Revised Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: To research the effectiveness of co-teaching inclusion model of special education learners and what gains on assessments do learners show with model.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Gain permission from my site supervisor to do research plan	Carolyn Collins and Site Supervisor	April 2012	none	Permission to proceed with research plan
Meet with inclusion teacher to discuss her role in action research plan	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	May 2012	none	Agreement to proceed with action research plan
Acquire permission from special education students parents	Carolyn Collins	August 2012	School letter head explaining to parents the process of my action research plan and asking that they grant me permission to review all student data and share with other staff	Permission from parents to proceed with action research plan
Gather names of all incoming special education learners that will be in inclusion setting	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	August 2012	List from Chancery database of all current 4th grade special education learners	The list of special education learners
Review special education student folders and ARD papers to determine what their learning disabilities are	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	August 2012	Special education folders	List all Special Ed. Learners and their disabilities and what areas they receive services in.
Collect state standardized assessment data on special education learners in inclusion model	Carolyn Collins	September 2012	EVAAS	Acquired assessment information
Pre-Assess learners with assessment modifications (eliminating an answer choice)to see where they are	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	September 2012	Teacher-made assessment	Acquired Assessment info.
Review and chart assessment data	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	September 2012	Assessment scores	Charted Data
Special Ed. Teacher and regular Ed. Teacher meet to plan lesson plans and continue to co-teach in inclusion setting	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	September 2012-May 2013 (Fall and Spring Semester))	TEKS and district curriculum	Collaborations about how to reach inclusion learners
Survey learners to see if they feel co-teaching inclusion is beneficial to them	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	Spring Semester 2012 (February)	Teacher made Survey	Gather survey results
Continue to give teacher-made assessments and district assessments looking for growth/gains in inclusion learners	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	Fall Semester 2012-Spring Semester 2013	Assessment scores	Review and disseminate the results
Give learners pre-assessment test given previously to look for gains Give state STAAR test	Carolyn Collins and Special ed. Inclusion teacher	Spring Semester 2013 (May)	Pre-Assessment	Charted data
Review all findings with administration/ staff	Carolyn Collins	End of Spring Semester 2013 (June)	Charts, Graphs, and Surveys	Meetings and Collaborations about the effectiveness of a co-teaching inclusion model