Action Planning Template...

Action Planning Template
Goal:  The goal for my action research is to gather the advantages and/or disadvantages of administrative walk throughs, and gain knowledge of the the affect walk throughs have on teacher performance through formal evaluations.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
I will create and conduct a survey for teachers before formal evaluations begin and when administrators first start implementing walk throughs.	Linza Gann and all teachers willing to participate in the research.	September	Teacher survey	I will collect and analyze all of the teacher surveys to gather their ideas and perceptions of administrative walk throughs.
I plan to interview at least 5 teachers half way through the year to see if their thoughts have changed regarding their perceptions of administrative walk thoughts from the beginning of the year.	Linza Gann and 5 teachers chosen to be interviewed.	January	The interviewee, myself, interview questions, and notepad.	I will read over the interviews and informally compare the teacher’s current thoughts to their thoughts from the beginning of the year about administrative walk throughs.  I will make note of any variations.
I will strive to find an article related to my topic of administrative walk throughs on a professional internet site to gain insightful information.	Linza Gann	September 2011-May 2012	Internet access, computer, and links to professional websites	I will read through some articles so that I can gain information on my topic.
I plan to gather quantitative data from all teachers (or those that agree to participate) from last year’s score on evaluation, without walk throughs, to this year’s score on evaluations after implementation of walk throughs.	Linza Gann and all teachers willing to participate in the research.	January 2012-May2012	Paper or computer to record quantitative data for comparison.	I will gather the confidential data, comparison of scores, from all teachers.  I will then figure out the exact difference in the numbers and let this be a guide to my conclusion of the affect walk throughs have on teacher performance via formal evaluations.
I will conduct the same survey I did at the beginning of the year to the same teachers.	Linza Gann and all teachers willing to participate in the research.	May 2012	Teacher survey from beginning of the year, and blank teacher survey.	I will analyze the differences in the responses from the beginning of the year to the end regarding administrative walk throughs.
I will document the qualitative and quantitative data I found during my action research study.	Linza Gann	September 2011- May 2012	All data and information gathered during study.  Computer to record results.	I will take all the data from the whole action research time frame, come to a conclusion, and record findings.
I will continuously reflect on my action research blog about the process and progress of my action research.	Linza Gann	September 2011- May 2012	Computer and data to be reflected on.	I will post on my blog things that I am learning, still wondering about, concerns, progress, mishaps, and interesting things that take place during the duration of my action research project. Continuously posting on my blog will allow me to always be able to reflect on my first, and hopefully beneficial, action research project.