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) Timeline: Resources Evaluation
Responsible Start/End
1.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 |
2. Collect and disaggregate AEIS and Edugence reports | Amy Clark | 3/21/11 – 5/1/11 | *Edugence System *AEIS reports for campus | Collection of data |
3.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 |
4. Create surveys for parents and teachers | Amy Clark | 3/21/11 – 4/30/22 | *Survey Monkey *Sample parent surveys | Feedback from teachers and site supervisor, survey results |
5. Meet with site supervisor to obtain approval to distribute survey | Amy Clark and Cheryl Alexander | 5/1/11 – 5/15/2011 | *Copy of survey *Link (Survey Monkey) | Approval of survey |
6. Distribute survey to parents and teachers | Amy Clark | 5/16/11 – 5/18/11 | *Survey *Survey Monkey link | Survey results |
7. 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 |
8. Disaggregate survey results | Amy Clark | 6/1/11 – 8/1/11 | *surveys *Information from Survey Monkey | Survey results |
9.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 |
10. 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 |
11. 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 |
12. 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 |
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.
Sounds like you have an Awesome plan! I believe that when a student has a mentor it automatically helps their confidence which in turn helps their test scores. If all goes well according to your plan you will have great results!
ReplyDeleteYour plan looks great! What items were you thinking of including on the survey? I was wondering if it is questions about home, or how they feel about school...just curious!
ReplyDeleteYour plan looks very well planned and thought out. Are your surveys going to be anonymous? I will not have the teachers identify themselves. I think I will get more feedback if they do not have to identify themselves.
ReplyDeleteYou asked about the GCS title in my plan. It stands for Grand Central Station. That is the program that is in charge of the "zero recovery" type program at our campus
I plan on sending out surveys to the entire student population. I need to talk to this with my supervisor, but wanted to 'color code' the surveys - so they were anonymous - but I would know what grade level they were from and would also be able to tell my specific target group. Is this allowable? Like I said, something we need to talk about further. I want to include questions about family income, amount of time spent reading at home, number of siblings, etc. I want to ask personal questions, without being too personal. It is going to take some time to ask the questions I want without offending anyone. As far as the teachers, I am going to utilize Survey Monkey and send the link to them. Thought about doing this with the parents too, but I wouldn't be able to know who the surveys were coming in from. Suggestions?
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have a well planned out action research. I do have one question but its off topic, how did you get your chart insterted into the blog, when I tried it on my blog it messed everthing up and it looked like a big mess. Sorry, just wondering.
ReplyDeleteAmy, after reading your action plan, I can tell you are serious about finding the answer to your question. Your findings will be a great benefit to your district. They may put you in charge of more research!
ReplyDeleteThis past summer, GISD provided an 8 hour professional development on African American students. You may want to ask your principal who was in charge of that seminar. If they do not know, you can ask them who is in charge of staff development for GISD.
ReplyDeleteAmy, this plan is excellent! Your interest in details and revision will pay off, and will make your overall results more relevant. As Angela wrote above, I can sense your overall seriousness and excitment about this research. Wonderful work, and I look forward to reading more!
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Dr. Abshire