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.