Revised Action Research

Action Research Draft
Describe the problem and area of focus.	Boys struggling at Elementary School in academics. The focus will be First grade. Data will be collected and analyzed to create a plan.
Define the factors involved in your area of focus	Factors involved in my area of focus: 1.     Student’s socio- economic status 2.    Student’s psychological background 3.    Student’s home life. 4.    Students behavior referrals. 5.    Benchmarks ( Now known as "DPM" District Progress Monitoring) 6.    Attendance
Develop research questions.	Am I able to control all the factors involved in my area of focus to persuade student’s ability to change and be successful.
Describe the intervention/innovation to be implemented	The implementation of comprehensive, research based strategies which can help increase success rate among academically struggling boys.
Develop a timeline for implementation.	September, 2013 Analyze Data. Share results with staff members through PLC, newsletter, blogging and email.  Implement effective strategies and share reading materials.
Describe stakeholders.	Stakeholders include: Myself as well as the other First grade teachers, other staff members, parents, and Administrative personnel.
Develop a list of resources to implement the plan.	Involve all teachers when creating teaching strategies that promotes student achievement, reward system to promote positive student reinforcement, parental involvement, social skill lessons, professional development, reading resources.
Describe the data to be collected.	I will collect consistent data showing student improvement ( benchmarks, behavior referral, Attendance)
Develop a data collection plan.	Keep track of benchmark scores, behavior referrals, attendance, and parental involvement. It could be done through surveys.
Develop an analysis plan.	Data will be collected and analyzed and comparisons will be made throughout the research.
Carry out the plan and Report the results	Results of the plan will be reported to all stakeholders through the implementation of emails, grade level meetings, blogging etc.