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The District is finalizing the “Discover” phase of the strategic planning process with its final Community Engagement Roundtable on September 14 as well as the launching of the Strategic Coordination Team (SCT) and Inquiry Teams.
Strategic Coordination Team
The Strategic Coordination Team is the oversight team that meets at least monthly to guide and facilitate the work and to learn together. The team provides coherence across Inquiry Teams and disseminates updates to internal and external stakeholders. The team leads the revisions to the essential organizational drivers such as the mission, vision, values, beliefs and learner competencies. Most importantly, this team is responsible for finalizing the strategic plan and bringing it to the Board of Education for adoption.
The team is led by external facilitator, Denise Snowden, from Coach to Lead. Team members consist of the superintendent, treasurer, District and building administrators, two Board members, and community leaders from each of the three Inquiry Teams. This team will provide our school community a monthly update of the inquiry teams’ progress as we begin to work through the “Design” stage this fall.
Inquiry Teams
The “Design” stage of the process is where we put the three Inquiry Teams in action. In order for the teams to remain small enough to be functional, we were limited to 16 spots for each team; two Chagrin administrators and one school community member will lead each team. Additionally each team consists of five to six parents/guardians/community members, three students, three to four staff members and one Board member. Interested candidates submitted an application which was reviewed by members of the Strategic Coordination Team. We had 63 applications from parents alone! We were encouraged to see such significant interest and grateful that so many individuals were willing to share their expertise.
The three Inquiry Teams (aligned to each strategic priority area - High-Quality Learning, Student and Staff Well-Being, and Strategic Resourcing) will meet at least monthly and are tasked with spearheading the work to produce well-supported strategy recommendations in the form of a briefing paper to the Strategic Coordination Team. The initial work of these teams is informed by the community questionnaire responses, community roundtables, and other existing relevant qualitative and quantitative data. Members of the Inquiry Teams will engage stakeholders (focus groups) and extend their understanding of research, best practices, and future fluencies that inform their strategic priority area. Denise Snowden will also be the external facilitator responsible for supporting the work of these teams.
Should you have any questions or want to learn more about our strategic planning process and timeline, please go to our website.
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