Strategic Doing Question 3: What will we do together?
What did we learn last month?
An action plan sets out sets out who will do what by when. It outlines a set of transparent, simple commitments.
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On this sheet transfer your action list items from last month that should be complete by now, and use this sheet for team
members to report in.
Some results mean you just move forward. Others mean you need to adjust. Both are successes!
Action Step
Who was responsible?
Results/learning?
What now?
Example: make list of
makerspaces
Barb
We’ve identified a list of 15
makerspaces within a 2-hour
drive.
Pick 4 and reach out to see if we can
visit.
Meet with principal to
share plan; ask her to
join trip
Scott
We met, but she says she doesn’t
have time.
Make a video of what we see to get
her more invested?
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Strategic Doing Question 3: What will we do together?
Draft an action plan for the next 30 days
Now write an action plan for the next period of time. Some items from last month may have slipped, and some may not seem
relevant any more. Add anything new that’s needed. Remember to make sure that everyone has something to do.
Action Step
Who is responsible?
By when?
Example: recruit university student to help with video
John
October 1
Email 4 places we’d like to visit to see if our upcoming prof.
dev. day might work for a visit.
Clara
September 28
As your project starts to roll out, consider two new kinds of activity and add action steps if needed: 1) sharing your success so far;
2) recruiting new people to get involved (sharing your success should lead to these kinds of opportunities).
If your team feels that this strategic outcome or Pathfinder Project no longer makes sense, start over with your “what could we
do?” list and identify a new direction (slides 1-5). If the issue is follow-through, discuss whether you need to scale back or slow
down your plan – the strategic outcome is probably still applicable; it will just take longer to get there.
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Summary of our new
plan (date: _________)
What did we learn this month?
Describe our outcome:
And how we’ll know if you succeed:
Characteristic 1:
Metric 1:
Characteristic 2:
Metric 2:
Characteristic 3:
Metric 3:
Describe our Pathfinder Project:
And its guideposts:
Date
Guidepost 1:
Guidepost 2:
Guidepost 3:
Outline our action plan:
Which of these best describes your team?
Who
Does what?
 We’re working our plan and progress is coming
along.
 We’ve hit some road bumps and have had to make
some adjustments, but our strategic outcome and
project are still the same.
 We’ve decided to make major changes to our
outcome and/or project.
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Details of our 30/30 meeting:
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