Action Plan Template

Candidate name______________Kate Lehne______________________________

Mentor name_________Rita Platt___________________________________
Date____________9/2/15_______________________________________
The candidate should self-assess and then discuss with the mentor the school librarian competencies
using the ALA/AASL Standards. The candidate will use the following guide to rate their attainment of the
standards High, Medium, and Low. The standards identified as medium to low attainment, are to be
added to the chart below with suggested strategies/projects that will address these competencies during
Practicum. These strategies/projects are to be mutually agreed upon by the mentor and candidate and
approved by the instructor.
The candidate will need to email the initial action plan to the instructor (with columns one and two
completed) by the end of the second week of the semester.
The final action plan with evidence is to be included in the electronic portfolio with the other Practicum
assignments.

Standards with level

of attainment
medium to low
1.1.6: Read, view, and
listen for information
presented in any format
in order to make
inferences and gather
meaning.

Strategies/Projects to
address identified
competencies

Low
2.1.2: Organize
knowledge so that it is
useful.

Medium
3.1.3: Use writing and
speaking skills to
communicate new
understandings
effectively.

Medium
3.1.4: Use technology and
other information tools to
organize and display
knowledge and
understandings in ways that
others can view, use, and
assess.
Low-medium

Evidence to Support Attainment of

the Competency at the high level
(to be completed at the end of
Practicum)

Lesson using multiple types

of media to give students
practice at finding
information in ways other
than reading
Lesson on close reading for
fiction and nonfiction

Designed a lesson for fifth graders to be

taught during media literacy lessons.

Close reading lesson taught to seventh

grade science classes to help increase
reading test scores

Lesson comparing types of

academic writing and
choosing appropriate graphic
organizers for eachcollaborating with a writing
teacher
Students will practice
presenting a project for a
small group.
Students will practice
discussing information with
adults as opposed to other
students.
Collaborate with a teacher to
upgrade a technology-based
project from a PowerPoint
presentation to a newer,
more advanced form of
project.

Designed for HS seniors in an overview

class; could be used by all high school
levels when looking at specific types of
CC writing, especially 9th and 10th grade
when doing timed writes.

Both lessons designed for freshmen in

a focus class which will give them a leg
up in being successful their first year of
HS.

Teacher normally has students do

PowerPoint presentations for all
assignments; was open to trying this
but students did not put much effort into
it.