New and Improved Plan

Based of the feedback I received from my peers (YOU amazing people), the CIS on my campus and my site supervisor, below is my new and I hope, IMPROVED action research plan. I have made adjustments to my timeline, giving myself the summer to bring all the data together and develop a presentation. My plan is to present my findings to the third grade teachers, our CIS and our Principal(my site supervisor) during work week in August. Please let me know what you think of my plan. Comment any suggestions you may have, because there's a good chance I haven't thought of everything. Thank you all so much for being so helpful throughout this course!! :)

Megan Marks’ Action Research Plan
Goal: To discover if using the program Istation is beneficial to our third grade students.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Research the Istation Program and the effects it has had in other elementary schools	Myself	March 2013	-Internet	Compare the research from multiple schools and type up a summary of my findings
Meet with third grade teachers and develop a plan to get students on Istation for at least 90-120 minutes per week.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers	March 2013	-A meeting place -Access to third grade’s daily schedule	Develop a new schedule, including Istation time for each student.
Collect and analyze data from students’ initial placement test on Istation.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers	April 2013	-Access to third grade teacher’s Istation accounts. -Excel	Make a spreadsheet of students’ initial placement test.
Collect and analyze data from students’ SRI tests before they began using Istation.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, CIS	April 2013	-Access to third grade teachers’ SRI data for their students. -Excel	Add students’ SRI data to the spreadsheet
Assess students’ middle of the year SRI tests to see if there are any improvements.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, CIS	April 2013	-Access to third grade students’ middle of the year SRI tests. -Excel	Track students’ progress on Excel spreadsheet.
Analyze students’ monthly data on Istation to see whether or not they are progressing.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers	April-June 2013	-Access to third grade teachers’ Istation accounts. -Excel	Track students’ progress on Excel spreadsheet
Interview third grade teachers individually. Ask whether Istation is helping their students and if they would recommend the program for other teachers.	Myself Third Grade Teachers	May 2013	-A meeting place -Interview questions -My iPad to track teachers’ responses	Write a reflection on teachers’ responses.
Create a binder with all data collections and findings, along with results	Myself	June-July 2013	-Data I’ve collected -Presentation Binder	Produce a final binder to present to the third grade teachers, CIS and Principal
Meet with third grade teachers, CIS and Principal to discuss the results.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, Principal, CIS	August 2013	-A meeting place -Presentation Binder	Feedback from teachers, CIS and Principal on my findings.

What Spring Break!?

AhhH! I am FINALLY through with my week 3 assignments. Hopefully it's not just me, but this week was VERY lengthy and challenging. Thankful to have everything submitted and plan on starting week 4 tomorrow or Monday. Hope everyone has a great rest of their weekend!

Action Plan

Megan Marks’ Action Plan
Goal: To discover if using the program, Istation is beneficial to our third grade students.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Research the Istation Program and the effects it has had in other elementary schools	Myself	March 2013	Internet	Compare research and type a summary of findings
Analyze data from student’s initial placement test on Istation.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, CIS	April 2013	Access to third grade teacher’s Istation accounts. Excel	Make a spreadsheet of student’s initial placement test.
Meet with third grade teachers and develop a plan to get students on Istation for at least 120 minutes/week.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers	March 2013	Conference room, access to third grade’s daily schedule	Develop a new schedule, including Istation time for each student.
Assess student’s weekly reading tests to see if there is any improvement	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, CIS	May 2013	Access to third grade student’s weekly reading tests. Excel	Track student progress in Excel spreadsheet.
Analyze student’s monthly data on Istation to see whether or not they are progressing.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, CIS	May 2013	Access to third grade teacher’s Istation accounts. Excel	Track student progress on Excel spreadhseet
Create a binder with all data collections and findings, along with results	Myself	May 2013	Access to third grade teacher’s Istation accounts. Presentation Binder	Produce a final binder to present to the third grade teachers, CIS and Principal
Meet with third grade teachers, CIS and Principal to discuss the results.	Myself, Third Grade Teachers, CIS	June 2013	Conference room, Presentation Binder	Feedback from teachers, CIS and Principal on my findings.

Well! Hopefully I did this right, but theres really no telling. Feel free to let me know what you think so I can make any needed adjustments.