Strategic Plan

August 11, 2025 Update

The Avonworth Board of School Directors voted to approve the district's 2025-2030 Strategic Plan at the August 11, 2025 meeting. 

View the Avonworth Strategic Plan 2025-2030.

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Dear Avonworth School Community,

It is my pleasure to present you with the 2025-2030 Avonworth School District Strategic Plan.

Our strategic plan was developed over the course of the 2024-2025 school year and represents the input gathered from stakeholders, synthesized by our Strategic Planning Committee, and endorsed by the District Administration.

To initiate the development of the district’s next strategic plan, the district partnered with Studer Education.

Studer Education conducted stakeholder surveys, which were sent to stakeholders to gather input prior to the planning process. Throughout the process, a consultant from Studer Education facilitated strategic planning meetings with the district’s Strategic Planning Committee. The support of Studer Education was crucial to the

development of the plan, and our partnership with Studer will continue over the next two school years. Studer will assist the district with implementing the strategic plan and provide professional learning opportunities for the district’s administration.

After the survey data was gathered, the school community was invited to participate in a Graduation 2035 Party. The district partnered with KnowledgeWorks to create and facilitate this event, which was attended by approximately 100 guests. The guest list included strategic planning committee members, school board members, district administrators, teachers, students, community members, and select educational leaders from across the region. Student actors played the roles of 2035 graduates, and our KnowledgeWorks partners portrayed a teacher, parent, and administrator from 2035. The event’s purpose was to encourage attendees to think bigger and bolder about the future of education as they shared their thoughts and ideas, which would be used to help shape our strategic plan. I’m proud to say that one of the early takeaways from the Strategic Planning Committee is that our district has a solid educational foundation. The committee quickly recognized the strengths that exist in our district and focused its efforts on generating strategies and actions that will continue to push us forward as we build upon our strong foundation.

The plan focuses on striving for academic excellence, supporting the wellness of staff and students, preparing students for the future, and promoting school and community engagement. The plan outlines our broader goals, strategies, and actions. Additionally, measuring our progress and success will be a key component of this plan. Annual district and building scorecards will be created, featuring targeted goals and measures. I am sincerely grateful for the efforts of our Strategic Planning Committee and district administrators. I am also grateful for our partnerships with Studer Education and KnowledgeWorks, who played a pivotal role in the development of this plan. Lastly, I am grateful to the students and staff who participated in this process, as well as the school community for providing their input.

I’m excited about the 2025-2030 Avonworth School District Strategic Plan, which will help us build upon the excellence of the Avonworth School District and take the district to new heights.

Thank you for your ongoing support of the Avonworth School District.

 

Sincerely,

Jeffrey M. Hadley, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools

August 4, 2025 -- Strategic Plan Update

At the August 4, 2025 School Board meeting, Dr. Hadley provided an update on the Strategic Plan. 

View Dr. Hadley's Strategic Plan presentation. 

June 16, 2025 -- Remake Learning: Thinking 'Bigger and Bolder'

"On a wintry evening earlier this year, Avonworth School District, home to approximately 2,000 students in Allegheny County, hosted a graduation party. It included the typical pomp — clusters of balloons in school colors, streamers, graduation caps — but the circumstance was wholly unusual. This party feted the class of 2035, an experimental kick-off to a new strategic planning process that engaged students, staff, educators and community members in an exercise to think creatively about the future of learning in the district."

Read more of Remake Learning's feature story on the future of learning at Avonworth.