COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN SURVEY

Mapping Our Future

ENCUESTA DEL PLAN ESTRATÉGICO COMUNITARIO

Spanish Translation | Traducción Española

Washington County Public Schools is creating a strategic plan for the school district that will be our road map for decision-making in the years ahead.

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WCPS would like to thank everyone who participated in the community meeting on April 18th. Your candid conversations and honest perspectives were helpful in this planning process.

At the meeting, attendees provided feedback on six components for developing a district strategic plan. These provide an area of focus to frame the design of the strategic plan.

TEACHING & LEARNING –
What do we want every child to know and be able to do?
What do adults need to do to help them get there?

VALUES –
What do we collectively believe about students, families, and educators?
How do we want our values to show up in everything we do?

DECISION-MAKING –
Who gets to make what kinds of decisions?
Is it clear and transparent to all?

RESOURCE ALLOCATION –
How do we allocate our time, people, and funds in support of our vision and needs?

TALENT MANAGEMENT –
How do we support our people so they can do their best work?

CULTURE –
What does it feel like to learn, work, and engage in our schools?

If you were unable to join us last week, you may provide your insight into these entry points by responding to this quick 6-question survey by Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

CLICK HERE TO PROVIDE YOUR INSIGHT

There’s more work to be done…

It’s important that all voices are represented in the process to plan for the future of our schools. In addition to the community forum, to collect broad community feedback, WCPS has:

Conducted focus groups with students, staff, and community members, including visits to a range of elementary, middle, and high schools for the student focus groups.

Conducted one-on-one interviews with key curriculum and community stakeholders

Reviewed our district academic performance and operational data

Created a 50-member design team consisting of students, parents, staff, and community members

WCPS is currently reviewing the feedback gathered from these feedback opportunities, alongside our district performance data, and preparing for the strategic plan design process, which will take place during a series of work sessions throughout May and June.

All members of our learning community are invited to tune in or attend public Board of Education meetings on May 7 and June 4 to hear updates on the strategic plan design process.

The strategic plan will lay out a clear and compelling strategy for realizing our community vision for our school system. This strategic planning process provides WCPS, together with our partners, the opportunity to reflect and engage our students, staff, and community about the current state of our service to students while also charting where we want to be as a school system in the future.