LISA Leads: A 5 Year Strategic Plan

Opening its first campus in 2004, LISA Academy is a tuition-free STEM-focused college prep charter network serving nearly nearly 3,800 students in 10 schools across 8 campuses in Central and Northwest Arkansas. Enrollment projections anticipate that LISA will grow to serve approximately 5700 students across 11 campuses over the next 5 years. With this growth in mind, LISA Academy partnered with Bellwether, a nationally recognized educational consulting agency, to create "LISA Leads: A 5 Year Strategic Plan" that will guide the district's growth from 2022-27. 

 

With input from current students and families, alumni, campus and district staff, and school board members, this strategic plan includes a comprehensive overview of district successes over the past 19 years, highlights areas of opportunity, and sets rigorous goals for future growth. As a result, this information was distilled into three tools that will guide the implementation of the plan across the district: 

After gathering feedback from the LISA community, we articulated the qualities of the ideal LISA graduate in a "Student Success Profile": 

 

 

Informed by where we are and where we want to be as a district, we defined a set of 5-year intended impact goals, with a focus on students, families, staff, and the district as a whole:

 

 

To achieve our intended impact, Student Success Profile, and overall vision and mission, we developed a set of five strategic priorities:

 

 

Over the next five years, we look forward to the continued growth of our students, families, staff, and district with the guidance of this comprehensive strategic plan.