Action Planning Template
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Goal: Implement and promote Project Wisdom and
determine whether there is a positive correlation between school climate,
student empowerment/self-esteem, student grades and home life and the use of
an anti-bullying program.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Meet with site
supervisor to discuss implementation of anti-bullying program as an
improvement of school climate, student empowerment/self-esteem, student
grades and home life.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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January 7, 2013
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Action Research Topic
and Plan
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Review anti-bullying
programs and outcomes of implementation.
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Literature review on
bullying.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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January – September
2013
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Lamar Online Library
Internet
Input from ECISD
administrators.
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Identify and review
resources and literature that highlight the importance of implementing
anti-bullying programs.
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Conduct teacher
surveys on perceptions of bullying and the need for an anti-bullying program.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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February 2013 – March
2013
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Surveymonkey.com
24 teachers (4
teachers per grade level – Kinder, 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, & 5th)
Questionnaire on
Bullying
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Review surveys and
identify differences between lower and upper grades.
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Conduct parent/student
surveys on perception of bullying in schools and the need for an
anti-bullying program.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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February 2013 – March
2013
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Surveymonkey.com
All parents and
students will be given a survey and given a week to return surveys.
Questionnaire on
Bullying
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Review surveys and
identify differences between parents of lower grade students and upper grade
students.
Review student surveys and identify differences between
lower grades and upper grades.
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Conduct in depth
interviews with a teacher from each grade level.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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April 2013
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Voice
Recorder
Interview
Questions
Notebook-
written notes
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Voice to test tool.
Will transfer oral interview into written document. Anecdotal evidence will
be collected and compared with exit interview data to determine the impact of
Project Wisdom.
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Conduct in depth
interviews with Site-based decision committee and PTO.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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April 2013
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Voice Recorder
Interview Questions
Notebook- written
notes
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Voice to test tool.
Will transfer oral interview into written document. Anecdotal evidence will
be collected and compared with exit interview data to determine the impact of
Project Wisdom.
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Establish a baseline
of student performance in the classroom and student behavioral referrals sent
to the office before Project Wisdom.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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March 2013
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Student six weeks
grades
Student benchmark
scores
Behavioral reports
from 2012 and 2013
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Charts
Graphs
Comparison charts
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Meet with teachers and
parents bi-monthly to provide them with Project Wisdom lessons so they can
review with children.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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January 2013 –
September 2013
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Project Wisdom lesson
presentation and explanation.
Question and Answer
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Response to questions
from teachers and parents.
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Meet with site
supervisor to discuss how research findings can improve campus environment,
student self-esteem, student grades and home life through continued
improvement and enhancement of Project Wisdom.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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October 2013
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Action Research
Artifacts/Results
Literature Review
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Feedback from site
supervisor.
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Share project findings
with administration, teachers, parents and students.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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November 2013
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Action Research
Artifacts/Results
Power Point
School Website
Educational Blog
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Collect and review
evaluation form on presentation.
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Revisit my action
research plan, post on school website and educational blog for continual
improvement and ideas.
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Diana Celeste Salinas
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December 2013
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Action Research
Artifacts/Results
Power Point
School Website
Educational Blog
http://dianacelestesalinas.blogspot.com/
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Review comments and
feedback from site supervisor, parents, teachers, and students.
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Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)
Action Research Project Process Overview
Through
collaboration with my site supervisor, it was determined that school climate
and student empowerment was a challenge worth trying to conquer. It was noted
that student performance could be improved through implementation of an
anti-bullying program. After discussing several other topics such as the
Promethean Board, RTI, and Inclusion, we settled on the issue of bullying.
Thus the question: Will the implementation of an anti-bullying program,
Project Wisdom, improve school climate and promote and empower all students
and what impact would it have on student grades, self-esteem and home life?
Data
will be collected from various sources regarding anti-bullying program
implementations. Research indicates that the Project Wisdom program may be an
effective method to use for the action research topic. Evaluation of this
data will be utilized to gain further insight and develop a plan for future
reference.
Collected
data will incorporate all stakeholders in the process. Anecdotal evidence has
been gathered from the principal, teachers, students and parents indicating
the need for support in the area of school climate and student empowerment
through an anti-bullying program. In addition to reviewing applicable
readings, questionnaires, interviews and surveys, reflection of the materials
collected will help to gain an extended understanding of the effective,
essential and qualitative nature of an anti-bullying program for all
students.
I
have the skills and resources as well as the support of my site supervisor to
conduct this research. I also have the support of the teachers and parents in
this project. The need for self-reflection will be vital to evaluating and
addressing further needs, changes and considerations in my action research
project.
As
I begin to assemble the data I will continue to work and engage my site supervisor
in identifying and changing processes as needed. One of the pitfalls I have
identified is that I have not been trained on the delivery of Project Wisdom
lessons. Another pitfall is that the library is not stocked with many of the
resources listed on the Project Wisdom curriculum. Finally, my feeling is
that the counselor is more qualified and better equipped to implement the
anti-bullying program.
I
believe that plan I have established is appropriate for the identified action
research inquiry and that the processes to collect data are workable and
feasible. I am confident that I can conduct the action research plan as
written. I need to be considerate and flexible regarding timelines and
stakeholders willingness to participate and adjust my plan accordingly with
the assistance of my site supervisor.
Utilizing
my written action plan I will begin addressing the steps to gathering the
information I have outlined. Stakeholders will be identified and used in the
process to gather the needed information. I will confer regularly with my
site supervisor to inform and collaborate throughout the data collection
process. A summative report will finalize the results of my action research
plan.
Please
see Tool 7.1 Action Planning Template (in Part 2 of this week’s assignment)
for my proposed activities and evaluative methods.
Results
of this research will be shared with my principal. I will also collaborate
with principal to determine the implications of this research on school
climate and students empowerment and if and how it impacted student grades,
self-esteem and home life. Additionally, I will post the results of my
project on my blog and invite others to comment.
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Diana, I think this is an excellent topic! An anti-bullying program would definetly bring lots of benefits to the students and campus as a whole. I'm looking forward to following your research and seeing the impact of Project Wisdom. We currently use the Olweus Program for anti-bullying lessons and student empowerment, so I'm interested in comparing your program to ours! Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteYour action research plan addresses a great need in our schools. It is well organized and easy to follow. Please clarify something for me as I am not familiar with this program. How will you show data at the end of the 9 month period of implementation to see if the program improved campus environment, student self-esteem, student grades, and home life? Is it only with questionnaires? Will you use the same baseline you established prior to the implementation of Project Wisdom?)
ReplyDeleteI see that parents and teachers will be given Project Wisdom lesson to review with children. Will it be necessary to monitor how the program is implemented? Can that affect your data?
I can easily see how your plan can be the vehicle by which other campuses choose to implement Project Wisdom.
Thank you ladies for commenting and giving me something to think about. Sheila,I'm going to look into the Olweus Program thank you for sharing that info with me. Yolanda, I will be looking at the surveys turned in by teachers, parents and students, also I will be looking at grades, class behavior, and bi-monthly meetings with parents and teachers. Since I will be the person responsible for the implementation and delivery of the Project Wisdom lessons I will have a first hand look at student journals and reaction and response to the lessons. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteDiana, I think this is great topic but also a very needed topic. Bullying is an issue in almost all districts I would imagine. I know it is a big topic of discussion in my district. I think the climate of the school makes a big difference on how a student will act socially. In my school we do not have an anti bullying program actually put into place but our school wide expectations that we state everyday is "Be safe, be respectful and be responsible". Our kids are always involved with other students and programs in our school and I can see a clear of our expectations in the behaviors of our kids. Hope this might help. Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris for your comment! I'm going to have to borrow that phrase for my school. Hope you don't mind. I can see that the expectations are clear just by the use of that phrase. It's straight forward and to the point. I agree with you as far as school climate but I also feel that we need to have our parents on board because they play a big part in how their children behave at school. Boundaries and expectations need to be set and they need to be clear with consequences to go along with them. Thanks again Chris!
ReplyDeleteVery specific and detailed. I like how it was simple, but thorough. How will data be shown? Love how you are sharing. Good job!
ReplyDeleteHello Diana! I agree that an anti bullying stance in schools is extremely important. Boosting understanding of exactly what constitutes bullying and including the parents, students, and teachers is a great way to raise awareness and curb unwanted behaviors. I do have to ask though, is Project Wisdom an anti-bullying program? And what is a PTO? Good luck to you!
ReplyDeleteYes Tammy Project Wisdom is an anti-bullying program and PTO stands for Parent Teacher Organization. Thank you for your comments! Much appreciated!!!
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