The Process
We live in an ever-changing world that is full of possibilities.
It requires higher-level thinking, creativity, content mastery and innovation. In Rockwood, it's our privilege, challenge and responsibility to ensure all students graduate ready to thrive in this world.
How Will Rockwood Plan for The Future?
This year, we are beginning an important journey. Over the next few months, we are launching a new five-year strategic plan to set the future direction of our schools. The Way Forward represents our commitment to every child, every family and every employee of the Rockwood School District.
As we make our way, we will ask questions, listen, evaluate and take an even closer look at what we can do better. We will create a visionary roadmap that will include the aspirations, goals and priorities shared by our community.
How Long Will This Work on A Strategic Plan Take?
The Way Forward will take us well into the next five years. While this is a long-term process, we are well aware that we don't have all the answers today for how to design every solution we will need over the next few years.
Our Strategic direction will not change over time, but the tactics may change as we learn, monitor and grow. Innovations will emerge from schools over time in response to their own unique improvement needs.
We will use the power of design-thinking to inform our steps. Design-Thinking is a mindset and approach to learning, collaboration, and problem solving. In practice, the design process is a structured framework for identifying challenges, gathering information, generating potential solutions, refining ideas, and testing solutions.
Roadmap
Imagine
- Phase 1: Design and Planning
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- March 2018
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Design the process (Superintendent's Cabinet)
Timelines reviewed and approved (Superintendent's Cabinet)
- May 2018
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Board of Education presentation (Superintedent's Cabinet)
Budget planning (Superintedent's Cabinet)
- Phase 2: Environmental Research and Reporting
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- June 2018
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Plan to align work during Admin Conference and Board Retreat (Superintedent's Cabinet)
Analysis of comprehensive archival data (Superintedent's Cabinet)
- July 2018
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Utilize data to develop direction (Superintedent's Cabinet)
ThoughtExchange quetsions developed (Superintedent's Cabinet)
Administrative Council share (Communications)
- Phase 3: Conduct Research
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- September 2018
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Online engagement launched with Thought Exchange (Communications)
Focus Groups (Superintedent's Cabinet)
Superintendent Meetings (Superintedent's Cabinet)
Innovate
- Phase 4: Strategic Planning 2020-2025
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- October 2018
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Steering Committee develops themes from research (Committee)
Planning Committee champions recruited for each theme (Committee)
Kick-off Strategic Plan with 2020 Vision (Superintedent's Cabinet)
- January 2019
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Action Plans developed by champions (Committee)
- February 2019
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Measurements developed by champions (Committee)
- March 2019
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Roadmap developed by champions
- April 2019
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Combine champion drafts into strategic plan
- May 2019
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Feedback cycle (Superintedent's Cabinet)
Inspire
- Phase 5: Communicate
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- June 2019
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Approval by Board of Education (Superintedent's Cabinet)
- August 2019
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Communication Plan to launch work
How will we measure success?
We will evaluate our already successful school district to see how we can continually improve. This will extend beyond the measures of state testing to look at how our students are learning and growing—academically, physically, socially and emotionally. We will incorporate real-time formative, as well as long-term summative measures to define progress as we achieve our goals.