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Paul CroneMarie-Thérèse Kilmartin

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Why the need for Strategic Planning?Leading School Development

If I had an ideal school.....

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Benefits of a Strategic Plan

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Information About Your School

• WSE & Inspection Reports• Results• Experience• Stakeholders• Context• Mission / Values• Timetable• School Plan • And ........

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Drivers of Change

External and Internal Exercise

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Teaching &

Learning

Creating opportunities for professional

development

Collaboration

Ensuring student attainment academically and

development of lifelong skills

Sufficient infrastructure to

cater for growing numbers

in feeder schools.

Digital Learning

Framework

Junior Cycle reform -

facilitate the introduction

through timetabling and

assessment arrangements

Code of Behaviour

Learning Code

Use of email - students and staff

Text messages to parents

Increased use of VSware tools

Referral Systems

Developing Links

Student awareness of the

wider community

Inclusion of the

community in initiatives.

Guidance Plan

Pastoral Care

Empowering students and

encouraging autonomy

Student Council

Tiered Leadership

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Have a look at www.colaisteeanna.ie

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Learner OutcomesTeachers' Individual

Practice

Learner ExperiencesTeachers' Collective / Collaborative Practice

Teaching & Learning

Leading Learning & Teaching

Managing the Organisation

Developing Leadership Capacity

Leading School Development

Leadership & Management

Looking at our School

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Now you’ve started ... SSE

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Key Questions

• How well are we doing?• How do we know?• How can we find out more?• What are our strengths?• What are our areas for improvement?• How can we improve?

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Scenario for you

From Vision to Action - Exercise

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Leading School Development Activity

• Using LAOS Domain 3 – each group will be given a standard within the domain

• Decide on one aspect of “effective” practice which you would like to move to “highly effective” practice

• Devise a plan to present to your staff on how to achieve this

• Each group, after 1 hour must present on this plan using power point for a 5 minute presentation