Format for Leadership Plan

You will be responsible for conducting a leadership project during the school year.   This project should involve at least five teachers in your home district (or 10 teachers per pair of LABS participants). 

We have set aside $500 for you to use in this endeavor.  The money will be given to your districts, and can be used in almost any way that you think will make the project more successful.  Such things as advertising, supplies, travel, and pizza (as a bribe for colleagues to attend an after-school workshop) are ok, an airplane ticket to Hawaii over Spring Break is not.

Your task, before you leave the summer workshop, is to draft a plan of how you will carry out your leadership project.  The exact format of this plan depends on the form of your project.

If you are planning a single-event workshop, your format may be similar to that of a lesson plan and include the following sections:

• Title
• Goal
• Audience
• Duration
• Objectives
• Materials
• Strategy
• Assessment 

Kay Antunez at Project Learning Tree--California developed the following checklist for planning workshops.  I’ve found it more than useful many times.

Planning for workshop

___       Find someone to co-facilitate workshop.

___       Request permission from your school system or organization for approval (if necessary)

___       Select and reserve workshop site for the date, time, and number of hours needed.

___       Submit workshop plan to district or college for approval (if necessary).

___       Develop and distribute promotional materials such as flyers, pre-registration forms, posters, or articles at least four weeks prior to the workshop date.

___      Develop workshop design, taking into consideration:

___       the audience

___      workshop objectives

___       constraints (e.g. space and time)

___       strategies for overcoming constraints

___       requirements for credit (district, college or university, if offered)

___       materials and equipment needed for activities

___             Outline workshop agenda

___       If possible, contact/invite a resource specialist

___       If planned, arrange for refreshments and snacks

___       Gather support materials such as projector, VCR, paper, pens, and art materials

At the workshop site

___       Set up workshop space (if possible, the afternoon or evening before).

___       Check that equipment is working

___       Locate restrooms, light switches, plugs, and easiest access to outdoors

___       Select appropriate areas to conduct activities

___       During the workshop, orient participants to the restrooms and refreshments

___       Provide a brief overview of the agenda, including timing of breaks and lunch

___       At the end of the workshop, have participants fill out an evaluation form

Post-workshop tasks

___       Send participants an address list of all participants

___       Send thank you letters to appropriate people