The Eight Dimensions of Strategic School Management

Achieving school transformation through strategic leadership

Author Perry Soldwedel delves into the core tenets of strategic management and strategic thinking and planning as crucial for building successful school systems. He demonstrates how school leadership can effectively implement robust strategies and cultivate a thriving school culture that emphasises sustainability. In this environment, students are encouraged in their learning, teachers find support for professional development, and administrators can make well-informed executive decisions.

This book will help K–12 school leaders:

• Create unity and clarity of vision to align improvement practices with a school’s mission
• Organise key players, processes, and resources to facilitate integral, positive changes
• Foster an adaptable work culture that supports growth to achieve improvement goals
• Collect and analyse data to guide future decisions and strategic actions
• Develop efficient, consistent, sustainable practices that encourage ongoing improvement
• Monitor progress and report impact to find opportunities to celebrate or adjust work