downsizing so you can grow welcome! thank you for being a forward thinker who wants to create the...
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Downsizing So You Can Grow
WELCOME!
THANK YOU FOR BEING A FORWARD THINKERWHO WANTS TO CREATE THE EFFECT
AND NOT BE AT THE AFFECT.
YOUR SCHOOL WILL BE OF THE ONES THAT THRIVE IN 2020
Rich Odell (231) 313-1100 [email protected]
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??How many in the room are confident your
school can maintain or increase enrollment over the next 5 years?
What is the size of your school and grades served?
How many of you have seen your enrollment drop in the last 5 years?
How many adjusted their budget down once the school year started?
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What if I told you….
To be financially viable in 2020 you must downsize your operation by 20-30%
Designing and managing a new normal
Being Proactive not Reactive
What does this title mean?
Downsizing So You Can Grow
• Birth Rate in US: Down from 2.4 to 1.6
• Education gap has narrowed: public, private, online, home school, charter, for profits.
We are no longer 30% ahead of other options
Why should you be thinking about it?
• The have and have-nots: Middle class cannot afford us anymore
• Must make $100,000 per year to afford us and even those now get significant financial aid
• I-Phone
• Do kids need schools as we have known them?
Why should you be thinking about it?
• Parental expectations “If you don’t get straight A’s you are a failure”
Now the “you” is us not the child & only 250 universities are acceptable
• Percent of kids who have been diagnosed with a learning difference is up
Why should you be thinking about it?
A 21st century library is called a Starbucks
and don’t for one minute think Starbucks isn’t considering how to be a school of the future
Why should you be thinking about it?
Where Do You Start?
Where Do You Start?
• Discussion with Board Chair
• Discussion with Executive Committee
• Discussion with Senior Administrative Team
• Select task force comprised of a group from:Executive Board & Senior Administrative
Team
• Decide scope of task
Where Do You Start?
Create a List of Functions(you could/should consider outsourcing)
Housekeeping Substitute TeachersMaintenance Some Online CoursesFood Service TransportationHealth Services PurchasingCollege Placement Snow PlowingBusiness Office MarketingGrounds Keeping Fundraising & Alumni Mgmt.IT Data Management
Where Do You Start?
• Create a List of Critical Questions to ask when considering each opportunity
• Create a matrix-spreadsheet for purposes of prioritizing outcomes
• Consider each outsourcing opportunity
• Prioritize the opportunities
• Develop a plan and timeline for implementation
Internal Cost Cutting Opportunities
• Better use of space
• Better use of staff time-consolidation of staff functions
• Less faculty &/or administration
• Better use of available class hours
• Less textbooks
• Benefit plans
• Housing options if a boarding school
Internal Cost Cutting Opportunities
• 4 Days per week
• Administrative perks
• Professional development shift
• Reduce curriculum options
• End traditional academic school at 10th grade
• Sell or lease some of school’s property
Growth Considerations
• Late afternoon, evening, & weekend classes for enrollees & public
• Offer a choice: morning or afternoon school
• Create partnerships with businesses, other schools, and colleges
• Create professional learning pathways
• Have multiple school Admissions packages
Growth Considerations
• Offer multiple diplomas
• Create new “short” professional programs
• Become “think” centers
• Become “whole person” development centers
• Have “specialization” that you are known for
Looking Beyond 2020
Looking Beyond 2020
• Places to learn won’t be called schools as they will be out of vogue
• Teacher training & college education programs will not look like they do today
• Growth of the mind will not involve taking tests to see what you remember
• Plagiarism will go the way of liquor & pot
Looking Beyond 2020
• Apprenticeships will be required in non-vocational professions
• Youth experential growth center will not need many administrators
• Private schools will in large part be owned by Universities and businesses
• Growth incubators will be where kids who know what they want to do for the next 3-5 years hang out
Looking Beyond 2020
• Cell phones, computers, T.V.’s, and radios will be gone
• Dinner will be prepared by a communication prompt and ready when you arrive
• Newspapers, magazines, and most books will not exist
• Cursive writing will be gone
• Sports and Arts will be at the center of youth development
• GPA’s will not exist
Those Who Daly Die…Those Who Energize
Thrive
