Strategic Framework

At the end of the 2023-24 school year, after three years of launching a continuous improvement model, considerable improvements and modifications were made to the District 230 Strategic Framework. The main change includes a data dashboard made up of 15 indicators of school success. The district's performance in these important areas will be regularly benchmarked to ensure we are living up to our standards of excellence.

These indicators include an ideal state (where we should be), current reality (where we are), and rationale.  

To narrow the scope, five metrics were identified to target for districtwide improvement efforts. The five indicators were selected due to a sense of urgency, the impact those indicators have on the school community, and concern about the future of those indicators if improvement is not realized. 

This does not mean the other 10 areas are not being worked on; it simply means that we are targeting improvements to the five below in order to improve metrics while we continue to monitor those other 10 indicators. 

When District 230 Superintendent Dr. Robert J. Nolting was announced as the superintendent for District 230 in spring 2021, he immediately began a listening tour to hear what students, parents, teachers, support staff, and community members saw as the future of the district. With the School Board's full support, he also implemented a community input process to answer the question, "what are the most important things to focus on as we prepare students for their future?" 

An online engagement opportunity provided a wide range of input from the community. A 75-member committee analyzed the online results and engaged in dialogue to begin to draft mission and vision statements.

The committee's work was then shared back out with the community for another round of online input. All of the results were then reviewed by the School Board and District Leadership Team resulting in a new mission, vision, and strategic pillars. Throughout the subsequent years, committee work has taken place to develop specific goals and action plans within the pillars including metrics to measure success. Those goals will inform the District and School Improvement Plans that will guide our work into the future.