{"id":155,"date":"2012-12-20T19:45:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2013-01-02T21:28:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T21:28:42","slug":"stage-5-implement-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/teachers\/stage-5-implement-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 5: Implement Action Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#overview\">Overview<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#public\">Making Work Public<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#reflection\">Reflection and Evaluation<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Through Public Achievement students take action that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>has value, purpose, and meaning both for themselves and a larger community.<\/li>\n<li>uses previously learned and newly acquired academic skills and knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>offers unique learning experiences.<\/li>\n<li>has real consequences.<\/li>\n<li>offers a safe environment to learn, to make mistakes, and to succeed.<\/li>\n<li>is legal and respectful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the plan is formed, schedule and perform the activities. Always plan as many opportunities to address the need as possible. The more often students perform a particular action the stronger the learning impact. Be sure to record the project in action.<\/p>\n<p>Review your plans for each session to keep on track with goals, reflect on progress and problems, and continue striving for solutions. General questions to consider during the action phase:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the timeline realistic?<\/li>\n<li>Have unseen needs arisen? Involve students in finding solutions. (Such reflection can assist in modifying the project, as in the case of &#8220;Fish to Goats&#8221; see Appendix 1).<\/li>\n<li>How are students feeling about the process?<\/li>\n<li>How are community partners feeling about the process?<\/li>\n<li>How can you make explicit the connection between the project and learning?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"public\">Making Public Work Visible<\/h3>\n<p>Public work, by definition, should be visible; it is one of the things that make the work, public.<\/p>\n<p>Why should public work be visible?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It gets the word out and raise awareness about your issue and Public Achievement;<\/li>\n<li>It may bring you into contact with other people who have a stake in your issue, which;<\/li>\n<li>Enables you to build relationships and partnerships;<\/li>\n<li>It is a way to leave you mark, to have people see and remember what you have done;<\/li>\n<li>It ensures accountability;<\/li>\n<li>You get recognition from others for a job well done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Suggestions for students to make projects more visible:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>In school\/organization:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a story in the school newsletter;<\/li>\n<li>Make a bulletin board;<\/li>\n<li>Put posters up;<\/li>\n<li>Get on the morning announcements;<\/li>\n<li>Talk to friends, teachers, principal, staff;<\/li>\n<li>Make a presentation to your school, other PA groups, the PTA, or teachers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Among parents:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell your parents what your are doing in PA;<\/li>\n<li>Ask them \/ find ways for them to help;<\/li>\n<li>Write a story in the school newsletter or school district newspaper;<\/li>\n<li>Make a presentation at a PTA or school board meeting;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In local community:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invite local media to cover your event;<\/li>\n<li>Write a press release;<\/li>\n<li>Write your own story and submit it to a local paper;<\/li>\n<li>Put flyers up in town;<\/li>\n<li>Talk to people in shopping malls, libraries, business places;<\/li>\n<li>Make presentations to local businesses, organizations, government offices;<\/li>\n<li>Ask different people who know things about your issue to make a presentation in your group;<\/li>\n<li>Get on public radio, public TV, and local cable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In wider community:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the Internet to tell the world about your project;<\/li>\n<li>Send a press release to national media;<\/li>\n<li>Write letters to Congress \/ President \/ leaders of foreign countries;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"reflection\">Reflection and Evaluation During the Action<\/h3>\n<p>Reflection can be written, oral, or large group dialogue. It can be a self-evaluation done by students or evaluation of the project by the group. Suggested questions for reflection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What kinds of things are we doing? How do our actions match our goals and objectives (both as a group and as individuals; refer to posted goals and objectives)?<\/li>\n<li>Do they match our expectations? If not, should we revise expectations? Or the project?<\/li>\n<li>Are leaders emerging? Who?<\/li>\n<li>What is the most difficult part? The most rewarding?<\/li>\n<li>Did we miss something in our planning? What?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of skills and\/or knowledge do we need to make this project a success?<\/li>\n<li>What have we learned?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any other needs arising that might be a good second project?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Making Work Public Reflection and Evaluation Overview Through Public Achievement students take action that: has value, purpose, and meaning both for themselves and a larger community. uses previously learned and newly acquired academic skills and knowledge. offers unique learning experiences. has real consequences. offers a safe environment to learn, to make mistakes, and to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/teachers\/stage-5-implement-action-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stage 5: Implement Action Plan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/410"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/publicachievement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}