Action Research Update:


For my action research project I am researching the effect that intervention has on student achievement through professional learning communities and the utilization of common assessments in the classroom.  The effectiveness of the intervention comes from the analysis of the common assessments given in the classroom and the instruction provided as a result.  Below is my action research project proposal and outline.

Action Planning Template
Goal: To increase teacher knowledge of the SMART goal process and how to implement effective intervention based on common assessment data.  To increase student achievement on semester assessments by 10% in math by creating and implementing intervention through professional learning communities.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation	Reflection
Meet with Academic Leadership Team to discuss PLC components and prepare for staff development.  Complete an Affinity Diagram and what is crucial in creating a PLC vision. Video tape teacher’s role playing possible excuses for low test scores and teaching tool in upcoming staff development.  Upload videos to PowerPoint. Look at agenda for upcoming in-service.	Academic Leadership Team Principal AP Lindsay Starkjohann	August 6, 2012	Video Camera Campus Capacity Matrix Notes from PLC training.	Videos Affinity Diagram	Today the ALT met in two groups and discussed presentation methods for the 8-10 essential outcomes, and Creating Common Assessments.  Cathy facilitated created an affinity diagram on crucial items in creating a PLC vision.  She will present on this during in-service. Attached:  In-service agenda, capacity matrix, and PowerPoint presentation on vision.
Look at perceptual data from teacher surveys on our current intervention system.	Cathy White- Principal and Academic Leadership Team	August 2012	Surveys from end of last year. Assessment data of Tier 2 students from previous year to look at current state.	Exit Tickets Destination Postcards	Attached:  Survey results and findings.  Photos of survey results.
Staff Development for teachers on professional learning communities, writing team norms, creating common assessments, and making an action plan for intervention.  Teachers will meet as a PLC and come up with 8-10 essential skills for math from the curriculum documents to create common assessments.  I will help video sessions to use as evaluation tools.	Cathy White-Principal Academic Leadership Team	August 20-23 2012	PLC notebooks created at summer trainings, curriculum documents, common assessment templates, team norms.	Videos, Norms Posted in Coaches Room Essential Skill Documents Created Exit Tickets	Attached: 8-10 essential skills for 2nd grade, and team norms.
Follow up survey given to teachers to assess current intervention methods in the classroom.  Example:  “How often do you currently provide intervention to your RTI students?” Teachers will create common assessments for math based on the 8-10 essential skills created during in-service.  Common assessments will be given to students at end of 1st nine weeks.	Cathy White-Principal Lindsay Starkjohann	August 2012 1st nine weeks	Surveys	Survey Data	Attached:  Follow up survey questions and results, 2nd grade common assessments. Common Assessments have been created for math. The follow up survey was given to teachers via surveymonkey.com.  Results are being analyzed by me and our Principal.
After common assessments have been given, teachers meet and analyze data.  Based on common assessment data teachers will make changes to instruction, participate in teacher observations and decide which students need targeted intervention.	Classroom Teachers Instructional Coaches	2nd Nine Weeks Period	Curriculum Documents, Common Assessments, RTI documentation forms.	Common Assessment Data	Attached:  Common Assessment data for 2nd grade math, and intervention action plan.
Teachers provide targeted intervention in classrooms to Tier 2 students during flex time.	Classroom teachers	2nd nine weeks-continuous	Common Assessments, RTI SMART goals.  Intervention tools.	Common Assessment Data
After intervention students are re-assessed after small group/targeted instruction.  From this assessment data RTI SMART goals are written and the cycle begins again.  Some skills may spiral back into future common assessments.	Classroom Teachers Instructional Coaches RTI Committee AP Principal	Continuous	Semester Assessments, RTI SMART goal forms, common assessments.	Semester Assessment Data	Attached: Follow up assessment data, data analysis comparison.