Case Study: School Improvement Planning

The Client:
Prince William County Public Schools
Manassas, VA

The Project:
Implementation of Public Consulting Group’s (PCG) SkoVision™ school improvement planning solution to improve the strategic planning process for this progressive 70,000 student school district located in Virginia.

The Challenge:
For more than five years, Prince William County Public Schools (PWCPS) had been using a well defined, paper-based school improvement planning process. In order to follow Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria in Strategic Planning, PWCPS searched for a software tool to automate their planning process. After a rigorous investigation, SkoVision was identified as the best school improvement planning tool designed specifically for K-12 sector. PWCPS was then ready to take the next step and adopt a new, more efficient and dynamic way to plan.

The PCG Approach:
PCG worked hand in hand with PWCPS to map its planning process into SkoVision. Together, they created a seamless migration path for principals who can now use SkoVision’s web-based interface to create and monitor their school improvement plan and replace their manual and tedious paper-based process. PCG leads the industry in school improvement planning consulting and technology. By deploying SkoVision, PCG was able to rapidly personalize its application and map it to PWCPS pre-defined school improvement planning process and reports. PWCPS administrators and principals now have access to a powerful strategic tool to track their progress, share best practices, and work in a more collaborative manner.

The Result:
PCG helped PWCPS to achieve greater control of its improvement plans and gain significant resource efficiencies. Among these results:

• With PCG’s assistance, PWCPS significantly reduced the number of hours needed for manual data compilation, allowing principals and other administrators to focus attention and efforts on more critical matters.
• With SkoVision, PWCPS enhanced its decision-making process by making real-time data accessible to all end-users.

“This is a great team of skilled professionals who focus on quality! Since roll-out, our principals are enthused to work on their school improvement plans. We said goodbye to our paper-based process and enjoy working on continuous improvement for student achievement.”

Holly Hess
Director of Planning and Assessment
Prince William County Public Schools