The Trusted Authority for Starting, Improving, & Selling Private Schools: The Greater The Crisis The Greater The Opportunity

Monday, November 10, 2008

The Greater The Crisis The Greater The Opportunity

IN EVERY CRISIS THERE IS OPPORTUNITY

AND The Greater The crisis The Greater The Opportunity.

It is true that this may be the greatest economic crisis this country has suffered in nearly eighty years. It is also true that it will get worse no matter what the new president may do. And it is also true that some of the greatest opportunities that your school may see in decades are hidden within this crisis.

Mark my words: Over the next few years, you will see schools that find and mine those opportunities positively explode in size and revenue. You will see success made by those who discover ways to serve parents and students, and not only survive but thrive.

STRATEGIC PLANNING IS THE TOOL YOU WILL USE TO LEAD YOUR SCHOOL THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES

Your strategic plan is critical to the future success of your school; be it new or established. As the world’s economy shifts, powerful forces will impact your school, your students, and staff. Now more than ever, your board needs a powerful plan to maximize your strengths, foresee your threats, reduce your weaknesses, and take advantage of future opportunities. As others retrench or react to the ripples of current events, proactive schools like you should be putting your plan together to build a foundation to make you even stronger.

Your plan will steer you through these turbulent times.

Our proven planning process results in the development of a powerful tool that your school will buy into and will be implemented quickly to support your school over the next five turbulent years. I have taken the liberty of including a recent testimonial letter from a private school just like yours reflecting on the impact our planning process had on their school. Click here.

The unique process we use to develop your plan will include three site visits over a four to six month period to establish where you are now, where do you want to be, how do you get there, and how do you know you have gotten there, providing:

Six onsite focus group sessions with parents, students, staff, faculty, board members, alumni, and/or former members of your community;
Five separate statistically-driven online surveys with your staff/faculty, board, parents, and/or alumni;
Re/defining your core values, mandates, mission and vision statements, and educational philosophy;
Identifying impeding critical issues and developing solution-based goals, rationale, and objectives;
And most importantly, developing detailed action plans to actualize your goals into operational tasks to make your vision a reality.

My experienced approach results in both the compass and the roadmap to guide your staff and board with a measurable plan that will coordinate the priorities of your efforts to maximize performance or overcome the challenges that are coming.

If this is something your school could benefit from and you would like to find out more about our planning process, you will want review the attached Overview Document that outlines our planning approach. And yes, it can all be customized to your school.

Click on or cut-and-past the following link into your Internet web browser to access the letter

http://www.halladayeducationgroup.com/files/TestimonialLetterVISGA.pdf

As a past Head of School, I recognize how invaluable a plan is to the long-term success of your school. Now with today’s precarious environment a plan is not negotiable.

At the time of this mailing there is still time to develop a strategic plan before the end of your school year.

If you would like to touch base with me about our planning services, you can contact me by: