Oscoda Area Schools Strategic Plan

Oscoda Area Schools has worked collaboratively with key stakeholders across our community of learners including administrators, teachers, students, staff, and families to identify district-wide goals that prioritize student learning and emphasize our commitment to our students. These goals recognize the value of supporting the whole child while providing a collaborative and comprehensive educational platform for students to achieve their own unique educational and professional goals. In line with our vision and mission statements which place the student at the center of our focus, our strategic plan provides a framework to help guide our district, focusing our efforts on identified goals, and helping prioritize resource allocation to maximize the benefit to our students, the families we support, and the community in which we serve.

Oscoda Area Schools Vision

"Students First"

Oscoda Area Schools Mission

The mission of Oscoda Area Schools, through partnership with the home and community, is to deliver comprehensive and challenging learning experiences, preparing all students to become productive, responsible members of society.

We believe:

  • Everyone can learn and contribute

  • All employees and volunteers are partners in learning

  • Families share in the responsibility of educating the child.

  • Everyone should have respect for self and others.

  • Community support and involvement are essential to the success of our school.

Objective of Continuous Strategic Planning

The objective of continuous planning is to develop a broad overview of the long term goals of the district to provide a strategic direction for the future of each of our unique programs. Through transparently identifying our goals and outlining processes to achieve these objectives in Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely means (SMART Goals), it is the intent of OAS to establish a system of continuity and collaboration that efficiently and effectively embraces the ideals of Plan-Do-Check-Act. The completion of this strategic planning process will never be fully recognized as improvement must be afforded the opportunity to adapt as the diverse needs of our stakeholders will evolve with time.

Oscoda Area Schools Strategic Planning Goals

Goal 1: The District will continue to improve efficiency and effectiveness of operations by communicating and integrating systems and processes with annual review of implementations and revisions as measured by the District School Improvement Team through the Michigan Continuous Improvement Process (MICIP)

Strategies In Support of Goal

Goal 2: The District will continue to enhance, deploy, evaluate, and adjust programs designed to improve student services through offering a guaranteed and viable curriculum designed for improvement of academic and social functioning by utilizing multiple measures through the District School Improvement Team and Michigan Continuous Improvement Process (MICIP) measured against what was utilized from 2021-2022 and will be reevaluated during the 2025-2026 school year.

Strategies In Support of Goal

Goal 3: Provide robust resources in support of student Social Emotional Learning in grades K-12 utilizing multiple measures through the District School Improvement Team and Michigan Continuous Improvement Process (MICIP) measured against what was utilized from 2021-2022 and will be reevaluated during the 2025-2026 school year.

Strategies in Support of Goal