Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal:  To improve math instruction to provide students with better success in math comprehension
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Conduct a survey among teachers of mathematics at the school level to have a better understanding of teacher’s thoughts and own comprehension of mathematics.	Jessica Rivero	October 20 – 27, 2011	Teachers of Mathematics Survey	Analyze Results and Produce A Needs Report
Align GLEs to each grade level and provide teachers with a graphic source to show how each grade level’s GLEs impact the next level.	Jessica Rivero	Will be delivered and discussed by November 18, 2011­	Math GLEs for each grade level, including elementary and middle school	Understanding of importance of alignment across the school level.  Focus groups with the grade level before and after each grade to discuss thoughts and observations on student’s math comprehension.
Provide teachers with professional development opportunities to provide students with a differentiated approach to learning mathematics.	Jessica Rivero, Laura Landry, Mike Juneau, Nicole Adaway	Differentiation in the math classroom – centers, tiered assignments, choice assignments – Delivered by December 16, 2011	Research on differentiated instruction.  Examples of center management and tiered assignments.  Examples of choice assignments for students.	Observations of teachers and assignments being given to students.  Discussion in PLCs (Professional Learning Communities) and Focus Groups (Blogs) with teachers of various levels about how differentiation is improving their student’s math comprehension and ways for more improvement.
Provide teachers with professional development opportunities on various ways to teach math understanding to students.	Jessica Rivero, Laura Landry, Mike Juneau, Nicole Adaway	Strategies in the math classroom – Delivered by January 20, 2011	Research on the Hands – On Approach to mathematics, Singapore math strategies, and Mental Math	Observations of teachers and lesson plans.  Discussions in PLCs and with Focus Groups (Blogs) about new strategies that are being found to teach a skill and ways to improve teaching skills to provide better understanding for the students.