Week 4 Reflections

A few minor changes after talking to my principal.  It's starting to feel real rather than just theory.  That both excites and terrifies me.  One more week until school starts!!

ACTION PLANNING TEMPLATE (Revised Draft)
GOAL:	To measure the degree to which the staff at WVHS has implemented Step Up to Writing strategies in their daily curriculum To discover and ameliorate obstacles to SUTW implementation To measure the impact the implementation of Step Up to Writing has had on writing scores of students at WVHS on the high school exit exam and the  the CSTs?
Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Gather research articles and literature on writing across the curriculum	John Bradshaw	Aug/Sept 2012	internet access, professional education journals	Natalie Ruddell, district writing coach
2. Create teacher survey on SUTW implementation for 2011-2012 school year	John Bradshaw	Aug 8, 2012	Microsoft Word	Principal English Chair
3. Meet with supervisor to  get permission for teacher surveys	Principal	Aug 10, 2012	Copy of action research plan, teacher survey	Principal
4. Conduct survey of teachers	John Bradshaw	Aug 21, 2012	Teacher surveys	NA
5. Invite 9th grade English teachers to gather writing samples of freshman class	Ninth grade  English Teachers	Aug 28, 2012	Write requests to English department	English Chair
6. Get writing samples from English department	John Bradshaw	Sept 11, 2012	Folders for storing samples	English Chair
7. Analyze teacher survey data	John Bradshaw	Sept 2012	Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, surveys	NA
8. Review training of staff at site	SUTW Trainer John Bradshaw	Sept 2012	SUTW training materials	NA
9. Lead discussion of SUTW implementation  in leadership meeting	Department Chairs	Oct 2, 2012	Summary of surveys	NA
10. Collect testing data from 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years	John Bradshaw	Oct 2012	Data Director CAHSEE data CST data	NA
11. Facilitate staff development on ways to use SUTW and how to grade it	John Bradshaw SUTW trainer	Nov 2012	SUTW rubrics List of writing prompts/ ideas	Principal
12. Collect evidence of SUTW implementation	Department Chairs	Nov/ Dec 2012	NA	NA
13. Survey staff again on implementation of SUTW in 2012-2013 school year	John Bradshaw	May 21, 2013	Microsoft Word	Principal
14. Write report of findings	John Bradshaw	Summer 2013	Microsoft Word, survey results, professional readings, testing data	Principal English Chair
15. Make recommendations to leadership team	John Bradshaw	Aug 2013	PowerPoint, report, summary of report, data	Feedback from Leadership Team
16. Collect data from 2012-2013 school year	John Bradshaw	Aug 2013	Data Director	Compare data with previous years
17. Present findings to staff	John Bradshaw	Aug 2013	PowerPoint	Principal Leadership Team