After analyzing the module scores assigned to your responses and using them to identify your school's strengths and weaknesses, you may want to highlight that information by entering it into the Planning Questions section below the scorecard. You can enter up to ten strengths and ten weaknesses and use this information to brainstorm possible actions to improve areas you have assessed as weaknesses.

Example

You score mostly 3's and 2's in the Safety and Tobacco Use areas and enter that information into the Strengths section. You score mostly 1’s and 0’s in the Nutrition and Physical Education areas and discover that your cafeteria does not offer enough fresh vegetables and low-fat milk and that the equipment in the school gymnasium is seriously outdated and worn. You enter this information into the Weaknesses section and start planning your actions for improving this situation.

Step-by-step instructions

Enter your school's identified strengths in the Strengths section. You can enter up to ten strengths.
Enter your school's identified weaknesses in the Weaknesses section. You can enter up to ten weaknesses.
For the identified weaknesses, enter a recommended action in the Action text box. The system displays two Action sections. To enter more than two actions, click Add another action.
For each action, determine the ranking for each of the following measures on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

Importance. How important is this action?
Cost. How expensive is this action going to be?
Time. How much time and effort is it going to take to implement this action?
Commitment. How committed are you to this action?
Feasibility. How practicable or realistic is this action?
In order for you to readily see the rankings you assigned for each measure, the system displays the number of the ranking you entered in the left column. For example, if you select the ranking of 3 for Importance and 4 for Cost, the system displays 3 under Importance and 4 under Cost.

Click Update Total after entering all the rankings for the measures. You can use your total as a guide to determine the action's priority.
Note: Click Update Total each time you change a value in the ranking to get a new total.
Select Yes or No to indicate whether this action is top priority. You can use your total points to determine whether this action is a top priority. The one to three actions that receive the highest score will be your top priority actions.
After entering all the actions, click Next to view a printer-friendly summary of the module scorecard and plans.

Example 1

One of your school's weaknesses is that the cafeteria does not offer enough nutritious food items. You decide that you want your school cafeteria to offer more low-fat milk and enter "Increase proportion of low-fat milk ordered" in the Action text field. You then proceed to rank the measures that describe the identified action as follows:

Importance – You select 5 because you determine that it is very important to the health of the students for the cafeteria to start serving more low-fat milk.
Cost – You select 4 because you decide that it will not be too costly to add more low-fat milk to the cafeteria menu; it's just a matter of switching a proportion of the whole milk ordered to low-fat milk.
Time – You select 3 because you decide that it will take some time to add more low-fat milk to the cafeteria menu because you have to seek approval from at least three people.
Commitment – You select 5 because you determine that the principal is very committed to this effort.
Feasibility – You select 5 because you decide that it is practicable and reasonable to add low-fat milk to the cafeteria menu.

Your total points are 22 for this action, which is the highest score received for any action on your list. You decide that this is a top-priority action that the school can definitely implement during the current year and select Yes after ranking all the measures related to the action.

Example 2

One of your school's weaknesses is that the students are not enthusiastic about physical fitness because the fitness equipment in your school's gymnasium is old and can no longer meet the fitness needs of the students. You decide an upgrade to the school's gym equipment is overdue and enter "Buy new gym equipment" in the Action text field. You then proceed to rank the measures that describe the identified action as follows:

Importance – You select 5 because you determine that it is very important to the health of the students to upgrade the gym equipment.
Cost – You select 2 because you decide that this venture will be very costly.
Time – You select 1 because you decide that this will take quite a lot of time because you have to seek approval from at least five people and also raise funds.
Commitment – You select 4 because you know that the principal and the physical education teacher are committed to this effort.
Feasibility – You select 2 because you decide that because of the cost and time involved, it is not very practicable and reasonable to expect quick results when it comes to upgrading the school gym's fitness equipment.

Your total points are 14 for this action, which is the lowest score received by any action on your list. You decide that this action is medium to low priority due to its cost and the time it will take to achieve it and select No after ranking all the measures related to the action.

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