Strategic Plan
Deer Creek School District’s Strategic Plan outlines our guiding focuses for the next five years (2023-2028). This plan was developed as a way to identify key goals in an effort to focus decision-making, financial budgeting and policy implementation.
Our strategic plan was not designed to be created once and never referenced again. Building and district leaders use this plan regularly as a compass to ensure we are following a goal-based blueprint in our efforts to serve the Deer Creek students and community to the best of our abilities.
As important as it is to have a plan for the future, it is even more important to follow the plan and evolve it as time goes on. As each year comes to an end, stakeholders will participate in evaluating the effectiveness of the plan, remove or adapt current goals and create new objectives so the plan will always address a five-year timespan.
As with any strategic plan, not every aspect of the district could be addressed. However, if this plan is used as intended, each annual redesign will produce a better product that will help Deer Creek Schools in an effort to address growth in a proactive manner, maintain a focus on learning for all children and keep our district as the top public school district in Oklahoma.
Areas of Focus
Objectives Include:
- Defining and prioritizing what makes Deer Creek School District unique
- Continuous focus on improving climate and culture
Objectives Include:
- Develop a new model for talent acquisition
- Use Professional Learning Communities as a collaborative support structure for educators
- Address the substitute shortage
Objectives Include:
- Create a vision for what we want our schools to look like
- Strategic distribution of 2022 bond funds for maintenance and transportation projects
Objectives Include:
- Improve accountability of work schedule and accrued time
- Update the work order process
- Systematic review of board policies
- Emphasize the need for work-life balance to all employees
- Build an internal leadership pipeline
Objectives Include:
- Create a systematic approach to data collection and analysis at the district level
- Develop structured interventions for low performing subgroups of students
- Enhance the use of technology in the classroom
Objectives Include:
- Develop a systematic approach to educational intervention for struggling learners and credit recovery opportunities for individuals at risk of not graduating with their cohort
- Increase enrichment for students identified as Gifted/Talented
- Increase middle and high school innovative course offerings
- Provide Pre-Kindergarten to all Deer Creek families