A five year plan crafted to maximize the effective use of time, talent, and resources by aligning identified district needs with clear priorities
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Our guiding principles are fundamental truths that provide direction and shape decision-making, actions, and behaviors in various contexts.
OUR VALUES
Our values are foundational beliefs we operationalize to better serve our students, families, employees, and community
OUR PROMISE
Every student in Eudora Schools is known by name, strength, and need, and graduates prepared for the future they choose.
OUR FOCUS
Three focal points serve as the vision and mission of our strategic plan
OUR GOALS
Our goals encompass our three focus areas, initiatives to help us move toward continuous improvement, and the metrics to determine growth
LIVING OUR PROMISE
This strategic plan compels us to embrace our goals for every student in Eudora Schools, driven by our strong belief in collective efficacy, continuous improvement, and the promise of a bright future for all.
OurStrategicPlan
The Eudora Schools Strategic Plan is crafted to maximize the effective use of time, talent, and resources by aligning identified district needs with clear priorities.
This plan was developed after a series of listening tours conducted by district administration during the 20232024 school year. The tours aimed to gather comprehensive feedback from various stakeholders, including students across all grade levels, parents, employees, and community members. The feedback sessions highlighted the district's strengths, needs, and future direction from the perspectives of those most affected by its decisions. All data points were analyzed and prioritized to pinpoint growth and to identify collective focus areas over the next five years for Eudora Schools.
The result of the strategic planning process led to a committed promise and three focus areas that Eudora Schools will serve to fulfill each and every day!
Eudora School Board of Education
OurGuidingPrinciples
ROLE OF THE BOARD
Our primary responsibility is representing the community voice to provide quality education for our district’s kids.
Maintain community values while embracing growth, innovation, and diversity.
Develop and implement an adaptive and transparent communication process that meets the needs of a variety of stakeholders.
Improve student success through expanding opportunities for students both academically and through activities.
Attract and retain high-quality staff through strong relationships and building trust.
Aligning fiscal actions to meet current and future needs.
Act with self-awareness and constantly reflect on actions taken to ensure alignment to the needs of students.
Promise
Every student in Eudora Schools is known by name, strength, and need, and graduates prepared for the future they choose.
OurFocus
CULTURE OF BELONGING
We will embody a welcoming school community where each student is known by name, strength, and need, and is empowered to engage, lead, and thrive.
INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE
We will improve student performance through enhanced instructional coherence and high-impact instructional practices.
FUTURE PREPARED
We will ensure our graduates are prepared for the future they choose.
OurGoals
CULTURE OF BELONGING
We will ensure a welcoming school community where each student is known by name, strength, and need, and is empowered to engage, lead, and thrive.
Initiatives
Student and Family Engagement
Communication Plan: Design and implement a comprehensive communication plan to improve two-way communication and increase family participation and engagement.
Relationships: Know each student by name, strength, and need. Family Connection: Involve families in understanding and supporting their child's strengths and needs through the design of Individual Plans of Study (IPS), partnerships, and conferences.
Empowerment and Engagement
Student Engagement: Increase participation in co-curricular activities.
Empowered Leadership: Expand opportunities for students to take on leadership roles within the school community.
Student Individual Plans of Study
Student Profiles: Develop and maintain comprehensive individual plans of study profiles for each student that highlight their strengths, interests, and areas needing support.
Student Recognition: Enhance practices to publicly recognize students for their achievements, contributions, and growth
We will improve student performance through enhanced instructional coherence and high-impact instructional practices.
Initiatives
Professional Learning Communities
Teacher Collaboration: Ensure learning for all students by focusing on the guiding questions and effective practices within PLCs.
Standards Alignment: Develop, implement, and refine a guaranteed and viable curriculum that includes balanced assessment.
Instructional Coherence
Clarity: Deliver consistent and clear messages to address expectations related to district goals and high-quality practices, and implement a guaranteed and viable curriculum. Growth and Mastery: Increase the number of students performing on grade level on screeners and state assessments.
Accountability:
High Expectations: Implement district-approved resources and school agreements through high-quality instruction Instructional Leadership: Embed instructional leadership observations and professional goals aligned to district goals, and increased professional coaching walk-throughs and evaluation. Four Fundamentals: Embed Standards Alignment, Structured Literacy, Balanced Assessment, and High-Quality Instruction
We will ensure our graduates are prepared for the future they choose.
Advising and Programming
Advising and Programming: Provide staff with professional learning to support student success and develop personalized career advising services for student's academic and career goals. Expand Opportunities: Enhance academic skills, knowledge, and exploration opportunities to prepare students for their future
Preparation and Exploration
Market Value Assets: Expand opportunities for career exploration, work-based learning, industry-recognized credentialing, and college coursework obtainment
IPS: Integrate career development activities into the curriculum. Community Partnerships: Increase internships, work-based learning, and job placement opportunities through employer partnerships.
Student Success and Persistence
Growth and Resilience: Ensure students achieve their academic and personal growth goals and are prepared for the future they choose. Thriving and Engaged: Embed classroom opportunities to practice critical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication Digital and Media Literacy: Develop the skills and knowledge to engage responsibly in a digital world.
Our Strategic Plan dashboard helps us monitor our progress toward our goals. The measures focus on key results necessary for us to achieve and reach our goals. Each measure is associated with one or more Strategic Plan goal(s).
These measures may be revised or recalibrated over time to reflect work completed, new opportunities, and innovative ways to track advancement toward our goals. While the data in the dashboard represents a district-wide summary, district and school leaders continuously review the data broken out by student group to assess our work and make improvements.
Track progress on our goals by viewing our online report at Eudoraschools.org/OurPromise.
