Action Research Plan

Goal: To determine the ways that the Acton Elementary Mentor Program improves student achievement.

Action Step(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources:
Evaluation:

1. Analyze and record academic growth and attendance during the 2009-2010 school year of each student new to the program.
A. Roe, K. Condit
August 2010
DMAC
Data Collected

2. Survey each participating student’s teacher from the 2009-2010 school year on attitude and performance in school.
A.Roe
August 2010
Survey
Survey Data

3. After the first six weeks, survey the current year teacher on attitude and performance of student in school.
A.Roe
September 2010
Survey
Survey Data

4. After first three mentor meetings, meet with mentor to discuss the first interactions with student. Minutes of meeting will be recorded for data.
A.Roe
October 2010
Interview, Time
Interview Data

5. Visit and/or contact coordinators of similar mentor programs in elementary schools.
A.Roe
September 2010/November 2010
Time
Collect data of interviews and findings from other programs. Seek out strategies that make programs successful.

6. Current Year Teachers and Mentors complete end of year surveys on students.
A.Roe
May 2010
Surveys
Survey Data Collected

7. Disaggregate and Analyze growth for each student from the 2010-2011 school year. A.Roe, K. Condit
May 2010
DMAC
Data Collected

8. Combine data collected. Analyze, evaluate, and average growth of the students compared with the growth from the previous year.
Analyze beginning of the year and end of the year surveys and combine results of surveys of attitudes and performance to show growth of students in the program over the school year.
A.Roe
May 2010
Surveys, Time, DMAC
Survey Data and DMAC data

9. Present the findings to the administrators.
A.Roe
June 2010
PowerPoint, Time
Administrators response to results.