Week 3 Post.

Action Planning Template
Goal: To Increase Teacher Effectiveness
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Determine selection group of teachers.	Josh Turner	8/4/13 – 8/26/13	2012-2013 STAAR, Stanford, APRENDA, and District Assessment data.	I will choose a high, medium, and low performing teacher from each grade level, EC - 5 based on last year’s data.
Notifying and preparing teachers	Josh Turner 21 teachers	8/26/13	E-mail	Each teacher will be asked to provide a personal action plan describing areas that they would like to grow, trainings they would like to attend and professional learning communities in which they plan on participating.
Beginning of the year conference	Josh Turner 21 teacher	8/26/13 – 9/30/13	Time with teachers Computer with internet access	I will conference with each teacher to approve of or reconfigure their personal action plan.  I will also inform them on who they will be observing, both vertically and horizontally, throughout the year, process their personal developments they would like to attend, and provide ideas for professional learning communities if they are not familiar with them.
Peer Observations	All teachers	Monthly	Time with teachers	Every month, each teacher will observe another teacher that teaches their subject horizontally, along the same grade level, or vertically, a grade above and below their grade level.
Observations	Josh Turner 21 teachers	9/2/13 – 10/31/13	Time with teachers	I will conduct multiple 30 minute observations on each teacher and appraise them based on a rubric in each teaching area.
Post observation conference	Josh Turner 21 teachers	9/2/13 – 10/31/13	Time with teachers	I will hold a conference with each teacher after each observation to discuss their appraisal and review their personal action plan to determine if it remains sufficient.
Middle of the year conference	Josh Turner 21 teachers	11/1/13 – 11/29/13	Time with teachers Computer with internet access	I will conference with each teacher and find out which professional developments they have attended, how the put what they learned into practice, and to demonstrate the evidence of the new techniques.  We will also discuss the pertinent data that has been accumulated at this point (i.e. District assessments, peer appraisals, and my appraisals).
Observations	Josh Turner 21 teachers	12/2/13 – 5/16/14	Time with teachers	I will conduct multiple 30 minute observations on each teacher and appraise them based on a rubric in each teaching area.
Post observation conference	Josh Turner 21 teachers	12/2/13 – 5/16/14	Time with teachers	I will hold a conference with each teacher after each observation to discuss their appraisal and review their personal action plan to determine if it remains sufficient.
Staff developments	Entire Faculty	Monthly	Time with teachers Education Weekly Necessary supplies	The teachers will participate in an interactive staff development that is based on best practices, and the latest research from Education Weekly.  These staff developments will be conducted by an administrator or a consultant
End of the year conference	Josh Turner 21 teachers Principal	5/19/14 – 5/30/14	Time with teachers Data from STAAR, Stanford, APRENDA, and District Assessments Data from appraisals	I will quantify data from observations and conference with all 21 teachers that participated in the action plan, along with the principal, and show them the results.  We will discuss these topics.  Did the actions that took place throughout the year show a growth, decline, or immeasurable teacher effectiveness? How could we change the Research Action Plan for next year? Does the teacher feel confident in their newly learned abilities? Was all of this worth doing?