Private School Strategic Planning

What is Strategic Planning?

Strategic planning is a process where the stakeholder groups in an organization participate in articulating a vision of a “desired future” and a blueprint for attaining that future is defined, focusing on the next three to five years.

Benefits of a Strategic Plan

• Articulates a shared mission and purpose
• Creates a framework to guide decision making
• Develops organizational effectiveness & commitment
• Foundation for fundraising
• Tool to monitor performance
• Allocation of resources to opportunities
• Determines school priorities
• Strengthens Head-Board partnership
• Defines measurements of success
• Forms the basis of Head/Board evaluation
• Builds energy & momentum
• Analyzes critical issues
• Improves finances & projections
• Greater accountability

The results that you can expect when your school community has developed a Strategic Plan and is working together executing upon it are:

• Higher student retention
• More admissions
• More successful fundraising
• Acceptance of tuition fee increases
• Financial stability
• Perception of good value amongst families and the community
• Stable teaching staff
• High student morale and achievement
• Greater philanthropy
• More volunteer involvement
• No vocal, polarized minority

Email info@ispginc.com for more information.