Developing a Strategic Plan

At its January 19, 2012, meeting  the School Board approved Strategic Plan goals that signaled the start of a planning process that will involve the constituencies of both schools. The next phase of developing the strategic plan will be setting objectives for each goal. Some goals may only have one or two objectives, some may have many. These objectives are the building blocks that we will follow to achieve the goals. The third step in the strategic plan will be to define the tasks – the how-to’s, the nitty gritty – that will define what we need to do to make the objectives happen and the plan work. Each of these steps in the strategic plan leads to the ultimate goal: stronger, sustainable, successful schools.

This will be a three-year plan. Each year we will evaluate, up-date and add new objectives. It will not be a plan that is put in a binder and stuck on a shelf to gather dust. We need and will have a working plan.

Through meetings and questionnaires we will be asking parents, students, alumnae, faculty and staff to give us your thoughts, ideas, dreams. Your input is critical to making this strategic plan function for Seton Keough. The plan needs to be personal to the school. It needs to be about us. So read the goals below, watch for notices about meetings, answer questionnaires you receive, be a part of making our school exemplary. Let’s work together to make this happen!
 
Karen Hanrahan
President
Seton Keough High School
Holy Angels Catholic School

Strategic Plan Goals

Catholic Identity

1. Proclaim and celebrate - at all levels of relationship: administration, faculty, students, parents, boards, benefactors – that  our Catholic Identity reflects our belief that “all are made to the image and likeness of God.”
2. Ensure that every academic, service, social and spiritual initiative is presented within the context of respect for God’s likeness within each student.
3. The learning and experiences provided by the schools should foster a generation of lifetime learners grounded in an appreciation of the Eucharistic Presence on their life’s journey.

Curriculum and Programs

1. Revise and base the High School curriculum on National Core Standards.
2. Implement Archdiocese of Baltimore Division of Schools courses of study, that are based upon national standards, for all Elementary and Middle School classes.
3. Revise the Marillac Program to enhance and strengthen the experience for students and will be expanded to include students in grades 1 through 8.
4. Emphasis should be placed on courses in the sciences – especially reflecting STEM initiatives and the Project Lead the Way program.
5. Implement the Focus on the Arts program to incorporate new and existing courses in art, music, theatre and dance.
6. Put into operation Virtual High School as an on-line learning program.
7. Provide updated technology to support the academic program

Faculty/Staff/Administration

1. Attract, support, retain, evaluate and compensate faculty, staff and administration who will carry out and enhance the mission of Holy Angels Catholic School and Seton Keough High School.

Facilities

1. Develop a preventative maintenance plan
2. Develop a plan for grounds, playing fields and playground utilization and maintenance
3. Conduct an assessment of building conditions.

Finance

1. Operate with a conservative fiscal policy that continues to drive toward a balanced annual budget.
2. Develop a 3-year budget plan.

Institutional Advancement

1. Develop a comprehensive enrollment management plan for Holy Angels Catholic School
2. Develop a comprehensive enrollment management plan for Seton Keough High School
3. Develop a comprehensive marketing plan for Holy Angels Catholic School
4. Develop a comprehensive marketing plan for Seton Keough High School
5. Develop plans to increase involvement of alumnae from Seton High School, Archbishop Keough High School and Seton Keough High School
6. Develop a fundraising plan that includes annual gifts, planned gifts and major gifts

School Board Membership

1. Develop and maintain a diverse School Board grounded in the belief that “all are made in the image and likeness of God,” and committed to supporting and furthering Catholic education at Holy Angels Catholic School and Seton Keough High School.