The ideas process is a highly disciplined approach to whole-school revitalisation.
 
initiating: resolving to become an IDEAS school, establishing a management team and appointing an IDEAS school-based facilitator
 
discovering: revealing your school's most successful practices and key challenges
 
envisioning: picturing a preferred future for your school - an inspirational vision and an agreed approach to pedagogy
 
actioning: implementing plans to align school practices with your school's revitalised vision
 
sustaining: keeping the revitalisation process going by building on successes.