Action Research Plan and Week 3 Reflection

The Research Action Plan has taken over my life. When my mind gets a second to wander there it is: action research plan. Last week I had to determine what my action research plan was with my site supervisor.  This week I was trying to clarify how I wanted to start my project. The action plan template gave me the outline that I needed to get started. The main result of using the action plan template was organizing by whom and when my data collection would need to be done. I want to survey individuals before implementation, right after implementation and six months after the initial implementation of our new School Information System. I feel that this project could be a tiring process since it is spread out so far in the year. But I think the results could be eye-opening for the division.

I made one change to my Action Plan after reviewing with a colleague. I had planned to survey parents, administrators,guidance,teachers and students as my first step. After talking to her it was decided that I should first do my literature review and interview current users of the SIS to help me develop questions for my survey.

Action Planning Template
Goal: To provide evidence that Infinite Campus has improved daily operations in Campbell County Schools.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Literature Review	James Coates	April 2013	Literature from Lamar Library	Review and compile  university literature research
Interview two current users of Infinite Campus from another district	James Coates,	April  2013	Google Forms, Telephone Interviews	Compare and contrast the use of Infinite Campus between two different districts.
Survey Students, Parents, Administrator, Guidance Counselors, Teachers about the current School Information System.	James Coates, Jon Hardie (Site Supervisor)	April to May 2013	Google Forms to make a survey for stakeholders to use	The target group is 150 people from all over the county. I hope to realistically receive 75-100 responses.
Analyze results from all participants in survey about current system.	James Coates, Jon Hardie,	June 2013	Data collected in Google forms	Separate responses into different categories. Categories are as follows: Students, Parents, Administrator, Guidance Counselors, Teachers
Interview at least one participant from each category about the current system.	James Coates,	May 2013	Field Notes	Analysis responses of different groups and ask follow up questions.
After implementation is complete, resurvey participants to gather data about the initial impression of Infinite Campus.	James Coates, Jon Hardie	June 2013-September 2013	Data collected in Google forms	Compare responses from first survey with second survey
After at least 6 months of using the new system, resurvey the same group to see if the initial impression of Infinite Campus has changed.	James Coates, Jon Hardie,	April 2014	Data collected in Google forms	Compare responses from first survey and second survey with last survey
Interview at least one participant from each category about the current system.	James Coates, Jon Hardie,	May 2014	Field Notes	Analyze responses of different groups and ask follow up questions comparing initial interview and last interview
Compile data into one report and determine direction that the project has taken	James Coates	May 2014	Field Notes, Surveys	Analyze quantitative data and qualitative data.
Share information learned with administrators within the division.	James Coates, Jon Hardie	May 2014	Report of Findings	Demonstrate how Infinite Campus affected  Campbell County’s daily operations.
Provide similar surveys about improvements made to Inifinite Campus during the year.	James Coates, Director of Technology	May 2014	Google Docs forms	Google forms will provide instant feedback about changes that occur in Infinite Campus.