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District presents strategic‑plan update drawing on student, community and staff surveys
Summary
District staff reviewed a refreshed strategic plan based on 2021–22 stakeholder engagement: 689 student respondents, 383 community survey responses and 130 staff responses. The plan lists five goals including expanded career pathways and improved emotional supports; board members urged adding technology and AI to future updates.
District staff presented a synthesis of work done in 2021–22 to refresh the Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation strategic plan, summarizing student, community and staff feedback and the goals that emerged from that engagement.
The presenter said 689 students completed an electronic survey (24 students were interviewed), 383 community members responded to an electronic survey (14 interviewed) and 130 staff returned electronic responses (18 staff interviews). Those data informed a graduate profile and five strategic goals: strengthen community relationships; expand course offerings and career pathways; improve students’ emotional support and school culture; enhance instructional resources and professional learning; and increase community involvement and shared use of facilities.
Explaining why soft skills appeared as a community priority, the presenter said she had heard from manufacturers and other community members that “we really want them to show up on time. We want them to know how to communicate, how to interact with others,” and said staff used that feedback to shape the graduate profile and career pathways work.
Board members and staff discussed implementation efforts since 2019, including Wednesday professional‑development sessions focused on curriculum mapping done horizontally and vertically across grades, and district adoption of conscious discipline as a behavior approach. The presenter noted the original plan covered 2019–2023 and staff used outside consultants in 2021–22 to run focus groups and interviews; the board discussed running a new mass survey to measure progress.
One board member said technology and artificial intelligence should be added to the plan; the presenter agreed that technology needs to be considered and that the district will include it in future planning, because AI was not on the radar when the 2019 plan was drafted.
The board did not take a formal vote on the strategic plan update at this meeting; the presentation served as a briefing and discussion about next steps, including possible new surveys and a timeline for a five‑year update.
