Agreed Upon Action Research Plan

Goal: The goal of transition camp is to introduce incoming 9th grade students and their parents to the expectations of high school in order to increase success among all students.


Action/ Steps
1. Create a campus transition team
2. Hold a transition camp for students.
3. Hold an information night for parents and students.


Person(s) Responsible
1. K. Tuomey

2. K. Tuomey
L. Newton
Transition Team

3. K. Tuomey
L. Newton
Transition Team


Timeline
1. July 2010-August 2010
2. August 2010-May 2010
3. August 2010-May 2010

Needed Resources
1. I will email the entire staff and faculty on my campus and speak at our back-to-school professional development sessions in order to peak interest and gain volunteers.

2.
-Presenters (counselor, teachers, former 9th grade students, administrators)
-Presentation materials (optional packets, PowerPoint presentations, videos, etc.)
-Volunteers to serve as school tour guides
-A layout of the tour route.
-Donated give away prizes (school supplies, school spirit gear, etc.)
-A scavenger hunt for students to learn the school
Several transition team meetings will take place prior to our first event in order to establish any further needs.

3.
-Presentation boards/powerpoint presentation/videos by each department and extra-curricular activity that would like to participate
-Volunteers to speak (members of the faculty and staff)
-Former student volunteers to provide a fashion show of expectations for Crowley ISD’s stardardized dress code
-Handouts of information
-Microphone and speaker

Evaluation
1. We will evaluate our team’s progress at the completion of the school year.
2. We will evaluate the smoothness of how the event worked and how effective it was in informing the students.
3. We will evaluate our success based on feedback, comments and concerns from all stakeholders, and at the end of the year their success rates (by how many credits were earned).

Assessment
1.We will evaluate ourselves based on the goals that we decide upon together at the beginning of the year. We will use a plus/delta method.

2.
-Feedback from students, transition team members, and other faculty and staff
-Plus/Delta transition team meeting
-Feedback from the counselor after class scheduling. This will tell us if the students are more informed about credits and expectations than in years prior.

3.We will take feedback from parents and students at the event, and will send out a questionnaire by email following the event.
Plus/Delta among transition team members.
At the end of the year we will compare credits earned by ninth grade students in comparison to the last two years.