Taking Action: A Data-Informed Action Plan

Organization's Vision and Mission

DIRECTIONS: It is important to align all actions taken by a teacher with the organization's vision and mission.
Add your organization's vision and mission here and identify it as the district’s and/or school’s.

Vision:

Mission:

What Decisions Need to Be Made?

Stage 1: Clarifying Vision and Targets

DIRECTIONS: Based on an analysis of classroom, school, district, or state data, what decisions need to be
made to inform future action?

Provide a data analysis summary, including visual representation here (e.g., chart, graph, table, etc.):

Decisions that need to be made, based on the data above, to inform future action (things to be shared –
handouts, resources, graph, materials, findings, etc.; amount of detail needed/method for sharing; what you
want to accomplish):

Specific Process, Program, or Performance Target of Action written as a SMART goal or insert rating scale:
 Consider the Audience

DIRECTIONS: Identify the audience(s) that will benefit from the decisions identified above. Delete all that do
not apply.

Review of What Others Have Found to Be Effective

DIRECTIONS: Conduct a literature review of at least four research-based publications and interview at least
one colleague to determine what others have found to be effective in addressing the target of action identified
above.

Integrated Literature Review:

Literature Review References:

Colleague Interview Results (bulleted list of relevant information to inform your work):

What approach do I believe has the greatest potential for helping me to realize my target goal?

Stage 2: Articulating Theory

DIRECTIONS: In order to improve performance, a teacher needs to identify and attend to every independent
variable related to the identified target. In this stage you will graphically display the emerging theory of
independent variables.

Add Graphic Reconstruction Here: