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How would you evaluate your organizational strategic plans?<\/b><\/p>\n
I believe that the organizational plans of our organization are backed by information and they are based on strategies that will increase the probability of results within our organization. Each year, our division conducts surveys from the students, parents and community and uses the information to guide areas in which the organization can improve. At the top of our organization, is a very respectable group of 3 leaders. These leaders build plans based on the true needs and wants of the rest of the organization as well as researched data and strategies. A specific example of this occurred in a small group of staff who are attending additional leadership sessions outside of working hours. Part of our task was to look at the organizational strategic plans and critique them. In the data, I noticed our division has lower math scores than other school divisions in the province. One of the strategies is to have a renewed focus on mathematics in our division. I asked the leader, why this was not a more specific strategy that included a program that teachers should use within their classrooms. She explained to me that the process of researching and finding the best program takes time as their are often lots of trends that are considered \u2018bandwagons\u2019 in education. In thinking about this, I realized that this is extremely important for our organization so that people actually buy into the strategy instead of feeling like it is just another \u2018bandwagon jump.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Does your organization have a process of evaluation to ensure the plan is effective? Momentum is established and maintained? the objectives remain intact after the plan begins? Why do you say so? Why not?<\/b><\/p>\n The plans are built based on feedback from all survey results of the parents, students and staff. Administrators meet with leaders at the divisional level (Superintendent and Assistant superintendent) as well as community representatives (Board of Trustees). The plans are filtered through all of these levels. Our organization is trying a new strategy in which teachers can volunteer to be a part of a committee that debates and discusses the plans. Once the plans have passed through all of these avenues, they are adjusted accordingly. Next, the plans are reviewed and voted on before being presented and implemented.<\/span><\/p>\n Review your most recent strategic plan and evaluate its overall effectiveness using the few questions cited above.<\/b><\/p>\n A recent strategic plan that specifically involved me, was s situation with a student with learning needs who was behind in all areas of language arts. He was a late starting student and was older than most of the students in my class. (He was 11, the others were 9). The parents did not want to have him repeat grade 4 as he was already older and they felt it would hurt him socially. He was reading and writing at a grade 1 level, and he was not making progress. (I teach grade 4). This student also did not enjoy school. He was rarely engaged and was forever asking if he could just stay at home. I knew this was going to be a challenge. I wanted to make the experience meaningful for him so that he would enjoy it and perhaps by being more engaged, he would improve. I spent a lot of time creating a plan with the help of our division learning coaches, my administrator, our inclusive education coordinator, his parents, our assistant superintendent and him. Together, we developed a plan to help him get on track with reading and writing. <\/span><\/p>\n In this instance, we evaluated the success and progress of the plan through testing the students progress and communicating the results across all levels. This was effective in the strategic plan. There was one point in which the students tests results had gotten worse than the previous test. We knew that this meant that we needed to change the plan as the original one was not working. The results that the student showed, provided us with enough information to determine our level of success.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What was your outcome?<\/b><\/p>\n This student managed to improve to the point of being able to read with understanding above grade 4 level. The well laid out strategic action plan helped us all to be accountable and stay on track.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Evaluate How would you evaluate your organizational strategic plans? I believe that the organizational plans of our organization are backed by information and they are based on strategies that will increase the probability of results within our organization. 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