Example of a short-term action plan to address an improvement initiative for a school.

1. Learning-Focused Leadership
100-Day Action Plan
Vision or Goal Statement (Guiding Statement for the Action Plan)
All students will acquire the necessary academic vocabulary for success in school
and beyond (Tier 2 and Tier 3 words per Isabel Beck).
Professional Goal(s) Related to the Guiding Statement in #1
I will support teachers in implementing SNAP mini-lessons across the content areas.
SNAP mini-lessons take no more than 15 minutes and incorporate seeing and
pronouncing the target words, naming/describing a category in which the words fit,
applying the words in an activity (usually done cooperatively among students), and an
individual product using the words (usually done in writing). All teachers will be trained
in the SNAP protocol and then will be expected to employ it beginning Nov. 1.
Personal Goal(s) Related to the Guiding Statement and Professional Goal(s)
I will remind teachers of the “why” of improved literacy for our students. As needed, I
will share important research about poverty, metacognition, family literacy, career
readiness, and other topics. Teachers will need support in setting and keeping high
expectations for their students and in maintaining good relationships with students
and families.
High-Leverage Leadership Strategies to Employ
I will observe teachers during the mini-lessons and ask them to keep work samples so
we can determine the effectiveness of this new process. We will bring work samples
into our PLC meetings at least once a month to check student progress.

2. Action Plan Tracking
Date Specific Actions Communication
Needed
(Who, when,
and what?)
Date
Completed
11-1-15 Meet with literacy coach and
discuss the SNAP mini-lesson
protocol with her
Email literacy
coach today; set
up meeting prior
for Nov. 1
10-26-15
11-4-15 At monthly faculty meeting, co-
teach the SNAP mini-lesson
protocol with the literacy coach;
teachers who want to host
demonstration lessons stay with
the literacy coach and me after
the meeting to discuss further
Email all faculty
Nov. 1 top
remind them of
meeting; attach
something to
read about
SNAP
11-11-15 up to
Thanksgiving
break
Literacy coach teaches SNAP
mini-lessons in 5 teachers’
classrooms; several teachers
observe each demonstration
Literacy coach
makes and
communicates
schedule of
demonstrations
and
observations no
later than 11-10-
15
12-1-15 up to
Christmas
break
Teachers use SNAP mini-
lessons and are observed by the
literacy coach and me
Literacy coach
ensures all
materials are
copied and
disseminated
prior to
Thanksgiving
break; we begin
our classroom
visits 12-1-15
12-1-15 up to
Christmas
break
Meet with each teacher to
debrief observation
Email each
teacher after
observation to
set up debriefing
during teacher’s
prep time
(and so on…)