Signature Assignment - Improvement plan

For your Signature Assignment, you will develop an improvement plan for use within your own learning organization. Although you will be developing the plan, you will not have to actually implement it for this class. Use the template provided in the Books and Resources for this week.

You will be writing this plan as a member of the leadership team of your learning organization. Begin by identifying an area of improvement you would like to address within your organization.

Your area of improvement should be related to one of the following general areas:

• Leadership and Student/Learner Achievement
• Leadership and Instructional/Training Practices
• Leadership and Professional Development for Staff/Constituents
• Leadership and Family/Community Engagement
• Leadership and Organizational Culture

Your plan will:

• Introduce the areas of improvement:
  • Identify the general area of improvement (for example, leadership and student/learner achievement).
  • Explain the specific area of improvement (for example, math test scores of 9th grade second-language learners are below average).
• Supply documentation, including dataset(s) and analysis that supports the existence of a problem in the identified area of improvement. You may use a dataset from your organization, if available, or you may generate a fictional set of data. (See sample dataset.)
  • Include supporting research (what has been written about your area of improvement, as it relates to the role of leadership in addressing the problem).
• Include an evaluation of the overall culture within your organization.
• Produce a self-evaluation plan for the leadership team.
• Provide a list of 3-5 other individuals (by title, not name) who can serve on an improvement committee with you. You should choose committee members based on their functional role and who have knowledge and expertise in the area you are focusing on in your improvement plan.
• Generate a list of internal and external stakeholders and a plan for including stakeholder feedback into your improvement plan.
• Develop an action plan including a timeline.
  • Goals and Objectives
  • Action Plan
  • Evaluation Plan

Length: Completed improvement plan template, including relevant dataset(s) as appendices, title, and reference pages

References: a minimum of 5 resources

 

General Area of Improvement(1 paragraph)

Choose one from the list provided in the syllabus. Include an explanation of why this is an important area for leaders to focus on. For example, Leadership and Student/Learner Achievement.

Specific Area of Improvement(1 paragraph)

For example, math scores for high school students are below average. Include an explanation of why this is an important area to focus on.

Supporting Documentation(2-4 paragraphs)

Describe what documentation (data) is available supporting that a problem actually exists in the identified area of improvement. You may use a dataset from your organization, if available, or you may generate a fictional set of data.

Supporting Research(1 page)

Background (Why is this important? What does the literature have to say about your problem area?)

Potential implementation resources and/or best practices. What does the literature have to say about improvements or solutions related to your problem area?

Are there pre-established performance improvement metrics (e.g., state or local test scores, benchmark data, etc.)?

Organizational Culture(1-2 paragraphs)

How does organizational culture impact the area of improvement, positively or negatively? How do you plan to evaluate of the overall culture within your organization?

Self-Evaluation Plan for Leadership Team(1-2 paragraphs)

How will you integrate self-evaluation into the improvement plan?

Committee Members(1-2 paragraphs)

Develop a list of three to five other individuals (by title, not name) who can serve on an improvement committee with you.You should choose committee members based on their functional role and who have knowledge and expertise in the area you are focusing on in your improvement plan. Explain why each selected individual is important to the team.

Internal and External Stakeholders(1-2 paragraphs)

A list of internal and external stakeholders and a plan for including stakeholder feedback into your improvement plan. Explain why these stakeholders are important to the process?

One-Year Action Plan(3 to 5 pages)

Goals and Objectives

Action Plan

What is your plan to improve your problem area? What do you expect to accomplish each quarter?

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Evaluation Plan