Action Research Plan--Revised

The only changes made to my action research plan were dates of assements.  We chose to extend the date in order to have more valis data.

Action Research Plan

Goal:  Develop a one-on-one mentoring program focusing on meeting the psychosocial/emotional needs of our struggling students in order to benefit our academic performance.

 ____- Changes made to original action research plan

Goals and objectives/outcomes of the research investigation	Activities designed to achieve the objectives	Resources and research tools needed for data gathering	Draft timeline for completion or implementation of activities	Persons responsible for implementation of the action research plan	Process for monitoring the achievement of goals and objectives	Assessment instrument(s) to evaluate the effectiveness of the action research study
Recruit mentors for struggling students	Recruit community member to serve as mentors to struggling students.	Fliers, letters, instruction	November 2010	Administrators, Instructional Specialist, Counselor, Community members	Number of mentors recruited	Survey of recruitment activity effectiveness
Identification of students to be mentored	Data analysis	INOVA Data, HOSTS 3rd grade mentoring Data, teacher questionnaires and observations	December 2010	3rd and 4th Grade teachers, HOSTS administrators, Campus Administrators, Instructional Specialist and Counselor	Monitor student achievement through district and state assessments; monitor students behavioral referrals	Teacher surveys, District benchmarks and state assessments, behavioral referrals
Assign students to community mentor	Questionnaires	Student and Mentor Questionnaires	January 2011	Community mentors, Campus Administrators, Counselor, Instructional Specialist, students, 4th grade teachers	Ongoing interviews and questionnaires	Ongoing surveys and interviews with students and mentors evaluating progress in the relationship
Identify academic improvement based on psychosocial/emotional intervention provide by one-on-one mentor	District and State assessments, behavioral office referrals	TAKS tests, district benchmarks, office behavioral referrals, report cards	August 2011 &  August 2012	Camp Campus Administrators, Counselor, Instructional Specialist, students, 4th grade teachers	TAKS tests, district benchmarks, office behavioral referrals, report cards	2011 INOVA data, TAKS performance, Number of office referrals, content area grades(report card)