Strategic+Planning+Process

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 * Prior to any of the following processes, research what strategic planning is ( [|Making a Shared Vision a Shared Reality: The Strategic Planning Process] - Jan Hill, Kay Hawk, Kerry Taylor) . Understand what long-term strategic planning looks like, who will be involved, what will [|documentation look like], how long will the process take for development and review.



Refer to resources such as:
 * 1. Consider new educational paradigms, trends and influences on teaching and learning in the 21st Century.**
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 * [|New Zealand Curriculum]
 * [|Key Competencies]
 * [|www.21stcenturyskills.org]
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 * [|Core's (Derek Wenmoth) 10 Trends 2008]
 * http://elearningbop.wikispaces.com/Literacy+Progressions+and+ICT
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 * [|Did you know 4.0]
 * 21st Century Pedagogy

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Create opportunities for all staff to recognise local and global influences. Share resources, ask for responses, collate in web 2.0 tools such as:
 * 2. Align your own school beliefs with these influences.**
 * ===**[|Wallwisher]**===
 * ===[|Mindomo (needs log in)]===
 * ===[|Mindmeister.com]===
 * ===**[|Wordl]**===


 * 3. Clarify your School's Vision for Learning**:
 * See support @ Vision
 * See [|Suzie's slideshare] slides 12-23


 * 4. Map where you are currently at**:
 * ======Use your own data gathering processes to establish here you are at in your school. Include teachers, students and parents with this process.======
 * ======Where Is your School On The Continuum and What Do You Need To Plan For? Involve staff in a school "Self Evaluation Tool".[| Take the Digital Schools Self Evaluation Tool> >]Generate a lot of learning discussion. Adapt it to the NZ setting. Use it to help identify areas of strength and need.(From Lorraine) ======
 * View the [|ICT Integration survey] and [] for some quick ideas.
 * ======Survey Capabilities of Staff and Leaders - Use Support Tools e.g. Do a SWOT Analysis. Take the Smart Classrooms - [|Individual Assessment Tool]======
 * e-Potential Continuum - []
 * EPS - self evaluation tool[| - www.media3.co.nz/eps]
 * More evaluation tools from Rocky's blog - []


 * 5. Imagine where you will want to be:**
 * Dream the dream in terms of long-term goals. Write broad statements of what you desire.


 * 6. Start constructing the plan:**
 * Brainstorming what an ICT strategic plan for learning would involve - provide links to [|e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010]

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 * Use a [|Strategic Planning Template] to create your own school strategic plan.
 * To help keep this process truly collaborative, upload to Google Docs. View example [|HERE].


 * 7. Bridge the gap**:
 * Create tangible goals based on your school's vision. For example, if you want to promote 21st Literacies such as multiple literacies, one focus may be to help develop articulate, clear communicators. This can be worked on in the short-term to address this long-term goal. Or refer to e-learning and literacy progressions ..."Monitor their own reading and self-correct when necessary by applying fix-up strategies, e.g., adjusting reading pace, reading on, or checking other sources of information" where students will be able to "Read while being recorded by a web- camera or easi-speak microphone. [|www.vocaroo.com]and "Students read into the web-camera/microphone and play it back to either: set goals, share with others, as a record of progress. Children, teacher and parent can monitor reading strategies, and fluency and set goals to improve."
 * For more ideas on this process, see [|Suzie's slideshare] slides 37-39
 * Your tangible goals will become part of your annual plan. Out of the annual plan evolves a target.
 * Tangible goals can be written as success indicators or outcomes achieved. EG: See the following from Lorraine's resource.
 * ** For all tangible goals, form Success Indicators **: How will you know if you have succeeded?
 * ** __Identify Key Goals For__ **:
 * ICT infused teaching and learning
 * Increasing teacher capability in the effective use of ICT
 * ICT supported administration and resourcing Improved
 * ICT infrastructure / Emerging Technologies
 * Community / Parent Partnerships
 * Identify ways to keep your learning communities informed, upskilled with new thinking and new ways of working. Clarify professional learning and professional development opportunities to meet these needs.

8. Align resource management and funds to help make this happen:
 * The goal is to create a 21st Century classroom for the 21st century learners.
 * Address $$$$ funds over a 3-5 year period for purchasing, maintenance or hardware, software, networks. Ideas for future proofing can be found @ Infrastructure into Tomorrow wiki
 * Be mindful of current issues in terms of the connected classroom in the 21t century. Be aware of Netsafe measures to ensure learners are safe on web. Also See Suzie's presentation on the confident, connected learner @ []
 * Ensure that any money spent on hardware/software and infrastructure is also spent on mindware or professional learning for on-going teacher development - at the organisational, leadership, management, teaching levels.

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9. Create action plans to bring to fruition:
 * Creating an action plan is a different process to long term strategic planning*. Action plans are an integral part of the strategic planning process and provide more immediate plans for action that guide:**
 * What is happening?
 * When is it happening?
 * Who is doing it? What roles/responsibilities do they have?
 * Where is it happening?
 * Why is it happening? (what are the drivers?)
 * How is it happening?

Action plan example can be accessed [|Here or] @http://docs.google.com/View?id=dxtwmtk_6ddcz3qwg
 * Focus || Expected Outcome || How || Who || When || Actual Outcome ||

9. Instill review processes**:**
 * Regular, on-going review processes will need to be undertaken by stakeholders to keep this documentation alive.
 * See [|Suzie's slideshare] slides 51-53

Ideas to consider from Lorraines Wathorn's wiki:**

 * Plan for Cybersafety - Awareness, Policies, Processes, Expectations
 * Involve others - A Plan Is Only As Good As Those Who Own It!!!
 * Communicate clearly, Keep everyone informed.
 * Transparent processes. Group ownership
 * Don't "do it to them"! Facilitate involvement. Ask for input and feedback.
 * Look ahead!
 * Plan PD based on evidence and need & Vision for Learning