Dev. solutions

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Business development

Running school businesses profitably requires high quality management

Teach A Man To Fish is able to assist schools in the following areas:

Accounting & Administration

Implement a combined solution for school administration and business unit management
Draw up an accounts plan that meets the school’s needs
Identify and set up cost centers
Establish transfer pricing structures to assist profitability analysis
Automate reporting of key management information
Train staff in use of the system

Baseline Study & Impact Assessment

Baseline Studies and Impact Assessments are both vital tools for monitoring and evaluating the school's social performance and impact on its direct (students) and indirect (community) beneficiaries.

In order to prepare this document Teach A Man To Fish works with the school to design a process tailored to its needs. The school then carries out research and interviews, often involving its students in the process to:

Conduct an educational assessment of local youth in the relevant age range to determine baseline measures of skills, knowledge and attitude.
Establish control group systems to compare impact of education at a Self-Sufficient School compared to a regular Government High School
Create graduate databases to monitor their career path
Evaluate the impact of the school on the community

Fast Track Teach A Man To Fish Accreditation

Getting involved in a Teach A Man To Fish technical assistance program gives you the option of fast tracking your organization to Teach A Man To Fish accreditation.

Because of the groundwork already covered through technical assistance, you will not have to go through standard application procedures and will not need to receive any further visits from Teach A Man To Fish to begin the accreditation program. Accreditation is not automatic but as soon as you meet the first level of our financial and educational criteria you will receive our first level grading.

Accreditation provides third party assurance of the quality of your work and is an effective tool in attracting further interest and support for your projects. An added benefit is that all Teach A Man To Fish accredited schools become a member of our Clinton Global Initiative, further boosting their profile.

What Next?

Our services are a strategic investment in educational quality and securing your future financial sustainability. As such it is important that the financial resources to go forward with a technical assistance program are secured before program design begins.

Costs associated with Technical Assistance are usually borne in part by the recipient organization, or a sponsoring organization which knows them well. Once you are confident that these resources will be available we can move ahead with tailoring a program in conjunction with your organization that will meet both your sustainability and educational goals.

The next step is to contact Teach A Man To Fish to discuss your own specific technical assistance needs and where we could help. We look forward to hearing from you soon!