Culture

Culture defines how we do business. Rate the following:

Instruction

Systems

Effective measurement and evaluation are key to understanding the impact of strategic initiatives.

Culture

1. The Strategic Plan’s goals and initiatives were regularly discussed with principals and other school leaders
2. The SP’s goals and initiatives were explicitly tied to annual school improvement plans
3. Schools had their own goals and measures for some Strategic Plan initiatives
4. The Strategic Plan improved our use of data
5. The SP improved our cross-functional work
6. The SP led to a stronger connection between Cabinet leaders and the Board
7. The SP priorities guided our budget priorities
8. The SP focused our school improvement efforts
9. The Strategic Planning process improved other planning processes

Instruction

Review of the impact of the implemented strategies. During this step, the team should consider the following questions:

People

1. We changed our district organizational chart to better respond to the strategic initiatives and goals
2. We changed our collaborative structures and processes such as cabinet, teams, and leadership meetings to better respond to the strategic initiatives and goals
3. The strategic plan initiatives improved our HR work 
4. The SP work has improved the skill, will, or focus of our educator workforce
5. Our ability to meet the goals and targets has been hindered by hiring challenges