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Action Planning Template
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Goal:
To determine the effect of changing a teacher’s assignment on teacher
motivation and on student success
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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1. Determine which teachers’ assignments have
been changed from the 2011-2012.
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Hector Esquivel,
Academic Dean 9th Grade Academy
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Start: 12-10-12
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Master schedule for
2011-2012
Master schedule for
2012-2013
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From the master
schedules, a spreadsheet will be made to show teachers’ assignments that have
been changed and which have not.
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2. Create and send a letter to teachers to
determine those that will participate in the action research study.
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Eric Pawkett
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Start: 12-21-12
End: 1-7-13
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School e-mail system
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Determine the number
of participants of both teachers that have stayed the same and changed. All departments should be represented.
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3. Create and analyze a survey of study
participants for current level of satisfaction and motivation.
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Eric Pawkett
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Start: 1-7-12
End: 1-18-13
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School e-mail system
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Determine current
levels of satisfaction and motivation.
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4. Analyze teacher benchmark and standardized
test results from 2011-2012.
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Hector Esquivel
Eric Pawkett
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Start: 1-14-13
End: 1-25-13
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Eduphoria! (Data
system)
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11/12
Common Benchmark Results
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11/12
STAAR and TAKS Results
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Determine the level of
student success.
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5. Analyze benchmark results from 2012-2013 to
determine changes in student success.
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Eric Pawkett
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Start: 3-22-13
End: 4-1-13
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Eduphoria! (Data
system)
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12/13
Common Benchmark Results
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Determine the level of
student success on teacher and department created benchmarks.
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6. Create and analyze a 2nd survey
of study participants for current level of satisfaction and motivation.
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Eric Pawkett
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Start: 5-20-13
End: 5-31-13
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School e-mail system
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Determine change in
levels of satisfaction and motivation at the end of the year.
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7. Analyze teacher benchmark and standardized
test results from 2011-2012.
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Hector Esquivel
Eric Pawkett
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Start: 6-10-13
End: 6-28-13
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Eduphoria! (Data
system)
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12/13
Common Benchmark Results
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12/13
STAAR and TAKS Results
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Determine the change
in the level of student success.
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8. Create and analyze a survey of study
participants for level of satisfaction and motivation for new assignments.
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Eric Pawkett
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Start: 8-26-13
End: 9-13-13
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School e-mail system
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Draw conclusions and
make recommendations based on participant survey results and student
achievement results.
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Format based on Tool 7.1
from Examining What We Do to Improve Our
Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and
Combs, 2010)
Eric, your plan is very detailed and I appreciate the topic. Some teachers have in their mind which grade level and/or subject they want to teach, and they may become discouraged or less motivated if they are unable to acquire or remain in their preferred assignment. I'm interested to see how heavy or light the educator's motivation plays into student success. This correlation could be great information for future leaders to consider when they initially arrive on a campus and want to begin making staff assignment changes. This next suggestion may be another research topic for another time, but I also wonder what the student perspective is: do they realize when a teacher is unhappy in a teaching assignment and what difference does it make on their overall feeling about the class?
ReplyDeleteEric, I like this action research topic, and I am very interested in the results. Would it be possible for you to conduct teacher interviews, as well as email surveys? I think you might have a better participation rate, and be able to get more detailed responses, if you had some personal conversations with the participants, as long as you could assure them of strict confidentiality.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Janet. Also, don't forget that teachers dig Jeans Day, so maybe you can get with your administrator to see if he will agree to allow you to offer a Jeans Day to teachers if they volunteer to participate in your research. You might ask if you can offer a Jeans Day to the teachers each time they complete a survey as well. You may get a strong initial participation, but you want to be able to offer the additional Jeans Days so that they continue to complete your surveys....just a thought.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very interesting idea for a research topic. As a middle school teacher I am certified to teach only two subjects, so there isn't a lot of changing allowed. Are you in an elementary school? I like Janet's idea about the interviews. This could definitely get you more insight than just a survey. I guess my quesiton is this: Will you be researching all the teachers in your school only (how many do you have?), or will you be trying to gain access to all teachers in your school district. I'm from a rural area with not a very big teacher pool. Just curious.......
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies! I didn't think about interviewing as a way to go more in depth.
ReplyDeletePam - I work at a high school. With Texas Certifications, Math and English only offer composites for secondary. But Science and Social Studies have composite and more specific ones. Therefore, the ones with composite are more likely to be moved around than the ones with the more restrictive certifications. Our department chairs are now looking to only hire composite certification holders, though...
Eric, please follow me at catharinejames.blogspot.com. Thanks.
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