The planning overview is structured to provide answers to questions
that help us determine the course of the future.

MISSION
What is our encompassing purpose for our students?
FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS
What do we believe about teaching and learning?
What should our students' and staffs' learning environment be?
What do we want our students to know and be able to do when they leave our school?
VISION
What is our vision of teaching and learning?
What is our vision of our school's learning environment?
What is our vision of what we teach our students?
IINFORMATION GATHERING
Data Collection
Collective Wisdom (teachers' experience, parents' perceptions)
Research (best practice, benchmark schools and programs, formal studies)
SPECIFIC COMMITTEE PLANNING
Long-range Vision and Three Year Goals
•	Specific Vision: What is the desired future of this particular area?
•	Data collection: What is our current state? Where are we now? What data do we need? (surveys, test scores, growth data, trend data, college preparedness info, grade analysis, anecdotal).
•	Goal-setting: What do we need to do to attain our desired future?
•	Three Plans: Plan A: Minor resources required; Plan B: Moderate resources required; Plan C: Significant resources required.
IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTION
Who will do it? What resources will we need? How will it be done? When will it be done? How will we know we've achieved it? How and when will we communicate?
MONITORING
Checking, assisting, problem-solving, holding accountable, collecting-data, reporting out
EVALUATING AND REDESIGNING
Examine results
Make mid-course corrections
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Plan should be aligned for all decision-making. Plan should be aligned with state's school improvement efforts. Plan should include broad goals and specific 2-3 year goals with implementation plans. Progress should be reported to the Board at determined intervals. Committees move at own speed. Committees meet regularly. District Overview Team meets regularly.