GLC Action Research Idea....suggestions welcome!

TOOL 7.1 Action Planning Template

GOAL: How can we effectively utilize GLC’s (Global Learning Communities) to provide on campus training, support, collaboration, and communication of best practices, teaching, and strategies?

Action Step(s)/Activities	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.Introduce action plan to staff during faculty meeting during professional development days before the start of 2010-11 school year.	Principal, Dean of Curriculum, myself	August 17 10-12pm High School Campus	$200 for lunch, laptop, LCD projector, PowerPoint presentation	Feedback questionnaire collected from staff, action research blog introduced and comments encouraged
2.Provide staff a guideline of teaching strategies and preferred methods of assessing GLC’s and monitoring student progress	Principal, Dean of Curriculum, myself	August 19 8-10 am High School Campus	$150 for breakfast, laptop, LCD projector, PowerPoint presentation, GLC binder with handouts of best practices	Feedback questionnaire collected from staff, action research blog comments
3.Introduce students to GPS and the concept of GLC’s	Individual classroom teachers	August 26 Advisory period	Classrooms, laptops, LCD projectors, student handouts	Online Graduate Portfolio systems, teacher and student feedback on action research blog.
4.Monthly staff meetings to assess, discuss, and interpret data and student GPS progress	Principal, Dean of Curriculum, myself	2nd Wednesday of each month in their professional learning communities or in staff meetings from September to April (more dates added if needed), individual appointments encouraged	$200 for lunch, laptop, LCD projector, PowerPoint presentation	Online Graduate Portfolio systems, attendance rates, referrals, test scores, teacher and student feedback on action research blog.
5.End of year summative report presented to staff, Asia Society representatives, ISSN coaches, and school community members	Principal, Dean of Curriculum, myself, participating teachers	June 2010, end of school	$300 for lunch, laptop, LCD projector, PowerPoint presentation, CARE model handout, present summative report and set goals for next school year	CARE model handout, Online Graduate Portfolio Systems, attendance rates, referrals, test scores, teacher and student feedback on action research blog.

Harris, Sandra, Stacy Edmonson, and Julie Combs. Examining What we Do to Improve Our Schools: 8 Steps from Analysis to Action. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, 2010.