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Strategic Planning

What is Strategic Planning?

Strategic planning is a process that produces a plan characterized by originality, vision, and realism. The outcome of the process is a plan that identifies specific desired results to which all efforts are directed toward the good of all students.

How does Strategic Planning Work?

Strategic Planning involves establishing and declaring our true aspirations for the future of our district. It begins by asking these questions:

What kind of a school district does Gooding School District want to be?
What does Gooding School District aspire to do as a school district?
What learning enterprise will Gooding School District include to best meet the needs of our students?

The process involves establishing our beliefs, our mission, goals and strategies. Once these have been established, they become the filter by which decisions are made in an effort to avoid being driven by fads or other districts’ choices. The strategies are then developed into action plans with detailed operational steps of action for implementation of the plan toward accomplishing the mission.

Beliefs/Values
Beliefs are the formal expression of fundamental values, ethical codes, and overriding convictions.

Mission
The mission is the keystone upon which the plan is built. It is a statement that is specific in purpose, reflects the identity of the district, states the highest aspirations and the means by which it will be achieved. Or in more simple terms – the reasons for being or our purpose.

Vision
A picture of our organization’s desired future.

Goals
The goals are what the district must achieve to accomplish the mission and be true to its beliefs. Goal statements are commitments to results in student achievement that are measurable, demonstrable and observable.

Strategies
Strategies are bold resolutions to achieve the goals and ultimately the mission. Strategies guide how we will deploy major resources to accomplish the goals.

Key Performance Indicators and Measures
The vital signs used to track and monitor our progress towards our goals and performance.
 

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