This how-to resource provides leaders with a concrete framework for a strategic improvement plan, helping educators link the "principles" to "processes" of planning. Packed with key takeaways and additional resources, this book provides the concrete tools to design a strong strategy for improvement and enables educational leaders to think constructively about why we plan, what an effective strategic plan should contain, and how to create meaningful dialogue to support plan development, implementation, and monitoring for continuous improvement.

The Strategy Playbook for Educational Leaders provides superintendents, central office staff, principals, and teacher leaders with the opportunity to reframe the process of their strategic planning and breathe new life into the activity.

Isobel Stevenson is a Director at the Connecticut Center for School Change, USA. She has been a district Chief Academic Office, Principal, Assistant Principal, Curriculum Coordinator, and Teacher.

Jennie M. Weiner is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Connecticut, USA. She has worked for Rhode Island Department of Education on issues of school turnaround and capacity building, and was a senior research associate for the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) at the Milken Family Foundation.

Part 1: Setting the Stage 1. Strategic Planning for Continuous Improvement 2. What Is Strategy? Part 2: Getting to Business 3. Building a Strategy 4. Leadership and Creating Conditions for Success 5. Shared Understanding of High-Quality Teaching and Learning Part 3: Monitoring and Continuous Improvement 6. How Do We Know it is Working? 7. Conclusion