1. Strategic Planning
Summary

2. Strategic Planning Content in Context
How do you develop a coherent plan of action that impacts staff quality?
Strategic Planning 

3. What is Strategic Planning?
Strategic Planning is an ongoing process for determining the next, necessary priority areas for improvement by assisting you in documenting what you want to achieve over time and outlining a path to get there
A Strategic Plan includes:
Goals/Priority to describe where you want to focus and end up over time
Metrics to define how success and outcomes will be measured
Benchmarks to target outcomes.
Strategies or initiatives that are expected to drive progress towards the goal.
Tactical Plans that list all of the tasks that must occur to achieve a strategy.
Strategic or Not

4. From Strategy to Impact: Bridging the Gap
Clear, measurable goals with milestones
Strategies to reach the goal
Actions with timelines within strategies
Staff names attached to actions
Plan completed in advance
Clear Engagement of HR teams and Principals
Urban Schools Human Capital Academy Day 1 October 2015

5. Why is This Important? Strategic Planning
Drills down to make goals actionable
Focuses your team’s efforts on actions that make an impact
Provides a rationale for allocating resources – time, money, people
Allows you to end work that isn’t productive
Strategic or Not

6. Keep in Mind Things to Remember
Understand your current state and where you need to improve
Strategic Planning should focus your efforts towards a specific goal – less is more
Ensure your plans enhance and align with your organization’s broader strategy for improvement
Collect baseline performance metrics to track your progress
Actively engage other departments in support of your plan
Ensure resources align with your plan
Strategic or Not

7. Making Connections Related Content
HR Planning Document and Sample Plan
Provides a process for HR/HC strategic planning focused on the unique needs of each district, along with a sample plan
HR Annual Planner
Lists sample activities by month to provide a planning guide for HR/HC divisions to keep the department on track for outcomes
Assess, Breakthrough, and Change Tools
Allows the HR/HC team to self-assess their current status and progress towards being a strategic support to the organization. Once the initial analysis is done, the team will be able to use the results to determine gaps in their functionality, to identify quick hits, and to build a strategic plan to close those gaps.
Key Levers for Accelerated HR Improvement Tool
Provides a process to understand key HR work required to make progress