Strategic Plan 2012-2015
112 Education Foundation Mission Statement: To enrich and enhance educational
opportunities for all children in North Shore School District 112
112 Education Foundation Overarching Objectives: To support the NSSD 112 strategic goals
that state:
o Every student will achieve personal academic excellence by demonstrating
growth as measured by NSSD 112 standards and assessments
o Every child will understand and consistently demonstrate the character
attributes of respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, caring, fairness and
citizenship at school and in the community
112 Education Foundation Overarching Strategy: To align 112 Education Foundation priorities
and programming with NSSD 112 strategic plan adopted in June 2010. The District’s seven
strategic thrusts are listed below:
1. Align curriculum and develop Power Standards and student assessments in all
curricular areas.
2. Ensure educators have the support necessary to utilize effective instructional
strategies and interventions to inspire each student to grow to academic excellence.
3. Develop and implement plans to ensure the sustainability of the district’s financial
and human resources and their equitable distribution.
4. Develop and implement plans to ensure facilities and technology infrastructure to
achieve district mission and objectives.
5. Develop a plan to unify community by improving understanding of the benefits of its
rich diversity and engaging it as a critical partner in the education of our children.
6. Create a learning environment that actively nurtures and engages students’
creativity, critical thought and intellectual curiosity.
7. Model, integrate, recognize, reinforce and develop means to assess the character
traits of responsibility, respect, fairness, caring, citizenship and trustworthiness
throughout the district.
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112 Education Foundation Specific Three Year Plans 2012-2015
112 Education Foundations Specific Three Year Plan: Goals, Strategies, and Proposed Tactics are
listed below. The tactics are not comprehensive of all proposed or expected Foundation
activity, but a representation of current plans currently staffed and proposed plans that require
resource allocation (staff and/or funding). Note: Italic font represents proposed plans not
currently approved and/or resourced.
The 112 Education Foundation priority goals for the next three years beginning with the
2012/2013 Foundation calendar year, align with the delivery our mission to enrich and
enhance educational opportunities for all children in North Shore School District 112. They also
align with the District’s strategic goals of inspiring students and supporting them towards their
goal of personal academic excellence and personal character development.
Goal
Advancing D112’s
development of the
“Classroom of the
21st Century”
Far-reaching
exposure and
student involvement
in Fine Arts—
Performing and
Visual Arts
Strategy
1. Continue to invest in leading edge
technologies used in innovative
ways to advance academic
excellence in subject initiatives
2. Support interdisciplinary
programming that advances
Districts goal to create a learning
environment that actively
nurtures and engages students’
creativity, critical thought and
intellectual curiosity
3. Raise funds above current income
levels to deliver goals
Tactics
A. Fulfill grant commitment for the
middle school social studies
classroom iPad program.
B. Continue Foundation Grant
investment in technology pilots to
support, science, math, and literacy
classroom projects.
C. Continue Foundation Grant
investment in interdisciplinary
programming at the building(s)
level.
D. Removed
E. Continue to seek Sponsorships
including those through PTA/PTO
F. Develop at least one new
Foundation fundraiser to contribute
annual revenue of $20,000.
4. Continue to invest in the delivery
A. Continue to support/facilitate
of innovative Fine Arts education
implementation of Ravinia
programs, including music, dance,
Partnership programming in D112
choir, visual arts, and theater arts
schools
5. Seek new and nurture existing Fine B. Continue Foundation Grant
Arts partnerships
investment in Fine Arts projects
C. Sponsor storytellers/author visits
D. Explore Relationships with TAC and
HP Park District
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112 Education Foundation Specific Three Year Plans 2012-2015 Continued
Goal
Increase community
awareness of and
mission
understanding of
112 Education
Foundation and its
programming
Strategy
6. Utilize public relations and social
media to communicate details of
112 programming
7. Identify opportunities for
participation in/sponsorship of
D112 school and communitywide events
8. Increase in-school presence with
112 Foundation logo material
9. Measure progress against
awareness improvement goals
Recognize and
10. Provide funding and
reinforce the
opportunities for student led
character traits of
service learning projects
responsibility,
respect, fairness,
caring, citizenship
and trust-worthiness
through the district
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Tactics
A. Write and submit articles about 112
Education to Trib Local, HP News,
Patch and other relevant offline and
online outlets
B. Regularly update website and
Facebook page content
C. Consider adding E-mail database
capability to website to collect
emails for outbound marketing
D. Participate in and support mayor
sponsored community partnership
initiative
E. Sponsor/Implement storyteller
evening community event
F. Consider Foundation Trustee
representation at community wide
diversity events (e.g. MLK day)
G. Develop and distribute 2012/2013
School Opening 112 Foundation
items (e.g. note pads, grocery totes)
H. Measure/track 112 Foundation
awareness utilizing D112 survey
capabilities
I. Approach Highwood for Vehicle
Sticker Program
J. Develop School Orientation Video to
be shows to parents around vehicle
sticker upgrade and Fun(d) Run
registration
K. Establish Kindergarten parent
presentations
L. Include flyers in school registration
packets
A. Formulate (removed) middle school
service learning initiative (removed)
B. Reinstitute recognition and reward
of student involvement in
community service related projects
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Insure fair and
equitable
distribution of
enrichment and
enhancement
programming
throughout D112.
11. Provide enrichment and
enhancement program funding
and opportunities to specifically
meet the needs of disadvantaged
schools/students
A. Continue to support Fund Run
administration and implementation
B. Continue Foundation grant
investment in innovative diversity
focused programming.
C. Continue to provide Summer School
scholarships
Note: Italic font represents proposed plans not currently approved and/or resourced.
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Strategic Program Recommendations Budget and Timing
Program
Annual Foundation Grant
21st Century Classroom Super Grant (SS iPads)
Budget
2012/2013
$35,000 (fluctuates with Vehicle Sticker Revenue—less
fair share of Foundation operating expenses)
$34,000 (Sponsorship + $15k from Reserve)
Story Teller/Author Visits
$12,000 (fluctuates with iRead revenue—less fair share of
Foundation operating expenses)
Summer School Scholarship Grant
$11,000
Service Learning/KICS Grant
$2500
Publicity
$2500
Total 2012/2013
$97,000
2013/2014
Annual Foundation Grant
$35,000
21st Century Classroom Super Grant (SS iPads) $34,000
Story Teller/Author Visits
$12,000
Summer School Scholarship Grant
$11,000
Service Learning/KICS Grant
$2500
Publicity
$2500
Total 2013/2014
$97,000
2014/2015
Annual Foundation Grant
$35,000
New Super Grant—World Language?
$40,000 (placeholder recommendation/actual TBD)
Story Teller/Author Visits
$12,000
Summer School Scholarship Grant
$11,000
Service Learning/KICS Grant
$2500
Publicity
$2500
Total 2014/2015
$103,000
Sources of Funding: Current Annual Income Sources:
Fundraising Programs:
$97,000
Vehicle Stickers
$35,000
IRead
$20,000
Sponsorship (new)
$34,000
Movie (new)
$5,000
Misc.
$3,000
We will require increased funding from current programs, as well as additional sources of funding,
including securing the projected sponsorship and/or spending reserve to continue to cover operating
expenses and fund super grants as noted.
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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) Input Summary
Below reflects the summary input of seven Foundation trustees:
Strengths
 Attracting intelligent community/parent leaders
to form consistently strong, passionate, diverse
board of trustees
 Positive, synergistic relationship with D112
administration, D112 School Board and City of
HP
 Innovative, comprehensive (from arts to
technology to literature) programming that
delivers Foundation mission
 Well established fundraising programs including
Vehicle Stickers Upgrade, Fun(d) Run, and I Read
 Worthwhile Foundation Grants to 112 Staff
 Working in a community that values education
 Dedicated Executive Director
 Reenergized iRead
Weaknesses
 Continued mission confusion/lack of clarity
among D112 parents and community,
particularly versus school PTA/PTOs
 Limited direct interaction with D112 parents
outside of active trustees with D112 children
 Reach of programming is not necessarily district
wide—limited to Foundation grant awarded
teachers and Ravinia music partnership
 Promotion of Foundation programming
inconsistent, attribution of programs funded by
Foundation often missing in press
 No Foundation Grant follow-up: staff analysis of
project delivery against objectives and delivery
of marketing materials for publicity haphazard
 Lack of e-mail engine or other means to
communicate regularly with
donors/HP/Highwood communities
 Low community participation in Vehicle Sticker
Upgrade program
Opportunities
Threats
 KICS programming needs rescuing, aligns well
 Weakened economy reducing fundraising
with D112 and Foundation strategic plan
participation
 New funding sources—identify ways to tap into
 Increases requests for funding from
this community with vast wealth including match
disadvantaged building impacts delivery of
fund programs
mission to all 112 students
 Regular communication with community to
 Competition for fundraising dollars with
increase mission understanding and program
PTO/PTAs and possibly D113 foundation
involvement
 Low Foundation awareness can reduce overall
 Expand roster of community partners beyond
program participation and new sources of
Ravinia for programming and/or fundraising
funding
 Continuing to recruit quality trustee candidates
 Succession planning—need to insure trustees
from community at large as well as D112 parent
are willing and able to serve in leadership roles
community (particularly parents of young
 Low D112 morale among staff and parent
children)
community due to repeated budget cuts
 Foundation recognition programs to involve and
recognize students contributing to Foundation
mission—opportunity to partner with city,
opportunity to award scholarship, involve social
media
 Potential to expand enrichment to tackle
social/health/business issues, e.g. childhood
obesity, cyber bullying, entrepreneurship, ethics
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 Big opportunity to increase vehicle sticker %
participation
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