1. SEVEN STEPS IN PLANNING TO PLAN Prepared by Nancy Bolt Nancy Bolt & Associates For Educational Technology/Information Literacy Planning

2. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 1: Purpose and Scope What you plan can do How many plans? Integration

3. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 2: Responsibility School librarian and ed tech staff Who has final authority? Involve final authority in planning process

4. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 3: The Planning Team Size Charge Who? –School –Community

5. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 4: Needs Assessment Current capacity Current resources Current performance Needs/Gaps

6. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 5: Outline the Process Choose the team Orient the team Conduct needs assessment Develop vision, mission, goals, objectives Brief final authority/get approval Develop implementation process Integrate the plan into school plan

7. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 6: Create a timeline Timeline can be dependent on: –School deadlines –Budget deadlines –Report deadlines –E-rate deadlines –CDE deadlines

8. Nancy Bolt & Associates Step 7: Market Planning Effort Planning process is marketing Planning team is marketing Needs assessment is marketing Drafts are marketing

9. Nancy Bolt & Associates Your Assignment Begin filling out the worksheets on Planning to Plan Do the sheets easiest to do today Commit to forming a team and completing the planning to plan when you return home