Cultivating Organizational Effectiveness
“Organizational effectiveness at DMPS ensures a highly aligned and efficient educational system, fostering equitable access to innovative programming for all students. By prioritizing resource allocation and modernizing infrastructure, DMPS creates the conditions for high-quality and equitable teaching and learning for students, staff, and families, positioning itself as the destination district for Central Iowa.”
– Matt Smith, Associate Superintendent
Organizational effectiveness enables DMPS to function as a highly aligned and efficient educational system.
Bold and visionary actions to modernize physical and technological infrastructure support equitable access to innovative programming for all students. Prioritizing the allocation of resources in service of achieving key results will ensure DMPS is the destination district for Central Iowa.
Strategic Objective #1
Strategic Actions
Establish DMPS Profile of a Graduate (POG).
Key Results
Approved Portrait of a Graduate.
Strategic Actions
- Align POG to Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP) scope
and sequence (grades 7-12). - Establish ICAP scope and sequence for grades PK-6.
- Align POG to ICAP scope and sequence for grades PK-6.
Key Results
100% of students in grades PK-12 have an identified plan and pathway to postsecondary success.
Strategic Actions
Reimagine facilities for innovative programming that are unique in instructional methodology, curriculum, and design of learning spaces.
Key Results
Increase in the number of facilities offering innovative programming while reducing operational costs to align with current and projected enrollment.
Strategic Actions
- Modernize academic, athletic, and activities facilities to exemplify 21st Century aesthetics, amenities, and functionality.
- Equip all facilities with available safety and security infrastructure without “fortifying” schools.
- Equip all facilities with technology infrastructure including networks, software systems, telephones, classroom hardware, staff hardware, printers, and processes to improve teaching and learning for the 21st Century.
Key Results
100% of facilities are equipped with upgraded safety and technology infrastructure.
Strategic Actions
Enhance athletic and activities programming and participation in PK-12 Regions.
Key Results
- 100% of PK-8 schools will be aligned to their feeder high school (branding, programming).
- 100% of regions have a goal to increase participation and decrease disproportionality in athletics and activities.
- 100% of regions will have a method for tracking participation and disproportionality.
Strategic Objective #2
Strategic Actions
- Design and implement system for prioritizing resources based on strategic priorities and impact outcomes.
- Design and implement an accountability system for monitoring the resource allocation system tied to strategic priorities and impact outcomes.
Key Results
100% of resources (people, time, money) are aligned to strategic priorities and impact outcomes.
Strategic Objective #3
Strategic Actions
- Define effective operational supports for schools from an end-user perspective based on school needs.
- Crosswalk the end user perspectives and needs for effective operational supports with the requirements of departmental policies, systems, and procedures.
Key Results
100% of departments will create and maintain a standard operating procedures manual for their workforce.
Strategic Actions
- Departments design and/or revise then implement an operational processes to align with department needs and end user expectations.
- Define and enact communication and feedback to review new and/or revise operational processes with end users.
Key Results
100% of departments will create and maintain a process manual for end users that includes a process calendar/timeline.
Strategic Actions
Design and implement an evaluation tool to monitor effectiveness of new/revised operational processes.
Key Results
100% of operational processes are monitored for implementation and effectiveness.
