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Private School Evaluation Is Critical To Ensuring Your School Is Heading In The Right Direction

You Need To Keep Track Of How Your School Is Performing And How To Stay Competitive

As a board member or school leader are you confident that you’re making the right decisions? Is your school firing on all its cylinders? Are you sure that your school is doing the best it can? Is your leadership driven by crisis and the calendar, rather than the priorities of your mission?

You need to get the whole picture with HEG's In-Depth School Performance Evaluation.

HEG’s School Performance Review is the keystone to building a solid foundation. We review your school's operations and leadership utilizing our in-depth background of leading and managing private schools around the world and a comparison to industry benchmarks of successful schools. Our approach for school assessment identifies what is working and areas in your operations and management that need immediate improvement. We follow our online surveys and on-site visit with an action plan that identifies a range of solutions and strategies to improve your school’s performance now. You get immediate results that will help your bottom line. Our evaluation process is also helpful in preparing you for your school accreditation.

Process

To establish a complete picture of your school performance against established benchmarks and to determine areas of priority that your school needs to focus on, we provide a two-pronged approach to assess your school’s current situation and gather measurable data:

  1. On-site focus groups, and;
  2. Multiple surveys of your school’s community (e.g., parents, staff, board).

Our thoughtful review process will provide clear feedback vital to successfully analyzing and developing a clear set of strategies to guide your board and administration with the ongoing development of your school. Our assessment process will help to revitalize your school, save you money, and focus your board on areas needing organizational improvement.

Institutional Assessment

We will appraise your school's operations applying our in-depth background of starting, leading, and managing private schools. After our on-site session we will follow up with a summary report that identifies a range of recommendations and action plan strategies to improve your school.

Our focused assessment process will comprise a two-day onsite session. We will then develop a summary report that prioritizes the critical issues you need to improve upon, as well as the "indicators of success" you need to move towards to improve your new school. Our process focuses on a “SWOT” analysis approach identifying your:

  • Strengths;
  • Weaknesses;
  • Opportunities;
  • Threats or Trends.

Summative Report and Action Plan

We then develop a final report that summarizes areas that need to be addressed for short- and long-term success, as well as areas to celebrate. This includes an action plan to mobilize your board. A final written and digital report is submitted to focus your path of organizational improvement. Based on the report HEG can prioritize with your board areas that you may wish to have HEG return to support. We will review your:

  • School’s vision - mission - core values -educational philosophy;
  • Strategic plan;
  • Board Governance;
  • Bylaws and constitution;
  • Administrative leadership;
  • Head of School evaluation and support;
  • Physical plant and grounds;
  • Financial plan;
  • Development and fundraising;
  • Curriculum and programming;
  • Crisis management;
  • Staff evaluation systems, contracts, compensation, and professional development;
  • Tuition, bursaries, and financial aid;
  • Infrastructure, handbooks, traditions, and reporting systems;
  • Marketing and communications;
  • Admissions, recruiting, and retention systems;
  • School Climate.

Evaluation Process

We break down our evaluation process into seven parts:

  1. Determine Scope and Direction: Meeting with the board’s executive committee to determine realistic goals, critical issues, timelines, situational scan, and deliverables;
  2. Research Analysis (Internal/External Situation):
  3. Collect/Review School Documents prior to the onsite visit to determine school’s present situation (e.g., staff contracts, compensation, bylaws/constitution, handbooks, timetable, staffing chart, admissions material).
  4. Statistically-Driven Online Surveys prior to the onsite visit with staff/faculty, board, and parents, to gather data on school performance.
  5. Focus Group Sessions (Two-Days Onsite) with key constituents of your community to determine the strengths of your school, weaknesses, and opportunities and trends to take advantage of, including: Board Executive Committee, board members, administration, parents, students, staff, former parents. I will also tour the school and hold several classroom observation sessions.
  6. Summative Report: Develop a customized strategic report that will identify areas needing immediate focus and the ‘roll-out’ of a set of multiple recommendations, strategies and action plan to enhance your school’s development. This will include strategies, timelines, and designated staff;
  7. Implementation and Monitoring (TBD): Once we identify and agree upon the areas that your school and board need to prioritize, we can also be actively involved with supporting your institution with the implementation of your plan as needed throughout the process. This will be included in a subsequent agreement
Your Next Step

A School Review is critical to knowing whether your school is headed in the right direction. You need to keep track of how your school is performing and how to stay competitive, rather than wait for a crisis to mobilize your board.

To find out more about how we can assist your private school in improving its operations and leadership, please contact us.

I look forward to learning more about your school and helping to make your goals a reality.

Don’t wait…let’s make it happen!! Please call me at 604-868-0002 or email me at info@halladayeducationgroup.com to take the next step.

To your success,

Douglas Halladay, B.A., B.ED., M.A.
President and Founder
Halladay Education Group Inc.		 Douglas Halladay

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