RFP-TFS-02012023SP - Rochester City School District Five Year Strategic Planning & Design

DESIRED OUTCOMES
The RCSD is seeking professional services resulting in a high-quality five-year District-wide strategic plan.  Desired outcomes include:

• Comprehensive Strategic Planning Process: Propose an approach and project timeline for the creation of a new strategic plan, to include research, stakeholder involvement (surveys, empathy interviews, focus groups) results analysis, recommendations, and collateral material development and design. Important elements include:
  • A comprehensive needs assessment that minimally includes district data, community context, and an analysis of the District’s current accountability documentation and demands. 
  • Meaningful engagement of students, parents, and community members and organizations (including affinity groups)
  • Engagement with the State Independent Monitor and Financial consultant
  • A dynamic and actionable strategic plan that includes an articulation of our communities’ values and commitments, District priorities, goals, strategies, initiatives, and intended outcomes focused on equitable access and success of students. 
  • The creation of a “Portrait of a Graduate” for RCSD schools to define the attributes and skills needed for success. 
  • A clear and streamlined communication plan that tells a compelling story, is accessible to all stakeholders, and provides an “elevator pitch” to which staff and stakeholders can refer. 
  • Collaborative work with the District’s Board of Education to create goals and guardrails to frame the creation and implementation of a strategic plan. 
• Implementation, Progress Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement: Provide support in action planning and strategic plan implementation, and in creating an accountability and data tracking structure that allows us to progress monitor plan implementation and assess the return on strategic investments.  Important elements include:
  • Facilitate and provide direct support for action planning and implementation of the strategic plan. 
  • Recommend or devise a reporting structure/dashboard that allows stakeholders to easily understand our annual strategic goals and progress toward them.
  • Creation of a long-term plan for annual community involvement and meaningful feedback loops.