Action Research Plan

I have made a decision to do my action research over Professional Learning Community (PLCs) implementation on my home campus.  Below you will find my Action Research Plan!

School Vision: To enhance and promote a lifelong love for learning in a climate that fosters trust, acceptance, and success for all people while preparing individual students for the challenges of tomorrow.

Goal: To research the implementation of Professional Learning Communities within Highland Middle School, at all grade levels, to ensure that we are working towards improving student achievement.

L. Roberts’ Revised Action Plan

Action Steps	Person (s) Responsible	Timeline: Start / End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Survey Faculty Using Survey Monkey.	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval  -Faculty Responsible for Responses	Give teachers one week to complete the survey.	-Survey Monkey  -Teachers will need access to the Internet.	-Review Results by reading responses, creating additional questions for my next step. -Reflect to make sure that there is enough here to actually complete research on – discuss with administrators before proceeding.
2. Research PLCs through the internet, published journal articles, published books, and other campuses who have implemented them.	-Leah Roberts -Campus Advisors	Prior to sending out faculty survey, and throughout the implementation of this plan.  Have a great deal of research done prior to first meeting with the PLC Action Committee.	-Internet -Library -Other campuses	-Discuss findings with administration -Compile information to bring to PLC Action Committee.
3. Email Faculty to Invite to an Action Committee to discuss PLCs on campus.	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -Teacher Voluntary Participation	Give teachers one week to volunteer.	Email	If possible make sure that you have teachers from each grade level as well as from different content levels to ensure that we get an accurate sample of the entire school.  If enough faculty members do not respond I will seek out one-on-one meetings with teachers from different areas, or possibly meet with them during their PLC time.
4. PLC Action Committee Meeting	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -Volunteer Faculty Members	First meeting should happen three weeks after the initial survey.	-Data pulled from the survey. -Additional questions and or concerns to discuss with the group. -Ask group to look for specific best practices, and examples of how instruction and assessments have changed as a result of using PLCs.  Bring these to next meeting. (Ask that teachers seek to find samples of assessments used before PLC implementation, and new assessments created with the use of PLC) -If possible compile a list of pros and cons that teachers have voiced about PLCs within our planning sessions. -Supplies to take accurate notes	Take results of meeting to administration to discuss how to further progress.
5. Look into observing different PLCs over time to see differences and or best practices.	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -PLC Approval	Because PLCs happen once a week this process would happen over several months.	-Notes	-Take accurate notes to see similarities and differences between different PLCs. -Discuss with administrators.
6. Meet with Administrators to Determine Direction of My Action Research.	-Leah Roberts -Administrators	This should take place soon after my meeting with the PLC Action Committee	-Detailed notes taken from meeting. -We will discuss whether my research is on point. -If I am seeking an obtainable solution that will help our teachers and students. -Determine the best course of action at this point.	Evaluate all information given to compile an order for the next meeting with the PLC Action Committee.
7. Meet with PLC Action Committee again.	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -PLC Action Committee	-This meeting should happen a month from the first meeting.  This will give members time to get samples if possible, as well as time to observe different PLCs and bring findings to the group. -We need to go over samples provided by teachers to organize a list of best practices to help all teachers better implement ideals of PLCs into their classrooms.  -Create data that shows student improvement.	-Data Samples -Observation Findings -Additional Discussions/Concerns for the group to consider -Notes	Bring findings of meeting to administrators.
8. Address Faculty at the Next Faculty Meeting	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -PLC Action Committee Members	Formulate all data to discuss findings with the staff. Tell them of upcoming survey to see if things have changed on campus.	-Technology Presentation of Data -Samples of Best Practices for PLC	Discuss with Administrators.
9. Final Survey	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -Faculty Participation	Create Survey in Survey Monkey to ask faculty about PLCs to find out if there has been a change in motivation towards them as well as evidence of higher student achievement.	-Approval of Questions -Survey Monkey -Internet Capability	Discuss Findings With Administrators
10. Continued Research	-Leah Roberts -Principal Approval -PLC Action Committee	Create a way for teachers to continuously provide samples of improved assessments with data showing improvement.  Discuss what this could look like with Administration and PLCAC. (Possibly have teachers turn in samples at department meetings – or have an online dropbox or area for them to be turned into the T-Drive). Allow for teachers to present best practices at faculty meetings to encourage one another to continue positive change for higher student achievement.	-Samples of Improved Assessments with improvement data.	-This has potential to show continued progress through PLCs which will eventually change with new TEKS requiring teachers to refresh assessments, and allow for ongoing research and sharing of best practices.