Action Plan Template Week 3

Action Planning Template
Goal: Hopper will offer a curriculum and deliver instruction that will meet the needs of all students and state requirements.
Action Steps(s):
Increase teachers’ knowledge of mathematics content to facilitate their making connections between and among strands of math TEKS
Person(s) Responsible:
Director of Instruction (DI), Curriculum coaches, Team leaders, classroom teachers
Timeline:
Every 6 weeks
Needed Resources
TEKS, Textbooks, Conference of the Advancement of Mathematics Teachers/$150 pp, District Share Sessions/$0
Evaluation
Walk-throughs, Evaluation of Lesson plans, Engaging Instructional Activities, Monitored Reflections

Action Steps(s):
Find and use additional instructional time(eg extra periods, before and after school tutorials, Saturday camps, Summer Institutions)
Person(s) Responsible:
Principal, DI, Teachers, Curriculum Coaches
Timeline:
May 2009-May 2010
Needed Resources
After school$25/hr/teacher-once a week x 36 weeks
Saturday Camps monthly (4hours)=$900
Evaluation
Monitor SFA results (at risk)
Student benchmark scores (at risk)
TAKS results (subgroups)


Action Steps(s):
Differentiate Instruction in Mathematics
Person(s) Responsible:
Teacher, ASCD Coaches,Principal, DI, Academic Achievement Specialist, Curriculum Coach
Timeline:
Daily
Needed Resources
$550/teacher
Evaluation
Observe Planning
Monitor Instruction and Activities
Teachers Feedback


Action Steps(s):
Build Relationships with students
Person(s) Responsible:
Teachers, Curriculum Coaches, Parents
Timeline:
Daily
Needed Resources
Multiple Intelligences/ learning styles and preferences
Inventories, Personal Conversations
Evaluation
Completed Surveys
Documentation of Use
Student feedback

Week 2-Real Life Action Research

Reflection: I agree with Dr.Kirk Lewis, teachers and administrators should be interested in the research and able to use the data for meaningful change to improve student learning and instruction. We should use qualitative and quantitative data together to discover the whole picture. Sharing the results are just as vital as obtaining them because if the data shows improvement, I believe we should encourage them to provide their peers with feedback from any research or strategies they choose to use because of the data. This could be done in a staff development by allowing the teachers to view the data and the teacher provide them with how she disaggregated the data and used the tools to fit her classroom instruction and ultimately how the research benefited and improved student performance. The other teachers will find this more meaningful and ready to use than reading an article or theory.

Week 1 Action Research

Action research will help me understand my leadership practice more fully. Action research can provide inquiry and collaboration at a deeper level with educators, leaders, and other administrators, while developing specific plans and putting them into practice. Action research has many challenges but the rewards of the findings from the data are invaluable. In participating in the process of observing, reflecting, re-planning, and re-acting, I believe will stretch and grow my knowledge as a leader and my staff, learning more about my role as an educator, and developing a more detailed understanding of who I am. Administrative inquiry is intentional investigating in a systematic way by examing data, asking questions, based on logical reasoning, and requesting more information. Administrative inquiry is employed by asking and focusing on questions. It is an adaptation of teacher action research. In Administrative inquiry the practioner is a storyteller and the researcher is an insider of the school. The process is cylical and continuous. The source of the questions come from the prinicipal thereby making the solutions relevant to the specific needs of the school’s staff and students. The questions are focused on providing insight into an administrator’s own practice in an effort to make change and improve the school performance. (Dana, 1964).

PART II-BLOGS
Blogs give access to more people, businesses and educational institutions all over the world. This technology tool is also a source of communication with parents, staff, and students. It’s more flexible because people can stay informed when convenient for them. Blogging can be used like a journal entry and allow for feedbacks and comments that could be beneficial and not otherwise able to reach in person.

Novice Blogger

I will be attempting to post blogs for educational purposes! I am not sure what to do or where to begin or if I am doing this right! Time will certainly tell. Any advice?