"Without education you arent
going anywhere"
Roadmap to
Excellence
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Presentation Outline
Core
Domains of School Ecosystem
Effective
Support System for Excellence /
Excellence Model
Operational
Plans towards Excellence
Core Domains of School
Ecosystem
Core Domains of
School Ecosystem
All parents want the very best for their children. In
education, this means:
having teachers and schools with a commitment to
nurture, guide, inspire and challenge students to
find the joy in learning, to build their skills and
understanding, and to make sense of their world.
having confidence that each individual child will be
known and understood, and their individual potential
developed.
knowing that they are well supported as increasingly
self motivated learners confident and creative
individuals, with the personal resources for future
success and wellbeing.
Core Domains of
School Ecosystem
A school committed to the pursuit of excellence
and the provision of high quality educational
opportunities for its students aims to facilitate the
consistent improvement of student outcomes and
maximize learning.
The achievement of the aforesaid attributes is
hinged upon high quality practices across four core
domains of a vibrant school ecosystem. These
domains are depicted on the next slide:
Core Domains of
School Ecosystem
Continuous
Improvement
Building &
Sustaining
Relationships
School
Ecosystem
Effective use of
technology
Teaching &
Learning
Continuous
Improvement
Small
improvements, everywhere, all the time.
Develop a continuous improvement mindset
across the school and model it in all instructional
and non-instructional settings.
Trust
the talents of teachers and staff, and
Encourage
everybody to work and learn in small
cycles of improvement.
Teaching &
Learning
Teaching
Effective Classroom Practice
Collaborative Practice
Learning & Development
Learning
Learning Culture (Safe, Caring, Engaging and Responsive)
Well being (Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Physical and Spiritual)
Curriculum & Learning
Assessment & Reporting
Student Performance Measures
Effective Use of
Technology
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Support and enhance development of IT policies and
practices that promote innovation in student learning,
professional
development
and
organizational
transformation.
Cloud-based
applications to support student learning
Latest technologies in the classroom to support
teaching and learning
Digital learning resources for students.
Sound IT infrastructure - Stable wired and wireless
network, Video Conferencing, server infrastructure.
Student information system
Building & Sustaining
Relationships
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Building
strong
partnerships,
teams
and
collaborative capacity in all areas to allow
teachers, staff and parents to work together to
benefit students.
Creating
opportunities that support mentoring
across the organization
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Effective Support System for
Excellence / Excellence Model
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Governance
Facilities &
Infrastructur
e
Administration
Vision
Values
Mission
Information
Services
Finance
Human
Resource
Governance
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Engage the community to build and maintain a school
system that reflects local priorities, values and expectations
Set direction for achievement, allocate available resources
and monitor performance
Develop policies and assess the schools compliance with
the policies
Administration
Implement the education policies and operational
decisions
Provide educational and business leadership
Implement the strategic plan
Design, implement and monitor administrative policies and
procedures
Finance
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Design, implement and monitor financial
procedures, systems and internal controls
policies,
Prepare financial statements, budgets and forecasts
Monitor and report on financial performance
Human Resource
Implement and deliver HR practices that support the
schools goals and objectives.
Build and strengthen relationships to promote positive
employee relations
Information Service
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Technology as a tool to support instruction
Design and manage IT infrastructure
Develop enabling IT policies and procedures
Facilities & Infrastructure
Provide support services needed to deliver the safe, secure
and effective operational environment required for the
effective delivery of educational services
Maintain and care for schools, administrative buildings and
grounds
Plan for future expansion.
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Operational Plans Towards
Excellence
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Governance Plan
(Values / Vision / Mission /
PEOs / POs)
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Values
Following is the indicative list of values that will give a fair idea
about the generation of school specific value set:
Have
responsibility
towards
all
learners
Celebrate Individual Uniqueness
Provide
Diverse
Learning
opportunities
Set culture of High expectation for
success
Create sense of Personal & Social
responsibility
Celebrate Culture & build Community
relationship
Provide Leadership
Challenge self and others
Be Principled
Value Diversity
Respect
Responsibility
Efforts
Learning through inquiry
Providing
opportunities
to
fulfill
individual potential
Demonstrating
international
mindedness
Creating a community based on
respect
Encouraging
action,
service
&
personal responsibility
Pursuing excellence in all what we do
Respect
Cooperation
Caring
Challenge
Excellence in Learning
Excellence in Teaching
Educational Values
Wider world perspective
Inclusiveness & Diversity
Personal & Social Responsibility
Vision & Mission
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Sample Vision Statements: ( These are actual statements from existing schools)
Providing the highest quality education in a stimulating learning, teaching and
nurturing environment to ensure that each and every child develops his or her full
potential and becomes a responsible global citizen
Preparing International Students to Positively Impact the World.
Continue to be a leading international school by providing students with a
rigorous international education in a safe and supportive environment conducive
to learning in which learners needs are supported, their perspectives sought and
respected, and their unique qualities valued and nurtured.
Learning to make a real difference.
To nurture individuals towards excellence in a happy, value based and
progressive learning community.
Vision Statement can be broken down into statements of Action that
would help achieve the vision. These statements would be referred as
Mission. Vision & Mission would be reflective of the core values.
Program Educational
Objectives / Goals
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The PEOs should be consistent with the mission of the school.
The school should have in place a mechanism to ensure their
achievement as well as the demonstration of their
achievement. It can address all or some critical stakeholders
(Student / Teacher / Parent / Community / Government / Universities) to a
school. Some of the PEO statements are given below:
Develop
Rigorous
(Student/Parent/Universities)
Curriculum
and
Assessment
Foster Positive Relationships (Community)
Enhance Student Engagement Beyond the Classroom
(Student)
Provide Professional
Instruction (Teachers)
Development
for
High-Quality
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Program Outcomes /
Student Learning Outcomes
The Program outcomes / Student learning outcomes should be
consistent with the PEOs. The POs are drawn from the Universal
student attributes that may be prescribed by the affiliating /
accrediting agency OR can be developed in consultation with
experts and in light of the existing research. Some indicative
attributes are listed below:
Effective Communicators
Independent Learners
Successful Collaborators
Effective Problem Solvers
Technology Competent
Socially Aware & Responsible
Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Global Citizens
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Program Outcomes /
Student Learning Outcomes
Now these attributes can be developed into PO / SLO for
example:
Attribute: Effective Communicator
Program Outcome 1: Student should acquire and
demonstrate the ability to be effective in oral & written
communication.
Program Outcome 2: Student should understand the role of
communication while working in teams
These POs MUST reflect in the curricular, Co-curricular & extracurricular engagements.
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Administration Plan
(Academic & Functional
Administration)
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Financial Plan
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Human Resource Plan (leading
practices in the recruitment,
retention, and
recognition of outstanding
staff/ Competitive
Compensation / Staff
development / promotion
policy
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Information Services Plan
(Application of IT in
Academics, Library, Accounts,
HR, Admissions, Intra & Inter
Communication)
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Facilities & Infrastructure Plan
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Marketing Plan (WOM Plan,
Digital Marketing Plan, PR
Plan, Advertising Plan (TV +
Outdoor)
