This action research plan aims to decrease discipline problems at a campus by sending teachers to classroom management training. The plan will track discipline referrals before and after training to determine if there is a 35% reduction. Teachers will be selected randomly for a sample to monitor. Assistant principals will check discipline data periodically. At the end of the year, data from before and after training will be compared to assess the effectiveness of the classroom management strategies in improving student behavior.

1. Action Research Plan – Melissa Cordero
Action Research Question: Will sending our teachers to the Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching conference to increase their
knowledge of classroom management strategies assist in improving the number of discipline problems we have at our campus?
School Vision: To decrease the amount of discipline problems so that all students will receive a high quality education.
Goal: Each teacher that is trained in the Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching will see at least a 35% decrease in the number of
discipline referrals.
Action Research Plan
Outcomes Activities Resources Responsibilit Timeline Benchmarks Revision to PIP
/ y and/or based on
Research To Assessments monitoring
Tools Address &
Needed Activities assessments
Committee Collect Discipline Assistant August None None
will meet to 2009-2010 database Principals 2010
discuss data, discipline
goals and data sorted M. Cordero
objectives of by teacher
action
research
project
Meet to Create list Teacher Campus August None None
discuss of listing Principal 2010
sampling of identified
teachers teachers Computer M. Cordero
who have (Microsoft
attended Word and
Fred Jones: Excel)
Tools for
Teaching
conference

2. Ensure Create a Teacher listing M. Cordero August None None
teachers are list of 10 2010
chosen at random Computer
random teachers to (Microsoft Word
use in and Excel)
sample
Share the Conference Library Campus August Check for understanding of None
goal and with Principal 2010 strategies to be implemented
objectives trained Snacks
with teachers teachers M. Cordero
included in about Fred Jones:
action action Tools for Trained
research research Teaching book Teachers
project so
teachers
understand
goal of
training
and how
our campus
can benefit
from
proper use
of
strategies
Committee Conference Principal Assistant 10/4/10 Check to see if Assistant Survey teachers
will meet to with Conference Principals 11/15/10 Principal are noticing a on use of
discuss assistant Room 1/18/11 decrease in discipline issues strategies
discipline principals M. Cordero 2/28/11
data at the end 4/25/11
of each 6/6/11
grading
period for
a discipline
status
check

3. Review Prepare Teacher listing M. Cordero 10/4/10 None Compare data to
action report after 11/15/10 average from
research each Computer 1/18/11 previous school
question, grading (Microsoft 2/28/11 year
school vision period to Word and 4/25/11
and goals be used in Excel) 6/6/11
final report
Committee Collect Discipline Assistant 6/6/11 None None
will meet to 2010-2011 database Principals
discuss data discipline
data sorted Teacher listing M. Cordero
by teacher
Computer
(Microsoft
Word and
Excel)
Review Compare Teacher listing M. Cordero 6/6/11 None None
action discipline
research data for Computer
question, two (Microsoft
school vision consecutive Word and
and goals school Excel)
years
Explain data Prepare Computer Campus 6/6/11 – Evaluation of Action Determine
and report report (Microsoft Principal 6/10/11 Research – Did the strategies recommendation
and assess showing Word, Excel) improve the amount of on whether or not
findings for campus Assistant discipline problems on our to continue to
improvement findings as Fred Jones: Principals campus? send teachers to
for school to success Tools for Fred Jones
year of Fred Teaching book M. Cordero training based on
2011-2012 Jones outcome
strategies Principal
Conference
Room