Before you write your call to action...
Make sure your goal is specific and straightforward
Consider your audience's fears and desires
Tells people why they should take action
Uses a call to value
Creates a sense of urgency
Strikes a balance between creativity and simplicity
Uses powerful words and phrases
Employs social proof
Is appropriate in length
Always keeps testing participants
Storytelling prior to the call of action...
reinforces the intent of leadership in regards to the mission
reinforces the vision and mission and establishes norms and values
motivates employees to achieve more and casts them as agents of change
"Investments in professional learning can yield meaningful improvements in student achievement."
-Garrett, Zhang, Citkowicz and Burr in How Learning Forwards Standards for Professional Learning are Associated With Teacher Instruction (2021)
Equality--> input in planning
Choice--> what/how they learn
Voice--> empowers/respects teacher voice
Reflection--> authentic dialogue and reflection
Praxis--> applicable to real life
Reciprocity--> participation as an expectation