Download or read book Strategic Planning for Independent Schools written by Susan C. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is intended to serve independent schools beginning strategic planning methods. Chapter 1, "The Case for Strategic Planning," suggests replacing the term "long range planning" with the term "strategic planning," which emphasizes change. The strategic planning and policy development process begins with careful organization to ensure orderly progression: format and timetable, composition of the planning team, data to be assembled for the team's use. The process continues by concentrating the team's attention on external and internal issues before it begins to develop consensus on the mission and general goals of the school for the future. The process leads to a two-part result: the strategic plan, a conceptual report to the school's board recommending a series of goals for policy, which provides the basis for the operating plan, sometimes also called an action or implementation plan. The process is much like strategic planning for other kinds of organizations, except that it takes into account the nature of an independent school. It focuses widely on trends for the future as well as on what has happened in the past and what is happening now. It identifies why a school exists, the school's long-term vision, and the possible means for achieving that vision. "Getting Started," chapter 2, discusses team members and leaders and the choice of an appropriate timetable. Information needed includes mission statements, previous reports, a budget, salary ranges, faculty size, and student enrollment. The process's strategic planning phase involves specific steps that are enumerated in chapter 3, "Strategic Planning." In addition to brainstorming, the school's external and internal climates must be analyzed. The team must project school characteristics to design effective strategies, divulge common themes, and translate them into policy goals. The mission statement and planning report then emerge. Chapter 4, "Strategic Action," examines steps comprising the strategic action phase, which involve implementation plan design, integration with finances, execution, appraisal, and continuous planning. The concluding chapter, "Parting Words," offers cautionary advice and additional benefits to strategic planning. Eight appendices include a bibliography, process diagram, sample timetables, policy goals, and available publication sources. (CJH)

Download or read book Strategic Planning for School Managers written by Knight, Jim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work sets out the broad guidelines for effective strategic planning. It investigates key features necessary for success and provides suggestions for the development of a strategic plan that is relevant for the individual school.

Download or read book Shaping Strategy written by Susan C. Stone and published by National Assn of Independent. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definition of strategic planning has changed in recent years. Strategic planning for independent schools involves creating a vision and a mission, employing environmental scanning methods to identify important facts, focusing on excellence, mandating continuous flexibility, and relying on simplicity. This book reexamines and updates information on strategic planning outlined in an earlier work. To analyze why the process of strategic planning has worked so well in so many different kinds of schools, leadership and management literature about strategic planning was reviewed. Topics of chapters include planning in the 1990s, preparing for a planning cycle, strategic thinking, drafting a strategic plan, the implementation program, appraisal and revitalization, and problems and pitfalls. The appendices contain an outline of the strategic-planning process strategic-planning chart, a sample set of planning documents, a sample implementation program, and a sample computerized implementation program. (Contains 10 references.) (JPT)

Download or read book Strategic Planning for Faith based Schools written by Jack Peterson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Planning for Faith-based Schools provides a brief outline of a process the author developed over three decades of leading planning in one school, and then adapting the resulting process to a variety of faith-based school environments. He benefited from the best recent thinking in business management as well as his own experience of what works and what doesn't. The steps he describes lead to plans that are compelling, mission centered and broadly owned, and for these reasons, get implemented.

Download or read book Strategic Planning for School Managers written by Knight, Jim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work sets out the broad guidelines for effective strategic planning. It investigates key features necessary for success and provides suggestions for the development of a strategic plan that is relevant for the individual school.

Download or read book Strategic Planning for a Private School written by Kathleen Eyster Vollmers and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Park Christian School is a private interdenominational Evangelical Christian School located in Moorhead, Minnesota. During the 1993-94 school year, 321 students were enrolled in grades K through 8 with the majority from Moorhead or Fargo, North Dakota. These children represent about 206 families and 39 area churches. In the fall of 1993, the School Board authorized a strategic planning process using professional planning facilitators to lead the planning team which would include teachers, members of the School Board, members of the Finance Committee, and parents."--Abstract.

Download or read book Stakeholder Driven Strategic Planning in Education written by Robert W. Ewy and published by Quality Press. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No school district becomes excellent without a strategic plan, but many remain mediocre with them. What makes the difference? This book has been written to describe what it means to engage in serious long-range or “strategic” planning and to provide solutions to the inadequacies and inconsistencies found in the way school districts approach this process. The book is intended to be as practical as possible, meaning that by understanding the design and following the suggested strategic planning team activities found in each chapter, you could facilitate this process in your district. All key components are described and multiple examples are used to help the reader understand the intent of each component and how the components fit together. In addition, questionnaires and surveys are included to simplify facilitation. The basic reference used to refine the Stakeholder-Driven Strategic Planning process is the Strategic Planning Category of the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence.

Download or read book Better Boards Better Schools The ISM Guide for Private School Trusteeship and Strategic Governance written by Weldon Burge and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a member of the Board of Trustees for a private school is certainly an honor. You are asked to take into your care a school--to ensure that each student's education fulfills the school's mission, and that all students are nurtured and developed to their benefit. You must carry out that care by providing support-resources-to the School Head. Your relationship to the school-as with all Trustees--determines whether your school will be successful in the long term.Being a Board member is also somewhat puzzling. If you're like many Trustees, you're not sure how it happened. Maybe you were approached at a social event. Maybe another Board member had talked to you a while ago about it on the phone; you may even have forgotten the conversation. Maybe you were serving on a committee and this seemed the next logical step. You've become a private school Trustee.Now what?This book is based on more than four decades of working with the Boards of hundreds of private schools. Independent School Management (ISM) has honed its research and recommendations over those years to provide the best possible service to our schools. We hope you'll find the following theory and advice valuable as you better prepare your Board to plan for your school's future. Chapters include: * The Role of the Trustee* The Board's Foundation and Strategic Structures* Understanding Private School Finances* Strategic Planning and Strategic Financial Planning* The ISM Stability Markers* Purpose and Outcome Statements* ISM Success Predictors* Recruiting and Orienting Board Members* The Board Committees* Board Meetings and Other Functions* Board-School Head Relationships* The Board's Role in Fundraising* Strategic Board Assessment* A Sample Board Commitment and Trustee HandbookIndependent School Management (ISM) is a family owned company dedicated to the advancement of private school management. ISM reaches over 7,000 private-independent schools, and serves over 200,000 students annually with advice, assistance, and creative solutions. Administrators in private schools of all types and sizes turn to ISM for advice and assistance on an array of management challenges, including student recruitment and retention, fundraising, strategic and long-range planning, Board-Head relations, personnel, plant expansion, mergers, leadership training, and creative insurance solutions.This book is based on more than four decades of working with the Boards of hundreds of private schools. We've honed our research and recommendations over those years to provide the best possible service to our schools. We hope you'll find the following theory and advice valuable as you better prepare your Board to plan for your school's future

Download or read book The Strategic Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Strategic Planning Guide for Self managing Schools written by Paul Balnaves and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of relevance to independent schools in Australia. This guide discusses selected literature on strategic planning for self-managing schools, outlines the concepts and processes of strategic planning, details seven case studies of independent schools across Australia and suggests practical guidelines for strategic planning. Includes an index.

Download or read book Strategic Planning for School Administrators written by Roger D. Prosise and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the principles of strategic planning as applicable to the needs of school principals and superintendents.

Download or read book Strategic Planning for School Managers written by Jim Knight and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out broad guidelines for effective planning and investigates the key features necessary for success, providing practical suggestions for the development of a strategic plan that is relevant for each individual school.

Download or read book Independent School Principals Perceptions of the Role of Ownership in Strategic Planning written by Patricia Bradley Steele and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Purpose, scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of independent school principals who have experienced the strategic planning process with regards to the role of ownership in the context of developing and implementing a strategic plan. This qualitative study relied on a phenomenological research approach utilizing participant interviews. The population for this study was comprised of principals from member schools of the Atlanta Association of Independent Schools. The researcher selected 10 participants from a purposeful sample of independent school principals who had experienced strategic planning in their own schools. This study analyzed the principals' perceptions in order to establish the essential structure of the role of ownership in the context of developing and implementing a strategic plan. The data were analyzed using the methodology of Colaizzi (1978) and Creswell (1998). Findings and conclusions. The analysis revealed that principals focused on three themes: (a) the school's purpose during the development of the strategic plan, (b) the written document and the people who implemented the plan during implementation of the strategic plan, and (c) relationships and personal meaning during the development and the implementation of the strategic plan. The three theme clusters served as the basis for the development of an essential structure of independent school principals' perceptions of the role of ownership in the context of developing and implementing the strategic plan. That essential structure served to summarize the analysis of the principals' perceptions and noted that (a) principals recognized the responsibility of focusing on the school's purpose, vision, and mission statement during the development of the strategic plan in an effort to achieve ownership of the strategic planning process; (b) principals continually communicated with constituents and the community in an effort to build ownership of the strategic planning process; (c) principals recognized that the role of school leadership in building ownership was vital to the strategic planning process; and (d) principals acknowledged their personal ownership of the strategic planning process"--Abstract.

Download or read book School Improvement Revitalize Your School with Strategic Planning written by Dr. Debra A. Tracy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's educational atmosphere of accountability, a results oriented process is necessary to achieve improvement goals. School Improvement: Revitalize Your School with Strategic Planning details a practical approach to bringing about positive changes in student achievement. You already have the tools to do the job. All you need is the guidance to put the process in motion and the leadership to carry it out. The strategic planning model detailed in this book involves a six steps process that includes: Identifying the purpose, mission, vision, and goals Collecting and analyzing data Writing the plan Implementing the plan Monitoring and evaluating progress Revising the plan Each phase of the strategic planning process is important, but to achieve the desired improvements, action plans are the crucial element to success. This process emphasizes the implementation of schoolwide action plans as well as detailed classroom action plans that are routinely monitored. By setting the stage with collaboration and communication, this process has the power to produce desired results in any school. This book has been written from the perspective of a building principal for other building principals and school leadership teams who are on the mission of school improvement.

Download or read book School Improvement written by Debra A. Tracy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's educational atmosphere of accountability, a results oriented process is necessary to achieve improvement goals. School Improvement: Revitalize Your School with Strategic Planning details a practical approach to bringing about positive changes in student achievement. You already have the tools to do the job. All you need is the guidance to put the process in motion and the leadership to carry it out. The strategic planning model detailed in this book involves a six steps process that includes: Identifying the purpose, mission, vision, and goals Collecting and analyzing data Writing the plan Implementing the plan Monitoring and evaluating progress Revising the plan Each phase of the strategic planning process is important, but to achieve the desired improvements, action plans are the crucial element to success. This process emphasizes the implementation of schoolwide action plans as well as detailed classroom action plans that are routinely monitored. By setting the stage with collaboration and communication, this process has the power to produce desired results in any school. This book has been written from the perspective of a building principal for other building principals and school leadership teams who are on the mission of school improvement.

Download or read book Hiring Nurturing and Evaluating the Private School Head written by Weldon Burge and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As members of the Board of Trustees at your private school, you have many duties. One of the most important is hiring, nurturing, and evaluating the School Head. The Head is the Board's only employee and is the person who implements the Board's strategic plan and strategic financial plan at the school's operational level. The School Head maintains the school's mission.Boards can-and should-have excellent relationships with their Heads, and this book can help you solidify those relationships. At the core of the book's advice are three critical principles. For the best success, the Board must:?treat the School Head in predictable and supportive ways;?work reciprocally-that is, carry out its duties with the same assiduousness as is expected of the Head; and?ensure that it operates strategically to allow the Head to act operationally. We will delve into each of these and related areas as the book progresses. This book is based on the experience of the Consultants of Independent School Management and: ?their consulting in private schools for more than four decades; ?articles published in ISM's management advisory letter Ideas & Perspectives; and ?materials used for teaching in ISM's various workshops and presentations. Throughout this book, we use a fictional, K-12, coed day school, Exempli Gratia Academy, to provide examples and samples to better explain the strategies and techniques discussed. These are intentionally generic so you can easily adapt them for your school's unique character and mission.

Download or read book Best Practices in Planning Strategically for Online Educational Programs written by Elliot King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Practices in Planning Strategically for Online Educational Programs is a step-by-step guide to developing strategic plans for creating and implementing online educational programs within higher education institutions. From conception to execution and assessment, the successful management of purposeful online educational programs in colleges and universities carries increasing importance and a unique set of requirements. This book enables administrators and faculty to: identify the opportunities and challenges presented by online education for institutions based on their histories, missions and market positions develop a roadmap for creating and implementing a strategic plan provide guidance for assessing the plan and insight into the iterative nature of planning. With computer networked-based technologies gaining ground in traditional private and public institutions, this critical volume is the first to apply the principles and practices associated with strategic planning specifically to online educational programs.