This article looks at concepts and methods of school development planning, so as to help school leaders know how to lead school community in planning school development. Firstly, the definition of school development planning is explored, and then the process, participants and implementation issues of school development planning are discussed. This is followed by an examination of contents of school development planning. Fourthly, methods of school development planning, including establishing shared vision, scenario planning, performance indicators, action research and six thinking hats are examined, and finally concluding remarks are made in this article.