Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Action Research Planning Template



Action Research Planning Template
Goal: How will learning a musical instrument affect students with behavior/self-esteem issues?
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation
Conference with teacher in the 3rd and 4th grade
Jacquelyn Silva, 3rd and 4th grade team, Amy Smith and Kathryn Velghe
2/11-2/12
Behavior Data
Teacher Recommendations
Results of conferences will determine which students will attend the program
Notify students who were chosen for the program
Jacquelyn Silva and Students Homeroom teacher
2/18-2/22
Notification letter
Students signature agreeing on program guidelines
Meet with students on an everyday basis before school
Jacquelyn Silva
2/25-3/1
Music Classroom,
Percussion Instruments, Students
Specific requirements met for program
Look at Data from the first week
Jacquelyn Silva/Amy Smith and Kathryn Velghe
3/1
Behavior, Attendance, Grading
Data
Find if the behavior issues went down, attendance went up and grades were higher.
Continue program with students
Jacquelyn Silva
3/4-3/8
Music Classroom,
Percussion Instruments, Students
Specific requirements met for program
Meet with students teachers and administrators to see if plan is effective or needs to be tweaked
Jacquelyn Silva
3rd and 4th grade Teams and  Administrators
3/8
Behavior, Attendance, Grading
Data
What improvements were made? What do we need to work on?
Continue program with students 
Jacquelyn Silva
3/18-4/5
Music Classroom,
Percussion Instruments, Students
Specific requirements met for program
Student instrument assessment
(Week 6)
Jacquelyn Silva
4/8-4/12
Music Classroom,
Percussion Instruments, Students
See if each student can play their instrument independently
Meet with administrator to look at data
Jacquelyn Silva
Amy Smith/Kathryn Velghe
4/12
Behavior, Attendance, Grading
Data
What improvements were made? What do we need to work on?
Continue Program with students
Jacquelyn Silva
4/15-4/26
Music Classroom,
Percussion Instruments, Students
Specific requirements met for program
Performance with Students
Jacquelyn Silva, students teachers and administrators
5/2
Stage, Audience, Students, Instruments, Staff Support
Student Performance
Meet with Staff involved with program
Jacquelyn Silva, 3rd and 4th grade teams, administrator
5/3
Data from the past 9 weeks
Was the program successful? Should it continue?

8 comments:

  1. It is good to see how detailed your plan is, i've been working on mines trying to make sure i close the loop holes in it. great work!

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  2. Keri, it looks like you have worked hard on your plan. It seems to be well documented. Like Neil, mentioned on some of the other templates, we need to be sure to reflect on our progress or research to others. Good job!

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  3. What a fun idea - and how generous of you to give your before-school time to this project. I bet the kids are going to love it!

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  4. You have nicely detailed plan! I think you are going to have fun with this topic and you are really going to enjoy your research project.

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  5. Fun, interesting, and creative! I have and always will be a supporter of the fine arts. The more the students have available to them, the less focused they will be on other "alternative" things. Great topic!

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  6. I think this is a great topic. Music and playing an instrument helps children develop and it gives them a sense of pride. My daughter has played piano since for four years and she seems the proudest of herself when she's talking about her piano class. It came pretty natural to her and her piano teacher always gives her advance pieces to learn.

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  7. I was glad to see that in your evaluation's column, you entered questions to ask or to use for evaluation. I did the same thing and was wondering if that was correct.

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  8. Hi there, awesome site. I thought the topics you posted on were very interesting.

    Research Project Work Plan Template

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