When district goals are clear, but results feel scattered, a strategic dashboard becomes the tool that brings everything and everyone together. As districts increasingly shift from fragmented reporting to unified, real-time dashboards, one question consistently comes up: What should we actually include in our strategic dashboard?
If you’re just beginning your dashboard journey, or refining an existing one, this guide breaks down the essential elements that turn static data into strategic insight.
And if you’re still exploring why a dashboard matters, you might find this earlier perspective helpful: Why Does K12 School District Need a Strategic PlanDashboard? It highlights the urgent need for real-time visibility, transparency, and alignment across departments.
Internal Strategic Dashboard: Aligning Goals, Initiatives, and Performance
What if you could see exactly how every district initiative is performing—right now, in one place?
This internal strategic dashboard gives district leaders a powerful way to connect goals with real-time performance. Every goal is clearly defined and aligned with its supporting initiatives, each tied to measurable key performance indicators that track progress at every stage.
You can instantly see where things stand, dive deeper into goal-specific insights, and explore the data by school, student group, or demographics. With AI-generated insights, a contribution matrix, and cause and effect analysis, the dashboard uncovers what is moving the needle and what needs attention.
From tracking initiatives to evaluating impact, Internal Strategic Dashboard by Strategic Plan 360 helps leaders stay ahead, respond early, and keep everyone aligned toward district-wide success.
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External Strategic Dashboard: Turning Plans into Visible Progress
A strategic plan is most effective when it’s active, visible, and driving decisions every day.
This external strategic dashboard makes your district’s goals visible and actionable. Each goal is linked with specific initiatives, and every initiative includes key performance indicators that show exactly how progress is unfolding.
Track performance in real time, monitor detailed metrics, and make confident decisions based on the most current data. The dashboard simplifies complex plans into clear, shareable insights—empowering leadership teams, board members, and communities to stay informed and aligned.
Strategic Plan 360, powered by Hexalytics brings your vision to life and ensures that progress is not only made, but seen.
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Strategic Plan Data Manager: From Setup to Strategy in Seconds
Strategic planning often feels like a heavy lift for district teams—manual steps, scattered systems, unclear ownership, and delayed insights. Strategic Plan 360, powered by Hexalytics, changes that.
This built-in data manager helps districts streamline the entire planning process—from setting goals to tracking performance—faster and smarter than ever. With AI-driven tools, you can instantly generate complete plans, build measurable goals, and add key performance indicators without starting from scratch.
Creating a new plan is as easy as clicking “create new.” Add your structure, timeline, and team members, or use a previous plan as your template. AI helps accelerate every step—from writing structured goals to suggesting initiatives and indicators aligned to district priorities.
Need flexibility? You can easily edit goals, adjust timelines, and assign responsibilities on the fly. You can even pull in live data from your existing systems to reduce manual work and keep everything in sync.
With Strategic Plan 360, districts save time, reduce complexity, and keep their plans moving forward.
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From Vision to Measurable Results
In today’s complex education landscape, leading a school district requires more than setting goals; it demands real-time insight, alignment, and accountability. Strategic Plan 360, powered by Hexalytics, delivers exactly that.
By integrating your district’s strategic plan with live performance data, AI-powered planning tools, and intuitive dashboards, it transforms static planning into dynamic execution. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or tracking long-term progress, Strategic Plan 360 gives leadership teams the clarity to make confident decisions and the tools to move forward with purpose.
It’s not just about having a plan. It’s about making it work every day, across every school, for every student.
About Strategic Plan 360
Strategic Plan 360, powered by Hexalytics, is an end-to-end strategic planning and performance management platform built for today’s K-12 school districts. It empowers leadership teams to define their goals, align initiatives, monitor key metrics, and communicate progress—all in one place.
1. What’s the difference between an internal and a public-facing strategic dashboard?
Internal dashboards are role-based tools designed for superintendents, cabinet members, and principals to monitor real-time progress on district priorities.
Public-facing dashboards communicate strategic goals and performance transparently to school boards, families, and the wider community.
2. Why do districts need both types of dashboards?
Internal dashboards drive alignment, accountability, and fast decision-making. Public-facing dashboards build trust, promote transparency, and keep stakeholders engaged in the district’s mission.
3. What data is typically shown in internal dashboards?
Internal dashboards display detailed, real-time data for KPIs across academics, staffing, finances, attendance, and operations filtered by school, program, or student group.
4. What makes a public-facing dashboard effective?
Simplicity and clarity. Public dashboards should showcase high-level goals, measurable outcomes, and progress updates by using plain language and intuitive visuals.
5. Can we control who sees what in these dashboards?
Yes. Role-based access allows districts to tailor visibility, ensuring internal dashboards remain secure, while public dashboards share the right level of information externally.
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You’ve defined your goals. Now let’s bring them to life.
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