Action Research Plan...check!

Action Planning Campus Mission Statement
Goal: To ensure that the current campus mission statement truly reflect the goals of all current stakeholders in leading students toward optimum success within the classroom, school and community.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Meet with campus administrators to discuss research plan	- Chris Massey - Michael Esparza  - Jolyn White	January 27, 2012	-       Campus mission statement	Meeting went well.  We determined that there is a need to rewrite the campus mission statement to ensure that all current grade levels were included.
Meet with campus administrators to determine who needs to be involved in this process.	- Chris Massey  - Michael Esparza - Jolyn White	February 8, 2012 February 10, 2012	-       Campus mission statement	The need for change was discussed with campus supervisors to ensure that the campus mission statement meets the campus’ needs.
Present action research plan to each grade level to receive input from all involved parties.	All campus teachers and administrators	February 13, 2012 February 27th, 2012	-       Campus mission statement -       Written purpose for wanting to revamp the current campus mission statement -       Survey for teachers to fill out regarding their input -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts	I met with the grade levels of my campus to present my idea of creating a campus mission statement.  Each grade level team really bought into the idea and thought that it was a great idea.  I allowed for teachers to have input to make it known that their values were important.
Meet with designated team to sort through ideas and input from teachers.  Write a few sample statements for the campus to vote on.	Campus Action Team	March 5, 2012 March 23, 2012	-       Original campus statement -       Teacher Surveys -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts -       Document of new statements highlighting changes and important attributes	The CAT met together for the first time on March 7th, 2012 to create a few sample mission statements to present to the campus at the next faculty meeting.  Teachers will vote and add valued input on the different samples.
Meet with designated team to tally votes and review teacher responses.  The CAT will make a decision to implement one of the new campus mission statements	Campus Action Team	April 2, 2012	-       Original campus statement -       Teacher Surveys -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts -       Document of new statements highlighting changes and important attributes	The CAT presented four samples of a mission statement to the staff.  Tallies were totaled and we now have a new mission statement for our campus.
Implementing the “new” campus mission statement for the 2012-2013 school year	All campus faculty and staff	August 2012-June 2013		Since I chose a career change to a new school district, I turned over the charge to another team member of the CAT that would be staying in the district.  I am anxious to discuss with them to see how the new mission statement has changed their campus.

Action Plan Revision

Action Planning Campus Mission Statement
The only change I made was to extend some of the deadlines in order to obtain adequate information. Goal: To ensure that the current campus mission statement truly reflect the goals of all current stakeholders in leading students toward optimum success within the classroom, school and community.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Meet with campus administrators to discuss research plan	- Chris Massey - Michael Esparza  - Jolyn White	January 27, 2012	-       Campus mission statement	Meeting went well.  We determined that there is a need to rewrite the campus mission statement to ensure that all current grade levels were included.
Meet with campus administrators to determine who needs to be involved in this process.	- Chris Massey  - Michael Esparza - Jolyn White	February 8, 2012 February 10, 2012	-       Campus mission statement
Present action research plan to each grade level to receive input from all involved parties.	All campus teachers and administrators	February 13, 2012 March 9th, 2012	-       Campus mission statement -       Written purpose for wanting to revamp the current campus mission statement -       Survey for teachers to fill out regarding their input -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts
Meet with designated team to sort through ideas and input from teachers.  Write a few sample statements for the campus to vote on.	Campus Action Team	March 12th,  2012 March 30th , 2012	-       Original campus statement -       Teacher Surveys -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts -       Document of new statements highlighting changes and important attributes
Meet with designated team to tally votes and review teacher responses.  The CAT will make a decision to implement one of the new campus mission statements	Campus Action Team	April 11th , 2012	-       Original campus statement -       Teacher Surveys -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts -       Document of new statements highlighting changes and important attributes
Implementing the “new” campus mission statement for the 2012-2013 school year	All campus faculty and staff	August 2012-June 2013

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)

The PLAN!

Research Action Plan Campus Mission Statement
Goal: To ensure that the current campus mission statement truly reflect the goals of all current stakeholders in leading students toward optimum success within the classroom, school and community.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Meet with campus administrators to discuss research plan	- Chris Massey - Michael Esparza  - Jolyn White	January 27, 2012	-       Campus mission statement	Meeting went well.  We determined that there is a need to rewrite the campus mission statement to ensure that all current grade levels were included.
Meet with campus administrators to determine who needs to be involved in this process.	- Chris Massey  - Michael Esparza - Jolyn White	February 8, 2012 February 10, 2012	-       Campus mission statement
Present action research plan to each grade level to receive input from all involved parties.	All campus teachers and administrators	February 13, 2012 February 27th, 2012	-       Campus mission statement -       Written purpose for wanting to revamp the current campus mission statement -       Survey for teachers to fill out regarding their input -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts
Meet with designated team to sort through ideas and input from teachers.  Write a few sample statements for the campus to vote on.	Campus Action Team	March 5, 2012 March 23, 2012	-       Original campus statement -       Teacher Surveys -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts -       Document of new statements highlighting changes and important attributes
Meet with designated team to tally votes and review teacher responses.  The CAT will make a decision to implement one of the new campus mission statements	Campus Action Team	April 2, 2012	-       Original campus statement -       Teacher Surveys -       Sample campus mission statements from other districts -       Document of new statements highlighting changes and important attributes
Implementing the “new” campus mission statement for the 2012-2013 school year	All campus faculty and staff	August 2012-June 2013

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)