Action Research Plan

Goal: Research if mandatory home visits are a helpful tool to student’s classroom success.

Action Items:
1. Identify which 6th grade boys will be part of the sample group of at risk students.
2. Meet with the 6th grade team of teachers describing to them the research project and the purpose of it
3. Meet with the students, parents and teachers within the first two weeks of school so everyone is on the same page
4. Home visits by teachers every six-weeks.
5. Survey to be completed by parents, teachers and students at the beginning, middle and end of the school year.
6. Monthly evaluations for students, as well as TAKS test and district testing to follow improvement of students.

Persons Responsible:
Mary Slocum (action plan researcher), administrator
Core 6th grade teachers, Mary Slocum
Parents, Students, Teachers, Mary Slocum
Core 6th grade teachers, Parents, Students
Parents, Students, Teachers, Mary Slocum
Teachers, Mary Slocum

Timeline (Start/End):
Start: August 2010
End: June 2011

Needed Resources:
Student’s TAKS scores
“At-Risk” list from elementary schools
Core-teachers willing to make continuous home visits
Data from test and survey results

Evaluation:
Students, parents, and teachers will complete the final evaluation/survey at the end of the year detailing their feelings of the program. There will also be data to analyze from district and state wide tests that will be compared to students in the same demographic from other grades, and other schools.