Action Planning Template

Action Planning Template
Goal: To determine if the implementation of technology used in applied classes increases student achievement.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Research various sources to gather information about the benefits of technology in applied classes.	Monica Billek-Burton	March 18th  2013 March 30th  2013	Professional Readings, Blogs	Collection of professional readings such as articles, podcasts, and blogs as reference
Survey teachers regarding their comfort level and familiarity with their classroom use of technology.	Monica Billek-Burton	April 12th  2013-April 29th 2013	Google forms for Surveys	Spread sheet with answers from surveys
Survey students regarding their familiarity and comfort levels with technology.	Myself	April 12th 2013- April 29th 2013	Google form for survey	Spread sheet with answers from survey
Examine prior year TAKs, Proficiency and Benchmark scores of students to get a baseline of student performance	Monica Billek-Burton,  Teachers	March 22nd , 2013 – April 10th	Data collected from student hard or electronic folders : TAKS, Proficiency, Benchmark, Report-cards	Spreadsheet of student data
Meet with teachers to provide tools for creating and implementing technology into their lesson plans.	Monica Billek-Burton, Teachers	April, 2013	Binders with tools such as websites and ideas and examples of lessons for various subjects	Teacher responses
Join technology committee ( “The Geek Squad”)	Monica Billek-Burton	March, 2013 – June, 2014	Question that teachers need investigated, and issues teachers are having with implementing technology	The committee  will assist with  evaluating the effectiveness of the types of technology being used, and looking at ways we can help teachers to incorporate technology effectively
Meet with teachers bi-weekly to provide ongoing mentorship	Monica Billek-Burton	April, 2013 – June, 2013	Professional development materials	Response to teachers inquiries
Based on data, determine which types of technology integration were the most effective	Monica Billek-Burton, Teachers, Site supervisor	June, 2013 – July, 2013	All data collected from surveys,	Researcher and Teacher notes, end of year student survey answers, and assessments
Conduct “exit” interviews at the end of the semester to establish teacher growth and increase of technology use	Monica Billek-Burton	June, 2013	Interview questions	Data will be collected and compared to earlier surveys to determine the impact of the use of technology
Share findings with site supervisor and teachers	Monica Billek-Burton	June, 2013	Report of findings	Demonstrate how implementation of technology affected student performance

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

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)