My Revised and Approved Action Plan

My agreed upon action plan is posted below:

Action Plan
Action Research: Curriculum Implementation Goal: Design and implement an independent reading and writing program for               7th grade ELA correlated with current curriculum to improve student               success as life-long readers and writers.
Action Step(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Research, identify, and analyze units of C-Scope curriculum for specific reading genres.	Rebecca Colonnetta	March 2013   – May 2013	C-Scope curriculum, Literature readings	Collected and organized genres.
2. Design and create independent reading game boards for students with collected genre studies to support C-Scope curriculum.	Rebecca Colonnetta	May 2013 –    June 2013	Genre collection, Literature readings	Completed independent reading game boards.
3. Research, identify, and analyze writing studies for specific writing requirements that support C-Scope curriculum.	Rebecca Colonnetta	June 2013 –     July 2013	C-Scope curriculum, Write Source textbook, Writing Resource readings	Collected and organize writing studies.
4. Design and write differentiated writing activities correlated with genre studies on game boards to support writing curriculum.	Rebecca Colonnetta	June 2013 –     July 2013	Genre collection, C-Scope curriculum, Write Source textbook, Writing Resource readings	Completed packets with differentiated writing activities.
5. Analyze C-Scope and the STAAR state standardized writing rubrics to design assessment tools to be use for differentiated writing activities.	Rebecca Colonnetta	June 2013 –     July 2013	TEA website, C-Scope curriculum	Completed writing rubrics to be used as assessment tools for student scores (grades).
6. Write directions for students and parents on how the independent reading and writing program is going to work.	Rebecca Colonnetta	June 2013 – August 2013	Computer -Microsoft Word and PPT	Directions packets.   PPT
7. Share Independent Reading and Writing program with teachers during PLC, students and parents at Back-to-School Night.	Rebecca Colonnetta	August 2013	PPT   Teacher examples of Composition Notebooks, Game boards, and Writing Activities Packets with rubrics   School World teacher website   Survey sheets	Survey Results (e.g. EXIT tickets, questionnaire, etc.)
8. Establish a set library day for students to utilize resources and to confer with teacher.	Rebecca Colonnetta, Librarian	August 2013	Library	Created calendar for the year.
9. Implement and create student notebooks for Independent Reading and Writing Program in ELA classes.	Rebecca Colonnetta	August 2013	Composition Notebooks, Directions, Game boards, Writing Activities Packets with rubrics	Individual composition notebooks for each student created and ready for use.
10. Visit library during ELA classes for independent reading books.	Rebecca Colonnetta	August 2013 – May 2014	Library   Teacher Log Notebook	Students check-out independent reading books.   Teacher logged Field Notes.
11. Monitor, guide, and direct students with genre studies, independent readings, and writing activities every 2 weeks.	Rebecca Colonnetta	August 2013 – May 2014	Library   Teacher Log Notebook	Check each students independent reading option and discuss options for their writing assessment.   Teacher logged Field Notes.
12. Provide opportunities for student learning communities for sharing once per nice week period.	Rebecca Colonnetta	August 2013 – May 2014	Time reflected in lesson plans.   Student Learning Community groups formed.	Student composition books.   Teacher logged Field Notes.
13. Monitor and evaluate student success each 9 week grading period by analyzing individual student notebooks with genre game boards and writing activities with rubrics.	Rebecca Colonnetta	August 2013 – May 2014	Student conferences.   Student composition notebooks.   Teacher Log Notebook	Student scores from writing rubrics and genre game boards.   Student-teacher conferences.
14. Analyze student success with program at M-O-Y.	Rebecca Colonnetta	December             2013	M-O-Y student survey	Student feedback.
15. Analyze and evaluate student success with program at E-O-Y.	Rebecca Colonnetta	May 2014	E-O-Y student survey. Completed genre game boards and student composition notebooks with writing activities and rubrics.   Student conferences.	Student survey.   Student scores (grades) from writing rubrics.   Student-teacher conferences.
16. Identify percentage of students who completed game boards and composition notebooks.	Rebecca Colonnetta	May 2014	Completed game boards and student composition notebooks.   Library incentive award.	Data of student percent completed program (% totals).
17. Share results of Independent Reading and Writing program with site supervisor, ELA dept., and librarian.	Rebecca Colonnetta	May 2014	PLC meeting   PPT - oral presentation   Survey	Survey Results

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)

Action Plan for Curriculum Implementation by Rebecca Colonnetta was approved by Rod Trevino, principal/site supervisor, for Lamar University’s Masters in Education program on March 20, 2013 at 8:30 AM at Dahlstrom Middle School, Hays CISD.