Dr. Jan Vesely's presentation from the January 10th, district strategic planning session.

1. Their future is our today!
SUSD Strategic Plan 2015-2020
Jan Vesely, Ed.D.
Deputy Superintendent

2. HAPPY NEW YEAR
New Year is not about changing the Dates
but Direction;
It's not about changing the Calendar but
Commitment;
It's not about changing the Actions but
Attitude;
It's not about changing the Frame, but
Faith, Force and Focus!
May you Commit and Create an SUSD
strategic plan to lead us into 2020!

3. Outcomes from today’s session
• Components of the strategic plan process
along with timeline for development.
• Indicators of career and college readiness;
overview of CCR components within SUSD
• Skills needed for tomorrow’s world
• Review of SUSD data to identify needs
• Identify SUSD priorities for strategic plan

4. Our parents experience Satisfaction due
to the progress of their children in
SUSD.
• We expect every that every student will succeed
but recognize active engagement of the parent
optimizes student outcomes.
• Parents work cooperatively with school
personnel to establish goals and priorities.
• Parents and the community feel welcomed and
valued as partners in the educational process.
Our families are our partners and the community
is the cornerstone of our district.
Their future is our today.

5. At your table…
Describe the greatest challenges facing our
district to prepare our students
SUSDStrategic Plan 2015-2018
Their future is our today!

6. Gavin’s Video

7. • Understand changes in the external
environment.
• Assess internal strengths and weaknesses of
the district.
• Develop a vision, mission and plan for the
desired future of the district.
• Develop feedback loops to ensure plan is
being implemented with fidelity.
Creating the strategic plan
Their future is our today.

8. • The school community identifies core
beliefs that leads them to develop the
mission statement for the school district.
• Once the mission has been developed,
the pursuit of purpose generates the
vision for the district or, where it wants to
be in the foreseeable future.
• Strategies are developed with individual
goals complete with step-by-step action
plans, for completing the strategy.
Strategic Planning Process

9. Core Beliefs:
• Start with students, as they are the reason we are here.
• High quality teaching & learning are the keys to student success
• Our families are our partners and the community is the cornerstone of
our district.
• A high-performing District includes effective leadership, accountability,
effective organizational systems and an engaged community
Their future is our today.

10. • Our graduates experience Success and are academically
prepared to take advantage of choice in a changing
society.
• We welcome the diversity and unique learning needs of
our students and will not allow those differences to be
a barrier to student success.
• We will provide a safe, orderly and healthy learning
environment that supports the intellectual growth,
health and physical development, and social/emotional
well being of our students.
Start with students
they are the reason we are here

11. High quality teaching & learning
• We believe success is in the classroom: teachers are
critical to that success.
• We believe that the core work of the district is
supporting teaching and learning.
• We believe that challenging, meaningful and
engaging instruction maximizes learning
opportunities so all students will thrive.
• Our culture is one in which everyone feels valued for
their impact to our collective success.
are the keys to student success
Our staff experiences a sense of Accomplishment and
is held in high esteem.

12. Our parents experience Satisfaction due
to the progress of their children in
SUSD.
• We expect every that every student will succeed
but recognize active engagement of the parent
optimizes student outcomes.
• Parents work cooperatively with school
personnel to establish goals and priorities.
• Parents and the community feel welcomed and
valued as partners in the educational process.
Our families are our partners and the community
is the cornerstone of our district.
Their future is our today.

13. A high-performing district includes
effective leadership, accountability,
effective organizational systems
and an engaged community
• Effective teaching, leadership, and
accountability are the keys to our success.
• Our culture is one in which everyone feels
valued in their impact to our collective
success.
• We respect the inherent value of each
student and incorporate the strengths and
diversity of students, families, staff and
communities.

14. SUSD Mission
Sunnyside Unified School
District’s MISSON is to ensure that
all graduates are prepared for
college & career success. Each
student will receive an engaging,
rigorous, and comprehensive
education to achieve personal and
academic excellence to thrive in a
rapidly changing global society.

15. SUSD Mission
Sunnyside Unified School
District’s MISSON is to ensure that all
graduates are prepared for college
& career success. Each student will
receive an engaging, rigorous, and
comprehensive education to achieve
personal and academic excellence to
thrive in a rapidly changing global
society.

16. Their future is our today.
Sunnyside Unified School District has a vision
that is simple and powerful:
We inspire learning so that our students’ greatest abilities will be
developed and make possible the discovery and pursuit of their
dreams. The SUSD graduate will engage in the lifelong pursuit of
academic knowledge as critical and creative thinkers, effective
communicators and collaborators who are technologically literate to
confidently confront the great challenges of their generation.

17. Their future is our today.
Sunnyside Unified School District has a vision that
is simple and powerful:
We inspire learning so that our students’ greatest abilities will be developed
and make possible the discovery and pursuit of their dreams. The SUSD
graduate will engage in the lifelong pursuit of academic knowledge as
critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators and
collaborators who are technologically literate to confidently
confront the great challenges of their generation.

18. Components of the Strategic Plan
• Independent Strategies – What is
to be accomplished to satisfy a
particular component of the
vision
• Action Plans for each strategy.
• Regular reviews and evaluation.

20. Date Activity
July-October Several phases of mission/vision development
Nov-Dec, 2014 Disseminate survey to a variety of educational audiences. Survey would provide input into current
status of school district.
December, 2014 Share out survey findings with multiple stakeholders.
January, 2015
Daylong strategic planning process to
synthesizes district data and construct district goals and objectives using information gained from
survey.
February-March 2015 District Sub-committee meetings to further develop action plan
April, 2015 Share Draft District Action with all education stakeholders; Establish 30 day public comment period
June, 2015 Plan is reviewed and approved by Sunnyside School Board
December, 2015 Progress update – Sunnyside School Board
April, 2016 Progress update – Sunnyside School Board-Survey Data
Proposed Timeline