Plan, Do Study Act

An earlier Induction e-newsletter article described the PLAN phase of the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP). The step after Plan in the CIP is DO. The Do phase usually involves the client’s learning and integrating a new behavior in his/her practice. For example, if the area that needs strengthening is students are off task, a teacher will implement a new strategy or modify an existing one that will encourage student involvement in the lesson. In the DO phase the data found during the planning stage is used to identify the goal and the appropriate intervention(s) needed to improve the clients current reality.

The DO consists of meeting with your client to:

• generate potential interventions/solutions that will address the root causes of the problem (i.e. were student off task because materials were not ready, directions were inaccurate, lesson was not relevant to students, or it was a procedure problem)
• select an intervention/solution that will likely lead to a successful implementation of a more effective teacher behavior, and
• integrate the intervention/solution into practice.

The next step will involve measuring the impact of the new behavior in the classroom and that will be the next installment.