Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board

October 20, 2003

October 20, 2003 SP Update Presentation 2

Why A Strategic Plan?Why A Strategic Plan?

A Strategic Plan for the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board enables the Board:

• to structure school and education to match a changing society;

• to reconcile the differences between what exists now, and what can be in the future;

• to encourage the partners in education to re-examine, re-focus, and to seek out/create new solutions;

• to develop an understanding of community expectations for schools;

• to anticipate our future;• to develop a collective vision as a guide in an ever-

changing society and world

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Strategic Planning: Strategic Planning: DefinitionDefinition

A Strategic Plan is a vehicle for Managing change. The plan provides a framework for district policy. The final strategic planning document should provide a sense of direction through the identification of the Board’s primary goals, needs, and priorities

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Strategic v.s. Business Plan

STRATEGIC BUSINESSShort Term: 1 YearLong Term: 3-5 Years

Includes Board Vision & Beliefs

Emphasis on DOE Beliefs

Includes Local Priorities

Reflects DOE Priorities

More focused on Students

More focused on Financial

Strategic Plan should provide Direction to the Business Plan

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Strategic Plan UpdateStrategic Plan UpdateKey Dates:Key Dates:

• Sept 26, 1997 Board Formally Adopts Strategic Plan

• Nov. 1997 Publication and Distribution of Plan

• Oct. 1998 Mini Review of Plan to Board• Oct. 1999 Second Review of Plan to Board • Oct. 2001 Board Requests Formal Update of Plan• Feb. 27, 2002 Board Approves Update Plan

and Appoints a Steering Committee• Internal Facilitator – Archie MacEachern• External Facilitator – Dr. Mike Foster

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Strategic Plan Update Strategic Plan Update (2002-(2002-03)03)

Steering CommitteeSteering Committee

• Elizabeth MacPhee

• Myrtle Campbell• Wes Stubbert• Keith Bain• Ed Davis• Archie

MacEachern• Don Matheson• Doug Peach• Beth MacIsaac

• Marvin Harvey• Annette Currie• George Boudreau• Colleen

MacMullin• Dr. Kevin

MacNeil• David Crane• Charles

Sheppard• John Astephen• Rick Simm• Bernie

MacKinnon

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Strategic Plan Update Phases: One and Two

Phase One (In Consultation with Dr. Foster)

• Review and Evaluate Current Plan

• Review of External Environment

• Recommended Steps to Complete Plan Update

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Phase 1: Completion Success

7 Critical Issues

57 OBJECTIVES

224 ACTIONS

82.6%

Completion

Canmac Economics Ltd. September, 2002

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Phase 1: External Environment Review Factors

Social

Political

Economic

Demographic

Educational

24 Factors In Total

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External Environment Factors: Score of 3 + (More Relevant Now)

• Provincial Funding Formula 3.92• Declining Enrollments 3.62• More Stress 3.46• School Review 3.46• Stress Due To Economic Downturn 3.31• Breakdown of the Family Unit 3.15• Aging Population 3.15• Reduced Students in Rural Areas

3.15• Low Income Families 3.08• High Unemployment 3.08

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Pressures AffectingPublic Education

• Economy is More Diversified• Greater Emphasis on Information-Based

Enterprises

• More Diversity in Family Structure, Language, Culture, Values and Perspectives• RCH Role and profile increasingly important• Varying Levels of Home support

• Increasing Number of Students being Diagnosed with Special Needs• Rising sense of parental entitlement• More Legal Challenges

• Increase in Alternatives to Public Education• Private Schools, Charter Schools, Home Schooling

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Pressures AffectingPublic Education

• Parental Expectations of Public Education are Growing• More Political

• More parents expect to be Informed and involved in Decisions affecting their children• SAC’s• IPP’s

• More Individual Assessment Results will be released• Gr 5 Math, Gr 6 LA• AIMS• Grade 12 NSE

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Pressures AffectingPublic Education

• Increasing Demand on Physical Capacity to Deliver Programs for Students• Closure of 44 Buildings since ‘96• Deferred Maintenance• OHS

• Uncertainties in the Public Education System• Board Amalgamation• Pilot Boards• Finance Measures Act

• Overhaul of Curriculum• Outcome Based• New Priorities

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Pressures AffectingPublic Education

• Enrolment Decline• Birth Rate drop of 24.3 % between 1993 & 2002• Enrolment Decline in CB-VRSB of 52% in last 30

years• Dramatic Drop in Primaries• Different Pressures in Urban and Rural

• HIGH Rate of Retirements• Need for Succession Planning• Need for Proactive PD

• Downloading on Public Education• By Health and Community Services• Challenge of Transitioning Students

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Update v.s. New Plan

Canmac Economics Ltd. September, 2002

Strategic plans if they are to serve their intended purposes are living documents that require adjustments and mid-course corrections to reflect changing external circumstances and internal priorities.

Strategic plans if they are to serve their intended purposes are living documents that require adjustments and mid-course corrections to reflect changing external circumstances and internal priorities.

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Phase 2: Update Steps

• Three Half Day Planning Sessions with Steering Committee to Review and Affirm Critical Issues (Oct. 22, Nov. 25, Dec. 9)

• Designation of Issue Chairs• Formation of Issue Focus Groups Including

Student Focus Group• Writing of Issue Position Papers with Objectives• March 18/03 Strategic Plan Update to Board• April 14/03 Presentation of Issue Position

Papers to Steering Committee

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Critical Issue Chairs (2003)

• Learning For Life (Career Ed) Dr. Kevin MacNeil• Cost Challenges Doug Peach• Curriculum

AnnetteCurrie/DavidCrane• Enrolment Marvin Harvey• Governance D. Crane/A. MacEachern• Success For All Students (Inclusion) Dr. Kevin MacNeil• Technology Rick Simm

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Phase 2: Update Steps

• April 23/03 Secondary Principals’ Focus Group

• May 14/03 Elementary Principals’ Focus Group

• Principals’ Focus Group Report to Chairs• Final Draft of Issue Objectives and Actions

by Issue Focus Groups• Enrolment and Cost Challenges issues

Merged into Enrolment

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Phase 2: Update Steps

• Working Sessions by Issue Chairs to Finalize Draft Presentation of Objectives and Actions to Board Steering Committee

• October 15/03 Presentation and Approval of Draft Objectives and Actions by Board Steering Committee

• October 20/03 Presentation to Board• October 27/03 Formal Approval By

Board

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Included in New Document

• Introduction • Board Members• Chair’s Message• Superintendent”s

Message• About the Board• Map of Schools and

Offices• Board

administration

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• Principals and Schools• External Analysis• Strategic Planning

Process• Board Beliefs• Board Mission

Statement• Focus Group

Participants• Strategic Issue Strategic Issue

Objectives and Objectives and ActionsActions

Included in New Document

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Board Map: Schools and Offices

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Distribution Timeline

• Dec. 5/03 Publication of Plan• Jan. /04 In-Servicing of Staff Begins

• Plan Will Be Distributed to Partners• Plan Will Be put on CD for Use By

Staffs• Plan will Be Posted to our Website:

• WWW.CBV.NS.CA

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Six Critical Issues

• Enrollment• School Advisory

Councils• Technology• Curriculum• Inclusion• Career Education

Objectives

Actions