A Listener

11:30am  - I just listened and comprehended what Mr. Fac had presented. He discussed about Strategic Planning Model by Matt Evans.  The first question he asked was “What is Strategic Planning?” No one answered his question, so he rephrased it to “WHAT IS PLAN?” still everybody was in ignored mode so he gave these words, “if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail and be proactive about the future”. 

Strategic Planning is to improve the performance of an organization.  Then, we are asked to differentiate between a manager and a leader. Which among the two is a teacher?  In my own perception a Teacher is a manager.  Because a teacher manages students what they are going to learn in the subject and have to set their lessons according to their enrolled subject.  Mr Fac pointed us, that Teacher should be a Leader not a Manager.  On a second thought, he was right because teacher should be a good leader not a manager to students.

Mr. Fac also identified each Model of Strategic Planning (ABCDE) A for Assessment, B for Baseline, C for Component, D for down to specifics and last E for evaluate. He also classified the STEP analysis.   We also discussed (SWOT) S for Strengths, W for Weaknesses, O for Opportunities and T for Threats. The SWOT is the tool for evaluating an organization.

We were challenged to share in the class about VMGO of our school.  But we were stunned, because I knew no one had memorized it word by word. Yet I believe that we learned it within our hearts and actions are louder than words. So we ended our class with a challenge to memorize our school’s Vision, Mission, Goal and Objectives.