Teachers’ participation in strategic planning: a path for school planning success

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Abstract

Schools in various parts of the world adopt plans for school quality improvement. Generally, schools’ improvement efforts are formalized into a school plan which is designed through a formal planning process. This planning process needs to be strategic and intentional, involving teachers and other school stakeholders. Both literature and policies reinforce the importance of teachers’ participation and involvement in making decisions and planning, indicating that strategic planning is a joint and collaborative process amongst those involved in strategic planning. Collaboration, indeed, seems to be a prerequisite both to the success of the planning process and successful implementation. However, it appears that opportunities and conditions for collaboration and participation in schools planning are still neglected and not being promoted. Research on how participation actually takes place is scarce. The present study aimed to discuss the role of teachers’ participation in schools’ decision making as one of the routes for effective strategic planning. Implications for teachers, school leaders, and schools’ practices are identified: participation and collaboration are challenging and must be intentionally promoted and supported; school leaders need to model expectations and behaviors for active involvement, offer time and spaces for collaborative work and value teachers and other stakeholders’ contributions; teachers must be compromised with school vision and improvement, taking an active role in it.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICERI2019 Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
EditorsL. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, I. Candel Torres
PublisherIATED Academy
Pages10384-10388
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9788409147557
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2019
Event12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - Seville, Spain
Duration: 11 Nov 201913 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameICERI2019 Proceedings
PublisherIATED
ISSN (Print)2340-1095

Conference

Conference12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Abbreviated titleICERI 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySeville
Period11/11/1913/11/19

Keywords

  • Strategic action
  • Decision making
  • Teachers
  • Participation

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