1. Tool 7.1 Action Planning Template (Harris et. al., p.85)
Goal: To determine the effect that co-teaching has on the 12th grade ELA classroom and its
students as measured by classroom grades and completion rates in ELA in addition to teacher and
student surveys.
Action Steps Persons Timeli Needed Evaluation
Responsible ne: Resources
Start/
End
1. Initial meeting M. Brown Aug. Meeting agenda If the meeting
between C. 2010 is a success
Pyles, S. Meeting place then C. Pyles,
Wagner and S. Wagner and
myself to discuss I will arrange
the proposed to meet in
action research about one
project and set week.
up a time and
date for the next
meeting when
we will begin the
process of
putting class
data together.
2. Meet at the M. Brown/ Aug. Meeting place Create a
school to discuss C. Pyles/ S. 2010 summary of
how many Wagner Classroom the data
students each of data/grades from collected.
has in our co- current school year.
teach
classrooms Class schedules
compared to the and co-teacher
number of schedule.
students we
each have in
traditional
classrooms.
3. Before the M. Brown/C. Aug. Meeting place I will ask for
beginning of Pyles/S. 2010 progress
classes, each Wagner Journals checks on the
teacher (Pyles, journals
Wagner, and Journal instructions throughout the
Brown) will be first semester.
asked to keep a I will also offer
journal assistance to
describing the those who are
impact (positive not having
and/or negative) much success

2. co-teaching is with the
having on the journaling
learning process process.
in their
classrooms.
4. At the end of the M. Brown/C. Oct 5th Meeting place Fill in data
1st 6 weeks we Pyles/S. 2010 forms to reflect
will briefly meet Wagner Grade books findings.
to discuss the
success/failures
of student in both
traditional
classrooms and
co-teach
classrooms.
5. At the end of the M. Brown/C. Nov. Meeting place Fill in data
2nd 6 weeks we Pyles/S. 9th forms to
will briefly meet Wagner 2010 Grade books reflect
to discuss the findings.
success/failures
of student in both
traditional
classrooms and
co-teach
classrooms.
6. At the end of the M. Brown/C. Jan. Meeting Place Fill in data
3rd 6 weeks we Pyles/S. 5th forms to
will briefly meet Wagner 2011 Grade books reflect
to discuss the findings.
success/failures
of student in both
traditional
classrooms and
co-teach
classrooms.

3. 7. After the Students/ M. Jan Surveys Completed
completion of the Brown 2011 surveys
3rd 6 wks send will be
out a survey to collected
students in the and given
participating ELA to me to
classrooms tally.
pertaining to
their views of co-
teaching.
8. Toward the close Teachers Jan Teacher Surveys Completed
of the 3rd grading participating 2011 surveys will be
period, send out in a co- collected and
a survey to teaching given to me to
teachers who classroom tally.
have a co-
teacher in their
classrooms to
gauge the
perception of the
program.
9. At the end of the Brown Jan Grade books I will collect
1st semester, Wagner 2011 the data at the
have a meeting Pyles Tally sheets end of the
with participating meeting.
teachers (me,
Pyles, and
Wagner) and
discuss the data
collection
process
(gathering
semester
averages and
determining the
percentage of
students
receiving credit
in both the
traditional class
periods and in
co-teaching
class periods.

4. 10. Assess the data. Brown Jan Data collected from I will present
Asses the 2011 last teacher the data to the
collected data to meeting. department
determine if chair in an
students in co- organized
teaching form.
classrooms have
a higher
completion rate
than those
students in
traditional
classrooms.
11. Obtain Brown Jan Collected data. Gained
permission to 2011 permission.
present the
findings to the
English
department at
the first
department
meeting of the
2nd semester.
12. Prepare a power Brown Jan Data I will,
point 2011 Power Point hopefully,
presentation for software present the
the English power point at
meeting. the English
department
meeting.