Action Research Course

During this course, I learned that your action research should be practical. In that sense that the data or results should be something useful to everyone participating in the action research. I want to focus on implementing new changes that may occur from the results of the action research because change is something difficult to implement in certain settings. By looking at how my principal apply changes on campus and becoming more hands on with more campus task will increase my knowledge  in certain areas. It will also allow me to become more familiar with particular tasks.

Improving student performance using current district materials

SCHOOL VISION: School Improvement Project to increase student performance for STAAR

GOAL:  To increase academic performance by using district educational plans to improve results

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
Create a general breakdown of policy and educational plan	Review board policy and assess degree of compliance with board policy and educational plan.	Board Policy and Education Plan	Teachers, Assistant Principal and Principal	1st week prior to school starting	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Break curriculum in 9 weeks and analyze material needing to be covered in each 9 weeks.	Discuss curriculum and assessment of student achievement with administrators and faculty.	Austin ISD Curriculum and District assessment	Teachers, Assistant Principal and Principal	1st week of school starting	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Analyze data and chart problem areas	Evaluate last year short cycle results and data.	Last year scores and data	Teachers, Assistant Principal and Principal	2nd week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Lesson plans should be created aligned with the curriculum	Team planning among grade level teachers (3rd – 5th)	Austin Curriculum	Teachers	3rd week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Student performance should be monitored	Lesson plans to be implemented into the classroom	Teacher created materials and lesson plans	Teachers and students	4th week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Student performance should be monitored	Teachers work on creating engaging activities for students	Teacher created materials and lesson plans	Teachers and students	5th week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Potential issues should be noted and analyzed to be fixed	Teachers discuss how students are grasping the information and discuss how to fix or reteach material	Student’s data and performance	Teachers	6th week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Teacher is able to address student needs based off of monitoring	Teacher to analyze students data and continue to monitor student performance	Student’s data and performance	Teachers and students	7th week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment
Teacher preps students for taking a timed test and ensure students are ready for assessment	Prepare students to practice taking short cycle assessment to prep them for STAAR.	Test prep materials, Review materials	Teachers and students	8th week of school	AISD Short Cycle 9th week assessment