When a school leader makes decisions without thinking about the school's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, bad things can happen:
1. **Wasting Resources**: Money and time might be wasted. For example, buying new computers when teachers don't know how to use them properly means both money and learning time are wasted.
2. **Missing Good Chances**: The school might miss out on great opportunities. For example, if a local company offers to help build a new playground but the leader doesn't notice, the school misses out on a cool new playground.
3. **More Problems**: Problems might get bigger. For example, if another nearby school starts offering a fun new program and our school leader doesn't do anything about it, students might leave our school to go there.
4. **Unhappy Teachers and Students**: Teachers and students might get upset or not want to follow the new rules if they think the leader's decisions don't make sense. For example, starting a new science program without asking teachers how they feel about it might make them frustrated and less excited to teach.
### Example
Imagine the school leader decides to stop art and music classes to save money without thinking about how important these classes are. Here’s what might happen:
- **Fewer Students**: Students who love art and music might leave to go to other schools, so we have fewer students and less money.
- **Angry Parents and Community**: Parents and people in the community might get really upset and complain, making the school look bad.
- **Losing Good Teachers**: Great art and music teachers might leave to work at schools that still have those classes, so we lose some of our best teachers.
By not considering the school's SWOT. the leader can make decisions that hurt the school, making it a less happy and successful place.
