Guiding through the Preparation of School

Development Plan

Lalit Kumar, Mob. 9953235366

Expert, Professional School Leadership Academy, SCERT Haryana, Gurugram

E-mail: lalitvashisht8@yahoo.com

School Improvement Plan (SIP) School development plan (SDP)

School Improvement Planning (SIP) School Development Plan (SDP)

School improvement planning signifies that

all Schools have a common code to follow.

School Development Plan is more school

based.

It is a road map providing direction for the

school to move forward in enhancing the

overall development as well as learning in the

schools. It is holistic in nature covering each

and every aspect of schools and its progress.

The plan sets out changes schools needs to

make to bring out desired results and

eventually achieve goals and targets within a

particular time frame.

It has certain goals, objectives and

mechanisms to attain the objectives decided

by the school in a given point of time. It is

more an in-house activity carried out by in-

school teaching and non teaching staff along

with community and parents and other

stakeholders, with School Head as leader to

set targets and chalk out details on how and

when these

can be achieved. The basic idea is to provide

direction to school for development.

REMEMBER

The ultimate goals of both, School Improvement Plan( SIP) and School Development Plan( SDP) are to transform schools into a continuous cycle of improvement and development.

REMEMBER

School development plan is not a charter of demands. It is an activity wherein teachers, parents, staff and other stake holders work together in teams to reflect and reinvent what works best for the school to improve in a phased manner

Note

Each school draws its own roadmap for improvement based on its specific Requirements Priorities Goals Targets Monitoring & Evaluation mechanisms Time frame for each activity Follows context- specific drive for improvement

Who should be involved in planning for School Improvement?

Planning for School-based

Development Plan: School Head

All the Teachers Leaders/Monitors of the Classes Members of School Management Committee Retired teachers Educated youth Any other educated person in the community

Schools differ widely and so do parameters of quality, strengths, weaknesses, requirements, and priorities for each school. Accordingly standards, goals, targets are not the same for all schools. The questions to ponder here are:

• Can all schools have same priorities?

• Same goals?

• Same performance targets?

• Even for the same school, priorities for improvement vary with time

• Then how can same standard be prescribed for all contexts?

• Can parameters of quality identified for one school be applicable in other schools?

Towards Preparation of a School Development Plan

Preparation of a school-based development plan can be divided into three stages: the planning stage, the implementation stage and monitoring and evaluation stage. There are a set of systematically arranged steps followed in the course of preparation of the school-based development plan.

Planning stage

Step1. Understanding and Analysing School Situation

Prepare Format for developing a School Profile

Preparation of Format for developing a School Profile

Step2. Identification of Requirements and Action Areas This could be separately drawn for different levels of School stages. 1. Planning Academic activities (learning skills) 2. Planning Administrative activities (Improvement in the administration) 3. Planning Co-curricular activities (Sports/Games/Cultural)

Create a climate of communication, cooperation and collaboration.

Step3. Formation of teams

Formation of teams

• Team to plan for the school development at different intervals;

• Team to implement the plan;

• Team that provides leadership and support;

• Team to monitor and evaluate implementation of the plan and provide feedback and constructive suggestions for the school from time to time.

IMPLEMENTATION STAGE

Step4. Setting Priorities

• Select two major priorities. Describe what activities can be taken up for each month and on

• whom the responsibility should rest for both priorities separately

Priority One (Identify) ___

Step5. Setting Goals

As far as possible, choose the goal for the school that is realistic and feasible. This is the real reflection of what exactly you want. One needs to strive towards achieving desired results by setting a deadline. Decide where you wish to reach. Select two major goals. Follow the format for both goals separately as follows:

• Goal One_______________

MONITORING AND EVALUATION STAGE Step6. Current Year Priorities/ Goals/ Key Issues:

Keeping in view the identified priorities and goals, one or two key issues need to be specified which can taken up for monitoring and later as a parameter for evaluation. This exercise follows

a definite trail. Priority 1: __________________________________________________________ Goal: ______________________________________________________________ Priority 2: __________________________________________________________ Goal: ______________________________________________________________ Key Issue 1_________________________________________________________ Key Issue 2_________________________________________________________

Model Activity Plan for School Development Plan

Stage I : Understanding the school and community around Stage II : Discussions and brain storming to identify the

school priorities for development Stage III : Identifying Activity/Activities for the School Stage IV : Objectives of the Activity identified and

expected outcomes and duration Stage V : Distribution of responsibilities and formation of

teams Stage VI : Carrying out the activity decided by the school

(implementation) Stage VII : Discussions on Feed back and remedial

measures if any Stage VIII : Discussions over achievement of the planned

activity and its objectives (outcome)

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN For

Government Primary School Panjoli Kalan Block Sirhind- I Fategarh (Punjab)

WORK SHEET- 1 VISION OF THE SCHOOL

TO MAKE THE SCHOOL TO BE RECOGNIZED AS INSTITUTION OF EXCELLENCE

WORKSHEET 2

SWOT ANALYSIS OF INDENTIFIED SCHOOL

WORKSEET 3 • INDICATORS FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 1. Increase in enrolment (100% enrollment) 2. More students to take part in co-scholastic activities 3. Improvement in academic states 4. Involvement of parents/ community on the whole. WORKSHEET 4 • REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL 1. Administrative a. Funds for classrooms, furniture b. Funds for room/ watchman+ clerk c. Funds for sports material d. Funds for conducting awareness rallies 2. Academic a. Awareness rallies b. Enrolment drives

WORKSHEET 5 INDENTIFICATION OF ACTION AREAS

Awareness Rallies in villages

Enrolment drives

To meet/ contact / involve NGOs/ NRIs/ Renowned persons of villages

Discussion with block/ district authorities for providing funds

Campaigning

WORKSHEET 6

• PLANNING STAGE: FORMING TEAMS

of Identify Planning Team, Action Team, and Appraisal Team ( Staff/ Parent Teams, Principal and

Administration Team)

Identify The School-Based Team

Describe How The Team Will Function

Describe the Plan to Train Staff

WORKSHEET 7 ( continuous) IMPLEMENTATION STAGE: SETTING PRIORITIES

PRIORITY ONE: Academic Improvement and Increase in Enrolment

Priority Two: Bringing improvement in infrastructure

WORKSHEET 8

WORKSHEET 8: GOAL TWO: To develop reading habit and skill

Target Strategies Time lines

WORKSHEET 9 MONITORING AND EVALUATION STAGE: SETTING PRIORITIES: CURRENT YEAR

PRIORITIES/GOALS

WORKSHEET 10 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STATEGIC PLAN

(Focus: One Year)