Research Action Plan

The goals of this action research project are:

• To improve the performance of economically disadvantaged students on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
  
• To facilitate economically disadvantaged students in developing the skills necessary to become successful learners
  
• To encourage teachers to reflect on their attitudes concerning the efficacy of medications and interventions for economically disadvantaged students
  

Research Action Plan

ACTION STEPS	PERSON RESPONSIBLE	TIMELINE START/STOP	NEEDED RESOURCES	EVALUATION
Obtain approval for campus research project	Building principal, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum	January of the school year preceding the study	Research proposal, action plan time line	Approval to conduct research
Recruit and obtain background checks community volunteers, create database of volunteers	Local community faith based and service organizations	January as soon as research proposal is approved	Volunteer criminal background check forms, volunteer guideline packets	Volunteer database created
Obtain approval for monthly professional learning community meetings during instructional time and substitutes	Building principal	January of the school year preceding the study	Research proposal, action plan time line	Approval for meeting dates
Solicit teachers for participation in research project	Building principal/assistant principal   Teacher conducting research	May of the school year preceding the study	Copies of research proposal	At least two teachers will be recruited to participate
Obtain approval for 12 hrs summer in-service hours for participating teachers	Building principal/assistant principal   Teacher conducting research	May of the school year preceding the study	Copies of research proposal	Approval for in-service from curriculum director
12 hrs summer in-service hours for participating teachers (Needs of under-resourced learners, professional learning communities, and working with community volunteers)	Teacher conducting research Service center specialist Participating teachers	Summer preceding research year	A Frame work for Understanding Poverty (Payne, 1995) Under-resourced Learners: 8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement (Payne, 2008)	In-service feedback/ reflection forms
Monthly learning community meetings	Teacher conducting research Participating teachers	Begin August tear of study/ end May year of study	Eduphoria! School Objects: AwareTM (2004) data disaggregation software (Disaggregation of student bench mark data, and TAKS results)	TAKS data improvement for economically disadvantaged students
Disaggregation of data from research study	Teacher conducting research Participating teachers	May, after results from TAKS released	Eduphoria! School Objects: AwareTM (2004) data disaggregation software	TAKS data improvement for economically disadvantaged students
Presentation of research project results	Teacher conducting research Participating teachers	August in-service prior to year subsequent of study	Data disaggregation presentation from study	TAKS data improvement for economically disadvantaged students

 

Tool 7.1 Action Planning Template (Harris, Edmonson, & Combs, 2010, p. 85)