounds

2. Equipment Plan (Sta )

Equipment needs assessment by department and school(by grade level)

Prioritizing purchases or the next ve years

3. Technology Plan (Sta )

An educational environment that integrates technology into aspects o teaching and learning

echnology resources and training or all sta Web services to parents or on-line access to grades and oth Digital document storage to ensure standards compliance w various requirements

A data warehouse or assessment and evaluation

Our DistrictGoals

Environment

A sa eenvironment in which learning isnever compromised.

Budget Process An ongoing budget

process thatconsidersshareholders inputand is based onstudent needs and priorities.

Financial Plan

A nancial planthat re ects thedistricts strategic plan.

Technology

A state-o -the-arttechnology systemthat capturesstudent interestsand enhanceslearning.

Initiative#1

o ensure acilities and resources that o er the same level o excellence or all studen within a ramework o nancial stewardship. Tis will include a Long Range Facilitie

and a echnology and Equipment Plan.

Strategic Plan for Excelle Listening and Responding to Y


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Student and School Excellence


Instruction

Vertical and horizontal alignment Individualized learning Assessment o all curricular areas Expand success ul programs oo much emphasis on testing Lack o ocus on basic skills

Program O erings

Provide more program options Perceptions o di erences at schools Band and chorus improvements Music and art at the elementary school Foreign language Gifed programs in younger grades

Alternative career and technical education Con icts/clarity in co-curricular and

extra-curricular programs Pay-to-play (sports, orensics)

Students

E ective discipline, character education Individual health issues Prevention education and intervention

options ransition/bridging to middle school Failure to meet students at both ends o the

spectrum Focus on the whole child Community service hours

o ensure that each student has an equal opportunity to achieve his/her personal bestin a high per orming, highly personalized school. Tis will occur through 12-K PrograAlignment and a Student, Sta and Community Support Plan.

Our Action Areas

4. Horizontal and Vertical Alignment (Sta ) Curriculum alignment top down (Grade 12 to Kindergarten) match

student needs to instructional materials and resources. A cultural understanding in the value o horizontal and vertical al Sta equipped with the tools, skills, and resources needed to raise

achievement

5. Textbook Adoption Cycle (Sta ) An adoption process that aligns to standards, meets student needs

relevant materials, and matches resources to cycles Sta equipped with the skills to e ectively use adopted materials

resources Success ul utilization o those materials and resources6. Foreign Language (Committee) Model oreign language programs and curriculum or all student Highly quali ed oreign language sta Additional resources or oreign language opportunities at all sch

7. Community Education Plan (Committee) Identity/visibility o Desert Foothills Community Education A 5-year Community Education Business Plan Te Community Education Department rede ned

8. Comprehensive Counseling Plan (Committee) K-12 counseling standards and program alignment Success ul student transition rom Pre-K to K; 5th to MS; 8th to Career and advanced education planning Support to students dealing with personal and social issues Te pro essional development o counseling sta 9. Fine Arts (Committee) A variety o arts o erings to reach all students interests Consistency and accountability in arts programs at all grade levels Community partnerships both within the education community and

community at-large

10. Work orce Development (Committee) A marketing in ormation management system to evaluate and givto C E (Career and echnical Education) programs

Programs that meet community/student needs by providing adequatraining and acilities

Strategic partnerships with the business community and local trad

Our DistrictGoals

Curriculum

A curriculum,instructional program andassessment processthat exceeds statestandards andinspires excellence.

Co- and Extra-CurricularOpportunities

Co-curricular andextra-curricularopportunities thatinspire excellencesuch as athletics,

ne arts and per orming arts,and vocation/career preparationand other activities.

Initiative#2



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Employee Excellence


Employee Attraction

Incentives, signing bonus Lack o applicants in certain areas Include non-monetary bene ts Learn rom past/best practices Promote CCUSD with colleges

Employee Retention

Avoid burnout Continuity o administrators Lack o opportunities to advance Evaluation system More celebrations/recognition

Pro essional Development

Need or quality pro essional growth

Pro essional development that does not takeaway rom classroom time. eamwork

o ensure that outstanding employees are attracted to the district and retainedthrough a number o incentives, including opportunities or leadership and learning.

Tis initiative will address both attracting and retaining all employee groups.

Our DistrictGoals

Retain the Best

A learning community thatattracts and retainsthe best.

Customer Service

Outstanding customer service inall aspects o operations.

Leadership

A district thatbuilds and createsopportunities or

principled, visionary anddisciplinedleadership at alllevels.

Pro essionalDevelopment

A pro essionalgrowth processthat inspiresexcellence.

Our Action Areas

11. Employee Attraction (Sta )

A targeted marketing strategy An on-line, paperless hiring process Expanded hiring incentives Partnerships with local colleges and universities

12. Employee Retention (Sta )

Understanding employees and their needs Enhanced pro essional working conditions Employee recognition opportunities and other incentives Individual pro essional growth and development

13. Comprehensive Sta Development Plan (Sta ) [Part of Initiative #2; Coordinates with Employee Excellence]

Te development o pro essional learning communities A cultural understanding in the value o pro essional deve

Sta equipped with the tools, skills, and resources needed tstudent achievement raining aligned to district and school site goals

Initiative#3


Debby HortonElementary eacher

Strategic Planning is the critical link o continuity we need as a District to help prepare our students to compete in the global economy.


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Communications and Community Engagement Excellence


Community Collaboration

Cultivate advocates or schools Build trust, grassroots support eam with community leaders or positive

public engagement Guest speakers, pro essional artists Intergovernmental relations

Public Education and Awareness

Knowledge o mission and goals Needs and issues Rumors vs. acts Funding, tax credits and elections Curriculum, instruction and co-curricular

activities

Means o Communication

Website, school newsletters eacher talks, orums, phone trees Board that welcomes input

Parent Involvement

Frequent progress reports eacher - parent partnerships

o ensure on-going, quality, two-way communication and to actively engage the commin continuous improvement e orts. Tis piece will address communications as well ashow to engage the entire Cave Creek community.

Our Action Areas

14. Communications (Sta ) Increased communication and involvement to parents and th

community imely and accurate in ormation to the public imely and relevant communication to employees Cultivating district spirit, promoting achievements and good

15. Community Engagement (Committee) An inclusive, on-going process o community input and inv

that reaches out to non-parents, service organizations, busin Bringing the community into schools (volunteers) and vice

(student community service) Formal community partnerships o mutual bene t Quality customer service

Our DistrictGoals

Communication

A comprehensivecommunication plan and processthat provides ordialogue among all districtshareholders.

Engagement

A district that is proactive inengaging communitypartnerships.

Initiative#4


Meribeth ReevesSchool Parent

I appreciate Superintendent Ashbysleadership. Strategic planning is imperati e to the long-term successo any organization and provides a guidepost or both present and uture decisions.


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Executive Summary A Roadmap for the Future

Initiative Facilities and ResourcesExcellenceo ensure acilities and resources that o er the

same level o excellence or all students within a ramework o nancial stewardship. Tis will include

a Long Range Facilities Plan and a echnology andEquipment Plan.

Student & School Excellenceo ensure that each student has an equal opportu-

nity to achieve his/her personal best in a high per-orming, highly personalized school. Tis will occur

through 12-K Program Alignment and a Student,Sta and Community Support Plan.

Employee Excellenceo ensure that outstanding employees are attracted

to the district and retained through a number o in-centives, including opportunities or leadership andlearning. Tis initiative will address both attracting and retaining all employee groups.

Communications & Community Engagement Excellenceo ensure on-going, quality, two-way communica-

tion and to actively engage the community in con-tinuous improvement e orts. Tis piece will addresscommunications as well as how to engage the entire

Cave Creek community.

Te Cave Creek Uni ed School District has embarked on a new Strategic Plan or Excellence, its rst since1999. Beginning in March 2006, a series o Focus on Education Forums were held to enable various stake-holders to share their ideas and thoughts on how to assist CCUSD in planning or a success ul uture. From

these orums came our major emerging themes and trends that have set the stage or the planning process.On October 10, 2006, the Cave Creek Uni ed School District Governing Board approved the strategicramework to develop the plan. Since then, several committees have been working on action plans or theour key initiative areas and twelve goals established by the Governing Board. Te end result is a Strategic

Plan or Excellence that will guide decisions or resources, budgets and administrative priorities or the nextve years that will put Students First...People Always!

Committee/Sta Work

Long Range Facilities Plan Subcomm High School Future Bond Planning

CCUSD Maximum EnrollmentStandards & Future School Needs Community Partnerships/Other

Construction Projects Adequacy o Current Facilities & Grou

echnology Plan (Committee) Equipment Plan (sta )

12-K Program Alignment Work orce Development (Committee) Foreign Language (Committee) Fine Arts (Committee) extbook Adoption Cycle (Sta ) Horizontal and Vertical Alignment (St New or 2008: Schools o Opportuni

(Committee)

Student and Community Support 12-K Comprehensive Counseling Plan

(Committee) Community Education Plan (Sta )

Employee Attraction (Sta ) Employee Retention (Sta ) Comprehensive Sta Development Pl

(Sta )

Communications (Sta ) Community Engagement (Committee)

Our District Goals

Goal 1: A sa e environment in which learning isnever compromised.

Goal 6: A state o the art technology system that

captures student interests and enhances learning. Goal 10: An ongoing budget process thatconsiders shareholders input and is based onstudent needs and priorities.

Goal 11: A nancial plan that refects thedistricts strategic plan.

Goal 2: A curriculum, instructional program andassessment process that exceeds state standardsand inspires excellence.

Goal 5: Co-curricular and extra-curricularopportunities that inspire excellence such asathletics, ne and per orming arts, and vocation/career preparation and other activities.

Goal 12: A district that is proactive in engaging community partnerships.

Goal 5: We support co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities that inspire excellencesuch as athletics, ne and per orming arts, and vocation/career preparation and other activities.


Goal 3: A district that builds and createsopportunities or principled, visionary anddisciplined leadership at all levels.

Goal 4: A pro essional growth process thatinspires excellence.

Goal 8: A learning community that attracts andretains the best.

Goal 9: Outstanding customer service in allaspects o operations.

Goal 7: A comprehensive communication planand process that provides or dialogue among alldistrict shareholders.

Goal 9: Outstanding customer service in allaspects o operations.


Strategic Plan or Excellence Cave Creek Unifed School District No. 93

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