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Planning Ahead
Strategic Planning: Guiding NIS to the Future
In 2005, NIS came to the end of a 10-year “Strategic Plan” initiated
in the 1994-95 school year that had a significant impact on the entire
school community. Encouraged by the affect that plan had on both
facilities and program, the school was determined to build on those
achievements and asked the community to help revise a new plan for the
future of NIS.
Nearly 80 people from the NIS community formed 18 focus groups for
four straight days of meetings with a facilitator. From those meetings
many strengths of NIS were recognized: the close relationships among
students, teachers, and parents; our dedicated team of staff; our
supportive community; and our safe, secure, and enjoyable learning
environment.
Areas of concern and ways to strengthen NIS also emerged: enhancing
academic and extra-curricular offerings for the high school program;
adding more after-school elementary activities; lowering teacher
turnover rate; developing a more dynamic website; better accommodating
changing student demographics; maintaining admissions standards.
Most participants agreed on one key issue: that the number of families
needing an international education in Nagoya will grow and strategies
to accommodate that growth must be developed. Thus, the school now is
focusing on five critical areas to adequately plan for the future:
- Continuing to improve the quality of education
- Addressing educational needs of changing student population
- Developing a plan for funding future needs
- Developing a strategy for increased enrollment
- Ensuring strong, committed leadership of the school
Board committees, representing a cross section of the school
community, have developed “strategic priorities” and action plans for
the preferred future of NIS. Both the process and discipline of
strategic planning continue to foster within the community a common
vision, purpose and direction for the school. The school will continue
to involve all stakeholders in the improvement process, knowing that a
collaborative, consultative approach to planning and implementation is
the most effective means to bring about positive, long-lasting
change.
(Download a PDF of
the NIS Strategic Plan)
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NIS Strategic Planning Pyramid of Mission, Objectives and
Imperatives (PDF)
