Strategic Plan

The mission of Centerville City Schools is to empower, challenge, and support every learner to grow every day.

Our vision is to create a collaborative learning environment that responds to the needs of each learner, fosters growth, and prepares individuals to be responsible community-minded members of society.

Focus Areas

Click on a focus area to learn more about that topic.

	Teaching & Learning Supporting growth of the whole learner, academically, intellectually, and emotionally, through safe environments and evidence-based practices
	Leading & Innovating Taking risks and improving one’s community while encouraging others as they do the same
	Diversifying & Including Incorporating all voices that encompass our diverse community to strengthen every aspect of our mission
	Communicating & Understanding Sharing information vital to building trust, defining ways to measure our impact, celebrating successes and learning from our challenges
	Resourcing & Supporting Providing the support structures necessary to sustain and maximize growth

Core Principles

Centerville City Schools believes that:

learning is attainable for all
valuing the unique gifts and experiences of each individual enriches our district and community
building supportive relationships is necessary for learning
fostering a growth mindset builds resilience and perseverance
empowering our students, staff, families, and community to take risks inspires innovation and leadership
resourcing our students and staff with meaningful support and inspiring tools maximizes potential
leveraging evidence-based data and feedback helps us understand our impact and progress
nurturing meaningful partnerships and trust requires open lines of communication
sustaining growth requires forward-thinking and a fiscally responsible plan

Portrait of an Elk

What are the hopes and dreams our community has for our young people? How will their learning experiences help students develop the mindsets they’ll need for success in a rapidly changing world?

As part of the action plan for the Leading & Innovating focus area, a group of teachers, students, parents, administrators, and community leaders met and shared their perspectives throughout the spring of 2023, eventually developing a "Portrait of an Elk."

The Portrait of an Elk highlights five important skills that all students will develop during their time in Centerville Schools and supports the district’s vision of creating a learning environment that prepares individuals to be responsible, community-minded members of society.

Adaptability: Courageously and effectively adjusting to new and unpredictable situations, embracing change, innovating and continuously learning new skills in response to the evolving demands of a rapidly changing world
Communication: Using clear and concise expression of thoughts, actively listening and empathizing in diverse contexts, while adapting to the constantly evolving digital landscape
Critical Thinking: Analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing information from diverse sources to make informed decisions, while considering the ethical, cultural and global implications of solutions to difficult or complex situations
Empathy: Understanding and sharing the feelings and experiences of others and using that understanding to inform compassionate action and positive change
Tech Literacy: Leveraging the appropriate tools to innovate, communicate and connect in ethical and productive ways to positively impact our local and global communities

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Facility Planning

All of our school buildings are over 50 years old (except Primary Village South), and Magsig Middle School is more than 100 years old. As these buildings get older, they begin to need more expensive repairs.

As part of the strategic plan's Resourcing & Supporting focus area, a group of parents, community members, and district employees has been meeting since the fall of 2022 to discuss long-term facility needs and how those could be funded.

More information about building assessments and master facility planning

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About the Strategic Plan Process

From 2020-22, we embarked on a strategic planning process to help guide our priorities moving forward. This collaborative process included input from a variety of stakeholders -- district and building administrators, the Board of Education, students, staff, parents, and community leaders -- through focus groups, surveys, and a dedicated design team.

The design team engaged in several sessions to dialog about effective and research-based educational trends and to create a shared understanding of future goals for our district. This included building on past work in the district, such as our Leading the Rebound strategies, the District Diversity Plan, our partnership with the Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation at the University of Dayton, and the Master Facilities Plan, among others. The design team identified a vision, core principles, and focus areas to help us meet our mission of empowering, challenging, and supporting every learner to grow every day.

The Centerville Board of Education adopted the strategic plan in the spring of 2022, and we began implementing our action plan in the 2022-23 school year. Each summer, we review the previous year’s action plan and create new goals for the coming school year.

We are excited to share our future-focused strategic plan with the community, and we are grateful for your partnership and commitment to providing excellent educational opportunities for children in Centerville-Washington Township.

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