Action Research Plan...draft

School VISION: Build a shared vision for the implementation of the IB Primary Years Program on our campus. 

GOAL/Guiding Question:  Will a student organization grounded in the principals of the IB Action Cycle that promotes service learning, show an increased student connectedness to campus and a higher attendance and lower office referral rate?

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
Permission granted to conduct survey	Email site supervisor with reasons for a survey to be utilized	Email	Myself Campus Principal	February 2012	N/A	N/A
Student data to support guiding question	Survey students in grades 3-5	Free online survey program- Survey Monkey Survey results	Myself	February 2012 Ongoing as new wonderings emerge	Compiled notes from survey	Does data support interest in the development of a campus organization?
Teacher data on willingness to assist in creating student organization	Survey teachers grades 3-5	Free online survey program- Survey Monkey Survey results	Myself	February 2012 May 2012 Early 2012-2013 school year	Compiled notes from survey	Are teachers willing to support this organization on campus?
Receive attendance data from 2011-2012	Meet with campus registrar	Interview campus registrar on attendance patterns and collect quantitative data for attendance during the 2011-2012 school year	Myself Registrar	March 2012 EOY 2012-to review over the summer	Data extracted and put into a table for later comparison Notes taken on patterns noticed in attendance data	Will review after data is collected
Data on office referrals made during the 2011-2012 school year	Meet with assistant principal	Interview assistant principal to gain her perspective on how a student organization will impact student behavior –collect quantitative data on referrals made	Myself Assistant Principal	March-April 2012 EOY 2012-to review over summer	Data collected and graphed for later comparison Notes taken on patterns for referrals	Will review after data is collected
Framework for establishing a student organization obtained	Email and video chat with IB Coordinator whose campus has a successful student organization	Email Video Chat notes to guide discussion based on data from previous survey	Myself IB Coordinator-Canadian School	April 2012 Ongoing as we work from our plan and develop new questions	Data from interview look for Strengths a student action organization has had on student attendance, discipline and connectedness to campus	Use notes from interview to revisit action research guiding question-rewrite if needed
Guidelines established for selecting grade level representatives campus meetings and how will entire student body be included	Meeting held for teacher leaders interested in facilitating the student organization	Field Notes	Myself Interested campus teacher leaders	May 2012	Student grades Completion of work on time Behavior	N/A
Framework developed to facilitate first meeting with students	Meetings held for grade level representatives at recess for grades 3-5	Field Notes Video	Myself Teacher Representative Student Representative	September 2013	Norms for meeting developed by group members and posted	Will revise original action plan based on the student input given at this time
Service action learning	Meetings with student	Field Notes Video meetings and post online	Students Representatives Teacher Representatives	2012-2013 school year	Action projects initiated and carried out by students	Will revise original plan to accommodate new understandings Field notes taken during this time
Attendance data	Gather attendance data each 9 weeks	Gather quantitative data	Myself Registrar	Once each 9 weeks beginning the 2012-2013 school year	Compare attendance data for each 9 weeks to that of the previous year	Look to data acquired to determine a connection between attendance and the development of a student organization
Referral data	Gather referral data each 9 weeks	Gather quantitative data	Myself Assistant Principal	Once each 9 weeks beginning the 2012-2013 school year	Compare referral data for each 9 weeks to that of the previous year	Look to data acquired to determine a connection between referrals and the development of a student organization