The Need for Strategic and Operational Planning in Adult Education: The Case of Greek Second Chance Schools

Abstract

Τhe current research investigates the implementation of the planning within the training of the teaching staff in Second Chance Schools (S.C.S.) in Greece, through the perceptions of 90 teachers who work in these units, using quantitative and qualitative method and data collection tools, a structured questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. According to the findings, teachers confirmed the implementation of planning in the training programs as well as the implementation process of both the long-term strategic planning and the short-term operational planning within the training activities of educational units, procedures which are characterized by the participants as necessary for the organization and operation of schools and also for the achievements of their objectives.