Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
	Goal:  To investigate the effect of parental involvement and student achievement at Joseph Davies Elementary.
	Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
	1. Collaborate with site supervisor, assistant principal, about the low academic parental involvement and achievement with 4th   grade students.	Mrs. Snyder will meet and discuss problem with Mrs. Glapion	May 25, 2013	Look at this year’s iLEAP and LEAP scores.	We will analyze iLEAP and LEAP focus on student score and parental involvement.
	2. Research ways parental involvement is being used to engage and increase performance in elementary school students.	Mrs. Snyder will research information about improving engagement and achievement  by using parental involvement.	April 10, 2013 to August 10, 2013	Laptop	Gather information, read and reflect on how it can be applied to students at my campus.
	3. Survey parents on what activities would give them the most support for their child’s learning.	Mrs. Snyder will contact parents to take survey	August 19, 2013 to August 23, 2013	Create a survey through survey monkey or a paper-based survey if computer access is not available.	Collect and analyze information gathered from surveys.
	4. Interview parents to get feedback on how they feel about the implementation of a web page, workshops and newsletters.	Mrs. Snyder will interview parents of various tier groups.	August 30, 2013 to September 6, 2013	Create questions to interview parents and discuss what type of support they feel they need for their child to be successful.	Contact parents to see how many have logged onto class sight.
	5.  Discuss plan with site supervisor, and parents to get feedback on the pros and cons of methods used to increase parental involvement.	Mrs. Snyder will meet with site supervisor, and parents.	September 30, 2013	Copy of Action Research Plan	Document and summarize discussion, Analyze data
	6.  Implement parent workshops monthly.	Mrs. Snyder, Parents	September1, 2013 to April 10, 2014	Action Research Plan	Collect data of parent attendance.
	7.  Reflect on Action research plan to make certain all components are present.	Mrs. Snyder, Site Supervisor	November 28, 2013	Action Research Plan	Write -up, Reflection
	8. Present findings to administration	Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Glapion, Mrs. Schultz	May 20, 2014	3rd grade iLEAP scores and 4th grade LEAP scores	Collect and analyze data from test results.

Week 2 Reflection

As an educator now a-days there is so much pressure.  We are faced with less funds and all the accountability.  I find myself thinking how are we going to reach all these goal "people" set before us.  It can be a very overwhelming thing to think about and can make you feel just plain sick!  After week 2 of this course I am feeling better.  I am realizing that there are answers out there!  We need to stop and start wondering and inquiring about our problems.  We then can devise a plan to tackle the many hurdles we have in education.  I am learning just how important research is.  My eyes are seeing what research truly means and how to do it.  Thank you Dr. Abshire for opening my eyes!

How Educational Leaders Might Use Blogs

Blogs are an amazing resource for educational leaders.  Blogs are vehicles for networking and collaboration between professionals.  Blog also makes distance a non issue with networking.  Leaders from all over the world can discuss and share research with each other.  Through collaboration and networking you are able to think deeper and get many others input and recommendations.

Action Research Reflection

I have started studying action research this week.  It has been an eye opening process.  I am so excited to implement action research in my professional life.  Action research takes the research out of the outside researchers hands and puts it in the practitioners hands.  This allows the practitioner to be reflective and see things that he or she may not normally see.  Taking the time to step back, pose questions, network with other professional and look at data fosters continuous school and professional improvement.  I am excited to implement PLCs at my school.  We already have data meetings with the grade level and administration; I would like to try to make it more structured and meaningful.  I am going to meet with my site mentor to see if she would allow me to try to start a PLC with my grade level during the data team time.  I feel that my administrators vision for a data team is very similar to a PLC.  I feel strongly that if we implement protocols to ensure focus, and deliberate dialogue we will   have more meaningful meetings.  I am excited and vested in improving our meetings we already have.  I feel with a little  guidance and structure we are well on our way to becoming a "learning organization."