The USN community learns the details of the strategic framework through this brief video and this document.

Tracking begins with the design of new data collection as needed.

The Director and Administrative Team collect initial action plans for the year to create dashboards.

The Director and Administrative Team begin accountability and action planning to define metrics and appropriate measurements.

The Board of Trustees votes on the strategic plan.

The committee presents the plan to the Board of Trustees for additional feedback.

Plan revisions continue.

Mission & Data conducts a 90-minute focus group with faculty, staff, and administrators during an afternoon inservice meeting.

Plan revisions continue.

The committee forms a working subgroup to begin writing the plan, sharing multiple revisions with the committee over the ensuing months.

The committee invites USN parents and families to share additional feedback through another survey.

Plan revisions continue.

The Strategic Planning Committee analyzes information from the survey and focus groups into categories, which are used to establish USN's priorities and goals. 

The committee shares initial goals with trustees, administrators, faculty, and staff and solicits their input through another survey.

The committee begins reading and analyzing nearly 2,500 comments from the initial survey.

Mission & Data conducts focus groups with donors and alumni.

Three faculty from Lower, Middle, and High Schools are added to the Strategic Planning Committee.

The Strategic Planning Committee invites the parents, families, alumni, parents of alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators to share their thoughts on the school’s strengths, challenges, aspirations, and opportunities through a survey.

Mission & Data conducts an all-day retreat with the Board of Trustees and Strategic Planning Committee and focus groups with students.

Mission & Data meets virtually with faculty and staff during a back-to-school inservice meeting.

Two administrators are added to the Strategic Planning Committee.

The committee researches the strategic plans of other independent schools.

The Board of Trustees convenes an ad hoc committee of trustees, parents, alumni, and the Director to create the Strategic Planning Committee.

The Strategic Planning Committee interviews three consulting firms and hires Mission & Data.