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Omaha Public Schools launched a five-year Strategic Plan of Action in January 2020. The plan outlined four strategic priorities:
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Academics: Omaha Public Schools students are prepared to meet post-secondary expectations. The portrait of a graduate outlines the expectations for all Omaha Public Schools graduates. To that end, the academic strategic priority focused our work on early literacy, program redesign and establishing a high-quality portfolio of school programs.
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Staff: Omaha Public Schools has highly qualified and effective staff in every division. Recruiting and maintaining a highly qualified, developed staff is the most essential component of a successful school district.
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Financial Accountability: Omaha Public Schools demonstrates financial accountability tied to student outcomes. School district budgets across the U.S. are challenged daily to be funded, and many districts are unable to fund their highest priorities. Omaha Public Schools understands the challenges of developing and adhering to an approved budget and recognizes the need to be accountable to the funding provided and supported by the community it serves.
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Ethic of Care: Omaha Public Schools demonstrates an ethic of care for students and staff. Fostering a caring, inclusive culture assures all feel value, support, and joy. Everyone benefits as a result of students, staff and the community being served with care.
Our district developed the strategic priorities by looking at trends, values and student-focused data. This process included insights on academic progress, program effectiveness, student involvement, and how students, families, teachers and staff felt about the school environment.
Throughout the plan’s implementation, staff publicly shared progress reports, which included Board approval in 2022 of updated goals within each priority. The updated goals ensured that the plan remained consistent and future-focused.
During the June 9 Board of Education Workshop, staff presented a final overview of our district’s progress toward the plan’s goals as it reaches completion. The full presentation is available here. Staff also shared the Strategic Plan of Action Evaluative Report, which summarizes the outcomes of each strategic plan goal.
Omaha Public Schools staff have begun planning for the development of our district’s next strategic plan, which will carry progress forward and prioritize continuous improvement.
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