• Review the Strategic Planning

Team process

• Feedback on the draft priority

areas and projects in the next

Strategic Framework

March Board Update

October Board members kick

off the process by

discussion of vision

and core values.

February The Board confirms,

vision, values, goals

and metrics and

works with SLT to

agree upon priority

areas of the next

Strategic

Framework.

June The Board

reviews draft of

our Strategic

Framework

prepared by the

planning group.

August We’ll present a

final version of our

Strategic

Framework to the

Board of

Education

Check-ins with the

Board of Education

March thru May The Strategic

Framework Planning

Group meets to work

on the details of the

next Strategic

Framework.

March

12th May

21st

April

16th

School/Community Planning Team

School/Community Planning Team

The planning team is a group of about 80 students, parents,

school staff and Central Office staff.

The purpose of the team is to solidify the strategy for reaching

the previously approved school board vision and goals for the

2018-19 school year.

Timeline: Full Group (Mar 21) Small Group (April meetings) Full Group (May 9, ½ day)

Full Group

Goal: Obtain feedback on the draft Theory

of Action including priority areas; vet the

work of the small working groups for

coherence (May)

• 60-80 diverse individuals from school

and community

School/Community Planning Team

Small Working Groups, as needed

Goal: Create a set of detailed strategies and

priority actions aligned to the priority areas

• 5 to 15 members from the Full Group,

organized around emerging strategies.

Listening & Learning Themes

52

meetings

50+

hours

130,000+ words coded

1100+

voices

#1 We Empower School Communities

We empower principals and school

teams with the resources, flexibility and

integrated support necessary to craft a

school instructional design and school

improvement plan that forms an

individual school identity, helps classroom

teachers respond to students’ strengths

and needs, and achieve ambitious

learning goals for all

#2 We Invest in People

We commit to re-culturing the district

through anti-racist, culturally

responsive teaching and support to

every educator through powerful and

aligned hiring, placement, induction,

professional growth, promotion and

evaluation practices

#3 We Streamline Priorities

We prioritize areas where there are existing

barriers or gaps in access, services and tools/resources that stand in the way of students

meeting ambitious learning goals

Using a set of criteria, we determine where, how,

and to what extent the district brings practices

to scale based on outcomes

We consider re-casting roles to ensure follow

through for African American youth

#4 We Plan for the Future

We think, plan and innovate long-

term with an eye toward addressing

critical gaps in opportunity in

collaboration with the larger

Madison community

● Full Day 4K / Early Learning Centers

● New School Models

● Building Excellence- Long Range

Facilities Plan

● Long term Enrollment Strategies

#5 We Take Calculated Risks

We learn together, at every level,

through accelerated cycles of problem

solving, inquiry, and innovation with an

eye toward accelerating outcomes for

youth of color - Tighter performance management practices

- Stronger capacity for innovation, evaluation,

risk-taking, creativity, and problem solving

- Better use of community voice, influence, and

decision-making

#3 Criteria for Priority Areas

VISION ALIGNMENT

EVIDENCE BASED CENTRAL OFFICE ROLE IMPACT

Aligns with the Board’s approved vision, core values, and goals.

Aligns to evidence that there is a district level need to be solved. Evidence to be: ● District or school level

data. ● Stakeholders

(families, staff and students) express a need for problem solving.

The following criteria are met by the priority area: ● Leverages specific expertise

within Central Office. ● Problem/solution cuts across

multiple departments and schools.

● Inefficient or unproductive for schools to solve on their own.

Research suggests that this priority area leverages the greatest amount of district level or school wide change.

#3 Criteria for Priority Projects

VISION

ALIGNMENT EVIDENCE BASED CENTRAL OFFICE ROLE IMPACT CAPACITY

Project builds on and/or leverages efforts already being done within the district.

Project’s problem/solution have research based evidence, OR is an innovative approach in line with the district’s innovation vision.

The following criteria are met by the priority project: ● Leverages specific expertise

within Central Office. ● Problem/solution cuts across

multiple departments and schools.

● Inefficient or unproductive for schools to implement on their own.

The number of schools OR number of focus groups being impacted.

Central Office and schools have the capacity and resources to take on the work. ● Central Office has

ability to implement well.

● There is a level of readiness in the schools and in Central Office.

● Project is financially sustainable at full implementation (grant funding, repurposing, new revenue source, etc.)

#3 We Streamline Priorities

Priority 1: A well-rounded student experience that challenges and

supports

● Early childhood/ Full Day 4K

● Primary literacy instruction

● Academic literacy and secondary reading intervention

● Historically accurate, multicultural curriculum and instructional

materials

● Advanced learning and advanced coursework

#3 We Streamline Priorities

Priority 2. Positive, trusting relationships between students,

families and staff

● Youth voice and leadership

● Teacher leadership and principal pipeline

● Family partnership and advocacy

● Community schools

● Integrated behavioral health

#3 We Streamline Priorities

Priority 3. Multiple viable options to Post-Secondary

● 8th to 9th grade transition

● Middle School Redesign

● High School Pathways and programs

● Opportunity Youth

● AVID programming

Board Discussion

• Are the three priority

areas and projects in line

with the criteria?

• Is there a priority area or

project that is missing

that would be needed to

reach our goals?

Appendices

Self-Knowledge

Wellness

Interpersonal Skills

Growth

Mindset

Community

Connection

Cultural

Competence

Confidence

Creativity

Core Values

● Belonging

● Excellence

● Racial and Social Justice

● Voice

● Focus

● Creativity

Goals

1. Every child is on track to graduate

ready for college, career and

community.

2. The district and every school in it is

a place where children, staff and

families thrive.

3. African American children and youth

excel in school.