“Given the ease and speed at which information travels, every institution in the knowledge society – not only business, but also schools, universities, hospitals and increasingly government agencies too — has to be globally competitive, even though most organizations will continue to be local to their activities and in their markets. This is because the Internet will keep customers everywhere informed on what is available anywhere in the world, and at what price.”

Peter Drucker, The Next Society, A Survey of the Future. The Economist 3rd to 9th, 2001
 
 

The Better Schools Partnership™:
Stopping the Spiral

School boards are caught in an unending spiral. Costs are rising, facilities are crumbling, and the quality of the services delivered is declining because of constant cost-cutting. As proactive maintenance is deferred, wasteful reactive maintenance costs escalate, the quality of the education environment declines, and health and safety risks increase…and on it goes.

The Better Schools Partnership™ is a powerful leadership strategy and business solution that helps stop the spiral and creates "better schools." It succeeds because it recognizes that school boards are now in a competitive environment. If existing management structures and practices within school boards cannot correct the current problems, then a new way of problem-solving is required: a solution that is built on creating partnerships within schools, with suppliers and with the community.

At the core of the Better Schools Partnership™ is a way of using strategic partnerships to convert avoidable energy costs into three areas of school renewal:

  1. Facility Renewal to improve and upgrade the curriculum and the appearance of the learning environment within schools to make them more competitive;
  2. Organizational Renewal to improve the quality of school services and customer (student, parent, taxpayer) satisfaction;
  3. Academic Program Renewal through self funded, conservation-oriented science modules and web-based technologies.

Because no two school boards are exactly alike, the Better Schools Partnership™ provides a tailored Solution Model that meets the unique needs, and reflects the circumstances, of each board. Every Solution Model emerges from extensive consultation and workshops led by a third-party.

Once the Solution Model is adopted, the Better Schools Partnership™ provides boards with a thorough Communications and Awareness strategy that announces the board's goals and expectations with the Better Schools Partnership™, and its accomplishments to the community. The end result is that all parties see positive results and know that their schools are changing for the better.