STRATEGIC PLANNING: Tips for Coordinators

José Manuel VillafuerteMEXTESOL

October 17th, 2014

Sylvia Benavides de Lozano

Strategic planning is a systematic process of envisioning a desired future and translating this vision into broadly defined goals or objectives in a sequence of steps to achieve them.

A process of decisions made by an organization to set goals and to outline a course of actions to achieve those goals to grow the business and to help the business profitable

STEP 1. Get everyone on board

Make a list of stockholdersWhy are they important?What do they have at stake?Which ones should be involved?Which ones can you actually work with?

4 Stages in Career development of English Teachers

1. Starting out2. Becoming experienced3. New horizons: Professional Development

4. Passing on the knowledge

To make a team, we should follow the next steps:

Step 1: Get everyone on board

Build team spiritInvolve everyoneWelcome inputEncourage participationPromote collaborationMake people accountableBe fairBuild personal relationships

Step 2. Know yourself

Gather information

Where do you currently stand?Make a SWOT analysis

S: Strengths

W: Weaknesses

O: Opportunities

T: Threats

Goal setting

What do you want to achieve? Why? When?Establish a timeline

Work backwards and set milestones. Smart objectives. Lay out a plan

Go beyond with teacher´s observation and supervision

What objectives? When and Who is in charge?

What kind of training are they going to receive?

Step 3: Empower and delegateAssign dutiesWho will be responsible for what?

• Empower people

Will they need training?

What resources will they need?

•Make people accountable

What are the consequences if someone doesn´t do the job?

Why should they care?

Step 3.

Assign duties