STRATEGIC PLANNING
A typical OESIS Strategic Planning Process for a school will be phased in the manner below. Change management is not an overnight process and the degree of resources dedicated, the importance given to the process, the degree of community feedback, the amount of data garnered in the process, and the ability to see a global perspective of challenges and opportunities will be key. At the end of the process you would have created a culture of planning and that will be as valuable as the first plan itself. Here is a typical scope of such an assignment at a school.
1. Pre-Planning (2 months)
Before a Strategic Planning Process can begin we have to build a team dedicated to the process. Challenges may appear in the set of skills available. This is not a team that simply represents various constituencies but one that can see the whole picture and learn. We will provide a report on where we see the gaps and examine how we can fill those gaps.
2. Reality Definition (2 months)
The team Is on board and its first task is to define reality. What are the problems that need to be solved and what are the opportunities that the team sees.
3. Opportunity Mapping (2-3 months)
OESIS supplements the work by providing a global perspective on what challenges they have seen at schools and what opportunities exist. The team then begins a process of opportunity mapping keeping a close eye on the values of the schools and its position in the marketplace.
4. Community Wide Data Gathering (2-3 months)
The team used proprietary community and school climate assessment tools to discover. How is the “weather” in your school? School Climate is an indicator of the collective feelings, relationships, and reactions in the learning environment. A positive culture drives engagement, unlocks collaboration, and fuels learning. This assessment provides quantitative data with which the team starts to re-examine the opportunity mapping.
5. Community Feedback & Design (2 months)
At this point it is Important to get some focus groups going by doing a community outreach day to get feedback. At the end of this we start to prioritize the sets of choices and begin a very early draft plan
6. Draft Plan 1 (2 months)
This draft plan is written by the team with OESIS guidance and pitched to senior management levels. Feedback is obtained
7. Barriers to Implementation Analysis (1 month)
With that feedback and with OESIS guidance we look at the Implementation barriers so that every element of the plan can be filled with further resources. This might be professional development, it might be hiring, it might be structural needs like technology platforms, it might be scheduling etc.
8. Draft Plan 2 (2 Months)
The team gets used to the idea that we are not doing a plan but planning. We start to think about an implementation team that would expand the current team. We draft Critical Success Factors and an ongoing data strategy. The second plan is drafted.
9. Community Outreach (2 months)
It Is now ready to get community feedback. This can be exciting because it serves also as marketing of the direction of the school. A celebration.
10. Plan Launch & Implementation Ongoing
And this is the beginning of the real process. In the above process you have created a culture of planning and that will be invaluable.
1. Pre-Planning (2 months)
Before a Strategic Planning Process can begin we have to build a team dedicated to the process. Challenges may appear in the set of skills available. This is not a team that simply represents various constituencies but one that can see the whole picture and learn. We will provide a report on where we see the gaps and examine how we can fill those gaps.
2. Reality Definition (2 months)
The team Is on board and its first task is to define reality. What are the problems that need to be solved and what are the opportunities that the team sees.
3. Opportunity Mapping (2-3 months)
OESIS supplements the work by providing a global perspective on what challenges they have seen at schools and what opportunities exist. The team then begins a process of opportunity mapping keeping a close eye on the values of the schools and its position in the marketplace.
4. Community Wide Data Gathering (2-3 months)
The team used proprietary community and school climate assessment tools to discover. How is the “weather” in your school? School Climate is an indicator of the collective feelings, relationships, and reactions in the learning environment. A positive culture drives engagement, unlocks collaboration, and fuels learning. This assessment provides quantitative data with which the team starts to re-examine the opportunity mapping.
5. Community Feedback & Design (2 months)
At this point it is Important to get some focus groups going by doing a community outreach day to get feedback. At the end of this we start to prioritize the sets of choices and begin a very early draft plan
6. Draft Plan 1 (2 months)
This draft plan is written by the team with OESIS guidance and pitched to senior management levels. Feedback is obtained
7. Barriers to Implementation Analysis (1 month)
With that feedback and with OESIS guidance we look at the Implementation barriers so that every element of the plan can be filled with further resources. This might be professional development, it might be hiring, it might be structural needs like technology platforms, it might be scheduling etc.
8. Draft Plan 2 (2 Months)
The team gets used to the idea that we are not doing a plan but planning. We start to think about an implementation team that would expand the current team. We draft Critical Success Factors and an ongoing data strategy. The second plan is drafted.
9. Community Outreach (2 months)
It Is now ready to get community feedback. This can be exciting because it serves also as marketing of the direction of the school. A celebration.
10. Plan Launch & Implementation Ongoing
And this is the beginning of the real process. In the above process you have created a culture of planning and that will be invaluable.
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