Draft Work Plan for Community WOW Steering Committee (Specific dates for monthly meetings TBD locally)

Meeting

Date Topic Homework/Advance

Prep/Materials Suggested Activity/MO Meeting Outcomes/ Deliverables Follow-up

1.

a) Affirmation of Guiding Principles b) Begin discussion About Outcomes

Review draft guiding principles

Review draft outcomes (SMART/HARD goals)

1

Committee members submit emendations in advance via email/shared Google doc (depending on comfort of members)

Employ an activity such as those described in the link below to achieve group consensus about guiding principles and outcomes for Community WOW http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2reach.htm

a) Guiding Principles of Community WOW

b) Draft of Achievable Outcomes

Wordsmith documents by sub-committee Circulate documents for Steering Committee approval

2. a) Affirmation of Outcomes b) Work arenas for achieving Outcomes

Review finalized Guiding Principles and Outcomes CA:

Map summit ideas into Outcomes list for working draft of work arenas

Review Principles and Outcomes for final approval

Work groups review 3 outcomes each to modify and expand summit lists of how to achieve Outcomes

a) Clear articulation of Community WOW Outcomes

b) Increased knowledge and awareness of Steering Committee members re options

c) Organization into working

groups

Develop and communicate guiding principles & outcomes to stakeholders/broader community JESNA and local CA create webinar to guide work groups to non-programmatic based ideas achieve their Outcomes Working groups develop lists for achieving Outcomes Communication plan: ensure voices of stakeholders (traditional institutions and CONSUMERS) in feedback and buy-in to plans; keep potential funders (including Federation, Foundation, private funders) in loop

3. Achieving Consensus About Promising “1

st Arenas” for

Achieving Outcomes

JESNA + CA Director & Chairs:

identify possible options to present

anticipate directions that group will go re 1

st arenas.

Create guiding materials & rubrics for working groups

Presentation by CA Director and/or JESNA staff of options and innovations that community may wish to explore to illustrate options and different approaches

Committee achieve consensus on +/- 3 areas they wish to explore and divide into work groups

d) Increased knowledge and awareness of Steering Committee members re options

e) Decision re 1

st arenas for

exploration and action f) Organization into working

groups g) Orientation re how working

groups will work

JESNA and CA Director create materials and guide coach/direct working groups to resources and individuals to research promising approaches to achieve their goals Working groups collect information on promising approaches JESNA and CA Director help working groups use decision-making tools and rubrics to develop recommendations to the Steering Committee Communication plan: ensure voices of stakeholders (traditional institutions and CONSUMERS) in feedback and buy-in to plans; keep potential funders (including Federation, Foundation, private funders) in loop

4. Working Group Check-In Working groups conduct research

Presentations from working groups about what they are learning Clarifying questions and suggestions about additional necessary info from other groups

Cross pollination of information Working groups use feedback to guide additional research and development of recommendations/proposals to Steering Group Communication plan: (See Above)

1 SMART – specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely; HARD – heartfelt, animated, required difficult)

Draft Work Plan for Community WOW Steering Committee (Specific dates for monthly meetings TBD locally)

Meeting

Date Topic Homework/Advance

Prep/Materials Suggested Activity/MO Meeting Outcomes/ Deliverables Follow-up

5. Working Groups presentations of recommendations/ proposals

Working groups develop recommendations

Presentations from working groups of recommendations Clarifying questions and suggestions about additional necessary info from other groups

Familiarization of Steering Committee with breadth of research, and creating foundation for decision-making Preliminary discussion of prioritization

Develop and circulate prioritization and decision-making criteria Communication plan - ensure voices of stakeholders (traditional institutions and CONSUMERS) in feedback and buy-in to plans; keep potential funders (including Federation, Foundation, private funders) in loop

6. Decision-making re overall plan for Columbus WOW

Creation of “logic models” to align goals, activities and needed inputs for each proposed initiative

Employ an activity such as those described in the link below to achieve group consensus overall plan for Community WOWs WOW http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2reach.htm

Consensus re overall plan for Community WOW

Developing funding proposal for Foundation/Federation

7. Consensus re low-hanging fruit

Creation of “logic models” to align goals, activities and needed inputs for each proposed initiative

Employ an activity such as those described in the link below to achieve group consensus about “low hanging fruit” for Community WOWWOW that will not only be beneficial, but lead to big picture of transformative change http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2reach.htm

Consensus re low hanging fruit for Community WOW

Developing funding proposal for Foundation/Federation Communication plan - ensure voices of stakeholders (traditional institutions and CONSUMERS) in feedback and buy-in to plans; keep potential funders (including Federation, Foundation, private funders) in loop Implementation plan to be developed by staff