Action Research Plan

Well, let me just say this ended up being a little easier than I thought.  Action Research is not a difficult process, it was just difficult getting started on the actual template plan itself.  I hope that by conducting my research I am able, with assistance from my PLC group, able to serve the needs of a variety of learners.  I hope to be able to identify a variety of strategies, from the teachers that are in the classes implementing them, and place them into a format that is easily readable and helpful to other teachers once my research is done.  I know it will have its moments where it doesn't seem to be taking the direction I hoped, but that is the beauty of research.  It can change, and so can we as educators for the sake of the kids we are trying to reach and teach.   Any feedback is greatly appreciated. 

Action Planning Template
Goal:  What are the most effective high yield intervention strategies for struggling learners? What aspects affect outcome?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Gather data from Eduphoria on readiness standards strengths and weaknesses.	C. Stidham J. Hatten	August 20, 2013-June 1, 2014	Eduphoria reports	Analyze the data to present to the PLC so that we can as a group determine the students that are considered struggling learners.
Share purpose of the action research plan with the Special Ed PLC	C. Stidham	August 20-2013-September 1, 2013	Action Plan	Discuss the purpose of the action plan, and seek feedback and input from all persons involved in carrying out the steps.
Identify students that are struggling learners.	C. Stidham Special Education PLC	August 20, 2013-September 30, 2013	Eduphoria data/reports Class Grades Benchmarks	After meeting as a PLC, we will create a list of students that need interventions.
Meet with PLC co-teachers to discuss interventions used in the general education classes on weekly basis.	C. Stidham Special Education co-teachers	August 20, 2013-June 1, 2014	Journal logs from each co-teacher, classroom data, student grades, benchmark information	Review information to discuss progress of the targeted students.
Research effective intervention strategies from Professional sources.	C. Stidham	August 20, 2013-June 1, 2014	Internet access, paper, printer	Select a variety of articles to print from the web and present to the Special Ed PLC.
Present a staff development to the PLC on different intervention strategies I have researched.	C. Stidham J. Hatten	August 20, 2013-May 1, 2014	Special Ed PLC, printed materials to hand out to my group	Present information form articles and or videos on different intervention strategies that have proven successful in other educational sites.
Send out general education teacher questionnaire to teacher of identified struggling learners each 6 weeks.	C. Stidham J. Hatten	August 20, 2013-June 1, 2014	General Ed Teachers, Co-Teachers, Teacher Questionnaire	Create a questionnaire, use the information from each to gather qualitative data on effective strategies used in the different classrooms.
Review questionnaires with the Special Ed PLC groups.	C. Stidham J. Hatten Special Education PLC	August 20, 2013-June 1, 2014	Teacher questionnaires, PLC time	Review the information from each questionnaire, determine what strategies were successful and unsuccessful.
Review students grades each 6 weeks, and campus failure reports every 3 weeks.	C. Stidham J. Hatten Special Ed PLC	August 20, 2013-June 1, 2014	Skyward reports.	Chart each of the identified student’s grades and determine if the strategies being used are beneficial to the student individually.
Analyze the information gained through the research process.	C. Stidham	May 1, 2014-May 25, 2014	Data and questionnaires collected, as well as notes taken from the PLC meetings.	Develop a summary of my findings.
Present my information to the team, and administrative staff.	C. Stidham	June 1, 2014	Summary of my findings and report.  PLC Team, and Administrators	Present my Action Research Report to the respective persons listed.  Perform a powerpoint presentation to highlight my findings.