This Week's Reflection

This week was a very good week for me! I thoroughly enjoyed being given the time to reflect over the entire course of this class. This weeks discussion board gave me insights as to what I have learned as well as what I could do to further enhance the knowledge I have attained. I have learned so much about action research in this course, and I am very excited to complete my action research and share my results with others!

Revised Data Action Plan

Last week I explained to ou that I wasn't able to meet with my site supervisor so approve or make any needed revisions to my acion research plan. Well it has been approved! I met with my site supervisor and we collaborated and made one slight change to my research plan. After meeting withthe parental involvement committee, we decided to enhance our School wide make and take activity night. Other than that slight change everything else was approved as is. Check it out!

Action Planning Template (Tool 7.1)
Goal: To identify ways to motivate parents to be involved in their child’s education and to find ways to support low performing students who have no parental support at home.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Discuss action research topics with site supervisor	Myself Site Supervisor (Carmen Maglievaz)	March 1, 2011-March 4, 2011	Internship Plan Outline of Topics	Collaborate and finalize topic of research.
Evaluate student qualitative data	Myself Site Supervisor	Feb 28, 2011- March 4, 2011	Student Cards Beginning of year assessments	Compare  and contrast student data (Pre and formative  assessments)
Literature Review and Data Collection	Myself	March 12,2011- March 19, 2011	Library Resources Online Articles	Determine ways in which parents could be motivated to stay involved in child’s education
Send home parent contracts to be signed and returned.	Myself Site Supervisor Parents Principal	March 21,2011- March 25, 2011	Parent Contract	Review of contracts and call parents to discuss expectations
Weekly suggested activities to be sent home weekly to be completed for extra practice of objectives.	Myself, Site Supervisor, Parents	March 21,2011-May 27, 2011	Student outlined activities based on objectives learned this week.	Send home weekly letters asking parents to describe what they did to work with their child. Bi-weekly assessments done to evaluate student progress. Parent Phone Calls made for bi-weekly updates of student progress. Oral Student Surveys
Invite parents to volunteer for student mentoring	Myself Site Supervisor Principal	April 4, 2011- May 27, 2011	Math and Reading Manipulatives, School Supplies Student Data	Student pre, formative and summative assessments
Plan and implement Pre-K Art Gallery Showcase	Pre-K Teachers Site Supervisor Principal Teacher Aides	Planning- Nov 8, 2011- April 6, 2011 April 7, 2011- Gallery Showcase	LTA Kit Student Samples Art Write Up Student Photos	Parent Sign-In Sheet Parent Surveys describing how they enjoyed the art showcase
Plan and Implement school-wide Parent Make-N-Take Family Night designed to show parents how to create their own learning activities at home for their children as well as how to use literature to teach objectives and create projects at home	Myself, Teachers who volunteer , Site Supervisor Principal Parent Involvement Committee Chair	April 12, 2011	Art Manipulatives School Supplies Math Activities PPT slideshow Parent Brochures and Letters explaining how to keep the learning going even during  the summertime	Parent Sign-In Sheet Parent Showcase describing the effectiveness of the make n take night in their opinion.
Implementation of Parent/Student Projects	Myself Site Supervisor Teachers Aide	April 11, 2011- April 29, 2011	Manipulatives Project Directions	Student Show and Tell  Oral Student Survey
Reflection and evaluation of parent involvement during the study: (Was there a significant increase of parental involvement? Did student achievement increase? Were students successful even when parental involvement was still not there?	Myself Site Supervisor	May 23, 2011- May 27, 2011	Student Observation End of the year parent phone calls	End of year assessments Review and comparison of beginning of year assessments versus middle and end of year assessments.
Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools (Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)

Final Action Research Plan Coming Soon!

This week I was unable to meet with or contact my site supervisor due to spring break and death in the family therefore I do not have a fully approved action research plan. I have recieved good reviews from several of my peers so I am confident that my supervisor will approve my plan. I will be meeting with my supervisor this week so we can colaboratively review my draft and make any revisions if needed. Following that I will post my Finalized Action Research Plan. Please be patient with me! The final draft is coming soon!!!

My Draft Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template (Tool 7.1)
Goal: To identify ways to motivate parents to be involved in their child’s education and to find ways to support low performing students who have no parental support at home.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Discuss action research topics with site supervisor	Myself Site Supervisor (Carmen Maglievaz)	March 1, 2011-March 4, 2011	Internship Plan Outline of Topics	Collaborate and finalize topic of research.
Evaluate student qualitative data	Myself Site Supervisor	Feb 28, 2011- March 4, 2011	Student Cards Beginning of year assessments	Compare  and contrast student data (Pre and formative  assessments)
Literature Review and Data Collection	Myself	March 12,2011- March 19, 2011	Library Resources Online Articles	Determine ways in which parents could be motivated to stay involved in child’s education
Send home parent contracts to be signed and returned.	Myself Site Supervisor Parents Principal	March 21,2011- March 25, 2011	Parent Contract	Review of contracts and call parents to discuss expectations
Weekly suggested activities to be sent home weekly to be completed for extra practice of objectives.	Myself, Site Supervisor, Parents	March 21,2011-May 27, 2011	Student outlined activities based on objectives learned this week.	Send home weekly letters asking parents to describe what they did to work with their child. Bi-weekly assessments done to evaluate student progress. Parent Phone Calls made for bi-weekly updates of student progress. Oral Student Surveys
Invite parents to volunteer for student mentoring	Myself Site Supervisor Principal	April 4, 2011- May 27, 2011	Math and Reading Manipulatives, School Supplies Student Data	Student pre, formative and summative assessments
Plan and implement Pre-K Art Gallery Showcase	Pre-K Teachers Site Supervisor Principal Teacher Aides	Planning- Nov 8, 2011- April 6, 2011 April 7, 2011- Gallery Showcase	LTA Kit Student Samples Art Write Up Student Photos	Parent Sign-In Sheet Parent Surveys describing how they enjoyed the art showcase
Plan and Implement school-wide Parent Make-N-Take Family Night designed to show parents how to create their own learning activities at home for their children.	Myself, Teachers who volunteer , Site Supervisor Principal Parent Involvement Committee Chair	April 11, 2011-April 15, 2011	Art Manipulatives School Supplies Math Activities PPT slideshow	Parent Sign-In Sheet Parent Showcase describing the effectiveness of the make n take night in their opinion.
Implementation of Parent/Student Projects	Myself Site Supervisor Teachers Aide	April 11, 2011- April 29, 2011	Manipulatives Project Directions	Student Show and Tell  Oral Student Survey
Reflection and evaluation of parent involvement during the study: (Was there a significant increase of parental involvement? Did student achievement increase? Were students successful even when parental involvement was still not there?	Myself Site Supervisor	May 23, 2011- May 27, 2011	Student Observation End of the year parent phone calls	End of year assessments Review and comparison of beginning of year assessments versus middle and end of year assessments.
Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools (Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)