Updated Template for Action Research

Action Planning Template
Goal: Is the new grading policy adopted by Irving ISD school district equitable for students.  Should formative grades be used to show that students can be compliant and adhere to deadlines? Objective: To take the necessary action steps to produce results of findings of the grading policy and produce a report in the allotted time period provided by site supervisor that corresponds to Lamar Universities masters program.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Setting the Foundation: Choosing a relevant action research topic: Grading Policy	Chuck Summers Ms. Colley Key Stake Holders	Start: November 17, 2010 End: December 3, 2010	Research Websites, Computer/ Internet Literature	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan Documentation of topic.
Quantitative Data analysis: Teacher and student surveys.  Semester Exam and Semester grade comparisons to failure rates. Interview Sub committee members	Chuck Summers Ms. Colley Key Stake Holders Sub Committee members: Adam Grinich and Ryan Flynt	Start: November 29, 2010 End: February 5, 2011	A variety of data gathering:  Student Papers, Field Notes, Interviews, Digital Pictures, Surveys, Electronic Searches: Google and  websites containing professional administrative association links, Blogs,  Irving ISD website, Professional Literature, Journals, Books.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog  Timeline and Plan Data collected and documented.  Does this documentation of data show progress? Results of interviews, data analysis, surveys.
Reflection of data analysis. Filling in the Gaps.	Chuck Summers Ms. Colley Key Stake Holders	Start: November 29, 2010 End: March 5, 2011	Additional Data Gathering will lead to new questions in trying to dig deeper in understanding the pros and cons of the grading policy to ensure all students have an equitable policy. Use a variety of data gathering:  Student Papers, Field Notes, Interviews, Digital Pictures/videos, Surveys, Electronic Searches: Google and  websites that are resource section containing professional administrative association links, Blogs,  Irving ISD website, Professional Literature, Journals, Books.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan Are Previous questions answered? Are there new questions that need to be answered?
Engage In self Reflection Daily Journal, Blog posts	Chuck Summers	Start: November 29, 2010 End: April 5, 2011	Reflective Questions: Skills and Resources needed to conduct action research: Do I have the skills needed or do I need to develop them? Do I need additional resources? Reflect using Emails, personal notes, Personal journal, my blog Chuckies Action Research Adventures at: Http://chuck.blogspot.com, as well as collaboration among colleagues and peer students by using threads and faculty blogs.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan Journal and blog collections and documentation, field notes.
Exploring Programmatic Patterns Narrowing the field of data for definite solutions.	Chuck Summers Ms.Colley Key Stake Holders (Collaboration)	Start: November 17, 2010 End: May 5, 2011	asking appropriate questions, identifying data patterns and gaps, and addressing equality.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan
Determining Direction Asking pertinent questions determining the results.	Chuck Summers Ms. Colley Key Stake Holders (Collaboration)	Start: November 17, 2010 End: May 5,2011	Am I clear on what I am trying to solve? Have I addressed the skills and resources questions? Have I established a collaborative approach to the issue? Are timelines Realistic? How am I to monitor the project realistically? How will I evaluate the plan and its effectiveness? How will we revise it and improve the plan based on monitoring and evaluation? Addressing above questions as many more to come through out this process, continue monitoring and assessing progress.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan Formulating Rough Draft of report
Taking Action For School Improvement Summative Report/ Blogging Posts	Chuck Summers Ms. Colley Key Stake Holders	Start: November 17, 2010 End: May 30,2011	Monitoring the project by? The use of this template and timeline. And preparing a summative report to share results.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan Finalizing summative report.
Sustain Improvement Summarizing the outcome of the report for positives so that others can share this information.	Chuck Summers	Start: November 17, 2010 End: June 5, 2011	Maintaining the positive aspects of action research.  Sharing Positive aspects of findings with colleges thru email and blog postings.  Use skills learned though action research as an ongoing professional development for myself and school.	Ms. Colley Site Supervisor and Faculty Blog Timeline and Plan Completion of Action Research Summary report on what worked and what did not. Identifying future concerns.