Strategic Plan

We believe an exemplary district develops and engages learners and learning leaders through purposeful systems and structures. As the District 73 community, we will:

• Develop leadership skills, nurture innovation, and promote a solution-oriented approach
• Commit to continuous improvement with knowledge, purpose, and efficiency
• Align resources to support learners and learning leaders to accomplish goals
• Seek out best practices to drive meaningful, student-centered learning opportunities focus on continued professional growth
• Recruit and retail exceptional personnel

We believe an exemplary district accelerates learning by implementing Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) system-wide. As the District 73 community, we will:

• Be committed and collectively accountable to the District 73 mission and goals
• Hold high expectations for student growth and achievement, with every student meeting or exceeding grade-level standards in all areas
• Support each student in meeting social emotional learning standards; promote wellness and the development of the whole child
• Employ data-driven instructional strategies
• Monitor student growth and learning on a regular basis throughout the district with the use of common assessments
• Analyze data to inform instruction; establish intervention, enrichment, and acceleration opportunities in continuous cycles of improvement
• Be collaborative, supportive and professional

We believe an exemplary district creates a culture of learning, enhancing stakeholder engagement and satisfaction. As the district 73 community, we will:

• Prepare students to learn and lead in a global environment
• Celebrate diversity by fostering an inclusive, culturally responsive community
• Create systems and structures that cultivate and champion equity to ensure access, opportunities, and learning for all
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders
• Demonstrate courtesy, dignity and respect to ensure a safe, welcoming learning environment that fosters connections, empowerment, and belonging
• Celebrate our achievements and accomplishments in an environment that embraces risk-taking

• We will clarify outcomes, hold high expectations for all and provide support in a continuous cycle of improvement

• We will operate in a fiscally responsible manner

• We will recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified employees

• We will ensure equity by creating systems to provide access and opportunities for all students

• We will work together in collaborative teams

• We will embed best practices in developing curriculum, implementing instructional strategies, and allocating resources to engage and support all students

• We will provide a supportive school climate and culture where everyone feels emotionally, physically, and intellectually safe; we will maintain a safe learning environment

• We will encourage a growth mindset, where learning occurs from both successes and failures

• We will provide feedback to the district, building, and teacher about all things that relate to students

• We will be informed about district, school and teacher decisions

• We will be an active, collaborative partner in the education and support of our children

• We will require representative participation on committees and solicit feedback from all diverse parent groups

• We will model inclusivity and belonging

• We will access funds of knowledge to increase quality of schools

• We will attend school functions to build community

• We will create multi-cultural family alliances

• We will engage our students through meaningful, student centered, best practice instruction

• We will maintain our commitment to continuous professional growth and innovative instruction

• We will collaborate as a professional learning community to evaluate student data based on common assessments and ensure high expectations and growth for all students

• We will implement data driven instructional decisions to ensure student growth academically, socially, and emotionally

• We will provide a welcoming, safe, inclusive and culturally responsive environment for all students, staff and families

• We will proactively collaborate and involve parents to support student success and foster connections and a sense of belonging

• We will provide access and opportunities for all students to develop a growth mindset and become advocates for their own learning, growth and success

• We will actively participate

• We will be inclusive of others

• We will respect others

• We will be responsible and open minded

• We will take risks

• We will hold each other accountable

• We will believe in ourselves

• We will support our peers

• We will make sure everyone’s ideas are shared

• We will be ourselves

• We will have fun

• We will stay positive

• We will do our best