Action Plan in Progress

Action Planning Progression Timeline

Goal:

How can storytelling improve student involvement in the classroom for core and elective classes?

Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.  Speak with site supervisor regarding Active Research Topic	Teresa Bailey	8/5/13 -8/10/13	Schedule meeting with new Principal to go over internship plan and active research topic.	Approval from principal on plan.
2. Research articles and studies related to Storytelling in the classroom	Teresa Bailey	August 2013/December 2013	Internet, Library	Notes on research
3. Locate teachers who use story telling in their classroom to observe and interview	Teresa Bailey	September 2013/November 3013	Teachers already using Storytelling methods, internet, Campus Libraries	Notes from observations and interview
4. Implement in my classroom for testing purposes. Use one class as a test class and the other class without story telling.	Teresa Bailey	August 2013/June 2014	Blogging, administrative feedback from observations, walk-throughs,  peers, speak with students	Student responses, administrative feedback, test scores
5. Analyze and Interpret Data	Teresa Bailey	August 2013-June 2014	Computer, internet, gathered data	Graphs showing data collected
6. Share findings with administrators and make recommendations	Teresa Bailey	June 2014 – July 2014	Data, schedule meetings to discuss outcome	Presentation for recommendation on implementing.
7. Plan for Professional Development training	Teresa Bailey, Administration, Curriculum Specialist	July 2014 – August 2014	Powerpoint presentation, handouts,	Feedback from teachers, administration
8. Training on Storytelling	Teresa Bailey, Administration, Curriculum Specialist	August 2014 –October 2014	Powerpoint, handouts, reading material, reflection	Breakdown the art of story telling into blocks of training. Get teachers to come back the following week to discuss what they reflected on and how they used that part of the training in their classroom.

Reference:

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

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)