Just short of seven years ago, on April 13, 2009, the Colstrip Board of Trustees formally adopted its new Strategic Plan. Colstrip Public Schools’ Board and Staff Leadership Team embraced the method of strategic planning as a continual and ongoing process to set the direction of the District for years to come. This is not a "strategic planning project" that is completed. Adoption of a strategic plan is an affirmation of the general intent and direction articulated by the Core Ideology, Envisioned Future and Goals and Strategic Objectives. It is understood that progress toward achieving strategic objectives will be assessed annually, and the plan will be updated based on achievement and changes in the needs of the children served by the Colstrip School District.
Strategic Planning allows Colstrip Public School District to create a direction for
the school district that strategically focuses its resources on identified wants,
preferences, and needs of its community. As part of this process, Colstrip
Public Schools has begun a strategic planning and thinking process which will
lead to a stronger and more vital school district. This process has been ongoing as Colstrip
Public Schools moves into the future.
This strategic plan is intended to help Colstrip Public Schools in
focusing its resources in a manner which will best benefit the children
enrolled in Colstrip Public Schools.
The Colstrip
Board of Trustees and Staff Leadership Team began the strategic planning and
thinking process necessary to amend its current educational goals to better fit
with its commitments to children, to community engagement, and to
knowledge-based decision making processes. The Board and Staff, through this
process, to date have discussed at length how it could best meet the present
and future needs of the students of the Colstrip Public Schools. Point of fact, the School Board monitors Strategic Planning processes at every monthly meeting to assure the direction set are being met or are meeting the needs of our students
One of the first items the board and community determined in the strategic planning process was the Core Ideology of the District. The Core Ideology describes a school
district's consistent identity that transcends all changes related to its
relevant environment. The Core Ideology consists of the following two
elements:
1) Core Purpose - the school district's
reason for being (see slide above).
2) Core Values - essential and enduring
principles that guide a school district (see slide below).
The Core Ideology and Purpose provide a foundation for purpose-driven governance. The framework used
by the Colstrip School District for its strategic planning process was adapted
from a model developed by Jim Collins, author of “Built to Last” and “Good to
Great.” The Board focuses on five different planning horizons, starting with
the long term issues first to provide focus to shorter term efforts.
Follow up posts to this blog will further explore the strategic planning process and the District's Envisioned Future and the process associated in developing the District's Big Audacious Goal and Vivid Descriptions.
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