A Draft of My Action Research Plan

GOAL: To increase effective daily lesson planning that includes a balance between teacher-directed and differentiated activities. To increase the number of teachers utilizing differentiated instruction in their daily activities.

ACTION/STEPS	PERSONS RESPONSIBLE	TIMELINE (START/END)	Resources Needed	Evaluation
Guiding Question: Describe how and why your problem was selected? Why was this problem important to you? 1. Establish survey methods. 2.Review and discuss differentiated instruction rubric 3.Coordinate with teams leaders the meeting times/dates/locations 4. Review and discuss Action Research progress 5.Organize the observation dates	Team Leaders, Department Chairs, Director of Instruction.	August/September	Differentiated Instruction Surveys; Laptops for computation of results	Differentiated Instruction Rubric and Guidelines
Guiding Question: What baseline data on student performance was collected and what did you find? 1. Review survey methods. 2.Share Data Collection and Analysis 3.Share Data Collection Plan 4. Discuss observation finding. entries/ reflection	Team Leaders, Department Chairs, Director of Instruction	October	Differentiated Instruction Surveys; Laptops for computation of results	Differentiated Instruction Rubric and Guidelines
Guiding Question: Based on the data that you are collecting, what changes in your teaching practice and in the learning environment do you see yourself making? 1.Review Survey methods 2. Update on team planning progress with differentiated activities. 3. Looking at Student Work based on differentiated assessments. 4.Share reflections	Team Leaders, Department Chairs, Director of Instruction	November	Differentiated Instruction Surveys; Laptops for computation of results	Differentiated Instruction Rubric and Guidelines
Guiding Question: What actions have you taken or changes have you made in your teaching practices and in the learning environment as a result of your ongoing discoveries? 1.Review and discuss Differentiated Instruction rubric 2.Update on surveys from all participants 3. Share reflections	Team Leaders, Department Chairs, and Director of Instruction	January	Differentiated Instruction Surveys; Laptops for computation of results	Differentiated Instruction Rubric and Guidelines
Guiding Question: What Impact could the Action Research study have on the your teaching in the future? 1. Update on findings from all participants 2. Receive final reflections and surveys from each team 3. Share Journal entries/ reflection	Team Leaders, Department Chairs, Director of Instruction	May	Differentiated Instruction Surveys; Laptops for computation of results	Differentiated Instruction Rubric and Guidelines
Final Study Completed		June	Differentiated Instruction Surveys; Laptops for computation of results	Differentiated Instruction Rubric and Guidelines