Revised Action Plan

After following the 8 steps from our text I made a few minor changes to my action research plan. It wasn't really too much, but I did decide to also include groups of students in my data gathering steps. I hadn't really considered it before I started making revisions, but it soon became clear that I really needed to include student input since my research is all about improving school culture and they are of course a huge component of that. I simply included a step in which I will ask teachers to disseminate a brief survey to a few 7th and 8th grade classes asking for the input about our back to school program. I think it should provide me with some insights into what they think would be better ways to strengthen our culture. I realize that not all of their suggestions will be feasible (I can only imagine the responses I'll get if I'm not specific with my questions!).

Action Step	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Resources Needed	Evaluation
1. Survey staff about previous years Wrangler Ropes: benefits & drawbacks	Myself, Assistant Principals, Staff	March to April 2013	Access to Survey Monkey account; previous years teacher feedback forms	Completed surveys from at least 75% of teaching staff
2. Analyze teacher & student feedback	Wrangler Ropes Committee, Principal, 7th & 8th grade students	April 2013	Survey results; previous years teacher feedback	Categorize and analyze responses
3. Modify the current Wrangler Ropes program	Wrangler Ropes Committee, Principal	April to May 2013	Current Wrangler Ropes program guidelines	Form consensus about modifications
4. Create new Wrangler Ropes program binder	Wrangler Ropes Committee, Principal	April to May 2013	Word processors, copy machine	Produce a hardcopy of the finalized program
5. Discuss and disseminate the new Wrangler Ropes program to staff	Wrangler Ropes Committee, Principal	August 2013	Conference room, Wrangler Ropes binders, presentation software	Teacher feedback
6. Analyze  Wrangler Ropes program	Myself, Assistant Principals, Staff	August to September 2013	Access to Survey Monkey account	Completed surveys from at least 75% of teaching staff