Ready. . .Set. . .Action (Plan)

 

SCHOOL VISION:  To create a school environment that continues the commitment to building a culture that increases and promotes individuals and teams to meet their maximum professional and personal growth for the betterment of student achievement.

GOAL:  To use “indirect mentoring” as a behavior intervention in order to reduce repeated, disruptive classroom behaviors that typically require frequent parental contact and/or office referrals

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT(S)	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
Cite sources for indirect mentoring as a behavior intervention	Review existing data on indirect mentoring as a behavior intervention	Online databases and journals	Deirdre Woolard	Prior to beginning of school year – June 2013 – August 2013	Comparison of resources to current action research topic for previous discoveries and completed action research	Coinciding with action research activities; based on discovery of existing action research in elementary setting
Preliminary identification of student sampling	Conferencing with teachers and administrators to identify at-risk students	Teacher notes; copies of conduct cards; copies of office referrals, parent correspondence/concerns	Deirdre Woolard Teachers Administrators Counselor	August 26, 2013 – October 25, 2013	Not applicable at this time	Coinciding with action research activities; revision factor might include large number of students eligible for sampling
Student sampling determined	Identify student population for indirect mentoring	Office referrals, teacher input written/verbal, parent input written/verbal	Deirdre Woolard Teachers Administrators Counselor	October 28, 2013- November 1, 2013	Student Code of Conduct, Office referrals, conduct cards	Coinciding with action research activities;
Initial student data complied	Compile student data noting identified behavior  - severity, frequency, duration	Teacher input, office referrals, counselor input	Deirdre Woolard Teachers Administrators Counselor	November 4, 2013 – November 8, 2013	Not applicable at this time	Coinciding with action research activities
Students receive indirect mentoring	Mentor (Deirdre Woolard) initiates visits with identified students	Mentoring log of date, time, setting	Deirdre Woolard	November 11, 2013 – March 14, 2014	Review of initial student data, ongoing indirect mentoring data, office referral data and teacher data to determine success of indirect mentoring	Ongoing and coinciding with action research activities and will include continual review and assessment of office referral frequency and parent contact – verbal or written
Determination of action research success	Mentor (Deirdre Woolard) compiles data to compare placement data to exit data	Office referral data, teacher input	Deirdre Woolard Teacher Administrators Counselor	March 24, 2014 – April 4, 2014	Assessment of final data – office referral frequency data, teacher tracking data	Coinciding with action research activities; review and assessment of all data in all formats
Dissemination of findings	Results of indirect mentoring shared	Electronic and hard copy of results	Deirdre Woolard	April 7, 2014 – April 17, 2014		Coinciding with action research activities