Saturday, October 27, 2012

Student Motivation Action Planning Template


Action Planning Template
Goal: Improve Grades and State Mandated Student Assessment Scores for Students in the 2nd and 3rd Quartile by Increasing Student Motivation.
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation
Form a committee of teachers to determine needs and target students


Committee Members Present: Various faculty member from almost every discipline including myself (two members were not present)
Start Date: October 18, 2012
School grade point average
Compare 9th and 10th grade data from 2011-2012 school year
Committee meets to identify potential student incentives that will motivate students to succeed








End Date: Summer 2013, Reevaluate data to make changes before 2013-2014 school year for NCLB
disaggregate data from benchmark testing, the first six weeks of school, and the 2011-2012 EOC exam
Examine student EOC scores from 2011-2012 with scores from December 2012 data for students retesting and data for current 9th and 10th grade students testing for the first time spring 2013 EOC
Two committee members meet with the principal to begin implementation of idea
One other faculty member, the principal, and I will meet to decide and begin implementation.

volunteer students to form SEIC
Gain insight from students themselves on a committee representing the target groups of students (2nd and 3rd quartile)
Teachers will meet on a weekly basis to determine which students are deserving of the “students of the month”
The school is divided in to halls: A, B, and C. Teachers will meet weekly and offer suggestions to the hall that will be awarding “students of the month.” The halls will rotate, so no one group of teachers influences the students awarded.
November 1, 2012. Eight students (a boy and a girl from each grade) will be awarded every month throughout the school year.
The community is donating items. Additional supplies will be purchased as needed and as determined by monthly meetings.
Incentive program will be evaluated every six weeks.
Classroom teachers will give awards every reporting period.
Every classroom teacher.
Awards will start at the beginning of the third six weeks reporting period.
Items to be determined, but they will be uniform so no one teacher has an advantage or disadvantage over another teacher.
Program will be evaluated after every six weeks to determine if there is an increase in grades and motivation.
Perfect attendance tickets will be awarded every six weeks. Annual perfect attendance will receive additional tickets.
Attendance clerk, principal, and I will run reports to determine which students will receive tickets.
Program will be effective retroactively beginning with August 27, 2012 ending at the end of the school year.
A drawing will be held from the tickets earned and an IPad will be awarded to the students whose name is drawn.
Attendance will be compared to that of last year to determine if any gains were made.
Lay the ground work for SEIC (Student Education Improvement Committee) and present goals and objectives to the principal.







I will be solely responsible for this with guidance from the principal.
Fall 2012 (before winter break at the end of December) through the current school year ending in May 2013
Volunteer students, facility to meet, basic supplies, precautions will be implemented to keep data specific to student achievement and success confidential
To be Determined after meeting with students.

4 comments:

  1. This looks pretty good. You have a lot of work out in front of you but when everything is said and done, you should be able to share accurate findings with the connection to student motivating and boosting those standards' scores!

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  2. I think this is a wonderful action research topic because motivation drives student learning. Your action research plan is well thought out and easy to follow. You've set reachable, measurable goals. I particularly like the ongoing evaluation of the incentive program. Good work!

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  3. It looks like a good plan to motivate students. I think your biggest challenge will be a way to recognize the students who need the most motivation. They are usually the ones with attendance issues and don't get chosen for student of month. Looking forward to reading your findings and maybe do some collaborating on our shared topic :)

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  4. Thanks for your comments. I most definitely agree that those students are going to be the most difficult to reach. It is an ongoing process that has to be assessed almost daily, if not period by period. As I stated in my homework, I believe trust is the first step. The students need to believe you really have their best interest at heart. When you have that, they are, most of the time, willing to do anything you ask to make you happy and make them successful.

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