By Urmila Devi Dasi
For each of these, one has to determine who will make the decision (e.g. school board, head teacher (principal), all the teachers, etc.). One also has to determine how the decision will be made (i.e. autonomously, autonomously after a process of consultation, collective consensus, collective vote, etc.)
Strategic planning
This should be done before anything else, and in this order:
1. Establish vision
2. Assess needs or gaps in the current situation
3. Assess facilities and constraints in the situation (nature of the community served, availability of personnel, availability of finances, physical facility, laws, etc.)
4. Link vision to addresses needs/gaps
5. Modify vision so it is workable with facilities and constraints available
6. Set immediate and long-range goals for each area of vision
7. Set priorities
8. Establish system and timeline for assessment benchmarks to determine if the goals are being met and if, when met, the gaps are decreasing
