Action Research Plan

Porter High School Classroom Management Research Analysis
Goal: We will educate our staff on classroom management techniques that help increase on-task behaiors.
Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Investigate current research/theories on effective classroom management strategies.	James Anderson	Aug 1, 2010 Aug 15, 2010	Internet access	List of strategies generated.
2. Present research project to the teachers of Porter High School, and seek volunteers to participate in the project.	James Anderson Dr. K.H. Hodgkinson	Aug 19, 2010	Time during staff development	Teacher volunteers identified.
3. Conduct observations of teachers managing their classes.	James Anderson Volunteer Teachers	Aug 24, 2010 Sept 24, 2010	None
4. Identify all management strategies used regardless of effectiveness.	James Anderson Volunteer Teachers	Sept 24, 2010 Oct 1, 2010	Meeting time with volunteer teachers.	List of management strategies used by each teacher.
5. Generate a report of all discipline referrals produced by the volunteer teachers.	James Anderson Assistant Principals	Sept 24, 2010 Oct 1, 2010	Administrator Access to discipline referral software program to generate reports.	Number of discipline referrals from each teacher participating in the project.
6. Compare strategies used by teachers to the number of discipline referrals generated.	James Anderson	Oct 2, 2010 Oct 10, 2010	None	Strategies ranked by perceived effectiveness.
7. Observe teachers, again. Noting off-task behaviors during instructional time. Video 2nd Observations.	James Anderson Volunteer Teachers	Oct 15, 2010 Nov 15, 2010	Video Camera	List of off-task behaviors seen in each class.
8. Analyze second observations for correlation between management strategies and off-task behaviors.	James Anderson	Nov 16, 2010 Dec 1, 2010	None	Strategies ranked from highest to lowest effectiveness, based on our data.
9. Share results with the volunteer teachers and discuss effective/ineffective strategies.	James Anderson Volunteer Teachers	Dec 2, 2010 Dec 10, 2010	Video from 2nd observation, Strategies from initial research.	List of most effective strategies identified and agreed upon by volunteer teachers.
10. Allow volunteer teachers to implement the effective classroom management techniques.	Volunteer Teachers James Anderson	Dec 15, 2010 Feb 15, 2011	Support from James Anderson	Strategies implemented.
11. Video a 3rd observations of the teachers.	James Anderson Volunteer Teachers	Feb 15, 2011 Mar 1, 2011	Video Camera
12. Generate a report of all discipline referrals produced by the volunteer teachers, after implementation of new strategies.	James Anderson Assistant Principals	Feb 15, 2011 Mar 1, 2011	Administrator Access to discipline referral software program to generate reports.	Number of discipline referrals from each teacher participating in the project.
13. Analyze off-task behaviors, from 3rd observation, and discipline referrals, versus the newly implemented techniques.	James Anderson	Mar 2, 2011 Apr 1, 2011	Video from 3rd observation.	Effectiveness of new strategies compared to initial effectiveness results, and strategies re-ranked.
14. Build presentation for sharing results with entire staff.	James Anderson	April 1, 2011 Aug 1, 2011	PowerPoint, Video from all observations	Presentations prepared and reviewed.
15. Train all PHS teachers on the effective strategies developed through this action research project.	James Anderson Dr. K.H. Hodgkinson	Aug 15, 2011 1 day during teacher staff development	Computer, Projector, hand outs of strategies and results	Teacher surveys of training session.