Draft - Action Research Plan

In what ways can we decrease disciplinary and behavioral problems on the playground?
Goal: Reduce the number of citations by 90% that students receive on the playground.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Draft and send letters to staff about action research.	Me	April 29, 2013	Letter	Staff will be aware of action research topic and expectations.
Survey staff about “Peace Builders” and their current discipline plan.	Me and Staff	May 1, 2013 (Staff Meeting)	Survey	We will evaluate survey to determine effective or non-effective discipline plans and if “Peace Builders” should be used or revised.
Create Discipline Committee	Me and interested Staff	May 6, 2013	Discuss with staff	Discipline committee will help with collecting data and implementing Peace Builder curriculum.
Staff will collect all citations received by students from the noon aids and log citations to establish baseline.	Staff	1 month (May 1 – 25, 2013)	All citations received	Student citations will be categorized by misbehavior to determine specific behavior problems that need to be addressed
Analyze staff survey	Discipline Committee  and staff	May 8, 2013	Staff survey	We will determine what other necessary actions will be needed. (Reteach students, reteach noon aids, etc.)
Create power point to show appropriate behaviors and rules for the playground.	Discipline Committee	August 2013	Rules, expectation, power point	Lead student expectations assembly and show power point presentation on student behavior.
Lead Peace Builder/ Discipline  Committee	Staff	August 2013 – May 2014 (weekly/monthly)	Peace Builder curriculum	-Research and read literature reviews on effective ways to decrease misbehaviors on the playground.  -Plan and implement Peace Builder curriculum and hold assemblies to spot light student “Peace Builders”
Staff will continue to collect and log student citations beginning next school year 2013-14. I will collect and document citations.	Staff Me	Daily End of every month	Citations	I will determine if there is any evidence that student citations are decreasing. I document progress.
Final Collection of Student Citations.	Staff, Discipline Committee	May 25, 2014	Citations	I will analyze data and determine if we met our goal.