Last Week

When I saw a class called Research, I thought that this was going to be a class where I had to go a lot to the library to do research about a topic. For my surprise, this class was about opening your eyes and ears to have wonderings and questions about your school. It taught me how to question, analyze data, understand the problem, self-reflect, explore patterns, determine a plan, take action, and sustain improvement (Harris, 1946). It was very interesting to “mix” a real world problem with research. Now I am just starting with the process but so far, it has been very fascinating to be able to have a plan to affect something.

Action Research Plan - Revised

SCHOOL VISION:

Excellence and Equity for all.

GOAL:

The goal of this action research is to improve math results and close the gaps.

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
1. Selection of one action research	Meet with Mrs. Willet to determine the best action research at this point	TAKS data	Mrs. Willett Mrs. P. Diaz	Dec. 2011
2. Selection of best teachers qualified to teach in Saturday School	Analyze teachers’ performance with TAKS results 3rd grade: results 4rd – 5th grade: improvement on TAKS results	Previous TAKS data	Mrs. Willett Mrs. P. Diaz	Jan 2012	Testing Room
2. Selection of students	3rd grade: create a test to analyze students’ knowledge 4th – 5th grade: analyze students’ performance	Previous TAKS data	Mrs. Willett Mrs. P Diaz	Jan 2012	AMI students in 3rd grade
3. Deeper understanding	Analyze good practices for math at same characteristic schools with recognized or exemplary math	Interviews	Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing	Analysis of interviews T. Haley Sat. School	Modify according to suggestions
4. Self-Reflection	What resources do we need to achieve the goal? Do we have enough resources?	Mrs. Willett	Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing	Mrs. Willett incremented the budget for Sat. School	Modify according to reflections
5. Programmatic Patterns	Join the team to plan with with Mrs. Willet and Mrs. Geedy to discuss the implementation of Saturday School		Mrs. Willett Mrs. Geedy Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing		Modify according to conversations
6. Delivery of instruction	Using the data, analyze the gaps and plan the instruction	Results of assessment (ongoing)	Mrs. Willett Mrs. Geedy Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing (to be determined)	Progress assessments	Modify the instruction
6 and 7 Assessments	Use/create progress assessment s to calculate progress	Released TAKS / Envision / CSCOPE / Created tests / Released STAAR tests	Mrs. Willett Mrs. Geedy Mrs. P. Diaz	Ongoing (to be determined)	Progress assessments	Modify the instruction
7. Summative report	Write a summative report showing results of the action plan	·         Assessments ·         The ideal resource would be STAAR results but we will have a “real” STAAR on 2013 and it will be to late for this action research	Mrs. P. Diaz	End of this action research
8. Sustain improvement	Keep sharing the positive results with teachers and colleagues	Assessments	Mrs. P. Diaz	Ongoing (to be determined)		Modify the instruction

Action Research Plan

SCHOOL VISION:

Excellence and Equity for all.

GOAL:

The goal of this action research is to improve math results and close the gaps.

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
1. Selection of one action research	Meet with Mrs. Willet to determine the best action research at this point	TAKS data	Mrs. Willett Mrs. P. Diaz	Dec. 2011
2. Selection of best teachers qualified to teach in Saturday School	Analyze teachers’ performance with TAKS results 3rd grade: results 4rd – 5th grade: improvement on TAKS results	TAKS data	Mrs. Willett Mrs. P. Diaz	Jan 2012
2. Selection of students	3rd grade: create a test to analyze students’ knowledge 4th – 5th grade: analyze students’ performance	TAKS data	Mrs. Willett Mrs. P Diaz	Jan 2012	Create an assessment for 3rd grade students to determine level
3. Deeper understanding	Analyze good practices for math at same characteristic schools with recognized or exemplary math	Interviews	Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing	Analysis of interviews	Modify according to suggestions
4. Self-Reflection	What resources do we need to achieve the goal? Do we have enough resources?	Mrs. Willett	Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing		Modify according to reflections
5. Programmatic Patterns	Talk with Mrs. Willet and Mrs. Geedy to discuss the implementation of Saturday School		Mrs. Willett Mrs. Geedy Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing		Modify according to conversations
6. Delivery of instruction	Using the data, analyze the gaps and plan the instruction	Results of assessment (ongoing)	Mrs. Willett Mrs. Geedy Mrs. P Diaz	Ongoing (at the end of each CSCOPE unit)	Cumulative assessments	Modify the instruction and selection of students according to results
6 and 7 Assessments	Use/create cumulative assessment s to calculate progress	Released TAKS / Envision / CSCOPE / Created tests	Mrs. Willett Mrs. Geedy Mrs. P. Diaz	Ongoing (at the end of each CSCOPE unit)	Cumulative assessments	Modify the instruction and selection of students according to results
7. Summative report	Write a summative report showing results of the action plan	·         Assessments ·         The ideal resource would be STAAR results but we will have a “real” STAAR on 2013 and it will be to late for this action research	Mrs. P. Diaz	End of this action research
8. Sustain improvement	Keep sharing the positive results with teachers and colleagues	Assessments	Mrs. P. Diaz	Ongoing (at the end of each CSCOPE unit)		Modify the instruction and selection of students according to results