Action Research Planning Template

Action Planning Template
Goal: To raise student attendance and the awareness of how attendance can affect student achievement.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Appoint student committee	Bryan Vardeman/ Student council members	May 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012	Collect Data from students over why attendance is low.	Students from each grade level agree to serve on committee
Appoint teacher committee	Bryan Vardeman/ Faculty members	May 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012	Meeting with each grade level and subject level team to delegate committee member.	Teachers from each grade level agree to serve on committee
Build Survey for student and teacher input on why attendance is so low.	Bryan Vardeman	May 1, 2012 – May 7, 2012	Survey builder	Survey ready for completion
Evaluate survey responses	Bryan Vardeman	May 14, 2012 – May 19, 2012	Completed survey information including data from interviews with students and faculty.	Compare/contrast surveys from both groups for common ground and counterpoints to be addressed.
Meet with each students and faculty	Bryan Vardeman/ Campus Administrator	May 21, 2012	-Survey results -data collected from interviews, -data from online research of other schools attendance	Come to an agreement on ways to boost attendance and achievement in the classroom.
Bring students/faculty together	Bryan Vardeman/ Campus Administrator	May 23, 2012	-Survey results -Discuss ways of raising attendance and rewarding good attendance.	Agreement on rewarding success for attendance.
Faculty meeting	Bryan Vardeman/ Campus Administrator	May 31, 2012	Report ways for boosting attendance awareness and how to implement strategies for success.	Acceptance for implementation in the 2012-13 school year
Evaluation	Bryan Vardeman/ Student/Faculty/ Campus Administrator	December 2012 May 2013	Data from 1st semester attendance and grade reports	-Decreased number of days absent from school and increased time in classroom. -student achievement reflects with attendance