Sample Worksheet
Action Plan

Name of Project: Reorienting the high school social studies curriculum.
Project Coordinator: Social Studies Chair.
Short description: To use the strengths model to incorporate more sustainability themes and examples into the high school social studies curriculum.
Goal of action plan: To review and revise the curriculum to include sustainability themes in each social studies class in the school.

Month:
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Who is responsible?
Task                                      
1. Provide inservice training: "What is sustainability?"                                     Mr. A. from school system central office.

2. Provide inservice training on the strangths model.

                                     Mr. A. from school system central office.

2a. Evaluate inservice training.

                                     Ms. B. from school system central office.
3. Teachers meet to discuss doing a strengths-model inventory.                                     Social Studies Chair.
4. Teachers inventory their curriculum for sustainability themes and examples.                                     All teachers in social studies department.
5. Combine inventories.                                     Mr. C.
6. Gap analysis of inventories.                                     Mr. C. and Ms. D.
7. Teachers meet to create and agree on plan for filling gaps.                                     All teachers in social studies department.
8. Teachers revise curriculums.                                     All teachers in social studies department.
9. Begin teaching new changes.                                     All teachers in social studies department.
10. Meet to discuss new changes and revise as necessary.                                     All teachers in social studies department.
11. Create inventory form.                                     Social Studies Chair.
12. Track progress of project.                                     Social Studies Chair.

Projects identified in Stoplight exercise:

  1. Reorient social studies program.
  2. Build a school compost bin.
  3. Create an anti-violence campaign.
    4.

Barriers identified in Steering Around the Barriers exercise:

  1. Mr. X does not understand sustainability.
  2. The students are not socially aware.
  3. Other departments are not interested.
    4.

Stakeholders identified in Inventory of Support & Resistance exercise:

  1. Social studies teachers.
  2. Principal.
  3. School Board.

Task Milestone for this task Task Milestone for this task
1. 100% of social studies teachers trained. 6. Graphic display of gaps.
2. 100% of social studies teachers trained. 7. Written plan.
3. Meetings held with 90% attendance. 8. Academic calendars revised.
4. Inventories completed. 9. Lesson plans reflect changes.
5. Summative report with matrix of sustainability. 10. Meetings held with 80% attendance.