The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics began its strategic planning process in early August, 2011 by engaging hundreds of NCSSM constituents — students, alumni, faculty and staff, parents, members of the school’s leadership boards and business leaders from around the state — to gather information about the successes of our past and present, and to inform our future.  Information gathered through surveys and focus groups, along with research on national and international educational issues, university and business expectations for preparing students, and other topics informed the work of a 34 member Strategic Planning Team representative of NCSSM’s constituents and stakeholders.

The Strategic Planning Team was charged  to establish, by consensus, core Beliefs, our Mission, and Parameters to guide the operation of the School between 2012-2017.  Based on an initial research phase, the team identified critical issues the School will face over the next five years and developed four significant Objectives that must be met to effectively address the identified issues.   The team then identified eight Strategies for reaching these Objectives.

Find each of the components of the plan on this site, including the primary Beliefs, Mission, Parameters, Objectives , and Strategies developed by the Strategic Planning Team. Also, find more than fifty Specific Results developed by Action Planning Teams, which were comprised of hundreds of constituents and stakeholders, formed to plan implementation of the Strategic Plan.