Lynden Christian Schools – Strategic Plan 2016
Goal 1: Quality, Christ-centered Education To provide Lynden Christian students with a quality, Christ-centered education focused on their learning, growth, and relationships |
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To ensure the content of our instruction is supported by research and is age and stage appropriate. We believe this will improve what our students are learning and support our efforts |
Enhance/improve LC’s Curriculum:
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To provide feedback to teachers on student progress in their individual learning |
Establish a system-wide Student Assessment Protocol – research and implementation |
To provide more learning support for students as needed |
Student Academic Services sustainability, restructuring, and expansion |
To more further represent the full body of Christ throughout our student/family population |
Create an inclusive campus – working toward educating all children, representing the full body of Christ |
Goal 2:Qualified and Committed Staff To support, educate, and evaluate all staff, focusing on Lynden Christian’s mission and our students’ learning |
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Research shows that teachers who are learning enhances student learning. |
Establish a Collaborative time for Professional Development for K-12 teachers, focused on student learning |
For LC’s strategic plan to be successfully implemented, it is important for our staff to be evaluated based on that plan. |
Enhance Evaluation including student and parent feedback, using Marzano’s iObservation, as well as Professional Growth Plans |
We have to be consistent with our mission and strategic plan, and hiring and supporting committed and qualified staff provides consistency. |
Systematize Hiring practices as well as mentoring and orienting staff |
LC desires all staff to be learning, modeling our mission as well as supporting our employees. |
Provide professional development for support staff (admin assistants, custodians, bus drivers) |
Goal 3 Lynden Christian Culture and Community – on-campus and off To enhance our welcoming community while engaging our surrounding community |
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LC must promote within our internal community, retaining families we already have, focusing on those committed to Christian education. |
Enhance/improve our Internal Community:
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LC must promote Christian education in the area in order to deepen the mission and purpose of Christian education. |
Expand our External Community:
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Goal 4: Stewards of Our Resources To be gracious and wise stewards of our God-given resources |
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Why? |
How? |
We do not fundraise consistently or thoroughly, and we need to in order to be most effective and stewardly. |
Develop a system-wide, systematic fundraising plan connected to the strategic and master plan |
LC is called to education children of Christian families and we can do that in more substantial ways by providing tuition assistance for families that need it. |
Enhance tuition assistance for families by finding creative ways for tuition cost equity |
We have to care for what we have and plan for the needs of our organizational and educational mission. This is stewardship. |
Develop a campus, capital needs, and operations master plan |
We must pursue educational equity for all of our families and students in order to be fair and missional. |
Analyze and decrease the cost of Discovery for families of students who need it |
Sharing our financials will minimize confusion, enhance understanding, and solve problems. |
Communicate with the community, LC’s financial status and standing |
This will provide equitable compensation for staff and enhance our ability to recruit and retain staff members. |
Pursue 85% staff compensation model – 2019 full implementation |
Legal and best practices must be followed. This is our responsibility. |
Implement financial improvement action points related to accounting best practices |
Goal 5: Mission and Ministry Expansion To expand the ministry and mission of Lynden Christian education |
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Why? |
How? |
Evergreen struggles with identity and space constraints, and a permanent school facility with help solve this problem. |
Establish Permanency in Bellingham; ECS – permanent school facility by 2020 |
To continue to expand the mission of Lynden Christian and chart our course for the future, partnering with more Christian families. |
Establish Enrollment retention/recruitment goals with projections |
We have to be deliberate and focused in our marketing and our communication in order to be successful in growth and stability. |
Create and Implement a marketing and a communication plan |