Week 4: Revised Action Plan

After meeting with my site supervisor, and receiving comments on my week 3 post, I found a couple places to revise my action plan. First, I will be adding data from the 2011-2012 science STAAR to compare the 2012-2013, and hopefully the 2013-2014 result with. There is a possibility that the results from 2013-2014 may not arrive in time for me to disseminate and add to my action research finding, so I want to have enough data to compare. Through collaboration and visiting with colleagues on my campus, I decided to have 3 scheduled science community nights instead of 1. I am hoping for a great turnout and to get as many community members as possible involved with my plan. By inviting parents and community members throughout the school year, I hope to find people who have great things to offer our students in the field of science. I would love to have classroom volunteers, guest speakers, and help with my new science club on campus. I am anxious to see what my results will be. Please let me know what you think by commenting below:


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Science Achievement
Goal:  Effectively implement a new science lab on campus to increase student achievement on the science STAAR.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Disaggregate and analyze STAAR data from 2011-2012, 2012-2013 school years	Vicki Dibler, Leigh Anderson, Maria Lucero	May 2013	2011-2012, 2012-2013 Science STAAR data	Disseminated STAAR data by science objective and student expectation
Provide professional development training with teachers to explain standard operating procedures of the new science lab	Vicki Dibler, Ellen Baumler	August 2013	All teachers, Vicki Dibler	Survey giving feedback on professional development training
Create a science focus group of teachers to communicate science needs	Christina Razura, Connie Campos, Chris Rodriguez, Anita Romero, Lisa Hernandez, Cathy Collins, Leigh Anderson, Maria Lucero	August 2013- Ongoing	Quarterly meeting time, meeting location	Meeting notes, agenda
Create a weblog to communicate science information with the school community	Vicki Dibler	August 2013- Ongoing	Available computer to participate in blog	Blog postings, feedback from school community members
Conduct a Community Science Nights at R.E.L. Washington Elementary	Entire campus, parents and students	September 2013, November 2013, March 2014	Science Club members, Science data to provide meaningful activities, gymnasium, cafeteria, community members, science supplies, volunteers	Sign-in Sheet to document attendance, surveys from parents to provide feedback
Collect student surveys	Vicki Dibler	May 2013	Students of each grade level attending science lab weekly	Survey results from students
Disaggregate and analyze STAAR data from 2013-2014 school year	Vicki Dibler, Leigh Anderson, Maria Lucero	May 2014	2013-2014Science STAAR data	Disseminated STAAR data by science objective and student expectation
Compare results from 2011-2012, 2012-13 and  2013-14 STAAR data	Vicki Dibler, Leigh Anderson, Maria Lucero	May 2014	2011-2012, 2012-13, 2013-2014 Science STAAR data	Report on implications of data from 2-3 schools years

 

 

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)