Moving Forward Together Strategic planning process update SVUSD Sonoma Valley Unified School District 2018-2019 Socorro Shiels, Superintendent

The How What matters right now culture Collaboration Communication Coherence creativity The How What matters right now SVUSD

The process itself validates We are a listening organization and everyone’s voice matters We are inclusive and collaborative and make decisions together We are transparent and imperfect We learn together and publicly We are committed to every student’s success as an organization and a community SVUSD

What is a strategic plan? A strategic plan is an in-depth conversation with stakeholders about what matters to our school district as we all commit to student success that allows us to form a strong collective team committed to our students. We begin with questions that help us find the similarities in what matters to us all- what is our purpose as a school district. From there we agree on the goals that we set for ourselves to achieve that common purpose. Finally, we build consensus about the strategies that get us to those goals. We hold ourselves accountable and accept responsibility for those goals and strategies. As individuals, a community and an organization we make collective decisions to best serve those identified steps for students and their success. SVUSD

PURPOSE THE WHAT Process Listening- Focus group Analysis Consensus Continuous Improvement Metrics Collection Strategy Refinement Change Management Action Plan Priorities Year long steps 3-5 Year goals Strategic Execution Drafts Feedback Finalize Mission, Vision, Values Measuring Success Agreements Synthesis Trends Presentations Understanding Questions Training Locations Data Gathering Listening Process Listening- Focus group Analysis Consensus Strategic Actions Planning THE WHAT SVUSD PURPOSE Sept- Oct 2018 Oct- Nov 2018 Nov- Dec 2018 Feb- June 2019 Sept-Dec 2019

So Far.. Question development and initial collection of data Focus group to help identify questions 25 community members participated- staff, parents, community at large 40 invited Most important questions to ask/topics to cover November 2 District Wide PD -3 small group discussion Answered the questions Gave feedback on the questions and the process SVUSD

Question Development Focus Group November 2 Community wide How can we help support the social-emotional needs of our students (14) How can we help support the social and emotional needs of our students? How can our students get access to counselling (5) What can we do to get more family involvement in kids education (9) What can we do to get more family involvement in students’ education? How do we increase student and parent engagement? (7) How can we create a more inclusive (socio-economic, demographic, region) district? (8) How do we create a more inclusive (socio-economic, demographic, region) district? What steps can the school district take to help make all students and families feel included in the school system? How do we work as a community to be more unified? (3) How can equity guide our decisions moving forward (10) How can equity guide our decisions moving forward? How can the decisions made by the district benefit all students? What are our shared values around the work we do? (6) What are our shared values around the work we do? What is important to you about our students’ education? How would you define academic success for students in the district? Question Development SVUSD

Questions Narrowed Down and Lifted Up Remove language that sounds too educationese… allowing everyone in to this important conversation Collecting information on how to hold the “listening circles” the actual meetings where the community comes and shares their voice and we capture their thoughts Where When SVUSD

Next Steps- Listening Plan the 4 community meetings Times, locations- 2 from now until December break, 2 in January Translation, child care, food Create turnkey tools for others “baked in” for existing meetings- parents, students, staff, community Share with schools and with community partners Get survey monkey up and running translated SVUSD

Next Steps - Learning Sonoma State University masters’ students to assist with the themes and commonalities SVUSD

Nested and contextualized….all interdependent Day to day work School site plans Local Control Accountability Plan Strat Plan Bottom up and “top down” coherence and alignment SVUSD

Reminders This is a messy process – everyone’s voice is a lot of voices. This is a starting point. The process is part of the work. The agreements will guide us and the working together will define who we are together. As we gather voices and find trends and themes, some things will fade while others jump forward. This is part of the process and will assist us in focusing and prioritizing. Every part of a child and their experience is important and we don’t stop what we are doing now.. if we want different results we need to be willing to do things differently SVUSD

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