SWOT+Issues+-+Ownership+Governance

The compilation of important SWOT issues:  1. The three parish communities must feel and believe that SFA is their parish school. Conveyance of ownership must start with the pastors.  2. There is a need to redefine the functions and relations of the various parent-based committees and councils at SFA vis-à-vis SFA’s strategic goals, Administration’s policies, and the pastors’ vision and policies. Each committee appears to focus on its own specific goals and plans without regard to the overall plans of the school. This is most likely because committees are not given clear directions from the Administration hence they are left to devise their own plans albeit plans that would bring forth good things for SFA but may not be addressing SFA’s immediate or critical needs.  3. While it is necessary to increase the participation of non-SFA parishioners or community leaders in the school’s consultative board, it is imperative that SFA parents maintain positions on the board to allay fears that the parents are not represented in the policy making or decision-making discussions concerning the school’s operations and future direction.  4. Set up and clearly define roles of advisory board and parent –teacher committee to compliment administration and pastors roles.  5. Increase communication of policies, plans, goals, to school community.  6. Welcome input/ suggestions from parents, students and establish Conflict Resolution or Grievance Process when obstacles occur.  7. Lack of a formal conflict resolution process that will allow involvement and input from parent, administration and classroom teachers.  8. Clearly defining the role of the parent advisory council as it applies to the school operation  9. Establish a conflict resolution program that goes beyond the Principal level.  10. Increase Pastoral presence on campus.  11. Communicate SFA strategies and policies via the web-site, newsletter and parent meetings better.  12. Establishing a Consultative board (School board), a Parent Faculty Association (PFA) and Technology Board (TB).  13. Establish clear by-laws and job descriptions for each position on all boards/Flow charts with relationships  14. Define Pastors involvement and communications with principal, teachers and staff.  15. The PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) is not working as designed and need to be split into two committees. A Consultative Board that would focus on Finance, Development, and Strategic Planning. The other, a PTO, which would be responsible for fundraising and volunteers.  16. Governance structure in relation to the three parish priest and parish finance committees <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msobidifontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msolist: Ignore;"> 17. Role of consultative board <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msobidifontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msolist: Ignore;"> 18. Relationship to the Diocese