Strategic Planning Process Summary

January 2015

The Players in the Process(1) The Council on Elementary and Secondary Education: The body that: (1) has conferred authority to the ADT;

(2) is charged with setting outside limits on plan design; and (3) is responsible for plan adoption upon its completion.

(2) The Core Ambassador Design Team: the team charged with core work of developing and refining the strategic plan through five published prototypes

(3) The Extended Ambassador Design Team: The team charged with joining the core design team in key moments of plan development and with reviewing breakthrough/emerging programs from state, region, and nation.

(4) The Strategy Review Team: Approximately 140 members of the community organized into small teams to provide actionable feedback on each prototype.

(5) The Community at-Large: The community will be both formally and informally engaged through a process that includes a large-scale survey, no fewer than 20 community-led meetings throughout the state, and regular feedback from a group of 3,000 Rhode Islanders committed to supporting the process.

The Community in the Process

~11,000 responses to the survey & 3,000 committed to continued involvement

150 people organized into teams to provide feedback

~20 Community organization

partners convening 600 conversational

partners

26 Community-Based Ambassador Design Team

12 Core Ambassador Design Team Members

The Blueprint for the Final Product7-10 pages, focused, measurable, and actionable

ValuesThe 5-7 core values that will be the drivers of the plan and the litmus test for eventual content

Priority Areas & Key OutcomesNot more than 5 high level priority areas with ~ 3 key outcomes that characterize each

StrategiesThe 3-5 significant action that RIDE will take over the next five years to advance the priority areas and

achieve the key outcomes

Established by RIDE:Measureable Objectives, Resourcing, and Operational Plans

1/10 1/28 2/11 2/25 3/11 3/25 4/8 4/22 5/2 5/6 5/20 6/3 6/17

= Core Design Team = Extended Design Team = Full Team (Core + Extended)

CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3 CYCLE 4 Finalize

Values Draft Priorities & Key Outcomes

Refine Priorities & Key Outcomes; Begin Strategies

Final PlanRefine Priorities, Outcomes &

Strategies

Prototype Development Cycles

OU

TPUT

OU

TPUT

1/10 1/28 2/11 2/25 3/11 3/25 4/8 4/22 5/2 5/6 5/20 6/3 6/17

Community Input to the Development Cycle

OU

TPUT

OU

TPUT

RI Survey DataStrategy Review

Team

Community Meeting & Strategy Review

Team

Specialized Groups & Strategy

Review TeamStrategy Review

TeamINPU

T

INPU

T

CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3 CYCLE 4 Finalize

Values Draft Priorities & Key Outcomes

Refine Priorities & Key Outcomes; Begin Strategies

Final PlanRefine Priorities, Outcomes &

Strategies

1/10 1/28 2/11 2/25 3/11 3/25 4/8 4/22 5/2 5/6 5/20 6/3 6/17

Authorizer Input to the Development Cycle

OU

TPUT

OU

TPUT

RI Survey DataStrategy Review Team

Community Meetings & Strategy Review

Team

Specialized Groups & Strategy

Review TeamStrategy Review

Team

INPU

T

INPU

T

Council Review Council Review Council Review Council ReviewCouncil

Approval

CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3 CYCLE 4 Finalize

Values Draft Priorities & Key Outcomes

Refine Priorities & Key Outcomes; Begin Strategies

Final PlanRefine Priorities, Outcomes &

Strategies

ADT LAUNCH MEETINGJanuary 10, 2015

The Core and Extended Teams

The Core Ambassador Design Team• The team charged with developing and

refining the strategic plan through five published prototypes.

• Will spend the majority of their time on developing draft content.

The Extended Ambassador Design Team• The team charged with co-writing

sections of the plan with the core team during key moments of the plan development and with reviewing breakthrough/emerging programs from state, region, and nation.

Cycle 1 (Jan. 10 & 28) Goal: To select the core values that will serve as a foundation for the strategic plan RI survey results & team

member beliefs

The core plan values,

expressed by the public and

selected by the team

Activity: Extended and Core Team will use quantitative, qualitative, and experiential data to discuss and later, reach consensus on 5-7 core plan values

Co-Facilitators of the Ambassador Design Team

Agenda from 1/10 Launch MeetingWorking through

Survey Data• Building on homework

Building empathy from reactions to data and interviews

Creating draft affinity maps of overlapping values

Affinity Mapping – 1/10 Launch

Survey Work• Q2 What is the Purpose of Public Education?• Q3 What are the most important skills students should learn before graduation?• Q4 How important is the quality of PK-12 public schools to Rhode Island’s success as a

state? • Q5 What do you value most in a PK-12 Public School?• Q6 What improvement priorities would you recommend for Rhode Island’s current PK-

12 system? • Q7 What future priorities will best ensure that PK-12 schools meet future student and

state needs? • Q8 Name the one skill that RI students should be taught in 2020 that is not being

taught today?• Q10 What is your impression of PK-12 public schools in Rhode Island? • Live results here

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