Friday, March 16, 2012

Week 3 5301 Assignment: Action Research Plan Draft

Week 3 Assignment: Action Research Plan Draft
EDLD 5301: Research                                                                                              ETA 1246
PIP (PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT)
PLAN OF ACTION
ACTION RESEARCH: THE EVALUATION OF STRUGGLING STUDNETS WHEN PEER TUTORING IS INTRODUCED
District Vision:  “Judson Independent School District is Producing Excellence”
Goal: 

1.   Encourage struggling students to attend tutoring and receive assistance.

2.   Evaluate the needs of struggling students.

3.   Communicate with and involve all parties (parents, students, teachers) of struggling student progress.

4.   Make student attentive or awareness of peer tutoring assistance.

5.   Teacher observation of identifying struggling students and providing immediate help.



Outcomes
  • To learn how academically stronger students can help some of their peers (struggling students).
  • For the students to recognize and take pride in attending tutorials also having confidence to ask for help.
  • To recognize the various kinds of support that is out there for struggling students.
  • To provide an effective way for parents, students and teachers to communicate effectively.
 Activities
·         Introduce Action Research to site supervisor
·         Acknowledge parents of the students participating in the action research.
·         Mail and email participation Form/ discuss the form.
·         Maintain confidentiality.
·         Meet regularly with the peer tutors and struggling students.
·         Inform and show Pre-AP students what a tutor does (video).
·         Participate in tutorial meetings with their peer partner.
·         Attend scheduled tutorials with their peer tutor
·         Tutorial walk through by site supervisor Daniel Brooks and show reports of student’s grades.
·         Professional Development (Inform English Department of the Action Research) Present results thus far
·         Constant engagement during scheduled class
·         Meeting between Intern and Supervisor, at least 1 day per week
·         Complete reflective activity.
Resources / Research Tools Needed
·         Classroom B228 or B220
·         Hoe to be a tutor video (You Tube)
·         Teacher Access Center (TAC)
·         Signed agreement to participate in study.
·         Access to Internet
·         Students grade sheets and reports of their progress.
·         Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook)
·         Presenters' handouts
·         Professional Development handouts
·         Food (if after school)
·         Site Supervisor (Daniel Brooks)
Responsibility to Address Activities
Site Supervisor: Assistant Principal Daniel Brooks and English Department Head
Timeline
March, 2012 to January, 2013
Benchmarks/Assessments
Students will be assessed in accordance to their daily class grades received throughout the course. Progress reports and report cards will also be a key component determining the overall effect and or progress of peer tutoring.
Revisions to SIP/PIP based on Monitoring / Assessments
NA
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 17, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    Your action plan seems to be very thorough and is apparent that you are passionate about making the peer tutoring a success. I believe I commented on this topic in the discussion board. One factor I addressed is what you will do in the event the tutoring pair do not get along. Another consideration is what will you do in the event a tutor moves.

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  2. Christian SonierMarch 18, 2012 at 2:06 PM

    I agree with Bruce in that I was going to ask the same question. It seems that you have really thought this research plan through. However, it may best serve you to have something in place in the event that the tutoring pair does not go over well.

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  3. C. JudgeMarch 18, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    I appreciative the feedback, I will now implement some alternative solutions if tutoring fails, or the peer tutors and the struggling student are not cohesive. Do you have any sugestions on what I can do if I did encounter a situation that conflict was involved?

    Maybe before they choose a tutor all ten students have a team building workshop so they can get to know each other better. It will be like an after school party and parents need to be in attendance as well.

    This is not a definite solution, but it could at least minimize the future conflict rather than just pairing them up with whom I sew fit.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    You may consider identifying some additional students who would be good tutors and see if they would agree to be an alternate in case of emergency.

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