Strategic Plan

The 2021- 2026 Center School District’s Strategic Plan

A strategic plan serves as a roadmap to achieve and accomplish goals of improving student outcomes while meeting the everchanging needs of students and community. The strategic plan outlines the actions needed to achieve goals, aims and objectives with a focus on planning and designing strategies for the next generation of learning.

The 2021-2026 Strategic Plan was approved by the Center School District Board of Education during the regularly scheduled July, 26, 2021 meeting.

The plan was created through a six-month process. Starting with a desire to plan for our future in an innovative and creative way, Center School District established a framework to gather input from internal and external stakeholders. From teachers to parents and students to community members, we’ve gathered ideas and dreams from a variety of people connected to our community.

The plan aligns with the vision and mission for the future of CSD schools.

Our Vision:

“Ensure each student thrives in a future -focused learning environment as they build their skills becoming responsible citizens.”

Our Mission:

“Each student and every staff member will demonstrate high achievement, character and collaboration in a diverse community.” 

Our Core Values:

· High Expectations for Student Success

· Safe and Respectful Schools

· Lifetime Community and Family Centric Relationships

· Highly Qualified, Diverse Staff

· Diversity in Our Schools and Community

The plan highlights 6 main goals that we believe help us achieve our goals:

· GOAL 1: The Center School District will develop a Pre-K-12 pathway of Real-World Learning opportunities that will result in 100% of our graduating seniors achieving at least one Market Value Asset by 2030.

· GOAL 2: Center School District will gain a better understanding of racial biases and the ways they affect schools leading to equitable practices in the areas of educational access, social-emotional support, hiring, and finance by 2026.

· GOAL 3: Center School District will provide high quality educational opportunities for students that foster academic growth at a minimum of 10% on various assessments for 80% of our students by 2026.

· GOAL 4: Center school District will decrease middle and high school discipline rates by 60% for all subgroups by 2026.

· GOAL 5: Center School District will maintain a retention rate of 86-89% to ensure we maintain a high-quality, diverse staff that matches the vision, mission, and values through 2026.

· GOAL 6: Center School District will maintain financial reserves through 2026.

To learn more about Center School District's 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, please click on the link: StrategicPlanFollowingBoardApproval.pdf

Building Improvement Plans

The Board of Education and administration have established annual district goals through the CSIP, Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and the BSIP, Building School Improvement Plan to align with this strategic plan.

The vision, strategies, and action plans in this document guide the overall Comprehensive School Improvement Plan process.

Building Plans:

Strategic Plan Details

Design Process for the New Strategic Plan - 2021-2026

With the current Strategic Plan ending, District leaders have been working with our partner, International Center for Leadership in Education or ICLE, to develop the upcoming CSD Strategic Plan that will guide our District’s efforts through June 2026.

Superintendent Dr. Yolanda Cargile believes it is paramount that every staff member in the District is engaged in the process. The CSD Five-Year Strategic Plan will guide our work, conversations, written documentation, planning and implementation. As we design the guiding roadmap for our District, the six-month process is crucial to the future of our students’ successes. Feedback from varied stakeholder groups including students, staff, parents, community members and educational leaders is a vital component of the work.

Our objective is to ensure every staff member knows about the plan and most importantly, realizes their role in meeting established goals and helping to move the District forward. As a District, we want to create an environment where everyone is talking about the CSD Strategic Plan, including staff, partners, parents, students and community members. If we can create synergy focused on student success, together we can achieve the goals we strive to meet.

Our Strategic Planning partners, ICLE, will be gathering perceptions from all stakeholders in a series of WE Surveys. The WE™ Surveys ask students, staff and community members to share their perceptions anonymously about the learning environment, quality of instruction and leadership in a school or district. Survey results are presented in a detailed report that can guide decisions about school improvement.

The We Surveys help school leaders:

· Learn how students, staff, and the community view the learning environment

· Gain insight into how they perceive the levels of rigor, relevance, and relationships

· Develop direction for increasing student achievement

· Collect data to inform school improvement plans

· Each survey has 60 items, which are rated on a Likert scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree

· The surveys take about 15 minutes to complete

· Data collection is completely anonymous

Stakeholder Surveys

Center School District Parents/Guardians and Community members input was gathered to aid in designing our new Strategic Plan.

The insight provided was valuable in the ongoing efforts to improve student achievement.

Our Strategic Planning partners, ICLE, gathered perceptions from all stakeholders in a series of WE Surveys. The WE™ Surveys asked students, staff and community members to share their perceptions anonymously about the learning environment, quality of instruction and leadership in a school or district. Survey results are presented in a detailed report that can guide decisions about school improvement.

The We Support Surveys helped school leaders:

Learn how students, staff, and the community view the learning environment
Gain insight into how they perceive the levels of rigor, relevance, and relationships
Develop direction for increasing student achievement
Collect data to inform school improvement plans
Each survey has 60 items, which are rated on a Likert scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree
The surveys take about 15 minutes to complete
Data collection is completely anonymous, so please answer all questions honestly
Please try to provide your perceptions and expectations of the school or district overall.