Action Planning Template | ||||
Goal: To increase our commended rating on our economically disadvantaged subgroup for reading and math, grades 3-5. | ||||
Action Steps(s): | Person(s) Responsible: | Timeline: Start/End | Needed Resources | Evaluation |
1. Discuss Action Research topics with site supervisor. | Myself, Ron McCallon (Site Supervisor), and Dawn Randolph (Assistant Principal) | 2/28/11 – 3/4/11 | * School testing data * Internship Plan | Discussed and created Action Research topic and wonderings |
2. Look at the economically disadvantaged subgroup for reading and math benchmark scores grades 3-5. | Myself, Dawn Randolph (Assistant Principal), Kathy Owings (Coordinator of Assessment and Accountability) and Stephen Travis | 3/7/11 – 3/25/11 | * Benchmark comparison charts * AWARE benchmark data * Benchmark projection data * All data for reading & math benchmark 3, grades 3-5 | Narrow data down to economically disadvantaged subgroup and see the percentage of students that are commended |
3. Meet with teams of teachers on all 3 grade levels for both subjects to review data found in step 2. | Myself | 3/7/11 – 3/25/11 | * Data formulated from step 2. | Discuss student scores and which economically disadvantaged students have the possibility of making a commended score. |
4. Determine plan for teachers to implement from now until the TAKS test to increase confidence in identified groups of students. | Myself and Dawn Randolph (Assistant Principal) | 3/7/11 – 3/25/11 | * Research found on increasing confidence on low income students | Brainstorm ways to motivate this group of students. |
5. Implement motivational strategies discussed in step 4. Teachers will do this for their own kids and subject. | Myself and Dawn Randolph (Assistant Principal) | 3/21/11 – 4/22/11 | * Data presented to teachers on subgroup of students | Receive feedback from teachers about motivational breakout sessions with their students. |
6. Evaluate results of data analysis and motivational sessions with students | Myself and Dawn Randolph (Assistant Principal) | 5/16/11 – 5/27/11 | * TAKS scores from the state | Compare economically disadvantaged subgroup to previous year data to see if there is a difference. |
Template was received from the following source on page 85:
Harris, S., Edmonson, S., Combs, J. (2010). Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
Great job with the template! I am still in the process of finalizing it. I like that you gave yourself ample time to meet with the other teachers in order to discuss this issue. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteResponse from LaVaila Williams:
ReplyDeleteI like that you are using information from the benchmarks, as well as talking to the teachers. Teachers are the best resources for explaining data that pertains to their group of students. It is not just numbers on a paper, they bring meaning to the data. Way to go!
What kind of motivational strategies are you going to use?
ReplyDeleteAmy -
ReplyDeleteWe are planning on meeting with this group of students before school or during music or pe, and just spending some time with them. This might involve education things like vocabulary activities, games, verbal questionning strategies. We were also going to try setting goals for the students, as well as creating TAKS posters for the hallways. Do you have any other ideas that we could try?
Amy
ReplyDeleteI was at my 4th graders campus a couple of weeks ago and the music teachers were doing some really great activities to prepare for the writing TAKS. Your music teachers might be willing to do some activities to help ou also