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School Planning Workbook

ict plan pic The School Planning Workbook is an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to document the auditing of resources, planning outcomes, planning priorities, and track your progress in addressing those priorities.

The School Planning Workbook can be used for a wide range of planning activities in schools, including the ICT planning process.

The sample documents below demonstrate how the School Planning Workbook can be adapted for ICT infrastructure planning, although the workbook is not restricted to ICT planning.

The examples below are not necessarily self-explanatory (!) - they are not intended to be "stand-alone" documents, but rather used in the context of a more wide-ranging planning process. (The Quickstart document should be read in conjunction with viewing the workbook examples.)

These details aside, the examples below should provide an idea of the nature of the workbook, and give an indication of a process that may be useful as part of an ICT review and the associated planning process.

These (abbreviated) documents are provided as examples only. Each file below is in pdf format.

See also: TaskTracker - a spreadsheet that can be used to record "action items", or tasks, set priorities, allocate responsibilities and dates for task completion, and visually track the progress of those tasks.

Background Information

How-to Guide

School ICT Planning - Overview: It is important to consider any ICT infrastructure planning documents in the context of the overall school planning process, where the starting point is a consideration of student learning outcomes.

Workbook QuickStart (pdf): A brief overview of how to use each section of the School Planning Workbook.

If you would like a copy of the workbook, in MS Excel format (xlsx), contact Warren by e-mail.

Planning Workbook Examples (ICT Infrastructure)

The School Planning Workbook can be configured to document the planning process for any school program. The examples below includes ICT infrastructure criteria, but the planning workbook can be configured for many other uses. If you would like a copy of the workbook, (MS Excel format - xlsx), contact Warren by e-mail.

Workbook Setup		Workbook for Printing
1. School Info Enter your school info, and names of the staff involved in the project.		6. Title Page The cover page of the final document.
2. Plan & Category Info Enter the Plan Name, Major, Minor and Sub-category info for all the planning categories.		7. Audit Review Provides a visual overview of priorities, targets and achievements for each criteria.
3. Plan Overview Overview of the Major categories and the whole plan layout.		8. Aims Records the program's planning aims.
4. Category Overview Overview of the Minor categories and Sub-categories in each Major category of the plan.		9. Planning Priorities A visual summary of the key priority areas resulting from each criteria evaluated in the Audit Review.
5. Audit Criteria Identifies the criteria, associated with each Sub-category, that will be used to audit the existing environment, and measure the project's progress.		10. Action Plan Identifies the actions to be taken (and who is responsible) to address the priorities identified in the Review Summary above.
		11. Administrative Summary Provides a summary of the school's ICT priorities, and an overview of the resulting Action Plan. Also highlights any tasks for which non-school support personnel may be responsible.