Develop action plans
An action plan is an agreed-upon set of intended actions to achieve desired outcomes during a certain period of time. At Vinschool, campus-level leaders are required to develop an action plan for the whole school year at its start. The KPIs should reflect not only the school’s goals but also the subject's focus. The Program Department will be the advisor during this process and make recommendations to the School Boards.
An effective action plan must consists of the following elements:
- specific statements of outcomes (which are required to be SMART)
- a spelling out the the steps that have to be followed
- timeline for each step (when it must take place and how long it is likely to take)
- a clarification of the person(s) in charge
- a clarification of the inputs/resources needed
- a clarification of measures to evaluate progress
The following steps need to be run through while an action plan is developed:
Step 1: Define the end goal
The starting point for campus-level managers is to analyze the situation of their own campus, identify where they are and where they want to be, clearly define the opportunities for improvement as well as potential causes for those opportunities. The aim here is to take a hard look at the campus’ capability. Once such an analysis is done, they can outline their goals and the goals must meet SMART criteria:
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Step 2: Make a list of tasks
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Step 3: Determine persons in charge and deadlines
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Step 4: Set milestones
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Step 5: Identify resources
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Step 6: Visualize your action plan
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Step 7: Monitor, evaluate and update
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