Written for school leaders, this completely revised edition outlines detailed, research-based strategies for developing high-performing schools and fostering educational equity for all students.

Standard Six: Institute Effective District and School Planning, Staff Development, and Resource Allocation, and Provide a Quality Learning Environment

Standard Six: Institute Effective District and School Planning, Staff Development, and Resource Allocation, and Provide a Quality Learning Environment

Standard six: Institute effective district and school planning, staff development, and resource allocation, and provide a quality learning environment

Organizational planning is more than simply deciding what you are going to do next week. The overall objective of school improvement planning is the enhancement of student achievement. By the mid-1950s, the concept of strategic planning was gaining interest. George Steiner (1979) viewed strategic planning as inextricably interwoven into the entire fabric of management, not something separate and distinct from the management process. Accompanying this movement was a shift from planning designs focused on operations to designs that stressed strategy. In 1966, Marvin Bower described 14 processes that ...

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