Strategic Planning Events and Timeline:
May 2014 - Most recent AGSD Strategic Plan timeline ends
December 2015 - Assistant Superintendent MacManus begins discussions with Eklund Consulting to begin laying groundwork for Strategic Planning process. Discussions occur during the next few months of winter 2015/2016.
April 2016 - Assistant Superintendent MacManus begins wider discussions with Eklund Consulting, as well as other members of AGSD leadership
April 2016 - Eklund Consulting develops a School Workplace Satisfaction Survey for AGSD. AGSD leadership committee reviews and revises survey.
May 2016 - School Workplace Satisfaction Survey is delivered to all AGSD staff. By the end of May, there is 100% completion of survey.
June 2016 - School Workplace Satisfaction Survey results and initial analysis are delivered to AGSD leadership team.
July 2016 - AGSD leadership team plans for roll out of Survey Results and feedback to staff
August 2016 - School Workplace Satisfaction Survey results and initial analysis are delivered to AGSD leadership team, and then to all AGSD staff during district-wide inservice.
September-November, 2016 - AGSD leadership team and Eklund Consulting meet regularly to plan next steps based on survey results, and begin to organize community events to solicit more input.
November 10, 2016 - Mentasta Community meeting with AGSD Superintendent MacManus and Nate Eklund to give overview of strategic planning process and solicit community input regarding priorities for schools.
November 10, 2016 - Tok Community dinner with AGSD Superintendent MacManus and Nate Eklund to give overview of strategic planning process and solicit community input regarding priorities for schools.
November 11, 2016 - All AGSD Staff meeting at Tok School to give overview of process, review of community input gathered thus far, and solicit staff input regarding priorities for schools.
November 12, 2016 - All day community workshop at Tok School with community members and district staff members representing all communities in AGSD. Data gathered regarding priorities was presented, then the group was tasked with coming up with specific focus areas and mission statements that aligned with those priorities. The group came up with 6 Focus areas and mission statements.
November 13, 2016 - All AGSD administrators met with Superintendent MacManus and Nate Eklund to further review 6 Focus areas and possible options for how to plan for moving those to the school level.
January 2017 - Site administrators across the district hold meetings with local ASB's, Parent Advisory Committees, and any other interested community members to determine how the 6 Focus Areas might be addressed within local schools. Through this process, ideas about needs and goals are developed.
February 17, 2017 - All AGSD staff came together to review the 6 Focus areas, and the community input gathered during January community meetings. Staff worked in groups throughout the day to create a rough draft of goals under each Focus Area.
April 28, 2017 - AGSD Staff Inservice. All AGSD Staff reviewed the results of the spring Workplace Satisfaction Survey. Staff also reviewed and revised goals set during the February meeting into coherent one-year goals, three per focus area.
April 29,2017 - Community workshop at Tok School with community members and district staff members invited. Worked on revision of mission statement, reviewed one year goals, set 3 year goals.
September - October, 2017 - AGSD leadership team continue to meet with Eklund Consulting regularly to plan next steps - supporting the sites to create yearly site goals, and presenting the RSB with information to begin to align board direction with focus areas and goals of the plan.
October 16, 2017 - Worksession with Regional School Board. Superintendent MacManus and Nate Eklund present current status of the plan and begin discussion with the Board around aligning Strategic Planning goals with Board goals.