In the next four years, we must accelerate transformational and cultural change.

That is the aim of this Strategic Plan 2014: Teaching Our Way to the Top. We believe that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools stands today at an unprecedented convergence of national and local opportunities to transform public education.

• We propose to transform the district, by creating a culture of effectiveness, by setting and meeting high standards for our employees and high expectations for our students.
  
  
• We propose to transform the way we measure our teachers, leaders, and ultimately all of our employees, by linking pay to performance and creating standards that are rigorous and explicit to measure effectiveness.
  
  
• We propose to transform our use of resources, by aligning people, time and money with our priorities.
  
  
• We propose to transform the way we use technology, by incorporating it more effectively into our classrooms and our business operations.
  
  
• We propose to transform district business operations, by emphasizing environmental stewardship to meet global standards of efficiency.

If we act now - if we have the will as a district and a community to effect the transformational change contained in Strategic Plan 2014: Teaching Our Way to the Top – we can make all of our schools places where learning has no limits. We can make good on the promise of public education for our children.

We can dramatically improve the outlook for the class of 2014 and beyond.