Action Research Tool 7.1

Action Planning Template
Goal: By comparing this year’s number of students enrolled in Pre AP courses to that of last year, what gains have we made in the participation levels? What can we do to get all freshmen (those who are not magnet students or in the AVID program) in at least one Pre AP course for next year?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Review Master Schedule to find out how many Pre AP courses are being taught this year.	Jennifer Davis	Completed by October 2011	Master Schedule	Look at Master Schedule and count classes.
Find number of students currently enrolled in at least one Pre AP course for this school year.	Jennifer Davis Kyle Clark	Complete by November 2011	TEAMS data Master Schedule	Use data provided by resources listed
Find number of students enrolled in at least one Pre AP course last year. Compare these numbers.	Jennifer Davis Kyle Clark	Complete by December 2011	Archived data in TEAMS	TEAMS data this year and last year will provide these numbers,
Find percentage of students enrolled in Pre AP courses this year compared to percentage of students enrolled last year.	Jennifer Davis	Complete by November 2012	Gathered data from Master Schedule and TEAMS	See if we have made gains or losses from this year to last
Determine number of freshmen taking at least one Pre AP course this year.	Jennifer Davis Kyle Clark Core area teachers	Complete by November 2011		Send out emails to teachers and ask for number of students in class
Depending on number of children participating, survey a select number per core class to find out why they are taking a Pre AP course and whether they will continue taking them and move to AP as a junior or senior.	Jennifer Davis Freshmen Pre AP teachers Sophomore Pre AP teachers	Complete by February or March 2012	Surveys	Read surveys and collect data
Look into ways to encourage incoming freshmen to take at least one Pre AP course.	Jennifer Davis Kyle Clark Pre AP Teachers	Ongoing	Teachers, students, principals and counselors	Questionnaires/Surveys
When new school year starts, gather data on how many freshmen are taking a Pre AP course based on decisions made from #8.	Jennifer Davis Kyle Clark Counselors	Complete by September 2012	Counselors Jennifer Davis Kyle Clark	Look to see from gathered data and numbers of students enrolled, where we need to make improvements.