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During the 2020-2021 school year, Superintendent Menzel and the SUSD Governing Board initiated a broad, wide-ranging, future-focused strategic planning process that engaged the Scottsdale community at-large to articulate a vision for the District’s future that is both aspirational and inspirational.

Building on the successes and strategic outcomes achieved since 2020, SUSD launched a refreshed strategic planning process to guide the District through the next five years. This renewed effort reaffirmed our commitment to academic excellence and to ensuring every school is full, thriving, and future-ready. Through extensive collaboration, new strategic action teams emerged—Math Powers Possibility, The SPARK Team, and Centralized Enrollment—each dedicated to advancing priorities that strengthen student learning and elevate school experiences.

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SUSD’s strategic planning process included three initial phases:

In Phase 1, a Design Team of stakeholders (i.e., parents, community members, administrators, teachers, and classified staff members) developed the SUSD vision, mission, and values to guide the District into our desired future.

In Phase 2, Design Team members determined the strategic goals and commitments to align district wide actions.

During Phase 3 of the SUSD Strategic Planning Process, District and school leaders and teachers identified key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure progress toward the realization of SUSD’s strategic goals and commitments -- and the following five district strategic initiatives to support implementation of the SUSD Strategic Plan:  

  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Academic and Behavioral)
  • Innovation in Teaching and Learning
  • Talent Attraction and Retention
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Optimized Learning Resources

View the SUSD Strategic Plan here

WIGs

Excellence in Mathematics

By May 2030, there will be an increase from 25 % to 75% of 8th graders successfully completing Algebra I (or beyond) or other more advanced math coursework with an annual increase of 3% proficiency as measured by AASA. 

Enrollment

SUSD will improve capture rate from 55% (or the actual capture rate identified in the 2025 demographic study) to 58% by 2030.

Strategic Action Teams (StAT Teams)  

To activate the next steps toward deep implementation of the Districtwide initiatives, five Strategic Action Teams (StAT Teams) comprised of district and school administrators, teachers, and classified staff members were established September of 2022.   The scope of the initiatives requires a multi-year implementation timeline and commitment on the part of StAT Teams.  Leaders of the StAT Teams will begin to report out on key learnings, progress, and outcomes of each of our StAT Teams at Governing Board meetings during the second semester of the 2022-23 SY.   

Through the ongoing commitment to the strategic planning process, SUSD continues on a path to operationalize our District’s vision and mission – in alignment with the values, strategic goals and commitments, initiatives, and KPIs established to ensure SUSD’s present and future success.  

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