Action Planning Template
Goal:  Does problem based learning increase student engagement in the classroom resulting in increased standardized testing scores?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Meet with site supervisor to discuss action research topic problem based learning.	Site supervisor:  Kathy Morrison Myself	April 2013	Questions for site supervisor	Supervisor read research question from my week 3 assignment and approved my topic
Collect  standardized testing scores from pbl campus and non pbl campus	Myself Assistant principal:  Tangy Stith	April/May 2013	STAAR scores from pbl/non pbl campuses	Evaluate STAAR scores
Choose specific classrooms from each grade level for STAAR score evaluations (pbl campus and non pbl campus)	Myself; teachers of specific classrooms	April/May 2013	STAAR scores	Speak with specific teachers about engagement and testing results
Attend Problem Based Learning Coaching Academy	Myself District employees Engage2Learn staff	May 2013	Engage2Learn website and resources	Evaluate training and analyze new learnings on pbl campuses
Research problem based learning in the classroom	Myself PBL Coaching staff	June/July 2013	PBL internet findings Engage2Learn resources	Evaluate research findings
Coach non PBL campuses on the implementation of PBL in the classroom and interview selected 3-5 teachers	Myself PBL Coaching staff	August-December 2013	Engage2Learn staff and resources Non PBL campuses	Interview 3-5 non PBL teachers on student engagement and test scores
Interview PBL campus teachers	Myself Selected PBL teachers	August-October 2013	Interview questions for PBL teachers	Analyze interview questions from PBL teachers
Continue attending PBL coaching trainings	Myself PBL Coaching staff Engage2Learn staff	August 2013-May 2014	Engage2Learn staff and resources	Evaluate training and analyze new learnings on pbl campuses
Continue coaching the implementation of PBL Follow up interview same teachers on as before on student engagement	Myself PBL Coaching staff New PBL campuses	January-May 2014	Enage2Learn staff and resources	Evaluate follow up interview from teachers
Compile research findings, interview questions, and tests scores	Myself	April 2014	Interview questions and evaluations STAAR scores Research findings	Create a type of comparison chart for scores, interviews from teachers comparing PBL teachers to non PBL teachers