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TOPICAL OUTLINE AND ASSIGNMENTS
August

    26 Introduction

    • Anticipating the future of education
    • Overview of organizational planning and policy analysis
    • Environmental scanning/abstracting
    • Complete Appendix B in class
    • Receive scanning assignments (Using e-mail, post three abstracts with implications on emerging issues that may affect public education; post revised abstracts on Horizon List)
September

9 Getting Started

Morrison, J. L., Wilkinson, G., & Forbes, L. (1996). Overview of strategic managment. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon.

Morrison, J. L., Wilkinson, G., & Forbes, L. (1996). Overview of the six-step strategic management process. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon.

Apple Computer (1991). Introduction. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

16 External Analysis

Morrison, J. L., Wilkinson, G., & Forbes, L. (1996). External Analysis. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon.

Apple Computer (1991). Envisioning the future. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

Apple Computer (1991). Assessing where you are now. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

Note: three environmental scanning abstracts are to be posted to the class distribution e-mail list nlt 12:00 17 September. We will review these manscripts in class.

Class exercise: identify critical trends and events that could affect education in North Carolina.

23 External Analysis (cont)

Post three environmental scanning abstracts on the e-mail distribution list by 12:00 24 September. We will discuss these abstracts in class.

Exercise: Forecasting trends and events

30 External Analsysis

Scenario planning exercise

October

7 External Analysis (cont)

Scenario planning exercise (cont)

14 Internal Analysis

Morrison, J. L., Forbes, L., and Wilkinson, G. (1996). Internal analysis. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon

21 Strategic Direction

Morrison, J. L., Forbes, L., and Wilkinson, G. (1996). Strategic direction. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon

28 Strategic Planning

Morrison, J. L., Forbes, L., and Wilkinson, G. (1996). Forming strategic plans. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon

Apple Computer (1991). Setting goals and objectives. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

November

4 Implementation

Morrison, J. L., Forbes, L., and Wilkinson, G. (1996). Implementation. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon

Apple Computer (1991). Planning how to get there from here. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

11 Implementation (cont)

Apple Computer (1991). Making the plahappen. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

18 Evaluation

Morrison, J. L., Forbes, L., and Wilkinson, G. (1996). Performance evaluation. Meeting the Challenges of Educational Leadership: A Handbook for Strategic Management. Chapel Hill: On the Horizon

Apple Computer (1991). Evaluating and adjusting. Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Planning Guide. Apple Computer.

25 Preparing for the presentation

Exercise: using Microsoft PowerPoint

December

2 Preparing for presentation (cont)

Morrison, Forbes, & Wilkinson, Chapter 7

9 Presentation

Presentation of plans for new Orange County Schools; Briefbacks on team performance

Annotated bibliographies due