LEADERSHIP
Strategic Planning for School Improvement

Our education programs are under increasing pressure to meet demands from an increasing number of directions - especially the need to increase student's academic assessment scores. At the same time, our budgets are shrinking and our resources are getting thin.

Under these conditions, the only chance to succeed - and, in fact, the best way to both serve our students and improve our own level of job satisfaction - is to strategically focus our efforts around a tight set of top-priority goals. Too many schools suffer from "projectitus" - a tendency to have too many unconnected activities, initiatives, and even grants. The result is an endless flurry of short-term activity that doesn't have a lasting impact.

Mass Networks can help your schools' leadership analyze the available data to select the most important issues to address that will allow to you leverage your efforts in ways that make every small project contribute to the larger goals. We can also help you design focused and effective programs that mobilize your faculty and community by building on your strengths while addressing your needs, and that lead to both quickly visible victories as well as lay the foundation for significant long-term improvement. Finally, Mass Networks can help you evaluate your progress, validating your efforts to local and governmental stateholders.

For more information about this service, contact

Steve Miller, Executive Director
smiller@massnetworks.org
617.783.9988 X122