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Office of Planning and Program Improvement
The Office of Planning and Program Improvement guides agency and program planning, assists in strategic planning at the agency, division, and program level, facilitates organizational research, and monitors grants and specially funded programs. The office provides guidance for planning of agency goals and new programs, conducts organizational research documenting agency progress toward goals and evaluating new and existing programs. It optimizes funding opportunities through non-district sources and assists in consistent organizational development and improvement.

Funding Opportunities

The Office of Planning and Program Improvement directs a grants office that helps coordinate the implementation of over $25 million worth of grants and specially-funded projects within the Eastern Suffolk BOCES region and beyond. All of these projects make a valuable difference in the lives of Long Island's diverse lifelong learners. For more information, contact Kathleen Wojciechowski.

Download a copy of the:

Grant/Specially-Funded Projects Summary Chart 2007-2008 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
Grant/Specially-Funded Projects Summary Chart 2006-2007 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
Grant/Specially-Funded Briefing Book 2006-2007 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)



Strategic Planning

Download a copy of the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2007/2008 Strategic Plan (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Improvement and Change Through The Power of Community and Leadership

The Strategic Planning process was initiated at Eastern Suffolk BOCES in November 1998 by a Board action adopting six agency-wide goals guiding Eastern Suffolk BOCES through the year 2000. One of these goals focused on the introduction of the strategic planning process.

Board Goal - Strategic Planning: Eastern Suffolk BOCES will identify and prioritize its improvement and development through a strategic planning process that develops, maintains, and, at least annually, updates a three to five-year plan and aligns resources to accomplish that plan.

This goal was an outgrowth of a previous Board effort to evaluate existing programs for relevance, efficiency and quality as well as to position BOCES for the future.

In preparation for the comprehensive strategic planning effort, the National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE) conducted a major survey of BOCES staff, students and parents. The study provided the agency with information concerning perceptions of BOCES instructional programs that has been used in our planning efforts.

Middle States Association Accreditation

A major advantage of implementing strategic planning for organizational improvement at Eastern Suffolk BOCES is the agency's accreditation from the Middle States Association under their Accreditation for Growth (AFG) Program. The primary benefit of accreditation by the Middle States Association (MSA) is that it encourages and facilitates improvement by providing public accountability, stakeholder involvement and commitment, and validation by an external review team. The focus of accreditation is growth toward self-defined goals; it is a widespread process that involves the entire Agency and all of its stakeholders in a unified vision targeting areas of student growth and achievement. Eastern Suffolk BOCES was the first BOCES in the state to attain Middle States Accreditation.

Highlights of Strategic Planning Timeline

11/1998 Board adopts Strategic Planning goal
12/1998 NSSE Self-Study of Instructional Programs presented to Board
2/1999 Board approves application to MSA-AFG Program
2/1999 Cabinet develops "Plan to Plan"
5/1999 Agency-wide Strategic Planning Council Retreat
11/1999 Board adopts Agency-wide Strategic Plan
12/1999 Instructional Programs Strategic Planning Council Retreat
3/2000 Administrative Services and Instructional Support & Technology (ASIST) Strategic Planning Council Retreat
4/2000 Action Plan Task Force Committees begin work
5/2000 MSA Accreditation granted at Agency level
8/2000 First Annual Meeting of Agency-wide Strategic Planning Council
10/2000 Board approves Divisional Mission Statements
11/2000 Board approves amendments to Strategic Plan
1/2001 Site/Program Planning initiated
3/2001 MSA Validation Visit - Divisional level
8/2001 Second Annual Meeting of Agency-wide and Divisional Strategic Planning Councils merged
10/2001 MSA Accreditation granted at Divisional level
6/2002 Revised SDM Plan integrating Strategic Planning and TQM into SDM process submitted to NYSED
7/2002 Midpoint Review
8/2002 Third Annual Meeting of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Planning Council - divisional missions rewritten to reflect organizational restructure at central administrative level
9/2002 Site Planning begins
8/2003 Fourth Annual Meeting of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Planning Council
12/2003-3/2004 MSA Validation Visit - All seventeen Eastern Suffolk BOCES program sites were recommended for Middle States accreditation
8/2004 Fifth Annual Meeting of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Planning Council
8/2005 Sixth Annual Meeting of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Planning Council
11/2005 Middle States Mid-Point Review - agency
5/2006 Middle States Mid-Point Review of seven instructional sites
8/2006 Seventh Annual Meeting of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Planning Council
12/2006 Middle States Mid-Point Review of remaining seven instructional sites
6/2007 Agency Recommitment to Middle States AFG Protocol
8/2007 Eighth Annual Meeting of Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Planning Council

Program Improvement and Evaluation
The Office of Planning and Program Improvement develops and supports program improvement efforts and evaluation throughout the agency. Staff is available to assist internal offices and departments in the design and implementation of activities to help assess the effectiveness of programs and improvement strategies outlined in the agency's Strategic Plan. An important service provided by the office includes the cultivation of student, parent, and staff surveys, in addition with the managing of all survey logistics, gathering and analyzing responses, and interpreting and reporting findings.


ESBOCES Strategic Plan
Download a copy of the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2007/2008 Strategic Plan (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
Download a copy of the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2006/2007 Strategic Plan
Download a copy of the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2005/2006 Strategic Plan
Download a copy of the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2004/2005 Strategic Plan
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