District & School Improvement Services

Strategic Mapping Process

The Strategic Mapping Process is designed to assist district leaders collectively consider and "map-out" the different strategies and resources used to support underperforming schools. Through a mapping of the process and content of district improvement strategies, district leaders are able to craft and articulate a cohesive and integrated set of district intervention strategies and resources for improving teaching and learning within and across schools that is targeted towards schools' specific needs and challenges.

The Strategic Mapping Process is a collaborative approach through which Education Alliance staff engage district staff in a series of intensive half- and full-day mapping sessions. During the strategic mapping sessions, district (and sometimes school) leaders visually and graphically identify and articulate the specific issues and challenges facing schools in their district and the district's existing school improvement strategies, interventions, and resources supporting schools facing these issues and challenges. Finally, district staff collectively consider how their school improvement strategies, interventions, and use of resources could be more effectively integrated, or revised, in order to better meet the school improvement needs of their particular schools.

Other District & School Improvement Services

• District Organizational Assessment
• Strategic Problem Solving Process
• Designing Services for Underperforming Districts and Schools