Action Planning Template

Goal: Using action research, observe ways to make an economically disadvantaged student successful academically. Action Step(s): Person(s) Timeline: Start/End Needed Resources Evaluation Responsible: Interview a sample Sample set of August - October Set time with Conduct follow up set of students to students 2013 students and a interviews with determine Howard Savell relaxed Mrs. Bennington to successful and Carol Bennington, environment monitor any change unsuccessful School Counselor in possible strategies in strategies to foster classroom settings student success and adress any possible outside factors that might contribute to success or failure

Interview previous Previous Core core teachers from Teachers the junior high of Howard Savell these students to see what strategies were successful or detrimental to student learning

August - October 2013

Set time to interview these teachers, Email

Determine to see if certain strategies are being implemented universally.

Monitor student progress throughout the academic year to see if these students are understanding the conceptual basis of their TEKs

Amy Flippin, Asst Principal Howard Savell Carol Bennington, School Counselor

2013-2014 Academic Year

Eduphoria, Heat maps, Benchmark and Assessment Data

Pick out the three lowest scoring TEKs from each student and monitor if these students are improving upon their understanding of the subject matter

Compare data compiled on the 4 sample students with the data on all economically disadvantaged students district wide Compare data compiled on the 4 sample with data at school districts across Texas

Lorie Payne, August - December Curriculum Director 2013 Howard Savell Carol Bennington, School Counselor

Eduphoria, Heat maps, Benchmark and Assessment Data

Compare the data across the high school campus to see if my sample group struggles with the same issues academically

Lorie Payne, January - February Curriculum Director 2014 Howard Savell Carol Bennington, School Counselor

Eduphoria, TEA Studies, Previous School Year's STAAR Assessments

Compare the data across multiple districts to see if my sample students are unique in their struggles compared to other groups across Texas

Determine if student success has been achieved during the 20132014 school year and what those strategies involved were in aiding student success

Lorie Payne, 2013-2014 Curriculum Director Academic Year Howard Savell Carol Bennington, School Counselor Richard Holloway, High School Principal

Eduphoria, STAAR Results

Discover the results and techniques used in the classroom that deemed the sample students year an academic success