GO Hosts OUSD Strategic Planning Workshop

October 29, 2010

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On October 28, over 115 Oakland education advocates came together to participate in a strategic planning workshop with OUSD's task force leaders. The room was filled with diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise, and the GO network was offered a tremendous opportunity. OUSD leaders published dates, times, and locations for all upcoming task force meetings, and extended an invitation to the community to engage in building the district's strategic plan together.

This is the opportunity we've been asking for - OUSD leadership opened up the strategic planning process to the Oakland community. Our voices will contribute to the rich conversations and decisions that will shape the new strategic plan.



Vernon Hal, OUSD's Chief Financial Officer, shared with the GO community that the district's strategic plan includes ten strategic initiatives (comprised of 14 task forces), divided into two big buckets:

1. High Quality Effective Instruction
2. Readying the Organization to become a Full Service Community District  

Community Engagement



While each of the 14 task forces has a different process, timeline, and work plan that corresponds with its group's goals and deliverables, Mr. Hal explained that there are a variety of ways people can get involved with the process of turning the strategic vision into reality.

What you can do: Attend a task force meeting. All dates, times, and locations are published on OUSD's calendar, with the upcoming meetings as follows:

• November 1, 6:30pm - Quality Schools Development Group
• November 4, 2:00pm - Secondary Experience and Achievement (SEAN)
• November 4, 3:30pm - Full Service Community Schools Task Force
• November 4, 4:30pm - Teacher Effectiveness Task Force Task Force

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