Action+Research+Plan

Action Research Plan
How can educators, influence students who may be from a lower socioeconomic class and encourage them to better themselves and break the chain of poverty? What can teachers do to prove to them the value of education? The goal of this action inquiry is to research how educators can efficiently teach students their content subject while instilling value in learning what is being taught and teaching the students the importance of education. The goal is to find ways to motivate teachers to successfully increase their teaching talents in the classroom by adding life skills that will enhance the students' future education beyond high school and college. This is a very abstract concept but I think this is important and the benefit will help teachers to teach students and hopefully help the students to improve their lives after they leave high school. ** Goals and Objectives: ** The goal of this action inquiry is to research how educators can efficiently teach students their content subject while instilling value in learning what is being taught and teaching the students the importance of education. The goal is to find ways to motivate teachers to successfully increase their teaching talents in the classroom and to motivate students to take responsibility for their learning by adding life skills that will enhance the students' future education beyond high school and college. This is a very abstract concept but I think this is important and the benefit will help teachers to teach students and hopefully help the students to improve their lives after they leave high school. ** Activities designed to achieve objective: ** I will create on online survey using Google docs with Google forms. I will post a survey questionnaire with various questions with value added questions that will provide me with answers concerning the students' futures' and what they hope to accomplish and do right out of high school and beyond. I will publicize this survey on the student broadcast system and in the school newspaper and give an adequate deadline. This will be an online survey. I will ensure that all information is confidential. However, I will provide an incentive for the students to answer the survey by conducting a drawing for $50.00 for one participant, possibly two. In order for the students to win the money, they will have to provide their student ID in the survey. This will allow me to identify the winner(s). This field in Google docs will be required in order for the students to submit their answers on-line. The survey will be two fold. I plan to include questions in the survey that can also be used for the yearbook or newspaper concerning spending habits, goals, activities students enjoy etc. Of course, all personal student identification information will be kept strictly confidential. After I close the survey, I will import the data into Excel and formulate research findings based on the responses. Once the data is summarized, I will share this information with my administrators and staff members to formulate activities that we can incorporate into our classrooms. ** Timeline Draft: ** This survey will take place for at least three consecutive years for comparing and contrasting data over a time period. First implementation: Create survey: December 2010  Submit for approval: January 2011  Publicize and advertise to student body: January 2011 through April 2011  Close survey: End of April 2011  Formulate findings: May 2011  Submit findings to administrators: June 2011  Rely information to teachers: August 2011 **  Persons responsible for implementation of the action research plan: ** Genevieve Garrison ** Process for monitoring the achievement of goals and objectives: ** During the 2011-2012 school year, I will conduct the same on-line survey, and any necessary adjustments to the previous year's questions to the new school body. Again, this will be a twofold purpose, one for this research and one for yearbook statistics. I will formulate the findings into a report and compare to the previous year's data to see if there has been changes. ** Assessment instrument(s) to evaluate the effectiveness of the action research study ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I am the yearbook adviser at my school in addition to being one of the business teachers. The main survey will be used will be Taylor Publishing's Advertising Market Survey PDF document. I will place this survey along with a few additional questions that pertain to subject content on <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Google Docs and Google Forms. Then request all business students to take this survey during their computer lab time (with the other teachers' permission) and then use an Access Database to manipulate the data for analysis. List below are some the questions: The yearbook class is conducting this survey amoung students attending our school. The purpose is to provide the yearbook staff with information on the buying habits of students for the "Student Life" section in your school publication, the Cardinal Yearbook. We appreciate your cooperation in completing this survey. Your student ID will be used for a monetary drawing so we may identify the winner. All personal information is strictly confidential and will not be shared among any other individuals.

Source: Advertising Market Survey.pdf, Get It? Got It. Great! Yearbook Adviser's Resource Guide © 2005, Taylor Publishing 1. What is your student ID? 2. Do you receive an allowance? _______If so, how much per week? Under $5_____ $5-10_____ over $10_____   3. Do you have a job? _______  4. If so, how much do you make per week? Under $20_____ $20-40_____ $60-80_____ over $80_____  5. Do you have your own charge account (gas, dept. stores, etc.)?_______  6. Do you use your parents’ credit cards? _______  7. Do you have a checking account? _______  8. Do you have a savings account? _______  9. How much per week do you save? _______  10. Do you own a car? _______  11. Do you use someone else’s car regularly? _______ 12. Do you own a cell phone? _____ 13. If do own a cell phone, who pays the monthly bill? 10. Do you own: a motorcycle_____, a stereo_____, a camera_____, a computer_____? 11. Do you expect to purchase any single item over $200 in the near future? _____ What item? ___________  12. How much do you spend per month on: (include you own money and money from parents)   a. Car or transportation expenses (gas, oil, maintenance, etc.)_________   b. Car insurance_________   c. Gifts (holidays, birthdays, etc.)_________   d. Hobbies, recreation_________   e. Entertainment, concerts, movies, dates_________   f. School supplies_________   g. Clothing_________   h. CD’s, DVD’s_________   i. Books, magazines_________   j. Grooming, hair cuts, cosmetics, health aids_________   k. Eating out_________   13. How many times per week do you eat out? _____ Which restaurants do you eat at most? _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________   _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________   14. How many times per month do you go to the movies? _____  15. Do you use the coupons you find in newspapers or magazines? Rarely_____ Sometimes_____ Often_____ (Taylor Publishing, 2005) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: x-small;">16. Which subject is your best subject? 17. Which subject is your worst subject? Here is the URL to answer this survey on-line: [|www.tinyurl.com/BCHSMarketSurvey] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Source: Advertising Market Survey.pdf, **// Get  //**//  It? Got It. Great! // Yearbook Adviser's Resource Guide  © 2005, Taylor Publishing

|| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Publicize and advertise to student body <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Request broadcast course teacher to publicize web address during morning announcements for student advertising  <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Request other business teacher permission to allow students to complete survey during their class time  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Tinyurl.com  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> January 2011 through April 2011  || || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Organize and formulate data for research findings. Ensure accuracy of student identifications by conducting an Access action query by matching student IDs in database with IDs in spreadsheet. || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> PC, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> May 2011  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> ** OUTCOMES ** || <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> ** ACTIVITIES **  || <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> ** RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED **  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> ** RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES **  || <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> ** TIME LINE **  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Approved action inquiry || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Submit concept idea for approval to site supervisor  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Submit via email and meeting with site supervisors  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> December 2010  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Completed Survey || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Create survey using Google Docs, Google Forms and Tinyurl.com  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Google Docs, Google Forms, Access Database  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> January 2011  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Request announcement approval to principal. <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Disconnect web address until the following year for next year's comparison data. || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Close Survey  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Internet, Tineyurl.com  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> April 2011  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Import data into Microsoft Excel for analyses and data verification. <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Analysis Report || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Create report of research findings to report to administrators  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power Point  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> May and June 2011  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Analysis Report Approval || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Submit report findings to site supervisor for approval  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Email and hard copy of report findings  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison, Site Supervisor  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> June 2011  ||
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Teacher workshop research || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Research workshops or teacher in-service activities that will aid teachers in delivering content and life enhancing values to their teaching styles that will aid students in appreciating and valuing their education  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Teacher Workshops  |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Genevieve Garrison  || <span style="display: block; margin: 6pt 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 7.65pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> June 2011  ||