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Expansion Plan
Proposal 2
Executive Summary
an economic way. This business plan provides very detailed discussion of all
international level services demands that the service providers also taken
developed countries.
manufacturers.
would be successful in achieving our goals. We have the required skills and
experience, the only area we lack is finances. With your help we can put
together our knowledge, skills and experience and help a poor and illiterate
youth .
Proposal 3
Montessori Schools
their age group (1). HEMS’ co-founder is educated at, and HEMS is affiliated
very high profile regarding the experience and the qualification of our
teachers at our school. Few of them have been with us since the founding of
well. We have trained new teachers which we hired, with the help of these
other schools and have organized training courses for teachers from all over
Karachi and Rawalpindi. We intend to run formal training centers in the two
cities. The are many reasons to select these cities, and can be elaborated in
a different document.
Proposal 4
Montessori Books
We have written nine books for the children. They are of three
different subjects, i.e., English, Urdu, and Mathematics. All three subjects
have three different levels. The basic level is for the beginners, the
Kindergarten (KG-1). The expert level is for the children of (KG-2). These
books have been successfully used not only in our school but in many other
religion and language. Pakistan’s national language is Urdu, but most locally
English language.
Proposal 5
Proposal 6
Table of Contents
Proposal 7
Aims
Goals
especially in FATA
Standards
to students
Proposal 8
Objectives
Site Selection
Rental Space
property is up for sale by the owner so we have been notified to move out. If
80,000/month ($1,167-$1,333).
Classrooms
windows, and a tile or wood floor. Ideally, washrooms are located just off the
classroom with child-sized toilets and low sinks. Classrooms are often
finished with acoustical ceiling tile and curtains in cool pastels. Child-height
water sources and drinking fountains are nice features. Our experience with
Furniture
eight inches wide for easy access. The tables and the desks would be of
different shapes and sizes. The furniture would cost us around Rs.250,000-
300,000 ($4,167-$5,000).
so on. Practical Life Exercises, through the use of Sensorial Material, instill
care for themselves, for others and the environment. The activities include
many of the tasks children see as part of daily life. They learn to work at a
task from beginning to end, build cognitive efficacy and learn to order and
$33,333).
Art Material
$500)/month.
Other Materials
Local Facilities
The facility will be fully equipped with panic bars, exit lights, fire alarm
Montessori Apparatus
Practical Life
Furniture
Books
Proposal 12
although used books are sometimes better than new. We would be setting
Building Repair
maintained but still there are few things which are to be modified to give it a
better look.
Program Revenues:
Operational Income
• Application Fees
134)/helper.
• Payroll Taxes: there are numerous kinds of taxes which are to be paid
Teachers old age benefit tax, Commercial use of locality tax, etc. the
• Fringe Benefits: small perks and bonuses are often given to the
also an area which is extremely supported at our place. The cost can
vary.
• Books: other than the course books, the library books are also a big
• Supplies: office supplies and stationary, for the management and for
($250)/month.
• Services: extra helpers, who indirectly support the school, such as the
gatekeeper and the drivers are also given good salaries. Rs.25,000-
30,000 ($417-500)/month.
Administrative
• Insurance: insurance of the whole vicinity plus the furniture would cost
Institutional (Space-Related)
834)/month.
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• Utilities: electricity bill, telephone bill, gas bill, water bill etc.
Marketing
Meetings
school. We have publicized public meetings and open houses, which allows
the public to meet new teachers and see the prepared environment. We
established school and a newly selected teacher for your school. We are
Publicity
our local survey which we did, distributing pamphlets and placing banners
Proposal 16
were the most profitable for us, so we are looking forward of doing the same
Telephone Listing
A telephone listing in both the white and the yellow pages is a must.
We have planned to list our school phone numbers listed in the white and
Letterhead
Brochure
The brochure which we used, for advertising and as for a catalog, had
• Statement of philosophy
• Admissions procedure
• Tuition
• Non-discrimination clause
Four-Year-Olds
the class.
Orientation
established for the first two weeks for groups of four or five children each.
Proposal 18
The full operating class comes into formation with full morning sessions once
A school day is usually three hours per morning five days a week, with
an additional one and a half to two and a half hours in the afternoon for
third-year children who are five and over (the "extended day"). Limiting
classroom use to one group of children allows for more creative use of the
Montessori.
graduating from the preschool. After some years, the retention rate may
but should have good skills and good behavior. It can also be effective, if
necessary, to bring back older graduates who have been out of Montessori
for a year and want to return. Minimum skills to look for are phonetic
children the same age should be about six with optimal results occurring
regarding the experience and the qualification of our teachers at our school.
Few of them have been with us for the start and they have helped us in our
trained new teachers which we hired, with the help of these existing
school and have set training courses for teachers from all over Karachi. Our
months training course. This year as well they are conducting a training
course in Rawalpindi.
Objectives
Our main aim is to teach those teachers who end up teaching our
youth in various cities in Pakistan. This training is not only for those who
want to avail these courses but for those as well who have the interest but
they can’t afford it. We have planned that we will privately contact teachers
as well who teach in different low profile schools, to join us and get trained
Proposal 20
free of charge. This will help them in this way that when they go back and
teach the poor children, they themselves would be more knowledgeable than
before and could educate better. This can bring a revolutionary change, at
Training Team
has a one year diploma in the same field from ‘London school of Montessori
Montessori Learning.
recognized school of Pakistan. She has been teaching in the ‘Falcon House
Grammar School’, Karachi, for the past 35 years, before she joined us. She
has a vast experience and she is now helping other new teaches to gain from
Our Mission
teachers not only in Karachi but also in the northern areas. We have planned
that we would go to different places and will organize the training session,
Proposal 21
similar to what we have been doing from the past 8 years. The biggest
ready to provide education but people themselves are not highly trained. We
plan to educate teachers and polish their skills so that they can further
correctly in Pakistan due to lack of knowledge. But our trainer has earned a
so that we Pakistanis should also start following the ever successful method
Facility
We have decided that we will start the teacher’s training at the same
the morning. Though this would be a cost effective option but the
disadvantage is that here most of the women are not encouraged to go out
of their houses once it starts getting dark. Therefore, we assume that we will
On the other hand, we can choose a different place nearby and can
equip it with all the required materials. We can take it on rent. If we start
coming in. This way it would be easy for us to obtain our goal, which is to
Standards.
Renting a Facility
The room specifications and the requirements would remain the same.
Therefore, taking a facility like this on rent would cost around Rs.45,000-
50,000 ($750-834)/month.
Furniture
furniture setup in the training center. The tables and chairs would be
consist of chairs, benches, tables shelves, desk and cupboards. The tables
and the desks would be of different shapes and sizes. The furniture would
Montessori Materials
For the teachers to see and use the Montessori materials they are
learning, we have to keep the training center fully equipped with all the
Art Material
have decided that we will train our teachers in this regard as well, as we
believe that art and craft is a big part of our culture and we should respect
it. For the art/drawing classes we would need special art related materials.
Rs.5,000 ($84)/month.
Other Materials
($5,000-5,834).
Program Revenues:
Operational Income
• Application Fees
Program Related
($250-334)/teacher.
• Payroll Taxes: there are numerous kinds of taxes which are to be paid
Teachers old age benefit tax, Commercial use of locality tax, etc. the
• Fringe Benefits: small perks and bonuses are often given to the
also an area which is extremely supported at our place. The cost can
vary.
• Books: other than the course books, the library books are also a big
• Supplies: office supplies and stationary, for the management and for
($250)/month.
• Services: extra helpers, who indirectly support the school, such as the
gatekeeper and the drivers are also given good salaries. Rs.25,000-
30,000 ($417-500)/month.
Administrative
• Insurance: insurance of the whole vicinity plus the furniture would cost
Institutional (Space-Related)
834)/month.
• Utilities: electricity bill, telephone bill, gas bill, water bill etc.
Rs.25,000-40,000 ($417-667)/month
Promotion
We have been providing teachers training for such a long time that
now we don’t need major steps regarding advertising. But it’s always
we have learned that the best outcome we got was by advertising through
in major seasons like June and July, we can do heavy advertising to attract
more teachers. The advertising would vary according to the season but an
Montessori Books
We have written nine books for the children. They are of three
different subjects i.e. English, Mathematics and Urdu. All three subjects have
three different levels. The basic level is for the beginners, the intermediate
level is for the children who have been promoted to Kindergarten (KG-1).
The expert level is for the children of (KG-2). These books have been
successfully running not only in our school but in many other schools in
Karachi and Rawalpindi. Our books are critically acclaimed by the ‘Villa
Publishing
The new batch of our books will be printed and published in Philippines
herself has written many books and after looking at our books, she has
Price
simple mathematics that the more number of copies we print, the less would
Proposal 29
be the total cost. After printing the last batch we estimated that the cost of 1
book was around Rs.60 ($1.00) and it was sold in the market for Rs.100
($1.60)/book.
Patent
nobody else has the right to publish or copy our books. We have been selling
selling our books. Instead, we have hired two people who go to different
schools and promote our books by presenting them to the principal or the
person in-charge. The other approach, we are planning to take, is to sell the
Future Plans
We and our Pilipino source have decided that we will introduce those
Expenses
Proposal 30
Space
big and furnished place for keeping our books. We can keep the stock in the
Transportation
can use this truck for all the purposes i.e. for the transportation of books,
($10,000-15,000)
Marketing
We would be hiring few men who would go out and promote our books
Delivering
For to send the books, we have to send them through train delivery. This
Extra expenses
Proposal 31
These include all the small payments which are involved in the
handling the books and the gas required to deliver the books with in the city.
Rs.1,000 ($17)/day.
Future Plans
we can move part of our printing operation to FATA to kick-start the book
as well, we find many “Montessori” schools which are not equipped with all
materials which reflect our culture, religion and language. Pakistan’s national
Our Goal
make it easy for the students to learn Urdu. Along with that, we have
manufactured few other Montessori materials which are solely our own idea.
Those materials will assist the teachers in gaining attention and interest of a
child. We have sold few of our manufactured materials and now we are
Objectives
and come up with different tools and methods through which we can make
Proposal 33
the life of a student as well as the teacher easy. There are different ways of
We work over new techniques which could enhance our abilities to do the
same as what she has suggested and along with that, we seek of additional
learning which we can learn while doing it. Simultaneous efforts and multiple
results are what we are looking for. We want the child to gain as much as he
Facility
relatively small place. A 400 yards facility would be more than enough to
50,000 ($584-834)/month.
Other Expenses
past 5 years, we have not done that on a big scale. There are major
the shortage of funds. We plan to execute those plans in the favor of the
Transportation
Materials. We can use this truck for all the purposes i.e. getting the raw
Extra expenses
These include all the small payments which are involved in the
involved in handling the material and the gas required to deliver the books
Sales
We would hire few men who would go out and promote our Montessori
our ads in the newspapers, we can use flyers, brochures, pamphlets and can
give an advertisement in the local TV channel. Along with that we will have
to hire two people who will go to different schools and promote our materials
by presenting them to the principal or the person in-charge. The other way
Future Plans
We and our Pilipino source have decided that we will trade Montessori
materials. We will import latest Montessori materials from her and will export
the materials which we will manufacture here. Once we have our create
demand for our material, we can start producing them not only in Karachi,
but also in FATA to boost the morale of FATA residents that they are involved
Bibliography
(1) http://www.montessori.edu/info.html#teachdetails
(2) http://miaworld.org/sub/sub06-01.htm
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