Action Research Plan

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
List all students who are at risk.	Determine those at risk of being retained.	Report Cards/ Assessments/ At-Risk Cards	Classroom teacher/ Administration/ Researcher (Me)	Two Weeks April 1, 2012	Refer to List	Update each year
Clearly separate the two sets of students.	Divide the students into primary and secondary groups.	Grade Level Assignments	Researcher (Me)	Two Weeks April 1, 2012	Refer to list	Update each year
List all students in secondary group who are at risk.	Focus on secondary group.	Grade Level Assignments	Researcher (Me)	Two Weeks April 1, 2012	Refer to List	Update each year
List any findings regarding each student.	Determine underlying reasons for these students not being successful.	Teachers/ At-risk cards/ Special Education/ 504/ Attendance/ Age/ Learning Disabilities/ Emotional Disturbances/ Length in school	Classroom teacher/ Administration/ Researcher (Me)	Two Weeks April 1, 2012	Refer to List	Update each year
Weigh positives and negatives of retention.	Research social effects of retention.	Internet	Researcher (Me)	April 8, 2012	Refer to Research	Continue research as needed
Weigh positives and negatives of promotion.	Research social effects of promotion.	Internet	Researcher (Me)	April 8, 2012	Refer to Research	Continue research as needed
Develop lesson plans that reteach necessary areas to ensure success.	Base classroom instruction directly from assessments for reteaching purposes on most missed TEKS.	Assessments/ Curriculum/ TEKS	Classroom teacher/ Administration/ Researcher (Me)	Ongoing	District Benchmarks and Unit tests	After each assessment, reteach based on individualized needs
Have teachers who are highly trained to effectively determine the appropriate interventions.	Train teachers on multiple interventions.	District or School or Myself Internet	Classroom teacher/ Administration/ Researcher (Me)	Fall 2012	Provide List of Different Interventions	Train each year
Assess each students needs and apply appropriate interventions.	Develop interventions based on each student’s needs.	RTI/ IEP Internet	Classroom teacher/ Administration/ Researcher (Me)	Fall 2012	Develop IEPs	Update each year
Keep students from needing to be retained.	Implement interventions.	Internet RTI/ IEP	Classroom teacher/ Administration/ Researcher (Me)	Fall 2012	Refer to successes of each student	Update each year
Change elements that did not work, keep those that did work.	Determine results/ effectiveness.	Assessment results/ Report Card grades/ Promotion or Retention results	Researcher (Me)	End of Year 2012/2013	Change elements based on needs of students and groups	Update each year