Action Research Plan in Action!

Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Develop a Master Schedule that is conducive to teacher collaboration (by class period, grade level, and core subject)	Brittany Stivers Counselors (Beth Wells, and Charlotte Ward) Principal: Dr. Yearwood	Start: July End: August 1, 2010	Allotted time to develop the Master Schedule, and Action Research Plan	Continued re-evaluation of the Master Schedule before implementation by accommodating all stakeholders.
2. Meet with the department heads to discuss data and express expectations for Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s)	Brittany Stivers Dr. Yearwood	Start: August 2, 2010 End: August 3, 2010	Action Research Plan, data to support the implementation of the Action Research Plan	Open ended discussions referencing the Action Research Plan
3. Have department heads attend a staff development/training on how to effectively implement and engage teachers in PLC’s	Brittany Stivers Department Heads Dr. Yearwood	Start: August 9, 2010 End: August 11, 2010	Funding from central office for teachers to attend staff development	Conduct a survey specific to the effectiveness of the content discussed
4. Department heads plan a day where their team of subject teachers can meet to discuss PLC’s and collaborate to set expectations for themselves and students	Department Heads Department Teams Dr. Yearwood to oversee implementation of meetings	August 16-18 at teams discretion	Facility Resources gained from the staff development	A written report from each department head summarizing the expectations developed from their subject meetings
5. Progress Reports to determine if teachers and students are meeting the expectations and goals established in PLC’s	Dr. Yearwood Brittany Stivers Department Teams	Weekly PLC meetings throughout the 2010-2011 school year.	Student work, and assessment data	An increase in student performance, attendance, behavior, and academics.
6. Walk Throughs in classes and PLC meetings	Dr. Yearwood	Conduct classroom and PLC walk through’s once every six weeks	Notes in regards to the actions of teachers and students	Classroom Observation notes, and a scheduled meeting with individual teachers once a semester.
7. Conduct an assessment to evaluate lesson plans to determine if lessons are vertically aligned	Dr. Yearwood	Teachers are to have lessons plans turned into Dr. Yearwood every friday for the following week	Lesson Plans Curriculum	Curriculum comparison to check for vertical alignment
8. Dr. Yearwood meets with the department heads to determine if any changes need to be made to the action research plan, and to discuss further wonderings that have stemmed within PLC’s	Dr. Yearwood, Brittany Stivers, and Department Heads	December 17, 2010 and May 26, 2011	All data collected, evaluations, notes taken, observation data, student achievement reports	Look over and openly discuss the Action Research Plan to determine if it was effective