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Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools. We are one of the top-rated school corporations in the state by the Indiana Department of Education and the top-rated school corporation in the southeast Indiana region. On the most recent state report card, Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools received an "A" rating.  In addition,  Bright Elementary School and Sunman Elementary School received a "C" rating, North Dearborn Elementary School received a "B" rating, Sunman-Dearborn Middle School received an "A" rating, and East Central High School received an "A" rating and Four-Star School status, recognizing the school as one of the top performing high schools in the state. This accomplishment is a testament to the hard work of our teachers, support staff, administrators, students, and parents.  But we won't stop here.  Our goal is to continue to improve until all schools receive an "A" rating, and achieve Four-Start School status.  For more information about our vision for the future of Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools, visit our Strategic Plan webpage.

It is not just the Indiana Department of Education that has recognized our excellence. Cincy Magazine completes a comprehensive rating of all the suburbs in the Greater Cincinnati area. Over the past several years, Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools has made their list of top schools. For the 2015 edition, Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools was rated #6 in the entire Greater Cincinnati suburban area.

The students of Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools not only excel in the classroom but outside the classroom as well. We offer a full range of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities including athletics, fine arts, academic teams, vocational and agricultural programming, and much more. We are able to offer this wide array of programming in state of the art facilities.

Stop by and see us, and you will see why we say we are "Surpassing Expectations and Inspiring Excellence in Every Student, Every Day!"

Sincerely,
Dr. Andrew Jackson
Superintendent

Superintendent’s Message

The best strategic plan is a strategic plan that is followed. To that end, one of the purposes of the new 2017-2022 strategic plan is to create a plan that is succinct, easily communicated, and understood, and monitored.

I am proud to present the Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools Strategic Plan and am especially grateful to the parents, staff, teachers, administrators, and board members who worked for several months creating our plan.

Our strategic plan contains the following five elements:

Core Values and Core Value Statements
Mission
Vision
Objectives
Goals

The five elements combine to set a direction and course as we continue to improve our schools and provide a top-notch education for our students.

Sincerely,
Andrew Jackson
Superintendent

Core Values, Core Value Statements, Vision, and Mission

During the first session, the team met to develop our core values. The core values were developed through a consensus building activity and were developed first in order to guide the development of our core value statements, vision, and mission. Each core value statement starts with “We serve students...” During the second and third sessions, the team developed the vision and mission.

Core Values
Stewardship
Data-Driven
Collaboration
Shared Leadership
Commitment

Core Value Statements
Stewardship
We serve students by being good stewards of the public resources and making all decisions in an honest, ethical, and transparent manner.

Data-Driven
We serve students by using data and research to set high goals, maintain high expectations, make informed decisions, and strive for continuous improvement.

Collaboration
We serve students by collaborating to develop learning opportunities that coordinate activities K-12, home to school, between and across all programs.

Shared Leadership
We serve students by maintaining high expectations for every staff member and student to accept responsibility for their own growth, learning results, and behaviors.

Commitment
We serve students by our commitment to provide the most relevant, innovative, safe, and challenging climate that prepares students for their future goals.

Vision

Reflecting on our core values of stewardship,data-driven, collaboration, shared leadership, and commitment, the vision of Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools is:

Surpassing Expectations and Inspiring Excellence
in Every Student, Every Day

Mission

Our mission is to provide a safe, innovative, and challenging environment designed to prepare students for their futures through Stewardship, Data-Driven Decision Making, Collaboration, Shared Leadership, and Commitment.

Objectives and Goals

During the fourth session, the team used various data to complete a SWOT analysis. By analyzing the school corporation's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, the team was able to develop the following objectives and goals.

Click HERE for updated graphs on our objectives and goals.
Please note: Due to COVID-19 and the school closure in spring of 2020, some graphs are not updated.

Objectives

Academic Achievement
Increase performance and surpass previous growth as measured by the Indiana State Accountability components in order to rank in the top 15% of all school corporations.

Culture/Climate/Safety
Develop a culture that recognizes and appreciates the value of every individual in a safe environment.

Financial
Balance financial responsibility with providing diverse and effective programming for our students and competitive wages and benefits to attract and retain quality employees.

Technology
Promote, integrate, and support innovative technology within the school community while utilizing current devices and robust infrastructure with cohesive technology systems.

Goals

In order to meet the objectives, the Strategic Plan Committee has adopted the following goals:

Academic Achievement

• By the release of the 2022 state assessment results, all schools will achieve the performance rating of an A and earn Indiana Four-Star status.
• By the release of the 2022 state assessment results, all grade levels will achieve a passage rate of 80% or higher on the state assessment.

Technology

• By the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, at least 60% of all assessments will be administered through a technology-based assessment system.
• By the end of the 2018-2019 school year, through meaningful professional development and instructional documents, 90% of teachers, students, and parents, will be confident with the use of Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools technology systems, as evidenced through stakeholder surveys.

Financial

• By December 31, 2017, the General Fund cash balance will be between 10% and 12% of the fiscal year expenditures and will be maintained at that level each year thereafter.
• By the 2019-2020 school year, and in order to retain and attract highly qualified personnel, we will have the highest compensated staff in the southeastern Indiana region.

Culture, Climate, and Safety

• By the end of the 2018-2019 school year, 100% of employees will be ALICE and CPR trained.
• By the end of the 2017-18 school year, the level of respect among students and staff will increase, as measured by a staff and student survey and compared to the baseline data from the 2015-2016 AdvancEd student and staff surveys.

Click HERE for updated graphs on our objective and goals.

Conclusion

Members of the Strategic Planning Committee believe we have the students, parents, staff, teachers, and administrators to become one of the top-performing school corporations in the state of Indiana. Our plan is concise, forward thinking, and aggressive.

Most importantly, our plan is student centered. “We serve students...” And through our service to our students, we will become one of the top performing school corporations in the state of Indiana.

  
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Strategic Planning Team

Stakeholders from all school buildings, including parents, staff members, teachers, principals, board members, and central office administrators donated their time to meet and develop the strategic plan.

Name	School	Role
Leah Stephenson	Bright Elementary School	Parent
Alisa Renck	North Dearborn Elementary School	Parent
Erin Womble	Sunman Elementary School	Parent
Robin Maxwell	Sunman-Dearborn Middle School	Parent
Shaun Graham	East Central High School	Parent
Angela Block	Bright Elementary School	Non-Certified Employee
Shannon Eley	North Dearborn Elementary School	Non-Certified Employee
Diane Quiroz	Sunman Elementary School	Non-Certified Employee
Debbie Beck	Sunman-Dearborn Middle School	Non-Certified Employee
Pam DeLisle	East Central High School	Non-Certified Employee
Linda Schmidt	Bright Elementary School	Teacher
Jenny Shattuck	North Dearborn Elementary School	Teacher
Sarah Carr	Sunman Elementary School	Teacher
Janie McFarland	Sunman-Dearborn Middle School	Teacher
Josh Benjamin	Sunman-Dearborn Middle School	Teacher
Amy Roth	East Central High School	Teacher
Bill Owen	East Central High School	Teacher
Marcie Trossman	East Central High School	Teacher
Norb Goessling	Bright Elementary School	Principal
Jeff Bond	North Dearborn Elementary School	Principal
Cindy Morton	Sunman Elementary School	Principal
Matt Maple	Sunman-Dearborn Middle School	Principal
Bev Ester	East Central High School	Principal
Brenda Osman	Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation	Association President
Dawn Burke	Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation	Board Member
Jamie Graf	Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation	Board Member
Mary Ann Baines	Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation	Director of Financial Services
Tom Harris	Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation	Director of Support Services
Andrew Jackson	Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation	Superintendent

Per Board Policy 6150, Sunman-Dearborn will accept non-resident students.  All non-resident students must apply for admission.  All applications must be received by May 15.  Admission is for one year, and students must re-apply each year.  If applications for admission exceed the number allowable due to class size, students will be chosen through a lottery system.  All applications received after May 15 will be considered on a first come, first served basis as space permits.

Effective August 1, 2017, any student applying for admission after the date enrollment is submitted to the state for funding, known as Count Day, the student must pay an amount equal to the pro-rated amount of per-student funding the school corporation receives in state funding.  Payments can be made on a monthly basis.

If you are considering a transfer to Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools, we welcome you and encourage you to click on the information below to review and submit.

Click here to access the online transfer application form.