This document provides an action planning template to help develop a career pathways curriculum that satisfies new technology standards, meets student developmental needs, and integrates into the existing high school curriculum. The template includes sections for goals, action steps and timeline, responsibilities, needed resources, and evaluation metrics. An example goal is to achieve student success and achievement through integrating business technology into core high school subjects. The timeline given is August 2010 to June 2011.

1. Tool 7.1 Action Planning Template
Harris et al. text, Tool 7.1
Goal: I wonder, in what ways could the development of a career pathways curriculum
simultaneously satisfy our state’s new technology standards for career and technology
education, meet the developmental needs of our high school students and integrate
seamlessly into our already established high school curriculum.

2. Action Step(s)
Person(s)
Responsible
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation
1. Student
success/achi
evement
through the
business
technology
integration
into core
subject areas
of the high
school
curriculum
Bill Posey
08/23/2010-06/0
3/2011
• Administrator
interviews
• Literature
Review
• Best
Practices
Review
• Departmental
Collaboration
• CIP
• AYP
• AEIS
• Recently
adopted TEKS
• Current
lesson plans
vs. TEKS
(new)
• Released
Computer
Assisted
TAKS tests
• Campus
Budget
Review
• Student Class
Loads/Partici
pation levels
• Perkins Grant