Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Community Partnerships
Module 4
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Practicing the Collaborative Process
Handout 7: Strategic Planning Worksheet (continued)
Step 2: Assess the Environment and the Collaborative's Capacities
Overview
This step involves two parts: 1) an environmental analysis and 2) a capacity assessment.
Environmental Analysis
InstructionsConduct an environmental analysis by taking a look at what is happening or developing in your community. Depending upon your mission, you may want to consider economic and population changes; funding trends; political and social forces; federal, state, or local laws and regulations; agency policies and procedures; and other collaboratives underway in your community. Talk about the changes or developments that you know about; share as much information as you can about them and their likely impact; identify information still needed by the team to make informed decisions. Jot down the key outcomes of your discussions. You have 30 minutes to complete the environmental analysis. Remember, you can revisit it later.
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Issues and Ideas to Talk About Later:
Capacity Assessment
InstructionsThe second part of this step involves an assessment of whether the collaborative has the ability to accomplish its mission. Review the developments, trends, and other factors you listed in the environmental analysis worksheet and decide which ones are most likely to have the greatest impact on the collaborative. Talk about the strengths (skills, talents, advantages, and resources) that you bring individually and collectively to the collaborative as well as what you see as lacking. Consider the likely benefits of collaborative action as well as what might happen if no action is taken in the immediate future. You have 30 minutes to compete the capacity assessment. Remember, you can revisit it later.
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Handout 7: Strategic Planning Worksheet (continued)
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