Action Research Plan Outline Form

After comparing my plan and the example I have decided to turn it into more of an outline form of which is used in the example. SETTING THE FOUNDATION— Through collaboration with fellow teachers, teaching assistants, and our campus administration our school has decided that increasing parental support at academic and informational meetings held during and after school is at a critical need at the pre-kindergarten level. ANALYZING DATA— I plan to use surveys at the beginning, monthly, and end of the year to continue to analyze the effectiveness of this research. I also plan to keep an eye on sign in sheets for various academic events held during and after school. I will also look up current / past research projects for increasing parental involvement to find ways and try to implement them at my current level taking note of what works or does not work. DEVELOPING DEEPER UNDERSTANDING— I plan to use the interviews of my colleagues, parent focus group and general observation to monitor the progress of this research project. The documents that I will use to develop a deeper understanding are the sign in sheets and surveys collected throughout the process. ENGAGE IN SELF-REFLECTION— Are my goals realistic for a year time frame? How much cooperation / support can I expect from my colleagues and parent focus group. Have I covered all areas and kept my eye on the target; which is increasing parental support at academic and information activities held at the campus during and after school? EXPLORING PROGRAMMATIC PATTERNS— Make sure to have regular meetings with site supervisor to go over findings and discuss impact of solutions proposed and determine where to make changes or keep going in instances of success. Make sure to listen to colleagues and parents in the hallways and out in the community for impacts of research and be willing to make adjustments when necessary. DETERMINING DIRECTION— a.     Are you clear on what you are attempting to solve? Yes, I believe that I am clear: I am attempting to increase parental involvement at academic / information sessions held during and after school hours. b.     Have you adequately addressed the skills and resources questions? I believe that I have, but this is something that I will need to keep an eye on throughout the research project. c.      Have you established a collaborative approach to the issue? I believe through the established committee at the school with fellow faculty and the proposed parent panel that I have established a collaborative approach. d.     Are your timelines realistic? Yes, I believe that a year is sufficient to begin to increase involvement, although I think that this is something that can continue to improve even if I am successful this year there will be a new batch of parents coming through who have different needs and the plan will require adjustments. e.     Do you have a reasonable plan to monitor the project? I feel that I do with a parent panel of 20 and the current faculty committee put in place at our campus. I also plan to have surveys at the beginning and end as well as monthly throughout the project. f.       Do you have a reasonable plan for determining the level of success? I feel that if I can get more than 20 parents out of 400 students to participate in events at school through the year that I will consider this plan successful. g.     How will you revise and improve the plan based on monitoring and evaluation? Through the monthly meetings of faculty and parent panel I will make adjustments according the consensus of the group and through meetings with my site supervisor and other administration. TAKING ACTION FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Again, the staff parental involvement committee and the parent panel will be the committees that I will work to form to assist me with my action research project. SUSTAIN IMPROVEMENT I hope to find ideas and implement improvement that could be carried out from year to year with only minor tweaking due to the change of parent base. I also hope to develop online tools through the district website which could easily be used from year to year. I will make sure to do my reflections on my blog to share with my fellow colleagues.