The Process of Effective Strategic Plan Development for Schools: An Action Research

• Main Author: Zehra Keser Özmantar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2011-12-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Stratejik plan; süreç; eylem araştırması; Strategic planning; process; action research
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24241/256991?publisher=gantep

Ministry of National Education called for every school nationwide to prepare their own strategic plan (SP) as a requirement of 5018 numbered law. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to detail the notion of SP, explain the process of strategic planning and provide a concrete example for those who will prepare SP for their own schools. This is a qualitative study which employed action research approach and conducted in a private school in Gaziantep. The study initially focuses on the basis of SP, benefits of SP to the institutions where it is applied, historical development of the notion of SP, and constitutional infrastructures of SP in Turkey, and the position and importance of SP in educational institutions. Then the formation process of a SP becomes the focus of attention and is described in detail. On the basis of the theoretical framework, the strategic planning of a school is composed. The SP is successfully achieved due to administrative structure of the school and its support, required trainings given to the members of staff, participation of the students and their parents into the planning process and the remarkable efforts of the SP team. In the final section of the study, the issues to be considered for the preparation of effective SP are discussed and certain suggestions are made for the formation and implementation of SP in schools