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District Strategic Plan(s)

The strategic planning process utilized by Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has evolved significantly over the period between 2007 and 2010. The strategic plan which was in place from 2005-2008 was broad in nature and focused resources on five strategic goals. These goals included:

Ensure achievement of high academic standards by all students;
Develop our students so that they are able to successfully compete in the global economy;
Actively engage family and community members to become our partners in raising and maintaining high student achievement;
Reform business practices to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and high ethical standards; and
Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing, diverse, and motivated faculty and staff.

A copy of the 2005-2008 District Strategic Plan (Revised in October 2006) is provided for your review. This plan was in use during the 2007-2008 school year.

With the transition of the District’s administration in late 2008, the strategic planning process was revisited. Input from a broad cross-section of stakeholders was solicited, and a collaborative retreat was held between the School Board and the Superintendent’s Cabinet for the purpose identifying the way forward for M-DCPS.

This retreat is an example of the collaborative and collegial relationship which exists between the School Board of Miami-Dade County and the District’s professional administration. A copy of the presentation from this retreat is provided for your review.

The result of the stakeholder input and collaboration between the Board and Administration was a markedly different document known as the 2009-2014 District Strategic Framework. The Framework includes a single goal, Improving Student Achievement.

To support this goal, four strategic Pillars were created within which our work, our initiatives, and our efforts fall. These include:

Student, Parent, and Community Engagement. In this pillar we see those activities that enhance our partners’ understanding, awareness, and support for our schools and District. This Framework recognizes that parents and the larger community are critical to achieving success for our students;

The Education Pillar. Here we envision those functions which are at the core of what we do. Within this Pillar we develop initiatives and allocate resources to those activities which support an educational experience leading to responsible citizenship, global awareness, and lifelong learning;

In School and District Leadership we focus on creating opportunities to enhance talent recruitment and management, leadership development of all of our staff, and effective and ethical governance; and

Finally, the Financial Efficiency and Stability Pillar includes functions that ensure effective and ethical business operations which have as a driving force our guiding principles of “improve student achievement, protect the classroom, protect the workforce, and ensure the fiscal viability of the District.”

A copy of the 2009-2014 District Strategic Framework is provided for your review.

As a result of the input provided by a broad range of stakeholders early in the development of the 2009-2014 District Strategic Framework, M-DCPS created a comprehensive plan for education across all district schools. The District’s Education Plan (2010-2012), can be found at https://curriculum.dadeschools.net/pdf/MDCPS-2010-EDUCATIONPLAN.pdf, and is more fully discussed in Indicator A-1.

The School Board of Miami-Dade County authorized the Superintendent at the April 13, 2005 meeting to enter into a contractual service agreement with CELT Corporation to develop a comprehensive five-year technology plan. The objectives were to ensure technologically-literate students, technologically-competent teachers, and an efficient and effective support staff. The development of the plan was undertaken in three phases:

Phase I involved research, site visits, interviews, and data collection;
Phase II focused on a review of the findings and recommendations; and
Phase III addressed the development of the Information Technology Blueprint and technology budget over a five year period.

The result was 80 information technology initiatives that were combined into eleven strategic recommendations. The major recommendations were:

Curriculum / Technology Integration – Embedded technology proficiencies into the curriculum, staff development, and the personnel evaluation system;
Learning Management System – Purchase a Learning System which consolidates curriculum materials, instructional resources, assessment tools, and student data;
Enterprise Resources Planning System (ERP) for Business – Purchase an ERP system for business operations which will provide a single, uniform software program across operational activities;
Standard Technology Configurations and Refresh Program – Maintain a standard and flexible technology configuration and refresh program;
Web-based Human Resource and Staff Development Program – Implement a proficiency-based human resource management system;
School / Program Improvement Planning Tools – Implement web-based planning tools for creating school and district strategic plans that are fully integrated with the data warehouse and dashboard/scorecard;
Document / Forms Management System – Implement a comprehensive and integrated Document Production and Forms Management System;
Network Integration and Connectivity Community – Implement an integrated network / communication system for supporting voice, data, video for instruction, administration, security and energy management;
Governance and Organization – Establish Information Technology Coordinators (ITC) at the school level and provide technicians at all schools;
Information Technology (IT) Implementation and Management – Provide resources to support the implementation, integration, monitoring, and updating of the recommendations and projects from the Blueprint on an ongoing basis; and
Summit on Technology, Learning and Economic / Workforce Development – Conduct a countywide summit on Technology, Learning and Economic / Workforce Development to support the Parent Academy programs and other community outreach initiatives.

The District IT Blueprint was presented and approved by the School Board during the Board Meeting of December 14, 2005, as Agenda Item A-2 and contained 75 of the 80 recommendations. In addition, 40 major district initiatives were also added to the plan totaling 115 major projects. Sixty five [65] of the original recommendations have been completed, representing 87%, and thirty nine [39] of the added projects, representing 97%. In total, the district has completed 90% [104] of the 115 major projects. The IT Blueprint was closed with a memorandum dated March 11, 2010. At the time, the district was not be able to complete the remaining nine [9] recommendations due to lack of budget and resources. The recommendation regarding a Business ERP System was completed in November of 2011 with the implementation of the final SAP module which was payroll. ITS is currently implementing its 2011 – 2014 Strategic Plan.

The Strategic Plan and its Appendixes can be found at: Strategic Plan, Appendices

The IT Blueprint may be found at https://itblueprint.dadeschools.net/.

Sample School Improvement Plans

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School Improvement Plans (SIPs) are required for all schools by both Florida Statute (1001.42 [18.a]) and School Board Policies 2120 and 2125. School Improvement Plans provide the instructional focus for schools in order to increase student achievement. Prior to the 2008-2009 school year, schools which had been designated by the Florida Department of Education as needing additional oversight were directed to use the state SIP template and to post their documents to the Florida Bureau of School Improvement (FLBSI) website. Non-designated schools used a District-created SIP template and submitted the final document to the District office. The District template followed the state’s format and contained additional focused goal areas of the District.

Through a concerted effort and collaboration with District and regional staff, all schools were directed in 2008-2009 to complete the FLBSI SIP template and post it to the FLBSI website, thus moving them under one template. The Office of School Improvement –(https://osi.dadeschools.net/) assists all schools in the development, review, implementation, and evaluation of the SIPs. Staff from this office holds regional technical assistance meetings in order to provide schools the opportunity to share best practices and areas of concerns. Additionally, the Office of School Improvement conducts District webcasts and state conference calls, prepares Weekly Briefings and District/school data reports, and maintains a website that provides District and state links.

Beginning in 2008-2009, the District developed specific data reports to provide consistency for all schools. Specific professional development became available for the review of data as related to the development of SIPs and the impact on student achievement. Ongoing reviews of SIPs and data are included as agenda items for Educational Excellence School Advisory Council (EESAC) meetings. The Office of School Improvement staff monitors the Minutes of EESAC meetings on a monthly basis and provides feedback to the schools on their reporting process.

The files included provide examples of both District and FLDOE SIP templates, created and implemented over the four-year reporting period of 2007-2011. Also included are a variety of resource materials used for training.

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