HOT OFF THE PRESS: Revised and Approved

I have received approval for my action research plan (received 3/21/2011) from my site supervisor. I made a few revisions, not so much with content, but broke it down into a few additional detailed steps.

I also started pulling TAKS data from our EduGence System. EduGence is the data warehouse that our district utilizes to store all testing results district wide, AND flags students who are targeted for intervention. It has taken me a little longer to pull the data I need, since I had to learn how to navigate the system. I am glad that I started as planned and gave myself plenty of time to pull and evaluate this data.

To help myself and other visualize my progress, I will be periodically posting updated pieces of my plan that will be color coded. RED will indicate COMPLETED and GREEN will indicate IN PROGRESS.

Action Steps(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Resources	Evaluation
Meet with site supervisor to obtain approval of action research plan	Amy Clark (self) and Cheryl Alexander (site supervisor)	2/29/11 – 3/21/11	*Internship Plan *TAKS data	*Approval of topic
Collect and disaggregate AEIS and Edugence reports	Amy Clark	3/21/11 – 5/1/11	*Edugence System *AEIS reports for campus	*Collection of data
Develop anonymous teacher survey. Input questions to Survey Monkey. Obtain approval to submit to teachers.	Amy Clark – survey Cheryl Alexander – approval	3/24/11 – 4/15/11	*Survey Monkey	*Feedback and approval from site supervisor

REVISED AND APPROVED:

ACTION RESEARCH PLAN 7.1 Tool

GOAL: To increase student performance on state assessments in the African American male population on campus by implementing an after school ‘mentoring’ program for this subgroup in response to research.

Action Steps(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Resources	Evaluation
Meet with site supervisor to obtain approval of action research plan	Amy Clark (self) and Cheryl Alexander (site supervisor)	2/29/11 – 3/21/11	*Internship Plan *TAKS data	*Approval of topic
Collect and disaggregate AEIS and Edugence reports	Amy Clark	3/21/11 – 5/1/11	*Edugence System *AEIS reports for campus	*Collection of data
Develop anonymous teacher survey. Input questions to Survey Monkey. Obtain approval to submit to teachers.	Amy Clark – survey Cheryl Alexander – approval	3/24/11 – 4/15/11	*Survey Monkey	*Feedback and approval from site supervisor
Present action research topic and overview to staff at Steadham Elementary. Distribute anonymous teacher survey view Survey Monkey.	Amy Cark	4/22/11 – faculty meeting	*Power Point presentation *Link to Survey Monkey – anonymous teacher survey	*Response to presentation. *Results collected from survey.
Select sample group	Amy Clark and Cheryl Alexander	5/1/11 – 5/15/11	*TAKS data from past 3 years (AEIS)	*Discussion with classroom teachers
Develop survey for parents.	Amy Clark	3/21/11 – 4/30/22	*Parent Survey	*Feedback from site supervisor
Meet with site supervisor to obtain approval to distribute survey	Amy Clark and Cheryl Alexander	5/1/11 – 5/15/2011	*Copy of  survey	*Approval of survey
Distribute survey to parents and teachers	Amy Clark	5/16/11 – 5/18/11	*Survey *Survey Monkey link	*Survey results
Review literature related to poor student performance in the African American male population	Amy Clark	3/21/11 – 7/1/11	*Peer reviewed literature related to study	*Comparison to current demographic at site campus
Disaggregate survey results	Amy Clark	6/1/11 – 8/1/11	*surveys *Information from Survey Monkey	*Survey results
Compile data and present to campus	Amy Clark, Cheryl Alexander	8/1/11 – 9/1/11	*Literature review data *Survey data *TAKS data	*Feedback from campus staff and site supervisor
Write conclusion paper and proposal for mentoring/tutoring program	Amy Clark	8/1/11 – 9/1/11	*Literature review data *Survey data *TAKS data	*Feedback from campus staff and site supervisor
Present research results to campus faculty	Amy Clark	9/2011	*Handouts with research data (results) *Power Point *Plan of Action for mentoring program	*Feedback from campus staff and site supervisor
AFTER RESEARCH: Implement after school mentoring/tutoring program	Amy Clark, Cheryl Alexander, staff at Steadham Elementary	9/1/11  -	*Action Research results	*Student performance on STAAR for 2011 – 2012 school year
Monitor benchmark and curriculum assessments (CA’s) scores	Amy Clark	9/2011 – 6/2012	*EduGence	*Student performance on benchmarks and CA’s

Template was received from the following source on page 85:

Harris, S., Edmonson, S., Combs, J. (2010). Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.