Strengthening Your Action Plan March 12, 2015 Presenters: Josephine Young, Health Manager Trish Anderson, Project Specialist Partner: California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division

Action Plan Quotes “If you don’t know where you’re going, you will end up somewhere else.” – Yogi Berra “Always, Always have a plan.” – Rick Riordan “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans.” – Peter F. Drucker A goal without a plan is just a wish”. – Antione de Saint-Exupéry

TCHAS Model and Process Timeline (Year 3) Pre-Assessment: 1 for each Mentor Site, 1 for each Mentee Site Distributed at May 2013 Training Completed and returned at Nov Training Action Plan: 1 for each mentor site, 1 for each mentee site Distributed at May 2015 Training Final Action Plan to be completed and returned on or before Sept. 1, 2015 Post-Assessment: 1 for each mentor site, 1 for each mentee site Distributed and completed at May 2015 Training

Ways to Strengthen Your Program Action Plan Created and developed based on results from Assessments Create and develop meaningful and accomplishable objectives aligned with TCHAS Five Leading Principles Calendar Your Action Plan Timeline Make Motivate/Celebrate a priority Highlight ways to collect data Revisit / Update Annually

Assessments Inform and help to Prioritize Action Plans Great tool to use as a guide for developing your action plans Allows identification of program priorities areas with rating of 3 or lower Please share: 1.Who completed your Assessment? 2.Is the person still with the project? 3.Did you involve your Mentee Team? 4.Does each Mentee site have an individual Assessment? 5.How has your assessment informed your Action Plan?

Creating SMART Goals  Handout: Creating Smart Objectives (Goals) Assists with creating meaningful and accomplishable objectives aligned with each of 5 Leading Principles

Example of SMART Objectives Area 1: Healthy Environment Establish and Implement Wellness Policy Here are high priority areas from the needs assessment that we plan to address: Our after school site directors serve on school health committees to develop the wellness policy. Our site staff have actively participated in the implementation of our district’s wellness policy at the site level. Ideas for objectives for Area 1: Select staff to participate in school health committees and represent after school Identify staff to participate Talk with school health committee lead Our site staff have actively participated in the implementation of our district’s wellness policy at the site level Post wellness policy in after school sites Train staff about wellness policy

Action Plans serve as a road map to creating a healthy after school environments Measureable: Did we do what we said we would do? Timely: Did we reach our target date?

Calendar Your Action Plan Timeline Help to ensure your program stays on track. Serves as a reminder to revisit your Action Plan frequently (at meetings, TA and coaching visits, etc.) to determine if any adjustments are needed. 1.How often do you revisit your Action Plans? 2.How often are you checking your progress? 3.How do you involve mentee teams or coach mentee teams in the process of assessing, prioritizing and planning to make positive change in their after school program?

Motivate / Celebrate How have the Assessments and Action Plans helped mentor and mentee teams create a healthy after school environment? Give an example of how your team celebrated?

Results and Evaluation: Data Collection Action Plans can help determine how data can be collected and can possibly be used for: a) Program Improvement b)Year-end Reporting c) Case studies d) Information for future grant applications e) Sustaining and expanding TCHAS What are some of the ways you are collecting data and utilizing your data?

Keep it Real!

Adjourn GOOOOOOO TEAM!!!! Partner: California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division