Sunday, December 4, 2011

Action Research Plan SSA

Draft Action Research Plan
Goal: To reduce the amount of mistreatment between student peers while reflecting an increase in student attendance and positive school climate so in return decreasing office and counselor referrals.
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation
Training Family Group Facilitators

Safe School Ambassador Trainer
11-17-11 to
11-18-11
SSA Trainer, Tools and Handouts. SSA Web page. Family Group Meeting Guidelines.
Have a record of all that were trained.
Training Student Ambassadors


Safe School Ambassador Trainer
11-17-11 to
11-18-11
SSA Trainer, Tools and Handouts. SSA Web page.
Have a record of all that were trained.
Conduct Bi-Weekly Family Group Meetings.



Family Group Facilitators
Continuous till end of year. MAY 2012.
Group meeting format. SSA Web page. Action Logs
All Facilitator and Student Ambassadors’ attendance. Meeting Logs.

Survey






Family Group Facilitators, Julie Buchanan, School Counselor.
Week of 12-5-11
Survey Monkey and input from Family Groups.
Collect Survey results and compile information to implement into program.
Identify Common Issues of Concern



Family Group Facilitators, Student Ambassadors.
Continuous till end of year, MAY 2012.
Surveys from faculty and Student Ambassadors input.
Come to a consensus on the identified target issues.


Collection of Action Logs


Family Group Facilitators, Julie Buchanan
Continuous till end of year, MAY 2012.
SSA formatted logs.
Compile information from the logs
2nd Survey
Family Group Facilitators, Julie Buchanan, School Counselor.
End of the 3rd 9 Weeks. March 2012
Survey Monkey and input from Family Groups.
Collect Survey results and compile information to implement into program. Compare surveys.

Review Previous Data
Julie Buchanan, Counselor, Administration.
11-30-11 and again May 2012.
Previous Data for Office/Counselor Referrals and Attendance Reports, ISS Logs and Alternative placement reports.

Take data to compare to current data accumulated.
Compile Data






Family Group Facilitator, Julie Buchanan, Counselor
Bi-Weekly through the end of the year, MAY 2012.
All information collected from all the Family Group Facilitators.
Desegregate data. Compare to prior school year and quarterly for current year.
Reflection







Family Group Facilitators, Student Ambassadors, Counselor and Administration.
Continuous to end of the year, MAY 2012.
All data collected including previous surveys, action logs, and counselor
/administrator recommendations.
Continuous through the end of the year, MAY.
Presentation of Data
Julie Buchanan, Counselor
End of Year, MAY 2012.
All desegregated data.
Give findings from the research.



This is my draft action research plan for increasing student attendance and decreasing office and counselor referrals by giving a group of students, who have clout with their peers, the tools and skills needed to prevent, de-escalate and stop mistreatment among their peers. Collecting the data accumulated at desegregating it so see what impact it is making.

2 comments:

  1. Great Job Julie! It is clear that you have direction and passion for your research topic!

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  2. This is a very interesting research subject and I am looking forward to read about your findings and how the implementation of the peer intervention group will be accepted at your campus. Having peer conflict resolution in place seems like an excellent idea, to decrease discipline problems, maybe something like a teen court could be implemented where students serve as prosecutors and attorneys, with peer juries handing out appropriate discipline! Just a thought. I am interested in your research and I will periodically see how it is going. Good luck,
    R. Garrett

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