Educational Planning: Strategic, Tactical, Operational

Roger A. Kaufman, Jerry John Herman, Kathi Watters

Scarecrow Press, 2002 - Education - 287 pages

Expert presentation of holistic planning for a learner-focused educational system. Integrates curriculum, facilities, personnel, finance, educational technology, and other significant planning tactics.

Contents

• Why Plan Strategically?: 3
• An Educational Strategic Planning Framework: 6
• Education Results Today and Tomorrow: 8
• Working Harder Not Smarter: 9
• Shifting Our Education Paradigm How We View and Interact with Our World: 10
• Summary: 12
• MegaPlanning A New and Practical Paradigm: 17
• Another Critical Success Factor: 18
• Asking and Answering the Right Questions: 20
• MacroPlanning: 22
• MicroPlanning: 23
• There Is No More Real Argument: 24
• The Organizational Elements Model: 27
• The Common Good: 30
• InsideOut Planning: 31
• OutsideInPlanning: 32
• The InsideOut Approach: 34
• The OutsideIn Approach: 35
• A Consolidated Approach: 36
• Summary: 37
• Strategic Planning Starts with the Ideal Vision: 39
• Continuous Improvement toward the Ideal Vision: 45
• Ideal Visions Are More Similar than Different: 46
• Starting with an Ideal Vision: 47
• Strategic Planning Is Practical Dreaming: 49
• Identifying Mission Based on the Ideal Vision: 51
• A Mission Object Is Derived from the Ideal Vision: 52
• Defining the Mission: 55
• Preparing Useful Objectives Including Mission Objectives: 56
• Everything Is Measurable Everything: 59
• Templates for Developing Useful Objectives: 60
• Optional Template 4: 61
• An Example: 64
• Deriving the Mission Objective from the Ideal Vision: 66
• Identifying Existing Policies Rules Laws and Regulations as Part of the Determination of Mission: 69
• Some Curriculum Consideration: 70
• Summary: 73
• Needs Assessment: 75
• Needs Assessments Needs Analysis and Confusion: 77
• Needs Assessments Will Identify and Document Problems Identify What Should and Shouldnt Be Changed and Recognize Opportunities: 79
• Resolving Problems Using Needs Assessment: 81
• The Nine Step of a Needs Assessment: 82
• 2 Identify the Three Needs Assessment and Planning Levels to be Included and Commit to the Mega Level as the Starting Place: 83
• Include Both What Is and What Should Be in Planning: 85
• 3 Identify the Needs Assessment and Planning Partners: 87
• 4 Obtain Needs Assessment Partners Participation and Commitment: 89
• The Linkages Among Mega Macro and Micro: 90
• 6 Collect Need Data Both External Outside the Organization and Internal Within Your Organization: 91
• 7 List Identified Documented and AgreedUpon Needs: 94
• 8 Place Needs in Priority Order and Reconcile Disagreements: 98
• 9 List Problem Selected Needs to Be Resolved and Obtain Agreement of Partners: 99
• The Basic Steps of Holistic Educational Planning: 100
• Summary of Basic of Needs Assessment: 103
• Transitioning The Planning Phase: 111
• Identify SWOTs Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats: 112
• Gathering Information to Complete a SWOTs Analysis: 113
• Select the Long and ShorterTerm Missions: 116
• Mission and Function Analysis: 118
• Mission Analysis: 120
• A Management Plan: 121
• Using a Discrepancy Analysis to Prepare the Mission Profile: 123
• Function Analysis: 133
• Level of Function Analysis: 134
• Interactions: 136
• Every Level of System Analysis Is Related to Every Other Level: 138
• Function Analysis and Feasibility: 140
• Deciding When to Stop Doing System Analysis: 141
• Summary: 143
• TACTICAL PLANNING: 147
• Tactical Planning: 149
• Prerequisites for MethodsMeans Analysis: 151
• When Does MethodsMeans Analysis Begin?: 152
• Uncovering MethodsMeans Information: 154
• Match Methods and Means to Each Function and Task: 156
• Procedure for Performing a MethodsMeans Analysis: 158
• From System to System Analysis: 159
• Approaches to System Analysis: 160
• Techniques Oriented Primarily to Numbers and Facts: 161
• Techniques Oriented Primarily to People and Judgment: 164
• Summary: 167
• Designing a Response: 168
• Looking Ahead: 169
• IMPLEMENTATION: 171
• Integrating Strategic Planning Quality Management and Needs Assessment: 173
• Definitions and Some Review: 174
• A Discussion: 176
• Quality Management is Appropriate for Education: 180
• Making QM a Reality in Your Organization: 181
• Putting QM Principles to Work in Education: 184
• Doing a Needs Assessment for Quality Management Initiatives: 187
• Where Should We Be Headed? A Brief Review: 189
• The Strategic Planning Framework How It Relates to Quality Management: 190
• Quality Management Plus QM +: 192
• Do Most Total Quality Programs Go Far Enough? We Think Not: 193
• Quality Management Plus QM +: 194
• Whats to Be Gained By Using QM +?: 204
• Delivering the Synergy: 205
• Summary: 206
• Delivering on the Strategic Plan: 209
• The Strategic Plan Report: 210
• The Elements of the Strategic Plan Report: 211
• Putting the Strategic Plan to Work: 213
• Making Buying or Obtaining the MethodsMeans: 214
• Management and Continuous Improvement: 216
• What Will Look Different as a Result of MegaLevel Strategic Planning?: 218
• Making Operational Decisions Which Will Be Compatible with the Strategic Plan: 219
• A School District Develops a Strategic Plan A Hypothetical and Partial Example: 223
• Dealing with Beliefs and Values: 245
• A Minimal Ideal Vision: 252
• Glossary: 259
• References and Related Readings: 271
• Index: 281
• About The Authors: 285

Bibliographic information

• Title: Educational Planning: Strategic, Tactical, Operational; Scarecrow education book
• Authors: Roger A. Kaufman, Jerry John Herman, Kathi Watters
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0810842971, 9780810842977
• Length: 287 pages
• Subjects: Education / Administration / General