2016-21 Plan

Strategic plan - Archive

The plan’s goal, known as Spring Branch T-2-4, challenges the system to increase the number of students completing a technical certificate or military training, two-year or four-year degree from 44 percent to 72 percent by 2022.

The Learner’s Journey is the district’s five-year strategic plan to increase student achievement and develop a culture of high expectations for all students.

A journey for #EveryChild and every learner

At the core of The Learner's Journey is the fundamental belief that we are all unique and gifted with different skills, interests and talents. We learn in different ways, at different speeds, and need different levels of support. We all want voice and choice in our learning. We’re responding by changing the way we teach and the way children learn – with higher engagement, more student ownership of learning and expanded opportunities to apply learning in ways that are rigorous, challenging and encouraging.

At the same time, we are building our analytical muscle to make better data-informed decisions. We are rethinking how we develop our staff, leverage the skills of our best educators, and expand the classroom beyond the walls of our schools.

We invite you to join us on the journey!

Plan Development

In 2016, Spring Branch ISD's Board of Trustees approved an exciting and ambitious strategic plan that also served as our declaration of one of the first Districts of Innovation in Texas. This strategic plan, called The Learner's Journey, provides a clear direction and identifies some critical priorities for SBISD as our district moves boldly into the 21st century.

THE GOAL: The Learner's Journey re-confirms SBISD's commitment to the T-2-4 goal established in the 2012-17 strategic plan.

THE STRATEGY: The Learner's Journey identifies personalization as the overarching strategy for achieving T-2-4.

THE DESIGN THEMES: As our community produced and processed vast amounts of input and feedback to develop the plan, four clear focus areas emerged. These became known as the plans "design themes" as they inform the way in which our district designs solutions to improve teaching & learning.

These design themes are

Learning Ecosystems

Creating powerful learning environments to connect, collaborate, and learn

When we talk about creating Learning Ecosystems, we're talking about the how, when, and where of a student's learning experience. Does a child stop learning after leaving a classroom? Is every student ready to learn the same material in the same way at the same time? If not, we need to make sure every student's learning ecosystem is responsive to the needs of that specific child.

Customized Supports

Strengthening our Collective Impact

We don't do this work alone. Student success requires a strong partnership between the community, parents, educators, district leaders, students, and staff. SBISD is fortunate to have an outstanding network of supporters like our Education Foundation, our Good Neighbor partners, our PTA members, and countless community organizations who work in service of our families.

These partners provide critical personalized services to our most important customer - students. Our work under the strategic plan will strengthen these already powerful resources by aligning our collective impact through initiatives like Family E3.

Extraordinary People

Empowering staff to be lead learners

We know that a great student experience starts with great educators and support staff. We're committed to nurturing the strengths and development of all of our employees in new and bold ways while holding fast to our Core Values.

Thanks to a range of new professional development opportunities - like SBISD's Vanguard Cohort and our Opportunity Culture initiative - we're expanding the potential for both staff and students across the school district by investing in our employees.

Resilient Foundation

Read SBISD's Strategic Plan

THE PROCESS:

THE COMMITTEE:

LEGAL DOCUMENTS:

Resolution to Initiate the Process of Designation as a District of Innovation Under HB 1842 (pdf)
Approved Resolution (pdf) (September 28, 2015)
DIT Vote 4/21/16 (pdf)

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