1. Goal: The purpose of this research project is to determine if a School Within A School (alternative campus) be an effective learning environment if it is located on the same campus as the traditional high school?<br />Action Steps Person(s) Timeline Needed Evaluation<br /> Responsible Resources<br />1. Review data that supports other SWAS settings. Review progress of other campuses that house a SWAS. District Curriculum & Instruction Personnel, Counselors – district & campus level, make contact with other campuses that house a SWAS. September – October 2009Journals, articles that support successful SWAS, visits to other campuses, discussion with administration that have implemented successful SWAS’s. Data that supports this plan, visits to other campuses that have a successful SWAS. Review at least 2 other programs.2. Create handbook for SWAS and application for students to apply to school.Principal (district level) that will oversee all three SWAS campuses, input from campus counselors/administrationNovember 2009 – February 2010Handbooks/Applications from other schools (with permission), Application from previous alternative school campus.Approval of documents from district C & I, campus counseling and administration departments.3. Select staff for SWAS at each campus.Campus principal, along with academic dean and counseling staff will choose an appropriate teacher to be the primary staff individual for SWAS. Offer position to teacher and discuss implementation of the school.March 2010Teacher will need to become familiar with handbook & application, provide individual with resources/articles of productive SWAS, articles/journal writings on statistics of success and how important the individual in this position is to making the SWAS successful.Teacher will accept the position and be on board for setting the school in motion.4. Train new teacher on software that students will be using.Teacher, campus instructional technologistMay – July 2010On line software, lab to set up for new school year.Teacher is able to make contact with software group to be able to assess any technical difficulties and fix them in a timely manner.5. Alternative campus (SWAS) is opened and first group of students are accepted to school.TeacherCampus principalDistrict principalStudentsCampus instructional technologist August 2010Computer labStudent log insTeacher “rights” to software to control settings within softwareStudents will begin to progress through their courses via on-line software.6. Review grades & attendance after first nine weeks...and for every nine week period after.TeacherCounselorDistrict PrincipalCampus PrincipalAsst. Sup. Of Curriculum & InstructionStudentsOctober 2010January 2011March 2011June 2011Grade reportsAttendance reportsStudent surveysWhat was the percentage of students passing courses and obtaining credit compared to students who have been in a similar program on a separate campus? What did the student surveys show the students felt about the change?<br />