One outcome of your unit evaluation could be an action plan concerning where you are going with your teaching.  Your action plan will draw together the information and reflections you have recorded in each of your unit evaluation reports. From your analysis and reflection on this material you can draw a set of personal learnings which then become the basis for your action plan. The process of developing, implementing and reflecting on your plan can be documented in your teaching portfolio.

Your action plan could include the following headings.

• Desired outcomes: long and short-term.
• Strategies to achieve these outcomes.
• Actions to achieve each strategy.
• Timeline for implementation.
• Sources of assistance and resources.
• Criteria for achieving these outcomes.
• Thoughts for future directions.

The following questions can help as you begin to reflect on the information you have gathered and so draw from that material your personal learnings.

• What did I learn about my teaching?
• What worked well?
• What didn’t work so well?
• What do I now know more about?
• What do I know differently?
• What do I need to know more about?
• Where do I go from here?

The following questions can help you get started on developing your action plan.

• Which aspect of my teaching would I like to develop?
• What questions would I pose as a starting point in reflecting on this aspect of my teaching?
• What strategies could I use to obtain data to help me answer these questions?
• What action would I take?
• If I did act on my reflections, how would I know I had enhanced my teaching?
• What can help or assist me in this process?

Developing of an action plan moves you into the next cycle of your action inquiry

|For more information email - Coralie.McCormack@canberra.edu.au|