Strategic Plan - Well Being

One of the three focus areas for St. Vrain Valley School District Strategic Plan is Well Being. Well Being is separated into three components with each component having a separate objective, evidence of success, and strategy.

Organization


Objective
To upgrade organizational performance in the areas of leadership and organizational responsiveness.

Evidence of Success

  1. Support systems and central services effectiveness measures are in place.
  2. The District’s fiscal plan is viable.
  3. Collaborative processes are used effectively.
  4. Stakeholders’ contributions are considered in the decision-making process.
  5. Open lines of communication throughout the organization are increased both vertically and horizontally.

Strategy

  1. Superintendent’s Task Force
    1. Invite a group of staff to investigate and recommend a systemic framework for organizational excellence which includes: leadership, trust in the governance, process management, faculty & staff focus, stakeholder and market focus, collaborative decision-making, analysis of organizational performance and future strategic planning.
    2. Examine and recommend collaborative decision-making processes for the District in the areas of administrative management, school-based empowerment and accountability.
  2. Create a Budget Development Plan.
  3. Maintain a balanced budget that supports District programs and initiatives. The budget should be designed to keep it as resilient as possible to keep programs and initiatives stable while revenues fluctuate.

Additional information on the above listed strategies can be found in the published Strategic Plan.

Working Environment


Objective
To ensure that staff contribute to a safe and productive work environment that embraces diversity.

Evidence of Success

  1. Employees are satisfied with their jobs, based on Needs Assessment (Central Administration/Department Site).
  2. The District’s hiring practices reflect diversity.
  3. Retention rates increase because wages and benefits are comprehensive and competitive.
  4. Departments and schools demonstrate continuous improvement through structured learning in safety seminars, in-service, Professional Development, Collaborative Training, etc.
  5. The numbers of incidents resulting in injuries is reduced.
  6. The District receives national recognition for continuous improvement.

Strategy

  1. Survey all staff to establish a baseline of the current level of employee job satisfaction.
    1. Through committee involvement develop surveys to determine employee satisfaction for all employee groups.
    2. Established committee evaluates the results of the study and makes recommendations to the Superintendent.
    3. A follow-up survey conducted and reevaluated.
    4. Surveys are conducted periodically to assess employee job satisfaction.
    5. Modification/Recommendations are based on subsequent surveys.
  2. Continue salary and benefit studies to ensure all positions are comprehensive and competitive.
    1. Adjust salaries as is prudent and as funds are available.
  3. The District’s hiring practices continue to include hiring quality individuals to fulfill all of the diversified positions within the District.
  4. District provides safety training to all staff as funds are available.
    1. Monitor and evaluate training impact using established benchmarks for injuries.
  5. Staff are encouraged and rewarded for continuous learning and professional development.
  6. District adopts/employs outside agencies performance standards such as ISO 9000, Baldrige, Six Sigma.
    1. District trains staff and develops processes and procedures that enhance and support continuous improvement.
    2. District and staff receive local, state, and national recognition for continuous improvement.

Additional information on the above listed strategies can be found in the published Strategic Plan.

Learning Environment


Objective
To ensure that students contribute to and thrive in safe, civil, and productive learning environments that embrace diversity.

Evidence of Success

  1. Students’ perceptions of their safety in school increases.
  2. Fewer students are suspended or expelled.
  3. The School Safety Plan reflects physical, emotional and intellectual safety and well being for all students.
  4. Students maintain a 95% attendance rate across the District.
  5. All subgroups of students maintain or achieve a dropout rate of 2% or less.
  6. All subgroups of students meet or exceed a graduation rate of 90%.

Strategy

  1. Improve student perceptions and feelings of safety.
    1. Conduct District survey to inventory programs and efforts currently being used to assist with student well being and the results of those efforts. Share data with schools to assist with plans for future direction.
    2. Utilize information gathered from the Youth Risk Behavior Study (YRBS) to assist with District direction to address student issues. YRBS conducted every two years.
    3. Maintain and expand interventionists, campus monitors and School Resource Officer time assigned to schools.
  2. Reduce number of suspensions and expulsions.
    1. Disaggregate suspension and expulsion data over the past 5 years to ascertain trends and District areas of most concern. Provide building principals and District administrators with data.
    2. Consider a District-wide task force to study data, develop recommendations to assist with alternatives to suspensions, provide positive behavior supports and customize strategies for the various groups to reduce number of suspensions.
    3. Implement and adapt plan to address continued and emerging needs.
  3. School Safety Plan.
    1. District and school Safety/Security Committees review and monitor policy regulations as set forth in Board Policy ADD.
  4. Increase student attendance and graduation rates and decrease dropout rates.
    1. Disaggregate data on attendance, dropout and graduation rates to ascertain trends, areas of concern: provide to building. Principals and District administration to develop plan/strategies for the various at-risk groups.
    2. Consider a District-wide task force to develop recommendations customized to the various at-risk groups to improve the graduation rate and decrease the dropout rate.
    3. Create better linkages between the District and minority parent/community members.
    4. Generate additional ways to connect with disenfranchised students and get to know them as individuals.
    5. Conduct a survey of dropouts and past graduates to identify what contributed to their successful or unsuccessful school experience. Utilize that information for future direction.
    6. Support differentiation of instruction in our standards-based classrooms.
    7. Increase the instructional use of technology to meet the diverse needs of students.

Additional information on the above listed strategies can be found in the published Strategic Plan.

 

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