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SUPERVISION FOR LEARNING: AN ACTION PLAN

Appendix
Action Plan for Incorporating the Learning Target Theory of Action
Goal: To enhance teacher supervision practices through embedding learning targets.
Performance Target: By the end of year one, a pilot professional learning community (PLC) will have implemented learning targets into their teaching practice.
Focus
Create an environment
of understanding for
learning targets at
SMUS.

Form a new PLC willing

to pilot learning targets.

Strategies

Indicators of Success

Time Lines

Responsibility
Three SMUS learning target
champions lead and facilitate the
initiative.

Status
Update

Seek principal support for initiating,

funding, and developing a PLC focused
on learning targets.

Funding acquired and principal

is actively supportive of
program.

Introduce
June 2015

Organise a one-day off-site retreat for

interested teachers to explore the
concept of learning targets.

Hold off-site retreat attended by

a minimum of 10 teachers.

Held
October
2015

Each retreat participant selects an

actionable mini-goal for learning targets
to try in their classroom in the following
weeks.

Follow-up lunch-and-learn
meeting for retreat participants
to share learning target strategy
they tried in their classroom.

Completed
December
2015

Retreat participants.

January
2016

Leaders invite retreat participants to join

a PLC focused on fully implementing
learning targets into one course.

At least 50 percent of retreat

participants commit to form the
PLC.

January 2016

Three SMUS learning target

champions facilitate the initiative.
Distributed leadership is sought
from PLC members.

February
2016

New PLC engages in a book study about

learning target implementation.

PLC attends meetings to discuss

assigned material.

Introduce
January 2016

Introduce the concept of action research

to apply the learning target theory of
action from book study.

Teachers select partner and

course to apply the learning
targets using action research.

PLC teachers engage in a retreat to share

their findings with one another.

PLC selects 3 action research

stories to share with the staff.

PLC teachers share research findings

with the whole staff, advocate for the
adoption of learning targets, and rally
for support of new members.

PLC acquires new members to

build to a critical mass where
the PLC divides into multiple
PLCs.

Revisions

September
2015

November
2015

May 2016

Introduce
June 2016

Figure 1. Based on Figure 5: School Improvement Planning Chart obtained from School improvement planning: A handbook for principals,
teachers, and school councils by Education Improvement Commission. 2000. (p. 40).