Draft Plan

I've created a draft of my action research plan. I'm sure that plenty of changes will be made, things will be added in, and things will be taken out. But, it's nice to have a starting place.

Action Planning Template
Goal: Determine if students will show improvement in all courses after implementing a new vocabulary plan and focusing on literacy in non-ELA courses.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Initial Data gathering	Curriculum facilitators for each subject	Prior to 2012-2013 school year	Data from previous year’s STAAR & TAKS	Identify point of origin to provide for final comparison
Presentation of action research plan, guidelines, and how to implement new programs	Bethanee Sales Principal Janis Williams	First faculty meeting of the school year. During professional development prior to students returning. August 2012.	Presentation prepared for faculty	Teacher’s feedback on plan of action. Time to identify concerns, answer questions, and handout materials
Implementing vocabulary, reading, and writing activities	All teachers	First six weeks of school	Access to new literacy program available on database	This will provide the students with the new curriculum incorporations
Collect benchmark data for all courses (other than ELA)	Curriculum facilitator for each subject	December 2012	Access to this benchmark assessment data	Make any conclusions on implementation plan’s success so far. Identify students who qualify for tutorials.
Teacher interviews	All participating teachers	December 2012	Set up interview times	Feedback, questions, concerns
Twice weekly required morning tutorials for “bubble kids”.	Rotating teachers in each subject	February-May 2013	Access to literacy program, individualized student results, and additional materials relating to known weak TEKS.	Students who need extra assistance will be given the opportunity to work in smaller groups with many different teachers.
Collect STAAR data	Curriculum facilitator for each subject	May 2013	Access to STAAR data	Compare to data from last year’s state test assessments and identify margin of improvement.
Student surveys	All students	May 2013	Survey on surveymonkey.com	Feedback from students about the literacy program.
Teacher surveys	All participating teachers	May 2013	Survey on surveymonkey.com	Feedback from teachers about the literacy program.
Present conclusive data	Bethanee Sales Principal Janis Williams	May 2013	Teachers must attend final school board meeting. Conclusive Presentation prepared.	Conclude the research plan and identify success.