Presenter: Salifu Baba Minaret College Development of Minaret College Teachers and Students’ Capacity for Effective Teaching and Learning Presenter: Salifu Baba 15 October 2007

Effective Teaching & Learning Some essential factors for effective teaching and learning are: Meaningful Integrative Values-based Challenging Active Instructional Standards

Minaret College Learning Outcomes: Participants should be able to: Explain the meaning “SWOT Analysis” Outline some priorities/objectives for 2008 Identify SWOT of Minaret staff & students Identify strategies for school improvement

Strategic Planning Minaret College Following questions should be answered: Where are we now? Where do we want to be? How do we get there? How do we track our progress? How do we measure our progress?

Strategic Planning Minaret College Where are we now? Internal/External Assessment Where do we want to be? Mission Vision Goals Objectives

Strategic Planning Minaret College How do we measure our progress? Performance Measures How do we get there? Strategies Action Plans How do we track our progress? Tracking System

SWOT Analysis SWOT is an acronym for : Strengths Weaknesses Minaret College SWOT Analysis SWOT is an acronym for : Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

SWOT Analysis Minaret College Firstly, our objectives must be clear. If a clear objectives have been identified, SWOT analysis can be used to help in the pursuit of those objectives. In this case, SWOTs are: Strengths: attributes of the organization that are helpful to achieving the objective. Weaknesses: attributes of the organization that are harmful to achieving the objective. Opportunities: external conditions that are helpful to achieving the objective. Threats: external conditions that are harmful to achieving the objective.

Minaret College Avoiding Errors Conducting a SWOT analysis before defining and agreeing upon an objective (a desired end state). SWOTs should not exist in the abstract. They can exist only with reference to an objective. If the desired end state is not openly defined and agreed upon, the participants may have different end states in mind and the results will be ineffective.

Minaret College Avoiding Errors Opportunities external to the company are often confused with strengths internal to the company. They should be kept separate. SWOTs are sometimes confused with possible strategies. SWOTs are descriptions of conditions, while possible strategies define actions. This error is made especially with reference to opportunity analysis. To avoid this error, it may be useful to think of opportunities as "auspicious conditions".

Generating Strategies Minaret College Creative Use of SWOTs: Generating Strategies If, on the other hand, the objective seems attainable, the SWOTs are used as inputs to the creative generation of possible strategies, by asking and answering each of the following four questions, many times: How can we Use each Strength? How can we Stop each Weakness? How can we Exploit each Opportunity? How can we Defend against each Threat?

Some Importance of SWOT Analysis Minaret College Some Importance of SWOT Analysis

Analyzing Minaret College Strengths Opportunities Threats SWOT Analysis Weaknesses

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