Final Action Research plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: Assess the impact of tablets on student achievement
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Obtain administrations permission to conduct an action research plan on a kindergarten classroom.	Alise Lamoreaux Teresa Croce	March 18-22, 2013	Signed documentation giving approval to conduct the research plan	N/A
Select and obtain permission from a teacher to conduct research with.	Alise Lamoreaux Classroom Teacher	March 18-22, 2013	Signed documentation giving approval to conduct the research plan in the classroom.	N/A
Analyze latest kindergarten assessment	Alise Lamoreaux	March 25-29, 2013	K-TIPS (Kindergarten Teacher Inventory of Phonological Skills) TPRI (Texas Primary Reading Inventory)	Spreadsheet of data showing the skills that were assessed.
Determine skills to be addressed using the tablets	Alise Lamoreaux Classroom Teacher	April 1-5, 2013	K-TIPS TPRI	Spreadsheet of skills that need additional work.
Find apps to use on the tablets	Alise Lamoreaux	April 8-9, 2013	Tablet App store spreadsheet	Spreadsheet of Apps to use on the tablet to address the lowest skills.
Make a “How To” Sheet for the students	Alise Lamoreaux	April 8-9, 2013	Paper Printer Computer	N/A
Student will use the tablet in a group of two for 5-10 minutes every other day.	Alise Lamoreaux Students	April-May 2013	Tablet How to sheet	Observe students using the tablets in a small group setting
Give a post-test to students	Alise Lamoreaux Classroom teacher	May 2013	K-TIPS TPRI	Spreadsheet of data showing the skills that were addressed.
Analyze the data from the assessments	Alise Lamoreaux	May 2013	K-TIPS TPRI	Spreadsheet of data showing the scores from the K-TIPS
Conduct student and teacher survey on the use of the tablets	Alise Lamoreaux Classroom teacher Students	May 2013	Paper	Spreadsheet of data from the surveys and a graph to show comparison
Evaluate the action plan by presenting results to campus, site supervisor, and online colleagues.	Alise Lamoreaux	June 2013	Data from action research plan	Action Research Plan Post on Blog