The document argues that strategic planning in schools often leads to many goals and initiatives being planned but few actually implemented, and that the most important thinking should be done by teachers throughout the year rather than by planners before it begins. It recommends replacing strategic planning with teacher collaboration in learning communities, as effective professional development for teachers should immerse them in their community, relate to their teaching context, support growth over time, and happen both during and after the school year.
3. strategic planning promotes an often thoughtless, hasty commitment to a dizzying abundance of (so-called) goals, initiatives, and projects.油 This may explain the speculation that less than 10% of what gets planned actually gets implemented. Michael Schmoker
4. ...strategic planning presumes that the most vital, high-leverage thinking is done primarily by "planners" before the school year begins, rather than by teaching practitioners throughout the school year. Michael Schmoker
6. Effective professional development has to immerse an individual in his or her community, directly address the context of teaching and learning, add to personal growth, and be both over time and in time. Dr Margaret Lloyd, QUT Development is circular, not linear
