Strategic Planning for Tech Discussion Four

Areas of Work	STaR Chart Key Area	Resources Used to Determine	“Broad Area”
Increase student achievement in all areas including academics, extracurricular, and character.	Teaching and Learning	STaR Chart/Campus Goals	Customer
Build capacity in all district employees by recruiting, retaining, and training fully certified and highly qualified principals, teachers, and staff.	Educator Preparation and Development	STaR Chart/SWOT/Campus Goals	People
Build a college and career going culture throughout the district that promotes critical, creative, progressive, and innovative thinking	Leadership, Admin, Instructional Support	STaR Chart/SWOT	Financial
Become a district of choice in Kaufman County by improving student programs and services.	Infrastructure for Technology	STaR Chart/SWOT	Process

How do the areas of work you identified align with Olsen's " broad areas"?

The areas in the chart are from TISD district plan, I think they are fairly well aligned with the broad areas. Each of them are from a section of the STaR Chart so that is helpful.

Do they align with priority goals that MISD's addresses in its district and department strategic plans?

I think they are pretty similar to MISD district plan, wording is different and focus is shifted on some of them but overall similar goals.

Do you see alignment between those areas of work and the priority goals set by the school that you’ve selected in its strategic plan?

Yes I can see where the areas of work and the priority goals are aligned. They seem to flow from an idea to a step to implement the idea.

Now that you’ve conducted your SWOT, do the results prompt you to refine or change the technology areas of work that you identified in Week 2?

Somewhat, my responses from the SWOT were limited, I didn’t get a lot of response. I ended up using a lot from the example provided assuming it would be similar across schools. I think I will stick mainly to the stated areas of work and refine them in the details of implementation.