You know your plan. Beacon brings it to life.
Beacon’s strategic plan management software helps schools easily create, access, and manage your strategic plans. Designed for districts of any size, it keeps your plan visible and actionable, so your team can stay aligned and make meaningful progress toward your goals.
Your strategic plan - all in one place.
Your guide to successful strategic plans.
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Beacon's intuitive design makes it simple to create and access your strategic plan in an online platform.
Build
Beacon's intuitive design makes it simple to create and access your strategic plan in an online platform.
Build
Beacon's intuitive design makes it simple to create and access your strategic plan in an online platform.
Build
Beacon's intuitive design makes it simple to create and access your strategic plan in an online platform.
Turn your strategic plan into action with intuitive management and smooth team collaboration.
Many districts have well-developed strategic plans, but even the most comprehensive strategies can stall without clarity and accountability. Beacon from CESO helps schools turn their vision, mission, values, and goals into actionable results. The platform provides clear oversight, supports collaboration across staff, boards, and the community, and delivers robust data for informed decision-making—so your district can implement its plan with confidence and impact.
Reports
Plan Manager
Dashboard
Reports
Plan Manager
Dashboard
Reports
Plan Manager
Dashboard
Dashboard
Easily switch between multiple plans
Quickly understand your plan's progress and risk factors across initiatives, strategies, and tactics all from one place
Plan Manager
Create and modify unlimited plans
Organize by district, schools, or departments
Assign budgets
Create action items
Update activity progress
Sync meetings to calendars
Add unlimited users
Ecological Assessment
Analyze students, staff, climate, and community factors that impact your plan
Exclusive to Beacon
Reports
Board Report
Alignment Report
Implementation Status Report
Customized Progress Reports
Strategy Map
Dashboard
Easily switch between multiple plans
Quickly understand your plan's progress and risk factors across initiatives, strategies, and tactics all from one place
Plan Manager
Create and modify unlimited plans
Organize by district, schools, or departments
Assign budgets
Create action items
Update activity progress
Sync meetings to calendars
Add unlimited users
Ecological Assessment
Analyze students, staff, climate, and community factors that impact your plan
Exclusive to Beacon
Reports
Board Report
Alignment Report
Implementation Status Report
Customized Progress Reports
Strategy Map
Dashboard
Easily switch between multiple plans
Quickly understand your plan's progress and risk factors across initiatives, strategies, and tactics all from one place
Plan Manager
Create and modify unlimited plans
Organize by district, schools, or departments
Assign budgets
Create action items
Update activity progress
Sync meetings to calendars
Add unlimited users
Ecological Assessment
Analyze students, staff, climate, and community factors that impact your plan
Exclusive to Beacon
Reports
Board Report
Alignment Report
Implementation Status Report
Customized Progress Reports
Strategy Map
Dashboard
Easily switch between multiple plans
Quickly understand your plan's progress and risk factors across initiatives, strategies, and tactics all from one place
Plan Manager
Create and modify unlimited plans
Organize by district, schools, or departments
Assign budgets
Create action items
Update activity progress
Sync meetings to calendars
Add unlimited users
Ecological Assessment
Analyze students, staff, climate, and community factors that impact your plan
Exclusive to Beacon
Reports
Board Report
Alignment Report
Implementation Status Report
Customized Progress Reports
Strategy Map
What people are saying
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Beacon has significantly improved our district's ability to efficiently and effectively establish, monitor, and communicate the goals of our Community Based Accountability System.
Dr. Carrie Ballinger
Superintendent
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We jumped at the chance to use Beacon and assess our approach to strategic planning with innovative technology.
Dr. Katie Baskin
Executive Director of Academics & Administrative Services
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CESO's Beacon software has given us clarity on where we are at as we work on the strategic priorities and benchmarks of our plan.
Dr. Stacie Stanley
Superintendent
What people are saying
"
Beacon has significantly improved our district's ability to efficiently and effectively establish, monitor, and communicate the goals of our Community Based Accountability System.
Dr. Carrie Ballinger
Superintendent
"
We jumped at the chance to use Beacon and assess our approach to strategic planning with innovative technology.
Dr. Katie Baskin
Executive Director of Academics & Administrative Services
What people are saying
"
Beacon has significantly improved our district's ability to efficiently and effectively establish, monitor, and communicate the goals of our Community Based Accountability System.
Dr. Carrie Ballinger
Superintendent
"
We jumped at the chance to use Beacon and assess our approach to strategic planning with innovative technology.
Dr. Katie Baskin
Executive Director of Academics & Administrative Services
"
CESO's Beacon software has given us clarity on where we are at as we work on the strategic priorities and benchmarks of our plan.
Dr. Stacie Stanley
Superintendent
What people are saying
"
Beacon has significantly improved our district's ability to efficiently and effectively establish, monitor, and communicate the goals of our Community Based Accountability System.
Dr. Carrie Ballinger
Superintendent
"
We jumped at the chance to use Beacon and assess our approach to strategic planning with innovative technology.
Dr. Katie Baskin
Executive Director of Academics & Administrative Services
"
CESO's Beacon software has given us clarity on where we are at as we work on the strategic priorities and benchmarks of our plan.
Dr. Stacie Stanley
Superintendent
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615 1st Ave NE #115
Minneapolis MN 55413
© 2025 Ceso
hello@theceso.com
615 1st Ave NE #115
Minneapolis MN 55413
© 2025 Ceso
hello@theceso.com
615 1st Ave NE #115
Minneapolis MN 55413
© 2025 Ceso