for senior high education

1. Preparing a Community
Action Plan

2. Picture Analysis: Refer to the questions below in analyzing the given pictures.
Write the answers in your activity notebook.
1. What are the events depicted in the pictures?
2. Do you think the events in the pictures involve the use of
community action plan? Support your answer.

3. Community Action Plan
●helps the community or any organization to plan
for an outreach activity. To better internalize the
plan of action and have a concrete vision,
effective goals and objectives are to be obtained
in order to directly address the issue or concern.
Moreover, there should be a clear description of
the strategy to be used to meet the objectives.

4. Advantages and
Disadvantages of Community
Action Plan

5. Advantages:
1. Strong participation from the local
community
2. By implementing community action, the
solutions for existing problems will come
from the community itself and hence,
will better cater the needs of the people
3. Guarantees that all relevant groups
participate in the activities.
4. Guarantees the acceptance and support
from the local community.
Disadvantages:
1. Requires time and resources to involve all
relevant stakeholders in the process
2. Finding consensus among community
members with varying age groups can
be very difficult
3. Community action p lans won’t be
effective enough without motivating the
people in the community to give their full
support for the program/activity.

6. Elements of an Action Plan
1. Specific
-Objectives need to be clearand
detailed.

7. Elements of an Action Plan
2. Measurable
-Outcomes must be what the person really wants.
-Outcomes should produce tangible rewards.

8. Elements of an Action Plan
3. Agreeable
-For the citizens to agree, the activity proposed in the
action plan must be something that will greatly benefit
the rest of the people in the community.

9. Elements of an Action Plan
4.Realistic
-The needed resources must be
readily available in the locality.

10. Elements of an Action Plan
5.Time-specific
-Deadline for achieving each stage
should be set.

11. Elements of an Action Plan
6. Supportive back-up
-A helping relationship is useful at all
times. Moreover,the details on what
kind of support to beoffered mustbe
clearly spelled out.

12. Steps in Preparing an Action Plan

13. 1. The goal must be clearly defined.
-You must start by discussingwhat you want to achieve.
Analyze the situationwelland try to brainstorm with colleagues for possible solutions
before choosing the best option.
-Specify the goal:
1. Specific-what do you want to do?
write out clear, concise goals.
2.Measurable-how will you know when you’ve reached it?
the ability to track your progress.
3.Attainable / Achievable –is it in your power to accomplish it?
set challenging, yet achievable goals.
4.Realistic –can you realistically achieve it?
set goals that are relevant to your overall life plan.
5.Timely-when exactly do you want to accomplish it?
goal has target finish time attached.

14. 2. List down the steps to be followed

15. 3. Create a rough template to list down all the
tasks to be performed, due date,and people
responsible.

16. 4.Set the milestones
-One should also consider mini goals leading to
the main goal at the end. This is an advantage in
adding milestones to give the team members
something to look forward to.

17. 5.Identify the resources needed
-This is the most crucial point to ensure that all
necessarily resources are available.

18. 6. Visualize the course of action
-Creating something that everyone understands.
Action comes in the shape of flowcharts or tables
which clearly communicate the elements to
identify tasks, task owner and resources.

19. 7.Monitor,evaluate and update
-Allocate a specific time to evaluate the
performance of the team.
-Mark the tasks which are already accomplished.

20. Suggested Table of Contents
for an Action Plan

21. 1.Cover Letter
A letter to the community to the Mayor
or community leader

22. 2.Introduction
A description of the purpose of the
action plan and how it was developed

23. 3.Community Profile
A brief overview of the distinguishing
characteristics of the municipality
and its priority issues

24. 4.The Community Action Plan
a.A description of the issues and community
goals
b.Leads the organization from each sector
c.Current activities and projects
d.Suggestions for new projects or a community-
wide campaign

25. 5.Resources
a.Where to go for financial support
b.Where to get advice and educational material
c.Where to get donated products or services

26. 6.Network
A contact list of key groups, government
departments, and others who are
supporting the Community Action Plan

27. What are the considerations
in completing a Community
Action Plan?

28. Partnerships among people.
In order to accomplish the goals and objectives in the plan, the
people involved must establish unity and commitment. It is
important that the involved people develop good relations and
trust one another.

29. Budget.
Financial resources are usually necessary to develop and carry out a
community action plan. Therefore, it is important to develop a budget
planthat describes the expenses for carrying out the action plan. What you
include in the budget should match the proposed strategies and activities.

30. Close alignment with the community’s mission and vision.
The vision that was developed during the community assessment process reflects where
the community wants to be headed. The mission is the purpose of your group. During the
writing of the action plan, the writers work from the vision and the mission to identify
several major goals (priority or strategic) that must be reached. These, in total, work
toward the vision and the mission.