AR Proposal Form

Action Research Proposal Form

Fort Bend ISD has an exciting program to engage the intellect and discover the most effective professional practices of our teachers and administrators in a wide variety of areas. Individuals or teams (up to five people) may submit action research proposals on any topic, provided that the focus of the project includes student achievement and professional practices. All grade levels, all programs, and all subjects will be considered. The definition of student achievement may include state assessments but may also include district, school, and teacher-created assessments. Instructions: Please either copy and paste this form into the body of an email or attach the file to submit the information electronically to the following email address: Yuping.Anselm@fortbend.k12.tx.us Please type or print. Please fill in information below and add spaces as needed. Part I. Contact Information 1. Primary contact: Name: ______________________ School or Department: ___________________ Job Title: _____________________________________ Telephone No: _________________Email : _______________________________ 2. Additional Team Members: Name: ______________________ School or Department: ___________________ Job Title: _____________________________________ Telephone No: _________________Email : _______________________________ Name: ___________________School or Department: _____________________ Job Title: _____________________________________ Telephone No: __________________Email : _______________________________ Name: ___________________School or Department: _____________________ Job Title: _____________________________________ Telephone No: _________________Email : _______________________________ Name: ___________________School or Department: _____________________ Job Title: _____________________________________ Telephone No: _________________Email : _______________________________

Adapted from the Reframing Teacher Leadership to Improve Your School book by Douglas B. Reeves

AR Proposal Form Part II. Research Questions What question will your action research project consider? Please note that an effective research project must include specific references to student achievement and professional practices. We encourage creativity from a broad range of fields and grade levels.

Part III. Student Population to be Observed Grade levels: _________ Special characteristics, if any: _ _______________________ Subjects: _ _______________________ Additional information about the student population:

Part IV. Data Sources (student achievement or others) to Be Gathered (Please show the data sources used to answer each research question. i.e. Research question 1: students semester grade, TAKS scale score, etc. Research question 2: rubric-rating teacher observations, etc.) Please briefly explain your rationale for using the particular data sources to answer each research question.

Adapted from the Reframing Teacher Leadership to Improve Your School book by Douglas B. Reeves

AR Proposal Form Part V. Professional Practices to Be Observed Please specify your instructional strategy or professional practice you are going to use for your action research project. Please describe in details what the instructional strategy will do and your rationale of using it.

Part VI. Additional Information Here please provide any additional information about your project and yourself. Please list your years of teaching experience, research experience (in details), and describe why you are interested in this topic.

Adapted from the Reframing Teacher Leadership to Improve Your School book by Douglas B. Reeves

AR Proposal Form Part VII. Support, Permission, or Resources Required Is your principal/supervisor aware of your project? Yes/No (Please circle/highlight one). Please list any special administrative support and resources required in order to complete this project. If there is none, please put n/a here.

Adapted from the Reframing Teacher Leadership to Improve Your School book by Douglas B. Reeves