Your Strategic

Plan is your GPS!

DOUG HERING

Charter School

Management

Corporation

Does this guy know what he’s talking about?

Where are we going?

•What is a Strategic Plan?•Why pay attention to your

Strategic Plan?• How to use your Strategic Plan

What is a Strategic Plan?

• A strategic plan is a map to your school’s future.• It plots out the trail so that you

don’t get lost.

Why

Options aren’t always good

Your strategic plan gives direction

Objective 1 Tasks How and when we know we’ve finished

Objective 2 Tasks

Objective 1 Tasks

Objective 2 Tasks

Objective 1 Tasks

Objective 2 Tasks

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3

How often do you check your dashboard/GPS?

•Enrollment trends•Class size•Administrative expenses as a percent of total•Test scores•Discipline data•Some measure of school culture•Teacher satisfaction

Ideas for Tracking

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Discussion and Questions?