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Executive Summary

A Message from Coffee County Schools

Coffee County Board of Education T he Coffee County School System students through career academies across a
1311 South Peterson Ave., Douglas, GA 31533 participated in a strategic planning variety of sectors that drive economic growth
912-384-2086 process in partnership with the Georgia of the community. GSBA Strategic Planning
School Board Association (GSBA) to develop facilitators guided the most current strategic
a new five-year strategic plan and to continue planning process using strategies to develop a
June 26, 2023 to strengthen the school system. Planning plan that reflects a comprehensive, community
initially began in March 2022 and ended in May
approach to the educational success of the
On April 26, 2022, the Coffee County School System began a formal strategic planning initiative 2023. This process is a continuation of a very students of Coffee County.
designed to transform our school system into one that provides the highest quality educational successful strategic planning implementation
experience possible for all of our students. The Board of Education adopted a resolution in of two five-year plans originally incorporated in GSBA outlined a process that involved
August 2022 authorizing the Superintendent and staff to develop a five-year strategic plan for 2013. The GSBA partnership brought a unique stakeholder input, including educators,
implementation from 2024-2028. Our goal is to continue to become a world-class school system and comprehensive approach to the vision of employers, and community leaders; review of the
focused on our core business of teaching and learning. creating a stronger community by providing current mission, vision, and beliefs; conducting

Guided by the Georgia School Board Association (GSBA), the district began the planning process on an excellent education to every student. The a review of current data and feedback; and
September 15, 2022 by holding an engagement meeting with the school board to acquire feedback district maintains a focus on strengthening identifying goals, performance objectives, and
regarding strengths, areas of improvement, opportunities, and threats to consider for the new five-year the talent pool by preparing young people for action steps for the future. The process results
plan from their perspective. GSBA also facilitated a community conversation in November 2022 with college, career, the workforce, lifelong learning, in a well-designed, targeted strategic plan with
a focus group of 73 participants, including business and industry leaders, healthcare representatives, and leadership through high expectations and measurable data points for monitoring goals
community and civic leaders, post-secondary institution representatives (South Georgia State College academic rigor of college preparatory academic and objectives for the life of the plan. Everyone
& Wiregrass Georgia Technical College), teachers, paraprofessionals, parents, students, and other programs with real-world relevance and rigor of had a voice in the creation of the strategic plan,
stakeholders. The purpose was to gain feedback regarding strengths, areas of improvement,
opportunities, and threats from various perspectives and to gain insight on the vision our citizens career and technical education. Further, a focus partnering in the responsibility of educating
have for their school system now and its future. Emails and social media posts were utilized to remains on providing a variety of choices for the children of Coffee County.
invite additional community members to participate in a survey for additional input from community
members’ perspective. GSBA believes it is essential that all high-performing
GSBA compiled all feedback into a Community Engagement Report to use as a tool for review with governance teams have strong strategic plans in place,
the planning team. A planning team meeting was held in January 2023 with a representative group
of stakeholders to review the feedback and evaluate current practices to determine areas of focus to make decisions that are aligned with the plan, and monitor
prepare our students for college, career, the workforce, and life. With consideration of effective initiatives
from the FY19-FY23 Strategic Plan and feedback from the Community Engagement Report, the planning the plan for progress toward each goal for the life of the plan.
team began the process of redesigning a new targeted plan; agreeing to maintain our current mission,
vision, and goals; identifying new goal areas, performance objectives, and action steps. In February
2023, Action Teams engaged in a more focused process to establish initiatives to support each identified
action, as well as performance measures and targets for implementation and monitoring. A meeting was Using the SWOT analysis and Additionally, the model will allow for
held with the planning team to review the final draft of the strategic plan and to provide an opportunity Community Engagement Report, a continued focus on strengthening
for additional input. The strategic plan was presented to the school board in several phases and a final our district was able to identify our communication and stakeholder
draft provided for their review in April 2023. The final draft of the five-year plan was presented roadmap for improving our current engagement; developing and maintaining
and approved by the Board of Education on May 26, 2023. practices and continuing to better a high-quality workforce, ensuring
We believe that by working together, we can provide the best possible education for our students and prepare our students. This model organizational effectiveness, and
supports our work as a charter system
generating a supportive culture and
create a more prosperous community. We are committed to transparency, accountability, and continuous
improvement, and we look forward to sharing our progress with you over the next five years. and pairs resources with flexibility and climate for students and staff. The Coffee
County School System places increased
accountability to create stronger
Thank you for your continued support of Coffee County Schools. learning environments that lead to emphasis and dedication to our mission
opportunities for student success. of Destination Graduation for College,
The model will allow the district and Career, and Life and our vision of creating a
stakeholders to place an intentional stronger community through an equitable
focus on student and academic and excellent education for every student.
achievement and preparedness through This strategic plan provides a focus for
high quality and engaging curriculum, our district and stakeholders in supporting
instruction, assessments, and through the mission and vision through the
the expansion of the academy and implementation of the identified priorities
workforce development models. for the next five years.

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