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November 14, 2022

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT REPORT

PEWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT - MAY 15, 2023

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THANK YOU

YOUR VOICE IS VITAL

31-year commitment to Strategic Planning

(1992-2023)

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INTRODUCTIONS

DR. MIKE CADY

Facilitator/Superintendent

PEWAUKEE SCHOOLS - BOARD OF EDUCATION

President: Stacey Newcomer

Vice President: Bren Sawall

Board Clerk: Larry Dux

Treasurer: Jane Flammang

Members: Jeanne Witthun, Ashley Ross, and Mary Larson

INTRODUCTIONS

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INTRODUCTIONS

PROCESS OWNERS:

TECHNOLOGY

Rachel Yurk

Chief Information and Technology Officer

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Danielle Bosanec

Chief Academic Officer

STUDENT SERVICES

Anthony Strancke

Director of Social Services

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Colin Jacobs

Director of Human Resources

COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Miranda Kozlik

Marketing and Communications Manager

FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS

John Gahan

Chief Financial Officer

INTRODUCTIONS

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ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM/FACILITATORS:

BRIAN SIEGEL

Principal at Pewaukee Lake Elementary

BETH INGERSOLL

Associate Principal at Pewaukee Lake Elementary

PETE GULL

Principal at Horizon Elementary

LINDSEY CHANDELIA

Associate Principal at Horizon Elementary

ANTHONY PIZZO

Principal at Asa Clark Middle School

KATIE SPADONI

Associate Principal at Asa Clark Middle School

BRIAN SNIFF

Principal at Pewaukee High School

PAUL BURSI

Associate Principal at Pewaukee High School

JEFF BEHRENS

Pewaukee Athletic Director

SHELLY DOHLBY

Dean of Students at Pewaukee High School

ROBIN WILSON

Director of Learning and Academic Coaching

JOHN STANGLER

Director of Buildings and Grounds

ADRIANA PLACH

Continuous Improvement Coordinator

INTRODUCTIONS

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  • 5:30 - Arrival
  • 5:45 - Welcome & Introductions
    • Review Agenda
    • Our Strategic Planning Process
    • Priorities, Goals, & Plans
  • 6:10 - District SWOT Activity
  • 7:10 - Gallery Walk
  • 7:55 - Goal Strand Plus/Delta Activity
  • 9:10 - Full Group Closure, Next Steps and Thank you!
  • Done no later than 9:30 p.m.

AGENDA

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Engagement

Strategic Planning is an opportunity to engage community and staff in making our schools better

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Planning for the Long Path....

Futures Thinking

(4K = Class of 2036!)

Education, Global Economy, Technology, Culture...

Future

Future

Future

Future

Future

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STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

Through our unique, all campus setting, the Pewaukee School District will open the door to each

child’s future.

A strategic plan is an articulation of the mission, vision, purpose, and values of your organization. A good plan puts those ideas into action.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

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PSD Strategic Priorities

PDSA / Key Work Processes

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Technology
  • Workforce Development
  • Communications
  • Facilities and Operations
  • Student Services

Each Department establishes goals for the two priorities

  • 3-year Strategic Goals
  • 1-year Tactical Goals

Teaching & Learning

Future Ready: We commit to engaging each student in innovative, authentic, and highly relevant learning experiences that provide the knowledge, skills, and social-emotional readiness required for our graduates to succeed and thrive in their future lives.

Operations

Sustainability: We commit to continuously engage in disciplined, innovative, and proactive planning to ensure the Pewaukee School District provides high quality facilities, resources, and services for students, staff, and our community. (Key components - Finance, Safety, Facilities, Programs, Curriculum, Workforce & Services)

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TEACHING AND LEARNING

STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL:

Through a personalized professional development model, 100% of PSD teachers will learn instruction and assessment strategies that demonstrate academic rigor and the Graduate Profile competencies in their classroom, as measured by classroom observation, assessments, & artifacts by 2024.

FUTURE READY GOAL:

Through implementation of the PSD Personalized Learning Guidelines, K-12 students will:

FOCUS ONE: Curriculum Renewals

English/Language Arts curriculum revision and renewal was approved by the Board of Education in spring 2022. Science, Library Media, and Response to Intervention began the renewal process.

FOCUS TWO: Alternative Education Program

Addressing the need to support students who were struggling to be successful in the traditional school model, Alternative Education began program renewal and developed the 4sight Program that launched in the fall of 2022.

FOCUS THREE: 4K Program

In its second year of implementation, the 4-year-old kindergarten program continued to develop and be enhanced with more intentional play-based programming resulting in positive academic and social skill gains.

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2021-22

Sustain and improve academic achievement while closing literacy and math gaps as measured by standardized tests, school-level assessment methods, and course proficiency through each school’s COMPETE growth goal.

Demonstrate Future Ready Competencies in each school by meeting or exceeding the Graduate Profile indicators’ growth goals by 2024.

(Focused on Innovation/New Initiatives)

(Important / Ongoing Goals / Initiatives)

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3-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE:

STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

  • 2021-22 School Year
  • BOE Approval of New Plan
  • Initial Implementation of New Plan
  • Spring - Single update/feedback forum

YEAR

1

YEAR

2

YEAR

3

90-Day Cycles of Improvement, District Data Analysis, Annual Tactical Plan Updates and BOE review

  • 2022-23 School Year
  • Continued Implementation of Action Plans
  • Ongoing Evaluation
  • Facility Master Planning (4/17/23)
  • Single update/feedback forum

  • 2023-24 School Year
  • Heaviest Engagement
  • Community Survey Deployed
  • Multiple stakeholder group forums
  • Revisit Mission, Values, Purpose, Core Competencies
  • Draft New 3-year Plan (2024-27)
  • Close out of previous (2021-2024) 3-year plan

ALWAYS HAPPENING:

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DISTRICT SWOT ACTIVITY

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  • Room assignment by letter on your name tag
  • Will complete a SWOT analysis for the District Overall
    • Perceptions of the District (not a specific school)
    • Approximately 10-minutes per category quadrant
    • Identify BIG items / themes
    • Current state / future opportunities
  • Finish by 7:00 p.m.
  • Gallery Walk 7:10 - 7:30
    • Active Break
    • Cookies!
  • Auditorium by 7:30

DISTRICT SWOT ACTIVITY

YOUR

ACTION

STEPS

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  • Review the posters from all groups
  • Put your dots next to your top 5 items
  • Use the form provided to capture top 5 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats
  • Capture interesting “outlier” ideas/comments

WELCOME BACK -

GALLERY WALK TIME!

STUDENTS

COMMUNITY AND PARENTS

STAFF MEMBERS

WHAT THE DIFFERENT COLORED DOTS MEAN:

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A - 235 (Large Group Instruction Room) w/Danielle, Robin, Adriana

B - 135 (Makerspace) w/Colin, Katie & Paul

C - 130 (Engineering Classroom) w/Rachel, Brian Siegel, & Beth

D - 131 (Art Classroom) w/Miranda, Anthony, & Jeff

E - 230 (Business Classroom) w/John, Brian Sniff & John Stangler

F - 231 (Science Classroom) w/Tony, Pete & Lindsey

DISTRICT SWOT ACTIVITY

YOUR

ACTION

STEPS

ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

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DISTRICT SWOT ACTIVITY

DEBRIEF AND SHARE OUT

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STRATEGIC PLANNING FEEDBACK

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TEACHING AND LEARNING

STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL:

Through a personalized professional development model, 100% of PSD teachers will learn instruction and assessment strategies that demonstrate academic rigor and the Graduate Profile competencies in their classroom, as measured by classroom observation, assessments, & artifacts by 2024.

FUTURE READY GOAL:

Through implementation of the PSD Personalized Learning Guidelines, K-12 students will:

FOCUS ONE: Curriculum Renewals

English/Language Arts curriculum revision and renewal was approved by the Board of Education in spring 2022. Science, Library Media, and Response to Intervention began the renewal process.

FOCUS TWO: Alternative Education Program

Addressing the need to support students who were struggling to be successful in the traditional school model, Alternative Education began program renewal and developed the 4sight Program that launched in the fall of 2022.

FOCUS THREE: 4K Program

In its second year of implementation, the 4-year-old kindergarten program continued to develop and be enhanced with more intentional play-based programming resulting in positive academic and social skill gains.

2021-24

2021-22

Sustain and improve academic achievement while closing literacy and math gaps as measured by standardized tests, school-level assessment methods, and course proficiency through each school’s COMPETE growth goal.

Demonstrate Future Ready Competencies in each school by meeting or exceeding the Graduate Profile indicators’ growth goals by 2024.

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FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL:

In conjunction with the development of the annual budget, a focus will be maintained on identifying opportunities for investing in sustainable solutions for district operations that include maximizing energy efficiency and the minimization of the district’s carbon footprint.

FUTURE READY GOAL:

The district will integrate career related learning opportunities (e.g. renewable energy, trades, engineering) for students as a component of investigating and implementing sustainable practices.

FOCUS ONE:

Managing the Operating Budget to maximize the use of resources to support student learning

FOCUS TWO:

Energy management and efficiency through controlling the learning environment in an effective manner

FOCUS THREE:

Managing and controlling the cost of insurance through participation in the WCASC (Waukesha County Area Schools Cooperative)

2021-24

2021-22

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TECHNOLOGY

STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL: Maintain a sustainable and collaborative IT department service level that meets or exceeds staff expectations without interruption as measured by satisfaction on staff IT HelpDesk satisfaction survey results with an overall Summary score of 23/25 points or higher and the following data subsets: Knowledge of Ticket Support, Communication of Ticket Support and Timeliness of Ticket Support

FUTURE READY GOAL:

Develop a Pewaukee School district Library Media Plan that connects the Future Ready Library Framework to Graduate Profile Competencies as measured by growth goal attainment of Library Services Survey (baseline data collected fall 2022).

FOCUS ONE: Cybersecurity

Provide a safe teaching and learning computing environment for the Pewaukee School District including use of policy and procedures, security awareness, training, and technical controls.

FOCUS TWO: Instructional Software

Pewaukee School District instruction will implement digitally rich/tech-infused resources including learning management systems to empower learners at all levels and enhance visibility of student learning for all stakeholders.

FOCUS THREE: Hardware Maintenance & Replacement

Review, repair, update and or replace hardware used in the Pewaukee School District to anticipate and meet the instructional demands of the students and staff.

2021-24

2021-22

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STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL:

Through implemented teaching and learning initiatives, facility cosmetic improvements, and overall coverage of district events, the continuation of campus branding will be executed to align with the district’s culture and mission to “Open the Door to Each Child’s Future.” Improvements and coverage will focus on equal representation amongst schools, events, and activities/clubs.

FUTURE READY GOAL:

By seeking stakeholder feedback and conducting extensive research, the creation of a streamlined, branded, intuitive, and informational website will be implemented by 2024. Outsourced websites amongst the district will be transferred and housed under this one new, district website.

FOCUS TWO: Social Media/Event Coverage

Consistent and thorough coverage of all the happenings on campus that align with our mission and culture at PSD. Encouraging students and staff to also share with our community in a safe and monitored way.

FOCUS THREE: Internal/External Communication

Working alongside other Process Owners to help communicate to all our stakeholders in effective, branded ways.

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2021-22

COMMUNICATIONS AND

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

FOCUS ONE: Branding Initiatives

Continuing to align the new branding throughout the district. Whether that’s updating logos, designing interior and exterior spaces, or realigning our own communication initiatives. These once Strategic Plan goals have become operational ones.

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WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT

STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL: Comprehensive Compensation, Wellness, and Benefits Communication�

The Pewaukee School District is committed to providing timely, transparent, and supportive information regarding compensation, wellness, and benefits, so staff members increase understanding and satisfaction and feel more valued.

FUTURE READY GOAL: PSD Staff Diversity and Student Representation

The Pewaukee School District will increase its number of staff from diverse racial backgrounds by an average of 40% each year until it meets or exceeds the percentage of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

FOCUS ONE: School Nurse Leadership Supports

PSD will more deeply embed a distributed leadership approach within the school nurses team so daily services and related training are delivered effectively.

FOCUS TWO: Increasing PSD Substitute Engagement

PSD will increase the engagement and skills of substitute teachers by providing training and support.

FOCUS THREE: Supporting Staff Health & Wellness

PSD will continue to provide staff health and wellness activities and events. There will be additional staff supports through activities and events.

2021-24

2021-22

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STUDENT SERVICES

STRATEGIC

PLAN

OPERATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

SUSTAINABILITY GOAL:

Continue to emphasize student mental health by monitoring student attendance striving to maintain 96% attendance rates in all four buildings, conducting nine meetings bringing all outside therapy providers together and fully launching Hope Squad.

FUTURE READY GOAL:

Promote positive inclusion practices by promoting educating special students in the least restrictive environment promoting social emotional wellness for all students in our schools.

FOCUS ONE: Reading

  • Identified special education students will make one years growth in one years time

FOCUS TWO: Mental Health

  • Increase attendance rates to 96%
  • Pilot DESSA with 3rd, 6th and 9th grades
  • Support students and families in accessing mental health services

FOCUS THREE: Family Engagement

  • Maintain 90% parent satisfaction per parent survey
  • Maintain 25% or above response rate to parent survey

2021-24

2021-22

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  • TWO ROTATIONS - Strand Plus / Delta
  • Please keep comments focused on the strand goals and topics
    • 7:55: First Stop assigned per your preferences
    • 8:30: Second Stop - choose your own adventure!
  • Return by the auditorium by 9:10 PM

STRATEGIC PLAN FEEDBACK

YOUR

ACTION

STEPS

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1 - 235 (Large Group Instruction Room) Teaching & Learning

2 - 135 (Makerspace)Workforce Engagement

3 - 130 (Engineering Classroom) Technology

4 - 131 (Art Classroom) Communications & Community Engagement

5 - 230 (Business Classroom) Facilities & Operations

6 - 231 (Science Classroom) Student Services

STRATEGIC PLAN FEEDBACK

YOUR

ACTION

STEPS

ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

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  • Administrative Team will synthesize and review the feedback
  • The feedback will be used as an important source of information for year 3 tactical plans, strategic plan refinement, and potential future goals and actions
  • Year Three Tactical Plans will be presented to the Board of Education in the Fall

Please scan the QR code on the back of your agenda and complete the exit ticket to provide final feedback and suggestions for improvement

NEXT STEPS…

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THANK

YOU