New Action Research

Draft Action Research Plan Progress

Title

Will increasing reading time for LEP students, by 100 minutes per week, impact reading grade levels.

Needs assessment

The action research committee determined that our 10^th grade LEP students would be the best sub-group to research, as far as literacy. We determined that we were to use three data reports for our needs assessment. We used data from 9^th grade EOC state assessment for ELA, we used data from our schools reading renaissance program, we used failure reports from PIEMS report and we used data from the schools 90 day plan from the TIIPS grant coordinator. The data showed a need for researching the schools literacy program. Does the literacy program have an impact on reading levels?

Objectives and Vision of the action research project

Our vision is that the data will show that our schools literacy program increases reading levels of LEP students. This will hopefully lead to the continuation of the literacy program. Our action research is to measure the impact of a one hundred minute per week literacy program. Is there an impact on reading levels, positive or negative?

Review of the Literature and Action Research Strategy

E. Lindsay, S. Booth.(2002) Leading Information Literacy Programs: Immersion and Beyond: Journal of Library Administration; Volume 36, Numbers 1 of 2  (2002).

After discussing my action research plan with my site supervisor, we concluded that my action research plan would be beneficial to measure the impact of our literacy program. The principal suggested bringing in a committee to help with the action research. We discussed the outcome of the action research plan, if the data collected showed that literacy reading levels are not improving, changes need to be made to the literacy program.

Articulate the Vision (ELCC 1.2)

I shared my vision of my action research plan with certain members of the stakeholders of the school. I shared my action research with the entire staff during staff developments throughout the first semester. I have not yet shared my action research with parents or students. This is the next step in my action research process. I will use the social worker and the migrant strategist to deliver an information pamphlet to the parents.

Manage the organization (ELCC 3.1)

I took the suggestion of the principal and I asked certain staff members to join my action research committee. Together, we decided that the best action research would be the literacy program. We have met several times and these meetings have been very productive. We came up with the action research question, we came up with our smart goal and collected initial data that we needed. Because the TTIPS grant is important to our school, we decided that one of the products of the TTIPS grant would be the ideal action research topic.

Manage Operations (ELCC 3.2)

We used initial data to assist us in determining the action research we were to select. We decided that the literacy program used by our campus would be the best action research we could choose. I implemented a plan where every person in the group would have responsibilities within the group. We have taken initial surveys of teachers on their views of the literacy program.

Respond to Community Interest and Needs (ELCC 4.2)

The action research will measure the impact that the literacy program has on LEP students reading levels. Initially, the research will measure the actual impact of the literacy program. Ultimately, the action research will determine if the literacy program will continue as is or if changes needs to be made to the literacy program. The results will be shared with all the stakeholders. The topic of literacy is a challenging topic at our school. Our students are well below the state reading levels. Literacy programs need to be implemented but the literacy programs must be measured to see if they are successful.