Draft of Action Research

Draft of Action Research Plan
School Vision: Our campus will become the premier middle school in Dallas ISD
Goals: a) To determine the impact of discipline on academic achievement             b) To determine the causes for violations to students’ code of conduct             c) To find possible solutions for violations to students’ code of conduct.             d) To reduce violations to students’ code of conduct in 50%
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.       Investigate the volume of teacher discipline referrals for the 2011-2012 school year	Chaparro, Cordoba (Associate Principal), Aguilar (Office clerk)	03-2012 to 05-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files	Show evidence progress by presenting a summary of student discipline referrals
2.       Analyze data by sorting the  referrals by offense, by ethnic group,  by grade level of offender, by gender, and by teacher generating the referral	Chaparro, Aguilar	03-2012 to 05-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any spreadsheet software available	Show evidence of progress by presenting a spreadsheet of referrals sorted by offense, by ethnic group,  by grade level of offender, by gender, and by teacher generating the referral
3.       Analyze data by graphing every discipline referral by offense, by ethnic group,  by grade level of offender, by gender, and by teacher generating the referral	Chaparro, Aguilar	03-2012 to 05-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any graphing software available	Show evidence of progress in the form of a collection of graphs for every discipline referral offense by offense, by ethnic group,  by grade level of offender, by gender, and by teacher generating the referral
4.       Identify students that are consistently violating the code of conduct	Chaparro, Cordoba	03-2012 to 05-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any graphing software available	Evidence of progress by presenting list of students violating code of conduct.
5.       Sort and graph code of conduct violators during the 2011-2012 school year	Chaparro, Aguilar	03-2012 to 05-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any graphing software available	Show evidence of progress in the form of a collection of graphs for every discipline referral offense by offense, by ethnic group,  by grade level of offender,  by gender, and by teacher generating the referral
6.       Investigate frequent code of conduct violators’ academic status	Chaparro, Cordoba	03-2012 to 06-2012	STAAR,  ACPs, EOCs, and any standardized test taken during 2011-2012 school year, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any spreadsheet software available	Summary report for every subject and every student in the sample on academic status
7.       Observe the classes of the teachers that issue the majority of referrals to determine poor classroom management on those classes triggers students’ misbehaviors	Chaparro, Cordoba, Morris	04-2012 to 06-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Word	Analysis report for every teacher/class on classroom management
8.       Count the number of code of conduct violators in each classroom and determine if they are distributed evenly among the different classrooms in the school	Chaparro	04-2012 to 06-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any spreadsheet software available, direct observation	Analysis report for every teacher/class on code of conduct violators distribution
9.       Create a comparison chart of misbehaving students’ grades and performance vs. non-misbehaving students’ grades and performance	Chaparro, Aguilar	06-2012 to 08-2012	STAAR  ACPs, EOCs, and any standardized test taken during 2011-2012 school year, Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any spreadsheet software available, direct observation	Collection of graphs showing misbehaving students’ grades and performance vs. non-misbehaving students’ grades and performance
10.    Determine the three major contributors to the universe of student code of conduct violations	Chaparro, Cordoba	06-2012 to 08-2012	Universe of Student Code of Conduct Violations Graph	Report on the three major contributors to the universe of student code of conduct violations
11.    investigate the socioeconomic and emotional conditions of students that are consistently violating the code of conduct	Chaparro, Toliver and Wright (Counselors), parents, students	08-2012 to 10-2012	Demographics report, Counselors’ files, home visits, and interview with counselors, parents and students, survey data using Monkey Survey tool.	Report on the socioeconomic and emotional conditions of students that are consistently violating the code of conduct based on demographics report, counselors’ files, home visits, and interview with counselors, parents and students, Monkey survey report.
12.    Investigate with teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and students on possible reasons for specific students' misbehavior;	Chaparro, Cordoba, Morris (Principal), Toliver, Wright, teachers, parents, and students	08-2012 to 12-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Word, interviews with teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and students using Monkey Survey tool.	Report on input given by each interviewed individual for each case, Monkey survey report.
13.    Interview teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and students on possible solutions to eliminate or reduce incidences of the three major contributors	Chaparro, Cordoba, Morris (Principal), Toliver, Wright, teachers, parents, and students	08-2012 to 12-2012	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Word, interviews with teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and students using Monkey Survey tool.	Report on input given by each interviewed individual for each case, Monkey survey report.
14.    Consult literature web and any source of information on causes for discipline disruptions	Chaparro	03-2012 to 12-2012	Computer, internet, Microsoft Office Word, books, and literature on student discipline	Report on findings from literature consulted
15.    Consult literature web and any source of information on possible solutions for discipline disruptions	Chaparro	03-2012 to 12-2012	Computer, internet, Microsoft Office Word, books, and literature on student discipline	Report on findings from literature consulted
16.    Make a summary of causes and possible solutions for student misbehavior combining findings in the interviews, surveys, literature, and web.	Chaparro, Aguilar	10-2012 to 12-2012	Computer, internet, Microsoft Office Word, books, and literature on student discipline	Summary report on causes and possible solutions for student misbehavior combining findings in the interviews, surveys, literature, and web.
17.    Make a report on the impact of discipline on student academic achievement	Chaparro	10-2012 to 12-2012	All the graphics, reports, interviews, and surveys developed for this action plan, computer, internet, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, books, and literature on student discipline	Final report on the impact of discipline on student academic achievement
18.    Implement the possible solutions found on the combination of literature, research, surveys and interviews	Chaparro, Morris, Cordoba, Teachers, Toliver, Wright, Parents, and Students	01-2013 to 06-2013	Summary report on causes and possible solutions for student misbehavior from interviews, surveys, literature, and internet.	New analysis of DISD Student Discipline System/ School’s Internal files after changes have been implemented
19.    Monitor trends of violations to students code of conduct after changes have been implemented	Chaparro, Morris, Cordoba, Teachers, Toliver, Wright,Parents, and Students	01-2013 to 06-2013	Collection of new data. Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any spreadsheet software available	New Graphs with information gathered after changes implementation should show a decrease of violations to students’ code of conduct
20.    Monitor students’ academic achievement after changes have been implemented	Chaparro, Morris, Cordoba, Teachers, Toliver, Wright, Parents, and Students	01-2013 to 06-2013	STAAR, ACPs, EOCs, and any standardized test taken during the second semester of 2013	Summary report for every subject and every student in the new sample on academic achievement
21.    Make the necessary adjustments and updates as school year evolves	Chaparro, Morris, Cordoba, Teachers, Toliver, Wright, Parents, and Students	01-2013 to 06-2013	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Word, Excel or any spreadsheet software available, STAAR ACPs, EOCs, and any standardized test taken during the second semester	Summary report for every subject and every student in the new sample on academic achievement and violations to students’ code of conduct
22.    Set new goal for reduction of violations to students’ code of conduct. And academic achievement	Chaparro, Morris, Cordoba, Teachers, Toliver, Wright, Parents, and Students	08-2013 to 06-2014	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Excel or any spreadsheet software available, STAAR ACPs, EOCs, any standardized test taken during the previous school year, and any pre-inventory assessment taken at the beginning of the new school year	New goals statement
23.    Repeat the cycle	Chaparro, Morris, Cordoba, Teachers, Toliver, Wright, Parents, and Students	08-2013 to 06-2014	Dallas ISD Student Discipline System/ School internal files, Computer, Microsoft Office Word, Excel or any spreadsheet software available, STAAR ACPs, EOCs, any standardized test taken during the previous school year, and any pre-inventory assessment taken at the beginning of the new school year	New reports showing progress and /or attainment of goals