Last modified: October 1, 2024

District Strategic Plan 2025-2030

Mission

Welcome, Educate & Inspire

Vision

The Provo City School District is a vibrant learning environment where all students become lifelong learners and engaged community members.

Core Values

Belonging

Creating a welcoming and supportive environment where differences are valued and everyone feels respected and included.

Growth

Striving for academic rigor, innovative teaching methods, and continuous improvement to foster student success and achievement.

Empowerment

Providing tools, resources, and opportunities to build confidence, develop capacity, and achieve greatness.

Creativity

Encouraging innovation, curiosity, imagination, and critical thinking.

Community

Establishing strong partnerships between schools, families, and the broader community to enhance educational experiences and address needs of students effectively.

Priorities

district priorities: Academic achievement, wellness and safety and stewardship of resources

Priority 1: Academic Achievement

Goal

Increase the percentage of students achieving proficiency in core subjects (M/LA/S) by 15% within 5 academic years.

Strategies

Ensure all students have access to and engagement with high-quality Tier 1 instruction including differentiated instructional strategies & regular formative assessments, to address individual learning needs.
Analyze data by student group for the district and schools and implement systematic, targeted Tier 2 and Tier 3 evidence-based interventions.
Provide professional development opportunities for teachers to enhance their instructional practices, including student engagement strategies.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Measured by end of level state assessment

Year	Language Arts	Math	Science
2025	51%	46%	48%
2026	54%	49%	51%
2027	57%	52%	54%
2028	60%	55%	57%
2029	63%	58%	60%
2030	66%	61%	63%

Goal

Increase the percentage of students who meet college & career readiness benchmarks (ACT >18, Graduation, Adv. Courses) by 5% within 5 academic years.

Strategies

Ensure each student is prepared for the rigors of college, technical or vocational training, or career training to maximize success in postsecondary opportunities.
Ensure each student successfully completes at least one Advanced Placement or Concurrent Enrollment course or a sequence of Career and Technical Education courses that comprise a CTE pathway.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Postsecondary Readiness Indicators established by Utah State Board of Education

Year	Language Arts	Math	Science
2025	68%	92%	80%
2026	69%	93%	81%
2027	70%	94%	82%
2028	71%	95%	83%
2029	72%	96%	84%
2030	73%	97%	85%

Priority 2: Wellness and Safety

Goal

Increase the number of students and families who feel that our schools and district provide welcoming and supportive environments as measured by climate and stakeholder feedback surveys.

Strategies

Educate and mentor all employees in how to create a welcoming atmosphere for all community members and students.
Increase opportunities for and participation in family engagement opportunities and ensure that parents who attend are representative of the district’s population.
Create specific district wide committees for families and employees to have access to high levels of leadership to problem-solve situations as they arise in our district.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Year	Utah State Board of Education Climate Survey
2025	Baseline survey data
2026	Improve survey data scores by 4% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2027	Improve survey data scores by 8% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2028	Improve survey data scores by 12% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2029	Improve survey data scores by 16% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2030	Improve survey data scores by 20% over baseline in 3 priority areas.

Goal

Reduce the number of major offenses tied to bullying, harassment, discrimination, school safety, and physical aggression to 4% or lower across all student groups by 2030.

Strategies

Implement a Levels of Behavior policy and train all teachers and administrators in these protocols. Measure the effectiveness through Office Discipline Referral Data reported on Powerschool as well as SafeUT reports.
Implement a successful PBIS system at each school site that is measured by a school-wide evaluation tool (SET).

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Year	Office Discipline Referrals (ODRs)as measured by Powerschool and SafeUT reports
2025	Baseline ODR data
2026	Drop in ODRs by 2% for all student groups
2027	Drop in ODRs by 4% for all student groups
2028	Drop in ODRs by 6% for all student groups
2029	Drop in ODRs by 8% for all student groups
2030	Drop below 4% in ODRs for all student groups

Goal

Decrease the number of students who are chronically absent by 20% by 2030.

Strategies

Implement evidence-based strategies to improve attendance.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Year	Chronic absenteeism data
2025	Baseline survey data
2026	Decrease by 4% from baseline
2027	Decrease by 8% from baseline
2028	Decrease by 12% from baseline
2029	Decrease by 16% from baseline
2030	Decrease by 20% from baseline

Priority 3: Stewardship of Resources

Goal

Increase the retention of high quality teachers between years 5 and 15 by 15% over 5 years.

Strategies

Implement an employment satisfaction survey to identify areas of improvement and success to reduce employee turnover.
Work with employee groups to create plans to improve benefits and salaries.
Provide support for employees with continued professional development.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Year	Employee Satisfaction Survey
2025	Baseline survey data
2026	Improve survey data scores by 3% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2027	Improve survey data scores by 6% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2028	Improve survey data scores by 9% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2029	Improve survey data scores by 12% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2030	Improve survey data scores by 15% over baseline in 3 priority areas.

Goal

Improve communication about decision-making, resource allocation, and facilities management by 15% over 5 years as measured by specific survey data.

Strategies

Provide meaningful data and transparency to the community about our decision-making processes.
Provide effective communication to all stakeholders through regular email, board updates, newsletters, in-person community meetings, social media platforms, videocasts, and podcasts.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Year	Community Survey
2025	Baseline survey data
2026	Improve survey data scores by 3% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2027	Improve survey data scores by 6% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2028	Improve survey data scores by 9% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2029	Improve survey data scores by 12% over baseline in 3 priority areas.
2030	Improve survey data scores by 15% over baseline in 3 priority areas.