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System Strategic Improvement Plan and Balanced Scorecard 2008-2009
Our mission is to produce high-achieving students.
Our vision is that our system will be world-class.
Houston County Balanced Scorecard
Strategic Improvement Plan Communication Tool
System Strategic Action Plan
Glossary and Acronym List
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Introduction:
In the spring of 2008 the Board of Education, superintendent, and senior district staff presented 2008-2009 system initiatives and actions. Following data gathering and analysis a system strategic improvement plan has been developed. An outcome of the improvement plan is a draft of the Houston County Balanced Scorecard. The Balanced Scorecard has a three-fold purpose. It is intended to serve as a measurement tool; a management tool; and a communication tool.
The team of system educational leaders developed four goal areas which serve as the structure of the system strategic improvement plan and Balanced Scorecard. The areas are: Student Achievement, Student and Stakeholder Engagement, Organizational Effectiveness, and Learning & Growth. Performance Objectives as well as key performance measures were created for each of the goal areas to be used in reporting.
The Houston County Board of Education approved system strategic improvement plan and Balanced Scorecard on October 21, 2008. The system strategic plan includes utilizing the GSBA eBoardsolutions beginning in January 2009 to post and monitor the document. Additionally, eBoardsolutions will provide the system with a tool to create school based improvement plans and Balanced Scorecards aligned with the system goals.
Description of the Balanced Scorecard:
Communication is an essential ingredient in the effectiveness of any results-oriented institution or organization. The public desire for accountability requires that the communicated results are very clear, direct, focused and consistent. To reach this end a strategic approach to performance management must be employed. It is imperative that the approach is aligned, data-driven, action-planned, monitored and reported in a timely manner.
One of the leading performance management methodologies in business has been the use of a Balanced Scorecard developed by Robert Kaplan and David Norton of Harvard University. The Balanced Scorecard has become a roadmap that measures performance and translates strategies into action plans. Decision-makers are therefore better able to monitor their organization and focus on the measures critical to their success.
A recent revision of the Houston County School System strategic plan has resulted in the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard to increase organizational effectiveness and efficiency through a systemic and systematic alignment process. Additional benefits from the utilization of a Balanced Scorecard will include more effective communication with the public and a tool to document accountability measures and progress towards system goal areas.
Links to the Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Improvement Communication Tool, and Houston County Strategic Improvement Action Plan can be accessed from the Houston County website posted under Balanced Scorecard.
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