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Coffee County schools report progress on year-two strategic plan goals
Summary
Director Allison Spade presented a year-two update on the district strategic plan, highlighting literacy training, increased teacher retention, ParentSquare communications and growth in career and academy programs.
Allison Spade, director of assessment and accountability for Coffee County Schools, told the board on March 20 that the district is in year two of implementing a five-year strategic plan and reported progress across five goal areas including student academic success, communication and stakeholder engagement, workforce development, operational effectiveness and school climate.
Spade said the district has deployed school visits and learning-focus instructional practices, and that literacy professional learning for pre-K through third-grade teachers is on track to be completed in May 2025. She also said all students in grades K–3 have been screened under the district’s dyslexia and early literacy screening protocol, aligning with HB 538 and SB 48 and the Georgia Early Literacy Act noted during the presentation.
On workforce metrics, Spade reported gains in retention and staffing: the teacher retention rate increased to about 89% and the certified teacher rate rose to approximately 91%. She credited revamped new-teacher orientation, a restructured mentor program and leadership development (the LEAD Coffee aspiring leaders program) for some of those improvements.
Spade also described communications changes: the district’s transition to ParentSquare produced more than 13,000 messages sent through February, with roughly 45% of parents engaging by responding or using built-in acknowledgment features. The district has a draft communications plan intended to reduce message fatigue and improve targeted outreach.
Other items in the update included expanded CTAE pathway completion and growth in dual-enrollment and work-based learning, a new applicant platform named YAWS for recruiting, and continued facility planning and safety work across departments. Spade closed by asking trustees for questions; board members praised the work of plan facilitators and teams.
Spade’s presentation was informational; the board took no formal action on the strategic plan at the meeting.
