@article{Wan Nik_binti Wan Nik_2017, title={Perceptions of Selected Heterogeneous Primary School Heads toward Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in the School Strategic Planning (SSP)}, volume={4}, url={http://valleyinternational.net/index.php/theijsshi/article/view/1005}, DOI={10.18535/ijsshi/v4i12.07}, abstractNote={<p>In education today, school heads rely on strategic planning to prepare and manage the school’s academic<br>excellence goals. The study employed a, qualitative longitudinal trend approach investigating the perceptions of the<br>selected heterogeneous primary school Heads in Malaysia toward continuous quality improvement (CQI) in the school<br>strategic planning (SSP) in sustaining quality education. The study involved a one-to-one interview with the selected<br>heterogeneous primary school Headmaster and Head- mistresses in thirteen schools, i.e., four from the northern region of<br>Peninsular Malaysia and nine in the Klang Valley area. The analysis of documents and on-site participant observation<br>accompanied the unstructured face-to-face interview with the respondents. A conceptual framework was designed and<br>applied to the interview responses. The finding of the study indicated that CQI is not a new concept but was already in the<br>school management systems structure known as added-value. As such CQI can be put into practice in the school<br>immediately since the similarities with SSP carried out in the school is very apparent. As a result, six themes emerge from<br>the SSP, namely, 1) Effective Planning Methodology, 2) School Vision and Mission, 3) Culture, Climate and Change, 4)<br>Strategic Outcomes (specifically the school programs), 5) Supportive Leadership, and 6) Broad Stakeholder Buy-in or the<br>involvement of not only the parents, the community but also the students and the school. And the four themes emerge<br>from CQI, namely: 1) Planning and Process, 2) Staffing, 3) Data Management, and 4) Leading. The SSP will act as a<br>compass to direct CQI in the school improvement plan that will bring in students’ academic excellence, high performance<br>school status (HPS) and internationalization contact.</p>}, number={12}, journal={International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention}, author={Wan Nik, Wan Suraya binti and binti Wan Nik, Wan Zuraidah}, year={2017}, month={Dec.}, pages={4216–4210} }