Mickie's Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: How can we help increase the standardized test scores for Math and Reading of our low socio-economic population of 4th and 5th grade students? When programs are implemented to increase their scores will those that had behavioral concerns also come out having improved behavior also? Objectives/ Outcomes: Increase state standardized test scores for 15-20 students qualifying as low socio economic population of 4th and 5th grade students in Reading and Math. Decrease negative behaviors for these same students listed above that have behavioral concerns that result in office referrals or in/out of school suspension for the low socio economic population of 4th and 5th grade students.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Present the Action Research Plan to staff members (8-10) that are interested in being involved in working with this group of students.	Mickie Long	August 23, 2013	·         Smart Board ·         Agenda Handouts ·         Power Point ·         Feedback survey	Feedback survey from the meeting
Compile a list of low socio economic students and decide which ones should be in the program	Mickie Long Jana Needham (Principal) Amy Carranza (Assistant Principal) Stacey Everson (Assistant Principal) Michelle Kolb (Guidance Counselor)	August 19, 2013-September 6, 2013	·         School demographic information	Data analysis
Compile list of their STAAR result for Math and Reading from previous year Compile a list of office referrals or suspensions	Mickie Long Amy Carranza (Assistant Principal) Stacey Everson (Assistant Principal)	September 9, 2013- September 13, 2013	·         Student test results ·         Student office referral and suspension lists	Data analysis
Begin book study on A Framework for Understanding Poverty	Mickie Long, committee members, and other staff that would like to attend	September 9, 2013-October 14, 2013 (1 time per week)	·         Ruby Payne books	Discuss book and how we can use some of the strategies to help our student group
Meet with committee members during week and discuss plans we will implement, who has what group of students, and other ideas they may have	Mickie Long, committee members	September 16, 2013- September 20, 2013	·         Smart board ·         Handouts of ideas of activities to do	Analyze how productive the meeting was and what was accomplished
Send parent permission letter home of students involved explaining activities there child will be involved and who their mentor is	Mickie Long, committee members	September 20, 2013	·         Parent permission letter	Parent response
Meet with committee members and discuss progress, concerns, analyze, academic and behavioral data	Mickie Long, committee members	September 30, 2013 and then every other week through December 2013 Meet monthly from January 2014-June 2014	·         Behavior data ·         Academic data	Data analysis of STAAR results, office referrals, suspension, teacher surveys
Parent training classes	Mickie Long, District Personnel involved with parent training classes	October 2013- June 2014 Meet every other month topics such as: how to make your child more successful, how to help academically, how to help behaviorally, etc	·         District person ·         Smart board ·         Handouts ·         Snacks ·         Free child care ·         Parent survey	Parent survey on class
Analyze results of research plan	Mickie  Long, committee members	June 2014	·         PowerPoint ·         Data	Data analysis of STAAR results, office referrals, suspensions
Present results to Administrative Team and committee	Mickie Long	June 2014	·         PowerPoint ·         Data	Data analysis of STAAR results, office referrals, suspensions