Leadership and Advocacy in Educational Endeavors 

TEL 410 
L2: Assignment - Advocacy Action Plan - Template

Design/Challenge Question (revised from the framing exercise):

How can I best teach good financial habits to high school students to help them build a
financially sound future?

Advocacy Focus Statement (revised from the framing exercise):

My goal is to create a website to help high school students create good financial habits to help
them financially plan for their future.

Actionable Goals: (You can have 1-3 Goals. Goals should be written as SMART Goals:
Specific Measurable, Achievable, Results-Focused, Time Bound). For example: By the
end of TEL 410, I will contact 3 state legislatures to discuss school safety.

1. By the end of TEL 410, I will have contacted two local high schools to discuss their
financial planning courses available to students.

2. By the end of TEL 410, I will have created an online resource that high school
students can reference when making financial decisions.

3. By the end of TEL 410, I will have three high school students to revise my modules.

Actions: List specific actions you will take to achieve your goals here. You should have
several action items for each goal. Think through, and list, each step you will need to
take to achieve your goal.

1. Contacting local high schools

 a. Hutto High School and Stoney Point High School
i. Call educators involved in mathematics and economics
ii. Interview them about their curriculum applicable to life outside school
2. Creating online resources
a. Make a website through Weebly.com
b. Create different tabs for each life event
c. Find videos and websites for each stage of financial planning
d. Design the website to be visually appealing
3. Revising my website with the target audience
a. Find at least three teenagers to revise my website
b. Take their advice into consideration and make necessary changes
4. Revising my website with educators
a. Find three educators to revise my website
b. Make necessary changes
5. Make my website aesthetically pleasing
a. Proofreading
b. Graphic designs

Timeline (list dates, deadlines):

1. Contacting high schools by April 3, 2020

2. Rough draft of my website done by April 18, 2020

3. Target audience’s review of my website done by April 22, 2020

4. Obtain an educator’s review of my website done by April 25, 2020

5. Finishing touches on the website by April 30, 2020

Budget/Resource (membership fees, electronic resources, etc.):

*these may be tangible or intangible resources

● Access to the internet

● Ability to communicate with local high schools
● A social network that allows me to talk to my target audience
 ● Potentially paying for the premium at Weebly.com

Build your Team (create your own team, or align yourself to an organization already
involved in your advocacy focus work):
**This section may list team members or contact information for the organization
you are working with.

● My teenage coworkers who will be reviewing my website

● The teachers at my local high schools who I will be collaborating with to create my
website
● Dave Ramsey’s online resources