S. Kassees developed an action research plan to increase parental involvement at Clark High School during the 2010-2011 school year. The plan's goal was to significantly increase positive parental involvement on campus to support students' academic and social success. Activities included distributing a parent survey, reviewing discipline data, sharing the project with teachers, increasing parent communication, holding parental involvement activities, and collecting data throughout the year to evaluate progress. The plan aimed to decrease behavior referrals by increasing parental participation in the school.

1. Susan Kassees – Action Research Plan for the 2010-2011 School Year
Action Research Plan Question: Will increasing parent involvement at the high school
level decrease the amount of behavior referrals to detention and in school suspension?
School Vision: Clark High School will actively encourage and welcome parental
involvement in any way that will direct our students towards success.
Goals: To significantly increase positive parental involvement on campus to support
our student’s academic and social success.
Activities Persons Time Resources Progress Revisions
Responsible line /Tools Assessments/
Evaluations
Hand out parent Stamped Determine
involvement addressed percent of
survey during new envelopes surveys returned
August 1 -
student S. Kassees for parents related to the N/A
13
registration and to return number handed
schedule pick up completed out.
survey
Post survey online $200 for Add to surveys Basic plan for
for parents who survey returned by mail survey monkey
did not receive a monkey to determine did not meet
August 1
copy or would S. Kassees account ( 1 percentage of needs.
-13
prefer to complete year response. Upgrade of
on line subscription) account is
necessary.
Review last years Discipline Percent of
discipline referral referral data students given
data discipline
S. Kassees August N/A
referrals and
identify frequent
offenders
During Teacher Pencils, Review of how
inservice share Power point teachers
information about presentation, perceive what
the project with Copy of parental
staff and ask for survey involvement
committee distributed to should look like
volunteers. parents, on the campus.
S. Kassees August 16 survey on N/A
parental
involvement
from teacher
point of view
completed
by each staff
member
All Faculty and All faculty and Ongoing To be Language Will send out
staff will increase staff determined barriers will be survey at
parent depending identified and semester
communication on type of resolved, regarding
through a variety communicati learning goals teacher contact
of avenues on and student to parents to

2. expectations will see if they feel
be clearly teacher
expressed. communication
Evidence of has improved.
communication
will be provided.
Committee meets Results of None
to review survey data
responses and to collected
identify families Committee August 20 from surveys N/A
who did not return and list of
the survey in order students
to redistribute.
Contact non Contact Number of
respondents by numbers of surveys
phone and families who completed by
administer survey did not phone interview
if family agrees or respond added to
August
provide other Committee previously N/A
23-27
options for collected data.
completing survey
once the
importance has
been explained.
Committee meets Access to Collect data on
to identify parental available the number of
involvement dates and parent
activities that will facilities, participants at
be implemented Committee August 25 budget each event and a N/A
and choose dates amount, satisfaction
to hold those potential survey
activities. business completed at end
donations, of event.
Contact local Community none
business for either partnerships
Committee
donations or On going N/A
member
discounts on food
and beverages
Meet once a Materials Collect data on
month to plan next needed for the number of
months activity that month’s parent
activity, set participants at
Committee On going budget for each event and a N/A
planned satisfaction
activity, survey
completed at end
of event.
Collect discipline Discipline Percent of
referral data referral students given
report discipline
Every 6 referrals and
S. Kassees N/A
weeks identify frequent
offenders
End of year committee Compare last N/A
meeting year’s data to
this year’s data
to determine if
project was a
success. Even if
50% was not

3. reached, if there
was an increase
in parental
involvement and
decrease in
referrals than we
have succeeded.