STRATEGIES & KPI’S:

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Through the Strategic Planning Process, the Board Priorities establish the Focus for

Division strategies and action plans to guide the achievement of our Goals

(The Day-to-Day Day-to-Day …) (The Next LevelNext Level…) (The PossibilitiesPossibilities…)

OperationalOperational StrategicStrategic InnovativeInnovative

Our work is…

Our decisions are grounded in…

*Baldrige Core Values and Concepts

Board Priority focus areas are connected to existing foundations and systems.

Facilities Management

…with our eyes towards Vision 2023 and the needs of Contemporary Learners.

Workforce/College Ready Global Community

Synthesis and Advanced

Accomplishment Across General and Specialized Studies

Through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts

Inquiry & Analysis Critical & Creative

Thinking Written & Oral

Communication Quantitative

Literacy Information

Literacy Teamwork and

Problem Solving

Civic Knowledge & Engagement—Local & Global

Intercultural Knowledge & Competence

Ethical Reasoning & Action

Foundations & Skills for Lifelong Learning

Source: Association of American Colleges and Universities, “College Learning for the New Global Century: A Report from the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America’s Promise” (Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities), 12.

Job-Specific Technologies

Information Technology Internet Use & Security Telecommunications

Positive Work Ethic Integrity Teamwork Self Representation Diversity

Awareness Conflict

Resolution Creativity &

Resourcefulness

Speaking & Listening Reading & Writing Critical Thinking &

Problem Solving Health & Safety Organizations,

Systems & Climates

Lifelong Learning

Job Acquisition & Advancement Time, Task &

Resource Management

Mathematics Customer Service

Source: Demographics & Workforce Group, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, “Listening to Employers, Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce: Virginia’s Workplace Readiness Skills” (April 2010), 7.

The Strategic Planning Process promotes organizational alignment and causes us to

establish systems to achieve our priorities.

Board Retreat

*Adapted from UVa Medical School/NextGen Curriculum

STRATEGIC PLANNINGTERMS AND EXAMPLES*

We have developed

Strategies and Key

Performance Indicators to

support Board Priorities

Under

Construction

Increasing Leverage, Complexity, & Level Of Reasoning

Events

Patterns

Systemic Structures

Mental Models

Shared Vision

Sources: Senge, et al. Schools That Learn; John J. Shibley / The Portland Learning Organization Group, 2001

Chapter 3

ACPS USES A 4-STEP CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL

Performance Indicators Fall into Different Steps in the Process. We are working toward a balance.

Next Steps:

June 16th – Leadership RetreatLeaders Updated on Focus of Board Priorities and Strategies

June 23rd - Board Work SessionQ4 UpdatesFinalize PrioritiesDraft Division KPIsBoard Governance

July 14th - Board MeetingDivision KPIs

July/August - Summer AlignmentLeaders Align School/Department Improvement Plans and KPIs

Board Discussion – Receive strategies, KPI’s and substantial documentation for feedback.