School Improvement Plans: Models, Strategies, and Sustainability

Abstract

Plans to improve schools - regardless of the level - rest on a combination of critically considered sets of actions targeting specific institutional outcomes. Whether or not a school is underperforming, administrators must consistently maintain improvement plans to guide managerial, instructional, and learning pursuits, institutionally. This article examines the developmental necessity for school improvement programs, highlights the importance of evaluative mechanisms to inform ongoing actions, and the role of institutional improvement plans in guiding performance-effectiveness programming. The article further examines several improvement models for consideration, along with implementation strategies, and the essentialness of sustainability policies and programs to maintain a culture of ongoing managerial, instructional, and learning improvement.