Action Research Plan

Action Planning
Goal: Find the root problems behind the behaviors of minority male students and target motivators that would encourage these behaviors to change.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Retrieve data from office referrals to target the minority males that have re-occurring behavioral issues.	Lauren Fair get data from Mary Dawn Murr.	April 1, 2011	Data from office referrals for minority males.	Identify the students who have the re-occurring behaviors and set up interviews with them.
Interview students that were identified with the re-occurring behavior issues.	Lauren Fair	April 6, 2011-April 8, 2011	Students, set of predetermined questions	Review the data received from the interview to determine what the issues may be that are causing these behaviors.
Develop a list of motivators and interventions to try based on the interviews	Lauren Fair	April 8, 2011-April 10, 2011	Interview results	Look at interview data and come up with motivators and interventions that may work for these students.
Implement the motivators and interventions.	Lauren Fair, classroom teachers of students.	April 18, 2011- May 18, 2011	Motivators and Interventions in place in the classroom.	After a few weeks see if the students’ behaviors are improving, staying the same, or declining.

Always a Learner

After watching the interview with Dr. Timothy Chargois I really understood why action research is so important to education. He said that "a teacher should always be learning...if you are green you're growing, if you're brown you're dying". Action research is a great way to always be learning. Each year will always present new problems within a campus or a classroom. By doing action research a teacher or administrator will constantly be learning and changing things in a positive way.

Action Research

I have learned many new things about action research that will help me as an educator and administrator. Using action research as an educator in the classroom will help my students be more successful because I will be studying my mistakes. By reflecting on my own teaching strategies I will improve my teaching and therefore increase the success rate of my students. By applying action research in the classroom it will improve both behavior and academic issues. By focusing on the main issues that are found within the classroom one at a time, it will surely lead to more success.

Using action research as an administrator will help improve the campus as a whole. In an administrative position, one could encourage their staff members to use action research to ensure taking steps in the right direction of improving each and every teacher. Also, it is great personal development that every teacher should be involved in each year, not a onetime occurrence.  As an administrator I could not only encourage my staff to use this tool, but also use it myself when tackling campus wide issues. Administrators can use this tool to address and solve issues such as behavior and academic problems that are school wide.

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