Action Research Plan

Action Plan – Tammy Griffin

Question:  How can I increase parental involvement on our campus (Kirby Elementary)? 

School Vision:   Kirby Elementary will actively solicit and welcome parental participation and advocacy in all aspects of the educational process.  We believe all children that thrive at school will thrive at home and throughout life.

Goal:   Improve parental involvement through improving communication efforts of teachers, increasing parent helpers on campus, and implementing parents to campus committees and programs.

Outcomes	Activities	Resources/Research Tools Needed	Responsibility to Address Activities	Time Line	Benchmarks and/or Assessments	Revisions to CIP based on monitoring & assessments
Identify and initiate action that establishes positive school/parent partnerships including removing barriers to effective Parent Involvement	Obtain information from parents (involved and uninvolved) and parent organizations regarding the current and future state of parent involvement including perceived problems and needs through a needs survey	Research based created survey for all stakeholders	Campus Principal Tammy Griffin PTO	August 2012	None	None
Share the goal, vision, and plan with campus personnel about integrating parental involvement	Explain the need for parental involvement during an in-service prior to the first week of school	Cafetorium PowerPoint presentation, computer, projector, handout of PowerPoint presentation for note taking Snacks	Tammy Griffin	August 2012	None	Goals and objectives subject to change depending on campus personnel views.
Explain data from NCLB and AEIS Report and how it affects decisions made about parental involvement on campus.	Provide survey results and research from articles supporting parental involvement, NCLB mandates, and data showing how parental involvement increases student achievement	Cafetorium PowerPoint presentation, computer, projector, handout of PowerPoint presentation for note taking Researched articles NCLB Mandates AEIS Report Pencils, pens Snacks	Campus Principal Tammy Griffin CAT (Campus Advisory Team)	September 2012	Check for understanding of  data presented from AEIS and NCLB mandates	None
Provide opportunity for campus personnel to collaborate and discuss parental involvement goals and objectives for campus.	Campus personnel will have ample time to develop goals and objectives for campus parental involvement activities for the 2012-2013 school year based on data.	Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) Action Template Paper, pencils, pens Snacks	Campus Principal Campus Personnel	September 2012	Check for understanding of  data presented	None
Set up a parent information session that addresses parental involvement needs for campus	During campus orientation, have a short handout introducing the parental involvement plan for the campus and ask for parents to volunteer	Handout Volunteer Form	Campus Principal Tammy Griffin	August 2012	Evaluate the number of parent volunteers	None
Help facilitate Parental Teacher Organization.  Form a parental involvement committee that will facilitate the activities involving parental involvement activities/opportunities.	Acquire volunteers from each grade level to participate on the parental involvement committee along with parent volunteers	Cafetorium Sign-up sheet Snacks	Tammy Griffin PTO Officers Faculty Representatives	September 2012	None	None
Committee will understand the importance of using action research to develop the parental involvement program		Cafetorium PowerPoint presentation, computer, projector, handout of PowerPoint presentation for note taking 8 Steps From Analysis to Action by Harris, et. al. Paper, pencils, pens, highlighters Snacks	Tammy Griffin	September 2012	Committee members will be able define and implement steps of  an action research plan	Parts of presentation may need to be readdressed to emphasize importance of action plan research steps
Provide opportunity for committee to create goals and objectives for parental involvement activities for campus based on surveys, campus data, research and CIP.	Discuss and create goals and objectives for the parental involvement activities Develop focus groups for specified parental involvement events Committee will meet on a monthly basis throughout the year	Cafetorium Snacks Paper, pencils, pens	Campus Principal PTO Tammy Griffin	September 2012– June 2013	Effective collaboration and participation efforts among committee members	Goals and objectives may change throughout the year depending on attendance of events.
Implement parental involvement committee activities to the campus	Create calendar for parental involvement events for the 2012-2013 school year	Cafetorium Snacks Computer Calendar (district & campus) Paper, pencils, pens	Parental Involvement Committee PTO Campus Principal Tammy Griffin	September 2012 – June 2013	Committee develops parental involvement activities based on the needs of the campus	Adjustments to future events based on attendance of current events
Committee will meet on a bi-monthly basis before and after each parental involvement event	Parental involvement committee will meet before each event to plan the activities and gather resources needed Parental involvement committee will meet after each event to assess and evaluate the event	Cafetorium Snacks Computer Calendar (district & campus) Paper, pencils, pens	Parental Involvement Committee PTO Campus Principal Tammy Griffin	September 2012 – June 2013	Committee will assess each event based on attendance and feedback from all stakeholders	Adjustments or deletion of event maybe needed based on attendance and feedback from all stakeholders
Activities and events will be assessed and fine-tuned for the following school year (2013-2014)	Committee will meet to express concerns of improvements and/or changes to any and all events from the 2012-2013 school year	Cafetorium Snacks Computer Calendar (district & campus) Paper, pencils, pens	Parental Involvement Committee PTO Campus Principal Tammy Griffin	June 2013	Evaluation of each event based on feedback and attendance	Revision of current activities may be done to increase parental involvement efforts based on the evaluation of the current school year events.