Action Research Draft

These past days, my thoughts, actions, readings, and yes...even dreams, have been filled with one thing:  ACTION RESEARCH!   After several days of editing, this seems to be my draft for my action research project.  I hope that I'm on the right track with my research activities.  Good thing about a draft is that it can always be improved, so any suggestions or recommendations are highly appreciated :)

Action Planning Template
Goal:  To assess the effectiveness of professional development amongst teachers in my campus, find out ways to make those sessions more meaningful, and identify the type of support needed for practices to be implemented with fidelity.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.     Literature Review on professional development	Sheila Mata	March 2013-July 2013	Lamar Online Library Internet	Review and identify literature that highlights key points of effective professional development
2.     Conduct teacher survey on perceptions of professional development	Sheila Mata M. Ramos	May 1, 2013-May 31, 2013	Surveymonkey.com	Review surveys
3.     Create focus group for teacher discussions on professional development	Sheila Mata M. Ramos	May 1, 2013-May 31, 2013	Team leaders for every grade level Questionnaire on professional development	Field notes on focus group discussion.
4.     Attend Trainer of Trainers Workshops	Sheila Mata M. Ramos	June 2013-August 2013	La Joya ISD Calendar of Summer Workshops	Identify key points of highly effective professional development in attended workshop
5.     Plan for summer staff development session using literature review on components of highly effective professional development	Sheila Mata	July 2013-August 2013	Material/content for staff development Literature review	Review plan for staff development session and identify components mentioned in literature review.
6.     Conduct a staff development session	Sheila Mata M. Ramos	August 1, 2013-August 30, 2013	Material/content for staff development	Evaluation form from teachers
7.     Obtain teacher evaluation of my staff development session	Sheila Mata	August 1, 2013-August 30, 2013	Staff development evaluation form	Collection and review of evaluation forms
8.     Monitor teachers implementation of learned content during staff development session and provide needed support	Sheila Mata M. Ramos	August 2013-October 2013	Monitoring & Feedback form	Field notes on monitoring and discussion with teachers.
9.     Share project findings with administration	Sheila Mata	November 2013	Action Research Power Point Literature Review	Collect and review evaluation form on presentation