This assignment is a discussion post I have uploaded screenshots of the previous assignment that you will use to complete this assignment you may use the references from those assignments along with the ones below Based on your analysis of your organization from the discussions in Units 6 & 7, please answer the following: What will you, as an educational leader, do to address the key issues? What actions will you take? Who will you involve in the actions? How will you evaluate whether or not your actions have been successful? In other words, how will you collect and analyze the data to determine the success of your action plan? References Articles, Websites, and Video: This is an excellent resource for action plans. It is provided by the Work Group for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. It provides not only an overview of action planning, as well as a range of checklists, tools, and presentations to walk you through the action planning process. Explore the checklist, tools, and presentation in this section. Work Group for Community Health and Development, University of Kansas. (2016). Identifying action steps in bringing about community and system change. This article discusses why SMART goals may not always be the best type of goals for organizations. Murphy, M. (2015). ‘SMART’ goals can sometimes be dumb. Forbes The following resource is a “how to” to asist you with creating SMART objectives. University of CA.(2017). SMART Goals How to Guide. This article and embedded video provided five basic rules to keep your action planning process on track. There are useful links within the article on topics such as action plans and action programs. While you are not required to explore the links, it may be useful to do so. MindTools. (n.d.). Golden rules of goal setting: Five rules to set yourself up for success. This publication is from the Office of the Vice President for Advances in Learning at Harvard University. In it, there is a discussion of how to set goals for a variety of roles and, more importantly, why we should set goals. Turkay, S. (2014). Setting goals: Who, why, how? [Manuscript]. This article discusses SMART goals in general and also SMART goals in the classroom. There is specific discussion as to whether or not the use of SMART goals can improve student performance. As such, it is interesting to discuss whether or not the same SMART goals can also be used to improve the performance of educational institutions. Lawlor, K. B., & Hornyak, M. J. (2012). Smart goals: How the application of smart goals can contribute to achievement of student learning outcomes. Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, 39, 260-267. This piece from the Free Management Library discusses the basics of action planning. McNamara, C. (n.d.). Basics of actional planning (as part of strategic planning).
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