Dear St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy Community,

During the winter and spring of 2022 our school will once again go through the process of creating a strategic plan.

One of the first steps in this process is completing a SWOT Analysis of all stakeholders.

What is a SWOT Analysis? “SWOT” is an acronym that stands for strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats. A SWOT analysis is a structured activity that a group can engage in
to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing them in any given area.

Why This Step is Important?
The Planning for Success SWOT analysis is useful as a first step in a planning or action planning process. The SWOT analysis activity results in a document that participants can reference throughout
the planning or action planning process, ensuring that the plan they develop is appropriate for
the school context and addresses identified weaknesses and threats. Even more
importantly, participants can continue to refer to the opportunities they identified that an
improved planning process offers the district or school. This list of opportunities can serve as a
set of criteria for the planning process itself, and the facilitator can refer back to and revisit this
list of opportunities with the team in order to ensure that the planning process itself is
maximizing these opportunities.

Sincerely in Christ,
 
Christopher Scharbach,  Ed. D
Principal