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Strategic Plan

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As members of the Glendale Elementary School District, we share a collective responsibility for the implementation and achievement of these goals.

OUR MISSION: To foster an environment of academic excellence through innovative learning and build tomorrow’s socially responsible leaders.

OUR VISION: A diverse community coming together to lay the foundation for unrivaled achievement. A mosaic of minds. All in for all kids.

OUR CORE VALUES: Integrity, diversity, unrivaled achievement, employee excellence, stewardship, well-being, community, equity.

Goal I: Student Academic Success

Improve student academic success and growth for all students. 

Strategies: 

  • Provide curriculum and instruction with multi-tiered systems of support.
  • Use a balanced assessment plan to monitor and adjust systems of support.
  • Deliver effective instruction using evidence-based, comprehensive literacy and mathematics blocks with fidelity.
  • Provide job-embedded and differentiated professional development for all staff.
  • Utilize a professional learning community framework to increase the effectiveness of collaborative teams.
  • Conduct curriculum audit review.
  • Enhance awareness of and utilize trauma-informed practices, including research-based social and emotional learning competencies.
  • Maintain and highlight positive behavior intervention and support with fidelity, including bullying prevention and conflict resolution

Goal II: Stewardship of Resources

Be responsible stewards of people, time, and financial resources.

Strategies:

  • Ensure facilities and grounds are safe, secure, and well-maintained to enhance property aesthetics.
  • Continually market to recruit and retain students.
  • Ensure solvency and sustainability in medical, dental, workers' comp, life insurance, property, and liability insurance.
  • Secure additional and diverse revenue sources, including entitlement grants, bonds, capital, and overrides.
  • Ensure the solvency and sustainability of maintenance and operations and capital funds. 

Goal III: Staff and Student Well-Being

Cultivate a school and work environment that supports learning and social-emotional growth.

Strategies:

  • Provide staff, students, and families with the social and emotional learning supports needed to learn and thrive.
  • Encourage staff and student participation in wellness activities and community engagement events.
  • Develop a system to highlight positive and celebratory learning to empower staff and students.  
  • Provide comprehensive wrap-around services to support students, staff, and families through the GESD System of Care Center.

Goal IV: Employee Quality

Attract and retain highly qualified staff who demonstrate GESD shared values.

Strategies:

  • Maintain a competitive benefits package.
  • Annually review all salary schedules to align with the education market.
  • Build and maintain an applicant pool.
  • Engage in authentic staff celebrations.
  • Develop a plan to improve staff attendance.
  • Ensure a comprehensive system of performance evaluation and professional support for all staff.
  • Promote and maintain a work environment that supports health and well-being.

Goal V: Family and Community Partnerships

Promote positive interactions between school, homes, and the community.

Strategies:

  • Develop and sustain meaningful partnerships with businesses and organizations that support the academic and social-emotional needs of students, staff, and families.
  • Cultivate partnership opportunities for schools to serve as community hubs and increase awareness of support services at the GESD System of Care Center.
  • Continually implement robust communications between schools, families, and the community.
  • Engage parents as partners in their child’s learning by increasing opportunities for volunteers.
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