Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal(s): Teachers will learn effective strategies and interventions to use with students that have free or reduced lunches. Parental Involvement in this area will increase.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Analyze data of students with free and reduced lunches to determine specific areas of weakness in literacy.	Amelia Galloway Assistant Principal Title One Facilitator	January 2011- May 2011	Benchmark Data DRA assessments	Evaluate DRA and benchmark data
Use a variety of research based interventions to determine which are most effective based on data collected	Amelia Galloway Assistant Principal Title One Facilitator	January 2011- May 2011	Variety of literacy intervention sources Previous research on these interventions Collect Data	Use collected data to determine which interventions were the most effective.
Provide opportunities for the school to come together as a whole to support students with free or reduced lunches and increase their scores	School Staff Members	January 2011- May 2011	Interview teachers about how they can work together to support students Interview students about how teachers can support them in their learning	Use the interviews to decide on ways to involve the entire school in assisting students with low literacy scores. Evaluate the effectiveness
Interview the Title One Facilitator at our school to discuss ways to increase parental involvement in free or reduced students’ families.	Amelia Galloway and Title One Facilitator	January 2011	How are Title One monies used to support these students in literacy?	Evaluate the way monies are spent to ensure that we are providing the most support possible for these struggling students.
Parent Night that focuses on educating parents on literacy tools they can use at home with their children.	Amelia Galloway Guidance Counselors	March 2011	Parent Surveys that highlight areas of need Place for the meeting Meeting agenda What speakers can we have?	Evaluate the effectiveness of this parent night by using exit slips for parents.