HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN

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1 HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN (OBJECTIVE 1) HNOJ will present opportunities to nurture the growth of Catholic identity and faith. (STRATEGY 1) Explore additional opportunities for on-going faith formation for faculty and staff. (Action Step 1) Utilize current Faith Formation Committee to explore opportunities for staff to participate in faith-centered in-services. Parish and /Faith Formation Committee (Action Step 2) Explore opportunities to utilize on-campus facility for retreats Parish and /Faith Formation Committee (Strategy 2) Implement a process that encourages clergy presence within the school classrooms. (Action Step 1) Provide clergy curriculum outcomes for the school year (Action Step 2) Identify opportunities for clergy to participate in classroom lessons (Action Step 3) Include clergy in school planning and activities in order to determine the best times for participation /Parish / Staff/Faith Formation Committee (Strategy 3) Ensure the mission and philosophy are a priority in all areas of the school and parish when making decisions. (Action Step 1) Include the mission and philosophy statements in all areas and functions of the school Spring 2012 (Action Step 2) Incorporate the mission and philosophy in all areas of correspondence and school handbooks / Staff/ Comm (Action Step 3) Include the mission and philosophy as part of curriculum and standards review documents /Curriculum RC

2 (OBJECTIVE 2) HNOJ will have a strong educational experience that will support academic excellence. (STRATEGY 1) Promote communication to stakeholders regarding standardized assessment results. (Action Step 1) The school administration will obtain standardized test results Annually (Action Step 2) The school administration will distribute individual results to teachers and school wide results to school and parish community through newsletters and website (Action Step 3) Teacher will distribute individual results to school families with first and third trimester report cards (Action Step 4) administration will hold annual informational meetings to communicate assessment results, definitions and purpose October 2013 April 2014 October 2013 April 2014 May 2014 Staff (Strategy 2) Continue to evaluate curriculum handbook while continuing to update and develop the curriculum to maintain high academic standards. (Action Step 1) staff and administration will review, evaluate and update the curriculum handbook for each curriculum while using the current curriculum review cycle (Action Step 2) staff and administration will determine appropriate standards in developing updates for the curriculum handbook Review Cycle Begin Fall 2012 Review Cycle Begin Fall 2012 (Action Step 3) staff will consider standardized assessment data and results in determining standards and curriculum selection Review Cycle Begin Fall 2012 (Strategy 3) Develop an enrichment program for students including identification criteria. (Action Step 1) Form a committee to explore enrichment programs

3 (Action Step 2) Committee will review current trends and research best practices in enrichment Leadership Team/ (Action Step 3) Determine a funding source for staffing and resources for enrichment programming (Action Step 4) Identify and train a leadership team of inschool experts (Action Step 5) Provide professional development in enrichment practices for all teaching staff (Action Step 6) Write and communicate a school wide philosophy of the enrichment program (Action Step 7) Design the enrichment program (including criteria for selection) and share with stakeholders Spring 2013 / /Qualified Expert /Qualified Expert /Leadership /Leadership (Action Step 8) Implement the enrichment program Leadership Team (Action Step 9) Monitor and evaluate the enrichment program Leadership Team (Strategy 3) Expand the remedial support program for students including identification criteria. (Action Step 1) Form a committee to explore remediation programs (Action Step 2) Committee will review current trends and research best practices in remediation Leadership Team/ (Action Step 3) Determine a funding source for staffing and resources for remedial support programming (Action Step 4) Identify and train a leadership team of inschool experts (Action Step 5) Provide professional development in enrichment practices for all teaching staff (Action Step 6) Write and communicate a school wide philosophy of the remedial support program (Action Step 7) Design the remedial support program (including criteria for selection) and share with stakeholders Spring 2016 Spring 2016 Spring 2016 / /Qualified Expert /Qualified Expert /Leadership /Leadership

4 (Action Step 8) Implement the remedial support program Spring 2016 Leadership Team (Action Step 9) Monitor and evaluate the remedial program Spring 2016 Leadership Team (Strategy 4) Improve staff development opportunities. (Action Step 1) Provide criteria for selecting staff development opportunities. /Continuing Ed (Action Step 2) Develop an individual development plan for staff /Continuing Ed (Action Step 3) Review and draft policies on continuing education opportunities and funding /Continuing Ed (Strategy 5) Provide consistent evaluations for support staff. (Action Step 1) Gather data and resources from area Catholic schools and local public schools on evaluation systems used with support staff (Action Step 2) Create criteria for evaluating support staff (Action Step 3) Complete on-going evaluations for support staff Spring 2013 (OBJECTIVE 3) HNOJ will foster a culture that promotes a safe and positive learning environment. (Strategy 1) Review and revise policies and procedures for the school. (Action Step 1) Create a sub-committee to review current policies and procedures (Action Step 2) Review and revise policies and procedures / (Action Step 3) Finalize and consistently follow through with revised policies /

5 (Strategy 2) Provide comprehensive orientation processes for new staff. (Action Step 1) Create a mentoring committee /Staff (Action Step 2) Research best practices to help develop an orientation process for new staff Mentor Committee (Action Step 3) Assign mentors to new staff members Spring 2016 Mentor Committee (Action Step 4) Initiate weekly follow-up meetings between mentors and new staff Spring 2016 Mentor/ (Strategy 3) Provide volunteers with specific instructions and training. (Action Step 1) Create a shared committee between staff and PTO members PTO/ /Staff (Action Step 2) Write specific guidelines for volunteers PTO/Volunteer Committee (Action Step 3) Hold mandatory meetings for volunteers Volunteer Committee (Action Step 4) Provide follow up meetings and updates to ensure guidelines are being fulfilled and understood Volunteer Committee (Strategy 4) Create consistent communication to stakeholders (website, teacher newsletters, etc). (Action Step 1) Review communication policy (Action Step 2) Share communication policy with stakeholders (Action Step 3) Increase training opportunities for staff to utilize on-line communication tools (Action Step 4) Increase training opportunities for parents to access on-line communication /Tech Coordinator /Tech Coordinator

6 (OBJECTIVE 4) HNOJ will have a strong presence both internally and externally in our community that attracts and retains students. (STRATEGY 1) Promote a strong, productive relationship between parish and school. (Action Step 1) Use HNOJ Marketing and Development Plan to guide the relationship (Action Step 2) Explore opportunities to continue developing a partnership and relationship with parish (i.e. HNOJ Against Hunger, Operation Christmas Child, Hospitality) Faith Formation Committee/ Faith Formation Committee/ (Action Step 3) Explore further opportunities to involve students in Catholic s Week Sunday Mass Sunday times (Action Step 4) Promote school with announcements and weekly information through bulletin and priest Faith Formation Committee/ Faith Formation Committee/ (Strategy 2) Increase the understanding of the school philosophy to stakeholders. (Action Step 1) Review the philosophy statement as a staff each school year Staff (Action Step 2) Update and post philosophy statement on website and school newsletter /Comm Coordinator (Action Step 3) Communicate philosophy statement /Comm Coordinator (Strategy 3) Expand and grow a comprehensive marketing and development plan. (Action Step 1) Explore external support and resources to further develop the HNOJ Marketing and Development Plan Comm/ (Action Step 2) Develop a more comprehensive committee to identify a variety of approaches to marketing and development Comm/

7 (Action Step 3) Create essential steps to inform internal and external community of HNOJ offerings (Action Step 4) Implement HNOJ Marketing and Development Plan Spring 2013 Comm/ Comm/ (Strategy 4) Research and set a fair/just compensation model for staff compared to area Catholic schools. (Action Step 1) Gather relative information from local schools using MCEA data information / (Action Step 2) Determine funding sources to determine a fair and just compensation model for staff / (Strategy 5)Evaluate the admissions policy keeping in mind class sizes, tuition levels (including assistance) and diocesan recommendations. (Action Step 1) Evaluate current admissions policies relative to Archdiocesan standards and other area schools / (Action Step 2) Assess admissions policy as needed Ongoing / (OBJECTIVE 5) HNOJ will maintain a safe and functional building and grounds. (Strategy 1) Expand emergency procedures to meet the needs of the students safety. (Action Step 1) Establish a task force to develop the crisis management plan Staff/ / (Action Step 2) Review state guidelines and resources available to revise the plan Task Force/ (Action Step 3) Review and revise current crisis management policies and practices within the school Task Force/ (Actions Step 4) Interface with local authorizes related to school safety (i.e. fire marshal, school district, local policies, etc.) Task Force/

8 (Action Step 5) Draft a crisis management plan to be reviewed by the school commission Task Force/ (Action Step 6) Adopt a revised final edition of the school crisis management plan Task Force/ (Strategy 2) Explore overall facility and environmental needs to accommodate students. (Action Step 1) Create a capital expenditures and space considerations feasibility study to evaluate the best use for the facility and its future. Comm/ / Parish (Action Step 2) Analyze and communicate feasibility findings Comm/ / Parish (Action Step 3) Plan for future facility needs and funding sources based on feasibility findings Comm/ / Parish (Strategy 3) Identify needs of maintenance staff to help support continual up keep of the facilities. (Action Step 1) Access the needs of maintenance staff to help support the up keep of the facilities Parish / / Comm (Action Step 2) Establish a task force to develop a plan for organizing maintenance requests/needs Parish / / Comm