Strategic Plan 2019-2024

Her Future Our Focus, La Reina’s Strategic Plan, reflects our commitment to focus on what we want for our students and their future. When a young woman graduates from La Reina, we want her to be an expert learner with the strengths and skills necessary to meet the demands of college and beyond. The plan serves as a road map that will allow school leadership, faculty, administration and staff to effectively provide the type of transformative Catholic education that will continue to ensure the success of our graduates and La Reina’s mission for the next 50 years.

La Reina has a history of strategic planning. This iteration was developed in partnership with a nationally recognized consulting group for Catholic schools and was created based on the National Standards and Benchmarks of Effective Catholic Schools. The standards include research-based school effectiveness criteria unique to Catholic school mission and identity.

Her Future Our Focus unifies our community in support of our vision and value proposition. The plan upholds our most treasured programs and practices – our strong Catholic identity and relationship with the Sisters of Notre Dame – and our reputation for academic excellence. The plan also illuminates areas where La Reina has opportunity to reflect and grow, avoiding complacency and stagnation, ensuring continued excellence. The strategic plan has already begun to be implemented and will impact everything the school does.

The actual plan itself is a planning document for La Reina leadership and the Board of Trustees. We have begun meeting with La Reina students, parents and alumnae to discuss the plan and share a condensed summary of its recommendations. That summary, Her Future Our Focus, is available in a digital format by clicking Her Future Our Focus. Printed copies of the strategic plan summary are also available in the School Front Office.

The strategic plan will enable La Reina to track progress in four areas that, together, make La Reina a great school now and will keep it one in the future. These areas are: Mission and Catholic Identity, Academic Excellence, Operational Vitality (Enrollment, Facilities, Advancement, General Business) and Governance/Leadership.

To effectively determine objectives, data was gathered from constituent surveys, dashboard analytics (demographics, enrollment, finance, fundraising), market research (perception audit, enrollment surveys, competitor analysis), and trend analyses (independent schools, higher education, disruptors). This data was considered and analyzed by the Strategic Planning Committee comprised of school leadership, faculty, Board of Trustees members, parents and the Sisters of Notre Dame.

The objectives that comprise the strategic plan are currently supported by 115 action items each with its own priority assignment; responsible staff member; timeline; estimated cost and source of funds. We anticipate that action items will continue to evolve throughout the next five years in response to the changing landscape. Measurable results will be shared at the end of each semester with our community and will be based on key performance indicators (KPIs) that enable us to report our progress toward achieving each of the plan’s objectives.

The entire community is responsible for implementation. The Board provides strategic partnership, goal setting, advancement, and resource allocation. The President provides inspiration, distributed leadership, and ownership. The Senior Administration Team, faculty, and staff operationalize the plan. Students and families give ongoing feedback through surveys and assessment data.