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INSTRUCTIONS
LEAP Team Action Plans
January, 2014 Workshop
What concrete actions can your team take to learn more about LEAP and use LEAP toward improvement of student learning? What can you do to meld elements of LEAP into the important processes and functions in your units?
The possibilities are boundless here. We are looking for commitments toward progress that go above and beyond what would ordinarily occur in your units and would not have been achieved without this workshop and stipend opportunity. By taking this extra time and effort, what can you now achieve? What goals and targets can you set?
· Ambitious, yet practical.
· Actions and goals that you can achieve, given real limitations.
· Assuming resources already available to you, or reasonable to acquire.
· Addressing the 2014 themes of Inclusive Excellence and/or Innovation.
Ø Create a short-term plan for what you can accomplish during Spring Semester 2014 (achieve by May, 2014).
Ø Create a long-term plan for what you can accomplish during the 2014-2015 academic year (achieve by May, 2015).
Poster version (due 2:00, 2nd day of January workshop)
· Outline the gist of your team’s Spring 2014 plan and the gist of your AY 2014-2015 plan.
· Display as a poster, limited to 2 pages of flip-chart paper, using colored markers.
· Pin your poster to a poster display board, UC 275B, by 2:00, 2nd day of January workshop.
· Prizes will be awarded!
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Written version (due January 31, 2014)
Email one written action plan per team to the workshop facilitator listed on the next page, by Jan. 31. Please include all of the following in your action plan so our planning committee can determine what you plan to achieve, when you’ll achieve it, and how you plan to do it.
- For your Spring 2014 action plan (now to May, 2014):
GOALS: / What goals do you want to achieve by the end of Spring 2014?
ACTIONS with TIMELINE: / List and describe the actions you’ll take to achieve these goals, including a timeline for the actions.
MEASURES: / How will you know that your actions have been achieved? How will this be demonstrated? What are your measures?
RESOURCE NEEDS: / Discuss what you need to achieve the goals, e.g., budget, time, efforts, additional learning.
BARRIERS/DIFFICULTIES: / Discuss the barriers or difficulties you will need to overcome.
- Explain your action plan for the 2014-2015 academic year (August 2014 through May 2015):
GOALS: / What goals do you want to achieve by the end of Spring 2015?
ACTIONS with TIMELINE: / List and describe the actions you’ll take to achieve these goals, including a timeline for the actions.
MEASURES: / How will you know that your actions have been achieved? How will this be demonstrated? What are your measures?
RESOURCE NEEDS: / Discuss what you need to achieve the goals, e.g., budget, time, efforts, additional learning.
BARRIERS/DIFFICULTIES: / Discuss the barriers or difficulties you will need to overcome.
SUSTAINABILITY: / How will the efforts and benefits from your plan continue onward after Spring 2015? Will your actions be sustainable?
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Talking Spanish 2 / Greg Cook /
Student Employment HR / Greg Cook /
Time to Degree / Greg Cook /
Makerspace / Greg Cook /
LGBTQA / Greg Cook /
Chartwells / Greg Cook /
Across Disciplines / Greg Cook /
Student Employment 101 / Lois Smith /
COBE IE / Lois Smith /
WSG Advising / Lois Smith /
First Year / Lois Smith /
IE Talks / Lois Smith /
Sustainability / Lois Smith /
Student Employee Model / Brent Bilodeau /
Police CSOs / Brent Bilodeau /
Connect the Dots / Brent Bilodeau /
International Students / Brent Bilodeau /
IE Student Employment / Brent Bilodeau /
Across Generations / Brent Bilodeau /
Talking Spanish 1 / Joan Littlefield Cook /
Workforce Diversity / Joan Littlefield Cook /
Math 4 Veterans / Joan Littlefield Cook /
STEM URM / Joan Littlefield Cook /
Experiential Learning / Joan Littlefield Cook /
International Scholars / Joan Littlefield Cook /
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AWARDS
Gold Leap Award overall best plan
Biggest Leap Award most ambitious plan
Leapin’ Out O-the Box Award most creative plan
Grab-It Award plan or element others are most likely to steal (good!)
Rib-It Award most humorous plan or element
Plan Most Likely to Succeed most likely to happen and succeed
America’s Promise Award fulfilling the spirit of America’s promise
Stipend Payments
After your written plan has been approved by our planning committee, a stipend (maximum $200) will be released for each team member. Approval should occur in February, 2014.
After the May workshops, revision of AY 2014-2015 plan (due June 6), and approval of the revised plan, a stipend (maximum $600) will be released for each team member. Approval should occur in June, 2014.
Please note that it can take substantial time to process payments and get them to you, and payment schedules vary across employee categories. Please contact Becky Pfeifer at with questions about payments.
Progress Checking
We will check each other’s Spring 2014 progress in our workshop in May, 2014.
Teams submit posters for 2015 spring Assessment Day, describing progress thus far.
Additional meeting(s) may be scheduled to check AY 2014-2015 progress (event yet to be determined).