GEAUGA COUNTY ESC STATEGIC PLAN GOALS 2018 - 2020
1. Expansion of Services
Investigate
opportunities to identify and expand services to meet the diverse needs of
school districts and students.
* Collaborate with neighboring ESC governing boards in order to strengthen the future of Northeast Ohio districts and to continue to meet their needs.
* Expand student programs to meet growing special
education needs across grade levels.
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Continue expansion in vocational programing in Geauga, Lake, and Cuyahoga county schools and increase community employer partnerships.
* Increase involvement in initiatives with the Ohio
Department of Education.
* Develop and market curriculum and assessment supports
and resources.
2. Communication/Public
Relations
Enhance communication and strengthen marketing with educators, employees, community/parents.
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Ongoing communication of internal roles and
responsibilities of staff to school districts.
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Consistently market current service offerings.
* Research innovative and effective communication tools/mechanisms to provide consistent and timely updates to schools and community community.
* Alignment with community agencies and partners in order
to create an effective service delivery framework.
3. Professional
Development and Staffing Analysis
Strengthen internal
professional development structures to enhance targeted training for high
quality programs.
* Leverage high quality staff for purposes of recruitment and retention in order to develop content specific specialists by providing targeted training and staff support.
* Survey districts to meet staff professional development
needs.
* Identify and offer resources to meet district needs specific to students (e.g. technology, curriculum materials, blended learning, grant writing, transportation).
* Offer targeted professional development based on
identified staff needs.
* Staff will participate in assigned district
professional development, as applicable.
4. Finances
Provide cost effective
services/programs to meet educational needs of students.
* Continue to improve general fund revenue and build
confidence/transparency of billing process with district input.
* Utilize the management board for input regarding
staffing and program implementation.
* Continue to meet with districts on an ongoing basis and
communicate billing program costs and rationale.
* Identify new sources of revenue through expansion of
programs and services.
* Transition to new financial software to increase
efficiency in the Treasury Department.