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 Greenburgh, NY - The Greenburgh Central School District No. 7 has begun the process of developing a five-year strategic academic improvement plan that will provide the district with a cohesive, articulated plan with goals and objectives clearly defined.
The District Strategic Planning Team, working with consultant firm Prism Decision Systems, LLC of Binghamton, N.Y., will establish five-year performance targets, articulate long-term improvement strategies and identify immediate improvement priorities. The goal is to implement a focused, annual planning process that will ensure the continuous improvement of student performance.
The community is being asked to participate in the process through an online survey by Prism Decision Systems that you can link through the district’s website: www.greenburgh.k12.ny.us. The deadline is Nov. 4.
The Planning Team is comprised of district board members, administrators, teachers and support staff, as well as parents and community stakeholders – approximately 30 in all. The process will be professionally facilitated by Prism over the course of several meetings, each with very specific objectives.
“I am very much looking forward to working with the Greenburgh 7 District Planning Team,” said Sean Brady, the president of Prism Decision Systems, which has facilitated hundreds of collaborative strategic planning and negotiation sessions in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors over the last 15 years.
The first meeting, held earlier this month, introduced the planning process and schedule; reviewed district performance trends and began drafting district-wide performance measures.
Over the next two months, the group will meet to finalize performance measures and set targets; identify informational needs and develop a research plan. The final meetings, set for December, will finalize academic performance targets, if necessary; share informational presentations; complete strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysis; draft district-wide improvement strategies; agree to district-wide improvement strategies and priorities; and reach consensus for district-wide plan: mission, performance targets, priorities and long-term strategies.
“This process involves the entire community,” said Superintendent of Schools Ronald L. Smalls. “We have brought together talented, energetic, flexible team members who are engaged in a dynamic, information-driven and collegial process to improve the performance of all of our students.
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