DMC’s 8th Superintendents’ Strategy Summit occurred Jan. 19-21, 2011, in New York City. The focus of this year’s event was on the importance of having a district strategic planning process, and how to develop such a process. The event featured a variety of interactive exercises and guest speakers to provide examples of strategic planning in action, and to drive home the importance of developing a strong strategic plan.
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This is the agenda from DMC's 8th Annual Superintendents' Strategy Summit, held January 19-21, 2011, at the Westin New York in Times Square.
The table of contents lists the materials found in the conference binders distributed to superintendents at DMC's 8th Annual Superintendents' Strategy Summit held at the Westin new York in Times Square.
This session on Wednesday afternoon (January 19, 2011) included highlights from DMC's November Leadership Development Meeting, including a recap of Hamilton County (TN)'s new approach to evaluating teacher effectiveness, and an introduction to DMC's Teacher Evaluation Workbook.
Thursday (January 20, 2011) morning's introductory session at the Superintendents' Strategy Summit included a brief overview of the fiscal environment and the importance of developing a district strategy.
Thursday (January 18, 2011) morning's discussion of the Bristol City Schools case study highlighted the importance of a well-developed strategy. The discussion included defining key strategic terms such as "mission" and "vision" and highlighting the difference between strategy and strategic planning.
This exercise was used to guide participants to reflect on the components and style of their district's existing strategic plan.
The Thursday (January 20, 2011) session featured a presentation of DMC research into district strategic plans across the nation, as well as an introduction to DMC's 10-step Strategic Planning Process.
Rob Duffy, GE's Vice President of Global Business Development, shared how GE created a strategic planning process to manage its multiple business sectors and the connections between this process and school district strategic planning during the Thursday afternoon session on January 20, 2011.
During this session on Friday (January 21, 2011) morning, Montgomery County (MD) Superintendent Jerry Weast shared how his district was able to do more with less by developing a district performance plan and thinking strategically.
The second session on Friday morning (January 21, 2011) focused on the middle parts of DMC's 10-step Strategic Planning Process, and introduced the idea of strategic abandonment.
This exercise from the Moving to Execution session highlights the importance of communicating with all stakeholders to develop a cohesive strategic plan.
This session from Friday (January 21, 2011) afternoon completed the discussion of DMC's 10-step Strategic Planning Process. These are the handouts in the binder from that section.
These handouts were distributed during the Friday afternoon session, and focus on the importance of SMART goals and identifying leading and lagging indicators of success.
