Thursday, August 8, 2013

EDLD 5301 -Week 4 - Revision of Action Research Plan

After looking at the comments from my colleagues and meeting with my site supervisor, I have tweeked my ARP in a few ways.  I added my assistant principal to the person responsible category in many columns.  She and I will be working very closely on these portions of the ARP.  I changed my actual research question to add the specific data collection component.  I added online to my surveys because I felt this was a great technology component and it was easier to complete by the participants and more time effective.  Please feel free to provide comments/feedback/suggestions/questions.  I'd be glad to hear from you!


Action Research Plan
Goal: Determine the effectiveness of Standard Based Bulletin Boards on academic success.
How will the implementation of Standards Based Bulletin Boards affect the academic success of students at James A. Arthur Intermediate School as determined by amount of growth in short common assessments?
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation
Discuss Action Research Plan with site supervisor

Patricia Vaughn
August 2013
Meeting with site supervisor
Approval from site supervisor
Attend training/informational meetings on Standards Based Bulletin Boards (SBBB) and requirements for this school year for implementation.

Assistant Principal
August 2013
In-service calendar for campus
Meeting notes, attendance log in sheet
Present Action Research Plan to teachers

Patricia Vaughn
August 2013
Teacher schedules, campus schedule, meeting location

Meeting notes
Identify classrooms and/or grade levels for research

Patricia Vaughn
August 2013 – September 2013
Coworker input and cooperation, class lists, meeting location

Meeting notes
Instruct students on the use of blogs, QR codes, and edmodo.com to extend data results
Patricia Vaughn
September 2013 – December 2014
Internet, notebooks or iPad stations, computer lab, paper, bulletin boards, QR code software installed on iPad station, printer/copy machine

Lesson plans, student blog and edmodo id’s, photographs of bulletin boards with QR codes

Gather data for 1st six weeks, share data with teachers, principal, & assistant principal
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
August 26, 2013 – October 4, 2013
School records, principal approval, coworker input, student input, internet
Short common assessment test; Grade reports, Meeting notes, Anecdotal records, photographs of SBBB in target group areas; student blog info; student’s edmodo.com postings; student’s QR code threads

Gather data for 2nd six weeks, share data with teachers, principal, & assistant principal
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
October 7, 2013 – November 8, 2013
School records, principal approval, coworker input, student input, internet
Short common assessment test; Grade reports, Meeting notes, Anecdotal records, photographs of SBBB in target group areas; student blog info; student’s edmodo.com postings; student’s QR code threads

Gather data for 3rd six weeks, share data with teachers, principal, & assistant principal
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
November 11, 2013 – December 20, 2013
School records, principal approval, coworker input, student input, internet
Short common assessment test; Grade reports, Meeting notes, Anecdotal records, photographs of SBBB in target group areas; student blog info; student’s edmodo.com postings; student’s QR code threads

Conduct online survey with teachers
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
December 2013 (1st semester)
Teacher survey, computer, internet

Surveys
Conduct online survey with students
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
December 2013 (1st semester
Student survey, computer, internet

Surveys
Communicate with other teachers regarding their input on SBBB
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
August 2013 – June 2014
Teacher schedules, campus schedules, meeting location, notes

Meeting notes
Gather data for 4th six weeks, share data with teachers, principal, & assistant principal
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
January 7, 2014 – February 21, 2014
School records, principal approval, coworker input, student input
Short common assessment test; Grade reports, Meeting notes, Anecdotal records, photographs of SBBB in target group areas; student blog info; student’s edmodo.com postings; student’s QR code threads

Gather data for 5th  six weeks, share data with teachers, principal, & assistant principal
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
February 24, 2014 – April 17, 2014
School records, principal approval, coworker input, student input, internet
Short common assessment test; Grade reports, Meeting notes, Anecdotal records, photographs of SBBB in target group areas; student blog info; student’s edmodo.com postings; student’s QR code threads

Gather data for 6th six weeks, share data with teachers, principal, & assistant principal
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
April 21, 2014 – June 5, 2014
School records, principal approval, coworker input, student input, internet
Short common assessment test; Grade reports, Meeting notes, Anecdotal records, photographs of SBBB in target group areas; student blog info; student’s edmodo.com postings; student’s QR code threads

Conduct online survey with teachers
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal

May 2014 (2nd semester)
Teacher survey,
computer, internet
Surveys
Conduct online survey with students
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
May 2014 (2nd semester)
Student survey, computer, internet

Surveys
Analyze and interpret data
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
June 2014 – July 2015
Short common assessment results, school records, meeting notes, anecdotal records, surveys, photographs of bulletin board items

Research findings report utilizing visual representations such as: graphs, charts, tables
Share results with administration and make recommendation
Patricia Vaughn,
Assistant Principal
August 2014 – September 2014
Research findings paper, schedule time for meeting, meeting location

Copy of findings for administration


Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Your Action Research Plan seemed to be on target.....I love the way you involve both students and teachers. I hope you get everyone's cooperation at your school and I know it will be a success! Very informative!

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  2. I really like your action research plan. It is very specific to what you will be doing. I also like your evaluation section, through them you will obtain important information for your plan.
    Please go to my blog and comment.Thanks for returning the favor.

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