Action Research Plan

SCHOOL VISION: Every child will achieve a minimum of one year’s growth.

GOAL:  All students transitioning from the elementary bilingual program into the middle school ESL program will pass the 6^th grade Reading STAAR exam and all core classes.  This will be facilitated through the use of mandatory tutorial sessions, increased parent involvement and reflection on the current ESL support system.

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
100% passing rate for all students transitioning from the elementary bilingual program into the middle school ESL program.	Mandatory tutorial sessions for 30 minutes, 3 times per week.	The fifth grade TAKS scores of the students involved in the study.   Advisory period will be used for tutoring.  This will eliminate the need for transportation. Released TAKS and STARR samples will be used to teach and practice effective strategies.	I will be responsible for the implementation of this tutorial program.	Starting Date:  Monday 11/7/2011 Ending Date:  Monday 4/2/2012	Reading STAAR Exam 2012	Common assessments will be conducted every two to three weeks.  The data will be reviewed and tutorials will be revised to focus on the student’s greatest areas of need.
All students transitioning from the elementary bilingual program into the middle school ESL program will pass their core classes and will achieve a minimum of at least one year’s growth.	Review and assess the current ESL support system. Review and evaluate the current ESL co-teach classrooms. Mandatory tutorial sessions for 30 minutes, 3 times per week.	Access for observation and collection of data will need to be approved by my administrator and the students and teachers included in the project.	It will be my responsibility to collect and evaluate the student’s grades.	Data will be collected from the end of the first six week period and will continue through the final six week period. The student’s six weeks grades will be recorded and evaluated at the end of each six week period.	Six week grades. A common assessment was given to each of the students at the beginning of the year.  The same assessment will be given at the end of the year and the results will be evaluated to see if the students achieved at least one year’s growth.	Information will be provided to the teachers at the end of each six week period.  Collaboration will take place to discuss effective strategies and techniques.  New ideas will be implemented and evaluated throughout the year.
Ensure parent involvement for the students transitioning from the elementary bilingual program into the middle school ESL program.	Hold a parent meeting to discuss the importance of parent involvement and their request their help in signing their child’s agenda and reading log on a weekly basis.	Parent survey to distinguish meeting time and initial parent involvement. Student agendas and reading logs.	It will be my responsibility to implement the parent meeting.  It will be the parent’s responsibility to commit to supporting their child.	The parent meeting will be held in late November.  The students reading logs and agendas will be checked every Monday.	Student reading logs and agendas will be reviewed for parent signatures on a weekly basis.	Initial parent involvement will be documented and assessed.  After the parent meeting, parent involvement will be monitored on a weekly basis and contact with the parents will continue on an as need basis.