1. 1. Elements of the Action Plan
Goal
Objectives
Actions Needed
Persons, Units or Dept. Needed
Resources Needed
Timeframe
Monitoring and Evaluations Methods
By the time you are done creating your road map, you should have all these elements in place.

2. 2. Identify the Goal & Objectives
Goal: Express a clear and general sense of direction, a purpose, an aim. It should focus on the most important outcome to be achieved, or benefit that will be derived from implementing an Action Plan
Objective/s: Is/are more specific, and express/es what will be different as a result of implementation. In many ways, the objectives express the strategy that has been decided on and the desired accomplishments.
What will you work toward and why?

3. 3. Global Education Committee
Recruit “doers”.
Look for inclusion from all of the school community, including parents, teachers, a student, a local business person

4. 4. The Action Plan is a work in progress
AP should be updated throughout the year.

5. 5. Realism and Vision
CREATIVITY
REALISM
IDEALISM

7. The Global School The Traveling School The Tourist School
Determine the level of action.
The Tourist School
Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

8. The Tourist Classroom or School
The Traveling Classroom
or School
The Global Classroom
or School
The global classroom studies a culture or issue in depth, focusing on complexities and contradictions.
Students work on collaborative projects with classrooms abroad in other schools.
The classroom exists in a school that practices democracy and citizenship, including service learning.
Students communicate through world languages, through the arts, and via new technologies.
The teacher, with students, participates in inquiry, dialogue, and action. He creates opportunities for students to experience multiple perspectives.
The tourist classroom samples foods, hosts festivals and studies about famous people of other countries.
Students focus on the unfamiliar, the exotic, and the differences between others and themselves.
After a quick foray, they return to their regular curriculum.
The teacher is the tour guide.
The traveling classroom studies history, geography, economics, politics, and arts of another culture.
The classroom invites in international guests. The class travels by or short visits.
The traveling classroom takes longer journeys.
Students are engaged in language study and know proficiency takes many years.
The teacher is a fellow explorer who brings learning skills and experience to the shared journey.
Determine the level of action.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction