Strategic Planning: How Districts Leaders Engage their Communities to Build and Implement a Strategic Plan

This report outlines how to engage your community in the strategic planning process to meet the needs of everyone at your school district.

This study from the District Leadership Forum explores how school districts build strategic plans to guide their district’s strategy for the next three to five years. This research includes how administrators assess and revise their district’s mission, vision, and core values to align the district’s strategy with institutional principles. Further, the research describes how administrators convene teams from across the district to ensure the strategic plan meets the need of everyone at the district. Lastly, this report covers how administrators implement their strategic plan to drive continuous impact across their district. Explore the major findings from the report below.