Management Committee Meeting

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• Management Committee Meeting
• Copenhagen November 10 - 11 2006

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FRIE GRUND-SKOLERS FÆLLESRÅD INDEPENDENT
SCHOOLS JOINT COUNCIL
ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN DENMARK 97
schools 31.000 pupils
FORDELINGS SEKRETARIATET SECRETARIAT FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF PART OF THE STATE GRANTS
ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS 21 schools
7.000 pupils
ASSOCIATION OF FREE SCHOOLS 48 schools 6.000
pupils
ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 35 schools
5.000 pupils
ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE UPPER SECONDARY
SCHOOLS 22 schools 7.000 pupils
DEUTSCHER SCHUL-UND SPRACHVEREIN 22 schools
1.000 pupils
ASSOCIATION OF DANISH FREE SCHOOLS 225 schools
26.000 pupils
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Day 1.9.00 9.10 Welcome by Chairman Carlos
Diaz9.10. 9.30 Introduction to strategic
planning Mr. Diego Bang Independent Schools
Joint Council - DenmarkPart 1.9. 30 10.15
Group work Suggestions to a Vision for the
independent school in Europe year 201510.15
10.45 Coffee break10.45 -11.15 Presentation
of group workPart 2.11.15 12.15 Group
work Suggestion to adjustments of the Mission
statement
Agenda for the work with strategic planning in
Copenhagen November 2006
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• Agenda continued

12.15 - 12.45 Presentation of group work (At a
later meeting the management committee will
decide on the activities which are to support
the fulfilment of the objectives. Furthermore
develop a list of priority and decide in which
year the various activities takes place).12.45
13.45 Lunch14.45 Start of ordinary MCM Day
2 9.00 13.00 Continuation of the MCM
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Analyses

• WHY ?
• An association like ECNAIS can be described as
  follows
• Structure
• Objectives Activities
• Members
• In short
• The objectives are supported by structured
  activities performed by members.

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Organisational analyses

• Focus
• 
  Objectives What and how
• is more important than Why
• Activities

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Why Strategy ?

• Keep focus on objectives
• Choose the activities
• Evaluate the out-puts
• Define the vision
• Define the mission

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• Strategy model
• Vision
• Long term objectives
• to be supported by
• Mission
• which is carried out through fulfilment of
  various
• Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4
• Short term objectives
• supported by
• Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity
  4Activity 5 Activity 6 Activity 7
• resulting in

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Example

• Vision A Europe without
• pollution
• Mission To disseminate knowledge about the
  consequences of pollution among school
  children
• Activity To support the development of
  teaching material for secondary schools
• Out-put Publishing a textbook for secondary
  school teachers
• Indicators Numbers of textbooks printed and
  distributed

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Vision First Draft Copenhagen November 2006

• The human right to establish educational
  alternatives to the state schools,
• is unchallenged in all European states, and is
  accepted and/or supported
• trough national legislation.
• The parental choice of alternative education is
  supported trough state
• funding.
• The independent school is free to pursue its own
  values within the frame
• of the European Convention on Human Rights - and
  free to choose its own
• curriculum.
• The independent schools is perceived in the
  public as
• social responsible and value based entrepreneurs
  in education that
• leads to bottom-up innovation in education with
• a strong connection to the community as a whole
  and
• open for the new demands of the modern society
  especially
• on the issue how to deal with the growing
  diversity in society
• in the perspective of a strong social cohesion
  that
• stimulates the integration.

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Part 2. Mission What particular role does ECNAIS
wish to play? This part is described in the
following official ECNAIS document under the
heading Objectives To bring together
national associations of independent schools in
European countries. To assist its members in
promoting understanding of the rights of
pluralism in the national systems,  of education
and of parental choice of education for their 
children and of the vital role of independent
schools in a modern democratic society. To
further the interests of all kinds of independent
education, confessional and lay, whose principles
conform to those set out in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. When so
requested, to make agreed representation to the
Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the
European Union Commission and other international
organisations on matters of joint concern.