Kirkwood School District's Strategic Planning Process

A Coordinating Committee, including 15 members of the School District staff and 15 members of the community, met June 12-14, 2007 to frame the new strategic plan. Their work included (see Framework): Beliefs Mission Objectives Parameters

A strategic planning process has been used by Kirkwood Schools since 1991 to invite wide-spread participation in district directions and initiatives. Three different strategic plans have been written and implemented, each lasting a 5 year period resulting in notable district improvements and programs (see History). The last plan was concluded in May 2007.

Eleven committees are now being convened to develop action plans for each of the eleven strategies. An action plan is a step-by-step outline of what needs to be done to implement the stated strategy. Committees will work through December to draft their ideas. Any Kirkwood School District staff member, parent or community member is welcome to join a strategy committee.

For each strategy, there will be action plans written that detail how we might implement the strategy. The committee writing action plans determines how many action plans are needed. In our last strategic plan, one strategy had only 5 action plans and one strategy had 30 action plans. Each action plan includes one objective and a series of step-by-step actions that are recommended in order to reach the objective and contribute to reaching the strategy (see Action Plan Samples).