Telling a Sustainability Story

The Power of using the SMMM Survey
to grow your strategic management

Succession Planning
6 Practices to Live Your Strategic Plan

Description

Soldwedel Consulting assists leaders prepare for the annual strategic management survey, administer the survey to leader participants, analyze results, set targets and plan for growth and improvement.

Lyons Township High School District 204 administered the survey fall 2024 and compared its results with a 2022 survey. Celebrate with them the tremendous growth and improvement in strategic management they realized.
Soldwedel Consulting assists leaders ensure a culture than inducts, mentors, develops and retains leaders at all levels of the system and to prepare for succession. Western Spring District 101 has a history of succession planning. Learn from their success.
Soldwedel Consulting assists leaders ensure a return on their investment of a strategic plan through:
1. Align goals and strategies to a data system
2. Align the data system to a progress monitoring and reporting system for all stakeholders.
3. Align the Plan to individual and team performance and program evaluation
4. Align the Plan to the work structures and shared decision-making processes
5. Align the Plan strategies to PDSA action plans
Align the Plan to resources of time and money

Success

SMMS Annual Survey
Soldwedel Consulting Survey Services
Lyons Township High School District 204
latest survey results
Induction & Mentoring
Professional Development &
Coaching Retention
Succession Planning
6 Practices to ensure a return on
the investment of your strategic
plan.

Sustainability

Essential Question

How does strategic management of the first 7 Dimensions lead to sustainability and place the district or school a journey of continuous learning and improvement?

Reflection Questions before taking survey to look back on where you are

Why is sustainability important to district success?
Are you aware of leaders (Champions) for each of the district’s long-range goals? What do Champions do? Are they visible and accessible? Do they assume responsibility and accountability for goal actions and impacts? Give some examples to support your answer.
Is the District Leadership a viable and effective structure to progress monitor and report strategic plan actions and impacts? Is their role and responsibilities clear and effective?
Is the School Leadership Team a viable and effective structure to progress monitor and report school improvement plan actions and impacts? Is their role and responsibilities clear and effective?
Are the grade level/department PLC teams viable and effective structure to progress monitor and report team actions and impacts? Are their roles and responsibilities clear and effective?
Would you describe your district and/or school culture one embracing continuous improvement? Give some examples to support your answer.
Is there a district office or district leader with chief responsibility to ensure effective strategic management? Which office? Who?

Reflection Questions after taking survey to look where you want to be

Define sustainability. Why is sustainability so important to the success of the district?
Do you feel the district or school is on a journey of continuous improvement? Is that journey person dependent or system dependent? Explain your answer.
Do you feel there is a sense of urgency among staff members to live the district’s mission, vision, values? Why or why not?
Do you feel there is a sense of urgency among staff members to live the district’s long-range goals and annual strategies, indicators, measures, targets? Why or why not?
Is current change in the system real, relevant, and impactful? Why or why not? How do you know?
Would you agree with the statement, “Strategy is everyone’s job?” What is your evidence?
Do you feel the district and/or school is doing a great job in keeping families and the community informed about its performance? Name efforts that are being made.
Do you feel there is pride and satisfaction among families and the community about the performance of the district and/or school?