1) The document outlines steps to analyze student engagement data from the previous school year, implement engagement strategies, and survey teachers. 2) Key activities include data walks, observations of teachers, interviews, and student samples to gather insights into current strategies and knowledge of engagement. 3) The researcher will analyze data and present findings on strategies to engage students, with a focus on English Language Learners.

1. ACTION STEPS RESOURCES/RESEARCH TOOLS
NEEDED
Analyze data from previous school year Data walk through data; AEIS
information
Implement student engagement strategies Teachers implement the strategies
they know to implement active
student engagement
Teacher survey Send out a survery to all teachers
asking them what they know about
student engagement and the
strategies used
Walk throughs Data walk throughs to gather data
about instructional strategies and
compare % to last year's data
Observations Using the above data, select two
strong teachers and two weak
teachers of active student
engagement
Interviews Interview teachers to gather insight
about their strategies and what they
already know
Student Samples After observations of lesson, gather
student samples of entire classroom
Data Analysis Use student samples, data walk
information, benchmarking, and
TAKS information to compare data

2. Present Information Present data and strategies to the
teachers

3. RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS TIME LINE EVALUATION
ACTIVITIES
Researcher August - September What does this data
tell me?
Researcher and classroom August - May What strategies do I
teachers know to engage
students in active
engagement?
Researcher September What do teachers
already know about
student engagement?
Researcher, principal, assistant September - October What percentage of
principal the time are students
engaged in active
engagement?
Researcher October - March What strategies are
teachers using to
engage students?
Researcher and 4 selected March What do teachers
classroom teachers (with ELL already know about
students) student engagement?
Researcher March - April How successful are
ELL students when
active student
engagement is
present compared to
non ELL students?
Researcher April - June How do ELL students
compare to other
students when active
student engagement
is evident?

4. Researcher August of next year What strategies have
we learned to help ELL
students? How do the
scores of these ELL
students compare to
other students?