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 * Strategic planning** is an integral component to managing complex change. This wiki provides some guidance and support on how to develop long-term strategic planning to help enable your school's vision to come to fruition. This involves unpacking what managing complex change might involved, what strategic planning is all about, links to Ministry requirements, school vision development as well as strategic planning processes. Additional support material includes a possible workshop for delivery in your own schools, data gathering processes, examples templates, school strategic planning models and supplementary resources.

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**J.Thousand and R.Villa** 1995 developed a matrix, "as a way to conceptualise the process of complex change in an educational setting, and help those involved in implementing change to understand both the process and the ways in which their reactions to change might be understood."

In reference to the ** Managing Complex Change ** management matrix, a school vision needs to be collaboratively owned throughout a school. Without a ** vision **, there is confusion. ** Resources ** are an essential element in the change process. Without equitable access to reliable equipment, tools and technologies, there is ** frustration **. ** Skills ** are essential in the change process, without support with new skills, there is anxiety. ** Incentives ** also help drive change, otherwise there is complacency and no ownership. An ** action plan ** helps drive the change process with definitions of roles, responsibilities, tasks and timelines. When all elements are addressed, the drivers for change are in place.

In terms of ICT Strategic planning, many components come together – as we address long-term strategic planning processes that align our school vision with tangible achievement targets aimed at enhancing student learning outcomes. The driving factors for the implementation of the long-term plans through to short-term goals relies on the commitment of schools to consistently allocate budgets and funding to ICTs and e-Learning tools.

Schools attempt to address resourcing and infrastructural needs - sometimes through long term planning, often as the needs arise and sometimes as a knee jerk reaction. Research shows it is increasingly more important to plan long term for current and future infrastructure - while addressing specific learning needs within your school. Hence, the relevance of **strategic planning** and the timely interjection of the Ministry's goal in the ICT PD contract which reads, //"Increase e-learning leadership and ICT strategic planning capability of principals and teachers."//


 * Resources and infrastructure** (networking, cabling, servers, data management, learning management, administrative mechanisms, clients, security) are major considerations to plan for – especially as it usually involves spending a considerable amount of money. As strategic planning is more than just budgeting, all of these decisions should evolve from your school's vision for learning and the proposed direction for the future.

The **vision** will become a reality if leadership aligns strategic planning with professional learning goals, curriculum developments and sustainable learning environments. For example, if we want our students to become articulate, confident orators, we would invest in processes and technologies to support that goal - microphones and presenting in digital formats.

For strategic planning guidance see [|The e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010]. Support on leadership, vision and physical and technical infrastructure will emerge throughout the year as the national facilitation team develop ICT PD modules on themes such as "Leading Learning" and "Technical Infrastructure in Schools."

In the meantime, there is a wide-range of material available for you to access in terms of clarifying the strategic planning process, strategic planning examples as well as possible templates to help guide you. See the links below or the Resources link.

//"Schools with a sense of direction are exciting places to be in and we challenge school leaders to think about their strategic thinking and acting processes and the benefits of such processes for their schools."// ([|Making a Shared Vision a Shared Reality: The Strategic Planning Process] - Jan Hill, Kay Hawk, Kerry Taylor pg 12).

media type="custom" key="3481364" **Additional Resources** [|The e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010] [|ICT Leadership information] in Leadspace [|Strategic Planning Folder] in ICT PD Online ICT PD Strategic Planning wiki - Tessa Gray [|Making a Shared Vision a Shared Reality: The Strategic Planning Process] - Jan Hill, Kay Hawk, Kerry Taylor. Leading ICT - Managing Change wiki - Suzie Vesper Edorigami - Managing complex change

//This area will grow and others can use for their own purposes. This area was originally created for Bellevue Cluster meeting 25th March 2009.//