Action Plan

My principal is new to my campus this year, so he is hesitant to let go of leadership opportunities. I have not yet got a good feel for him. Some days he is willing to talk and share, the next his mind is somewhere else. I can imaging that the job of a principal can be very demanding. He is a great administrator by book definition, but his weakness is in being supportive. I knew my internship might be challenging, so in an effort to beat the crunch at the end of this course, I read ahead in the course work to see what we were being asked to do long term. I had a feeling that my principal would be hesitant to give up any responsibly, so I worked at getting in where I could. When the principal shared with the faculty that he was going to put together a team to address concerns over course surveys, I jumped at the opportunity to take this off his plate and use this campus concern as my first action research item. Surprisingly, he agreed, but he stipulated that I had to provide him with a draft of my suggested new course surveys by the middle of March and then complete the process by the end of March. As I have been learning more about Action Research in this course, I have been working on my first action research plan. This hasn't been ideal for me, and I am sure it is not ideal for the course, but life does not always present us with ideal situations and I have taken a risk that I am hoping will pay off when this first item has demonstrated to my principal that he can let go and allow me do more work like this throughout my internship. Below, you will see my plan. Most of these items have already been completed as you will see in the timeline. I will provide the original and revised anonymous surveys for you to see when I hear back form my campus principal.

SCHOOL VISION:

Provide academic excellence by actively engaging all students in a personally challenging curriculum that is developmentally responsive and socially equitable.

GOAL: Develop a student course survey and a parent course survey that encourages student and parent participation, in collaboration with teachers, to develop learning opportunities that are engaging, personally challenging, and relevant that lead to improving student performance.

ACTION STEP(S)	PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE	TIME LINE START/END	NEEDED RESOURCES	EVALUATION
INTERVIEW ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE PURPPOSE OF COURSE SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS	FEBRUARY 25th, 2013	COPIES OF CURRENT COURSE SURVEYS	FEEDBACK GATHERED WILL BE USED TO TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOP NEW SURVEYS.
HOLD FACULTY MTG #1 TO HEAR CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT COURSE SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS	MARCH 4TH	COPIES OF CURRENT COURSE SURVEYS DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND COMPUTER	FEEDBACK GATHERED WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR REVISIONS.
CREATE A SURVEY REVISION TEAM COMPOSED OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS	ADAM FALLIS	BEGIN: MARCH 4TH END: MARCH 6TH	LIST OF PARENT AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR DIFFERENT SUB-POPULATIONS.	AT LEAST ONE PREPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DIFFERENT CATEGORY IS ON THE TEAM.
HOLD A STUDENT FOCUS GROUP TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS	MARCH 5TH AM	COPIES OF CURRENT COURSE SURVEYS DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND COMPUTER	AT LEAST ONE PREPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DIFFERENT CATEGORY IS PRESENT. GOAL WAS MET.
INTERVIEW INDIVIDUAL PARENT REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS	ADAM FALLIS	BEGIN: MARCH 4TH AM END: MARCH 6TH PM	COPIES OF CURRENT COURSE SURVEYS DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND COMPUTER	AT LEAST ONE PREPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DIFFERENT CATEGORY IS PRESENT. GOAL WAS MET.
LEAD SURVEY REVISION TEAM MTG TO REVIEW GATHERED INFORMATION	ADAM FALLIS	MARCH 6TH	DATA GATHERED THROUGH PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS.	THE GROUP WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ITEMS TO ADDRESS FROM THE RESEARCH
DEVELOP DRAFTS OF NEW SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS AND SURVEY REVISION TEAM	MARCH 6TH	COPIES OF OLD SURVEYS AND LIST OF ITEMS TO ADDRESS FROM THE RESEARCH	A DRAFT OF THE STUDENT COURSE SURVEY AND THE PARENT COURSE SURVEY WERE COMPLETED
SEND PROPOSED DRAFTS TO THE PRINCIPAL	ADAM FALLIS	MARCH 7TH	STUDENT AND PARENT SURVEY DRAFTS, COMPUTER CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET	THE PRINCIPAL RECEIVED STUDENT AND PARENT SURVEY REVISIONS.
MEET WITH PRINCIPAL TO REVIEW DRAFTS OF SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS	MARCH 22ND	COPIES OF SURVEY DRAFTS	A MEETING WAS HELD AND SURVEYS WERE DISCUSSED
NEW SURVEYS SENT OUT TO TEACHERS VIA EMAIL	ADAM FALLIS	MARCH 25TH	COPIES OF SURVEY DRAFTS COMPUTER WITH INTERNET ACCESS	STUDENT AND PARENT SURVEYS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO TEACHERS
HOLD FACULTY MTG #2 TO HEAR FEEDBACK AND CONCERNS ABOUT NEW SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS AND SURVEY REVISION TEAM	MARCH 27TH	COPIES OF SURVEY DRAFTS DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND COMPUTER	A MEETING WAS HELD TO SHARE NEW SURVEYS. SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK WERE SHARED.
GET SUPERINTENDANT APPROVAL TO ADMINISTER SURVEYS	CAMPUS PRINCIPAL: CORDELL JONES AND ADAM FALLIS	Tentative MARCH 31ST	COPIES OF SURVEY DRAFTS	SURVEYS WERE SHARED WITH THE SUPERINTENDANT
SURVEYS ARE CONVERTED INTO SURVEY MONKEY SURVEYS	CORDELL JONES AND ADAM FALLIS	April 12TH	COPIES OF NEW COURSE SURVEYS	SURVEYS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED AND ARE ACCESSABLE VIA AN ACTIVE LINK
ADMINISTER NEW SURVEYS	CORDELL JONES	MAY 20TH –24TH	SURVEY MONKEY SURVEYS	SURVEYS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ACCESS BY PARENTS AND STUDENTS
GATHER FEEDBACK ABOUT NEW SURVEYS AFTER ADMINISTRATION	ADAM FALLIS	JUNE 3RD – 7TH	TEACHERS NEED TO HAVE RESULTS OF COMPLETED SURVEYS	A REQUEST HAS BEEN SENT OUT AND FEEDBACK IS COLLECTED.
FINALIZE, OR MAKE CHANGES NEEDED TO COURSE SURVEYS	ADAM FALLIS	JUNE 7TH	NEW SURVEYS AND TEACHER FEEDBACK AFTER ADMINISTRATION	THE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.