Strategic Planning - The governance board creates/carries out a strategic plan for the charter school.
Proficiency: Develop/refine project management tools and processes
Learning
Project Management Overview
Project Management Overview This video is an overview of the project management process. This video is a great start to your own project management endeavors. Format: YouTube Length: 3:44 minutes
Project Mini-Manifesto
Make a copy of the Project Mini-Manifesto and use the template throughout this course to plan for your project process. Format: Google Doc Length: 2 pages
Starting with a Clear Purpose
Watch these three videos about focusing on your clear, essential purpose and “Why?”. Then you will be able to begin to articulate the purpose for your charter school project in as plain terms as possible—no more than 2-3 sentences. This statement will be used to make difficult choices, understand when to say no, and power through difficult time periods of a longer project.
TED Talk: Start with Why? Over 50 million people have watched this TED Talk: "Start with Why". It discusses how leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with "why". Format: YouTube Length: 17:48 minutes
Greg McKeown on Essentialism This video discusses the importance of being disciplined at pursuing better and not just more. It is important that you take the time and space to decide on what is essential. Before you start any project, make sure you are laser-focused on the problem in your pursuit of the solution. Format: YouTube Length: 5:03 minutes
Establish a Clear Purpose Accompanying slides Let's use what we learned in the previous video and these slides to start with the why and build from there. Do you have a clear why or a clear why. It is critical that you can create a shared clear purpose as you start your project. Format: YouTube, Google slides Length: 8:45 minutes, 19 slides
Establishing Tools for the 3Cs: communication, collaboration, and coordination
Establishing tools for the 3Cs Accompanying slides After watching the video and reviewing the accompanying slides, complete Part 2 of your Project Mini-Manifesto: Review and decide on tools for the 3Cs. How will your team communicate, collaborate, and coordinate their ideas and work transparently? Format: Video and Slides Length: 14:43 minute video, 5 slides
Establishing a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Establishing a Culture of Continuous Improvement Accompanying slides After watching the video and reviewing the accompanying slides, complete Part 3 of your Project Mini-Manifesto: Think about and decide how you will take time in your busy schedule to reflect and improve upon your project’s successes and failures along the way. If helpful, use the Fun Retrospectives, a resource for various team activities to check-in and reflect on how things are going and what can be improved.
Format: Video and Slides Length: 6:52 minute video, 6 slides
Complete Part 1 - Purpose Statement Articulate the essential purpose for this project in as plain terms as possible. No more than 2-3 sentences. This statement will be used to make difficult choices, understand when to say no, and power through difficult time periods of a longer project.
Complete Part 2 - Tools for the 3Cs Review and decide on tools for the 3Cs. How will your team communicate, collaborate, and coordinate their ideas and work transparently?
Complete Part 3 - Choose a Retrospective Tool Think about and decide how you will take time in your busy schedule to reflect and improve upon your project’s successes and failures along the way.
Retrospective Activity
Fun Retrospectives Use these retrospective activities as ways to get your group thinking and engaged with action planning for your school. There are several examples that you can use to stimulate discussion, participation, and perspective.
