STARTING A SCHOOL

Starting a school can be challenging & you never have a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression. Our team is experienced in starting schools in the USA, Canada, &  Internationally. Click here for more info.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

We're experienced with developing Strategic Plans for private schools globally. We deliver a plan that focuses your school's vision, builds consensus, donor confidence, & defines priorities for your Board & Staff. No school should be without one. Click here for more info.

BOARD GOVERNANCE WORKSHOPS

Great schools have great boards. Can you afford not to have one? Our one-day governance workshop & online self-assessment survey fine-tunes your board's performance & focuses our priorities. Click here for more info.

SCHOOL EVALUATION

As a Trustee are you sure your school is doing the best it can? Our school review is measuring if you're heading in the right direction. Quickly get the whole picture with our In-Depth School Performance Review. Click here for more info.

BUYING AND SELLING SCHOOLS

HEG & our licensed brokers assist buyers/sellers with  mergers, purchases, or sales of K-12 Schools, Post Secondary Institutions, & Career Colleges in Canada, US, and Internationally. Click here for more info.

• Mission Statement: Why your school exists
  

• Vision Statement: What you want the school to be in the future
  

• Goals, Objectives and Actions: How you will, step-by-step, achieve the vision
  

• Values: How you will treat each other and your constituents...alignment
  

1. Where is your school now?
2. Where do we want your school to be? 
   
3. How does your school get there? 
4. How does your school measure your progress and know you've gotten there?

Our Planning Process:

A school is most effective when diverse departments are aligned by a common vision, mission, strategies, and goals. Simply working hard will not do it anymore. You want your school to move from being reactive (solving today's problems) to being proactive (eliminating problems in the future). However, many organizations react to unexpected changes rather than anticipate and plan for them. This is called "crisis management." Schools caught off guard spend a great deal of time and resources "playing catch up." They use up energy and resources coping with immediate problems with little energy left to anticipate and prepare for the future.

HEG's planning process provides a practical option to knee-jerk management. Our step-by-step process provides concrete objectives and deliverables that can be implemented and measured. Very simply, it will be a process by which your board can look into the future, identify a picture of the future based on current data, and control forces that affect you. This will allow your school to:

• Identify areas of operation needing attention and use it as a springboard to strengthen performance;
• Identify and reach consensus on critical issues (e.g., finance, enrollment, marketing, fundraising, HR, academic programs, student performance, facilities) before they become a crisis;
• Articulate a uniform, shared mission and vision, and provide a clearer focus for the school, producing efficiency and effectiveness, participation, and ownership by stakeholders;
• Allocate resources to opportunities and improve finances and projections;
• Build trust, respect, team-work, and communication amongst board members and Administration;
• Create a framework that guides decision making and ensures that members of the school are working towards the same goals, even if the environment around your school changes;
• Gain credibility amongst current and prospective donors and identify critical projects for investment;
• Ensure that board members understand their roles, responsibilities, and board-wide priorities;
• Monitor performance and provide benchmarks from which progress can be measured.

What Our Approach Looks Like:

Our planning approach results in the development of a practical tool to assist your board with leading your school over the next five years. Our approach as a rule encompasses three site visits over a six to eight month period to determine where you are now, where you want to be, how to get there, and how you know you've gotten there. This is achieved through the following process:

1. Online Stakeholder Surveys with staff, board, and parents to gather data on school performance;
2. Onsite Focus Group sessions with parents, students, staff, faculty, board members, alumni, and/or other members of your community to identify areas needing improvement;
3. Two Facilitated On-Site Retreats with your Strategic Planning Committee to re/define core values, mission and vision statements, educational philosophy, and development of your goals, rationale, and objectives;
4. Detailed Action Plans that operationalize the implementation of your goals and objectives;
5. Follow-Up Community Online Survey to gather feedback on drafts of your strategic plan;
6. Support to implement your plan within your governance model and to operationalize with your Administration;

Links:

• Click here to read comments by our clients on our services as well as our planning process.
• Click here to review our strategic planning options (customized to your organization).
• Click here to download HEG's Eight-Step Strategic Planning Process.

Our approach results in the "compass" and "roadmap" to guide your school in the development of a measurable plan to focus priorities and maximize school performance.

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