Update on AR Plan

My action research project is to determine in what ways will a school-wide Positive Behavior Initiative positively affect students at North Elementary to address the need for clear school wide expectations and positive behavior reinforcement procedures?

I have implemented the Positive Behavior Initiative by posting school wide clear expectations all over the campus. I have also developed the Star Bucks system for positive behavior reinforcement. Students who are displaying the expectations are given a Star Buck that they can spend at the Star Store. Items for sale in the store include things from eating lunch with a teacher to being principal for half the day.

Students are motivated by the bucks and teachers are very pleased with the positive behaviors they are seeing.

I am gathering data by conducting student and teacher surveys on the progress of the program. I have also taken some field observations on how students are behaving as a result of the program implementation.

I am currently in the process of implementing the teacher incentive program called Teacher Bucks in which faculty members can also earn bucks to purchase items from the teacher store. The teacher store sells items such as a free jeans day, ½ day off, and hour long lunches. I am anxious to see the response of the staff when this program begins next week. I hope to see staff members motivated to work even harder for the success of their students.

The main obstacle I have encountered is data collection. The program is going great in real life; however, I am having hard time collecting data to show the true value of the program. The data I have collected shows that students and staff are positively affected by the program implementation.

Action Research Plan Revised

Action Planning Template
Goal: To determine in what ways will a school-wide Positive Behavior Initiative positively affect students at North Elementary to address the need for clear school wide expectations and positive behavior reinforcement procedures?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Implement PBIS program in which students receive Starbuck Award for displaying desired expectations. Bucks may be used to purchase incentive items at the school store.	Mrs. Collinsworth gather and referrals with Mr. Lippe   Mrs.Wright will sell items at the store 3 days per week.	March 25, 2013-Gather and review all referrals.   March 25, 2013- Print all StarBuck Awards   April 10th- Start selling incentives	Gather and review all discipline referrals of 3rd grade students for the past school year. Print Starbuck Awards and create price chart for incentive items at the school store.	At end of six weeks grading period, all referrals will be reviewed to determine number to look for increase or decrease.  Review award incentive program with staff to ensure that all staff are participating in award incentive program.
Recruit teachers and develop a PBIS team for help with the plan.	Mrs. Collinsworth will recruit teachers with Mr. Lippe’s help.	March 2013	Interested teachers.	The effectiveness of the team will be evaluated on the increase in buy-in of the staff.
Present PBIS program to staff and students in a school wide assembly. Explain expectations and StarBuck awards. Detail price list at school store. Survey staff and students	Mrs. Collinsworth will conduct surveys and interviews. Mrs. Collinsworth and Mr. Lippe will conduct school wide assembly.	March 30, 2013 Conduct staff and student preplan survey November 2013 Conduct post plan survey   April 2, 2013 Conduct preplan interviews of staff and students. November 2013 Post plan interviews    April 9, 2013 School wide assembly	Survey of staff and students on current school climate and after implementation of plan. Interview staff and students on current school climate and after implementation.	At end of six weeks, evaluations will be done on the plans implementation to ensure all staff are participating in award incentive program. At evaluation, perform a review for staff not participating in award incentive program.
Set up and conduct collaborative team meetings to discuss benefits of plan and create excitement about new rewards and starbucks currency system.     .	Mrs. Collinsworth will conduct collaborative meeting. Mrs. Collinsworth and Mr. Lippe will conduct evaluations of staff participation.	April 8 Staff Meeting   December 2013 All evaluations will be completed	Evaluation document to evaluate staff on implementation in plan.	Periodic evaluations of plan implementation will show teacher buy in.
Compare the number of discipline referrals of repeat offenders prior to and after the implementation of the initiative	Mrs. Collinsworth will do the comparison and data collection.	May 2013 referral collection of repeat offenders prior to plan implementation. Dec 2013 referral collection after plan implementation.	Referral files of repeat offenders.	At completion of plan, evaluation will be done on the repeat offenders to determine if those students were positively affected by the initiative.
Field note taking on playground and in cafeteria	Mrs. Collinsworth will do observation and take field notes.	October 2013 Completion of all field note taking.	Field note taking booklet	After field notes are completed, all notes will be reviewed to determine the effectiveness of the initiative.
Create list of teacher incentives and present to staff.	Mrs. Collinsworth will create list and present to staff.	May 2013	List of teacher incentives.	Assessment will be complete upon implementation of plan to determine effectiveness of incentives.

Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: To determine in what ways will a school-wide Positive Behavior Initiative positively affect students at North Elementary to address the need for clear school wide expectations and positive behavior reinforcement procedures?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Implement PBIS program in which students receive Starbuck Award for displaying desired expectations. Bucks may be used to purchase incentive items at the school store.	Mrs. Collinsworth gather and referrals with Mr. Lippe   Mrs.Wright will sell items at the store 3 days per week.	March 25, 2013-Gather and review all referrals.   March 25, 2013- Print all StarBuck Awards   April 10th- Start selling incentives	Gather and review all discipline referrals of 3rd grade students for the past school year. Print Starbuck Awards and create price chart for incentive items at the school store.	At end of six weeks grading period, all referrals will be reviewed to determine number to look for increase or decrease.  Review award incentive program with staff to ensure that all staff are participating in award incentive program.
Present PBIS program to staff and students in a school wide assembly. Explain expectations and StarBuck awards. Detail price list at school store. Survey staff and students	Mrs. Collinsworth will conduct surveys and interviews. Mrs. Collinsworth and Mr. Lippe will conduct school wide assembly.	March 30, 2013 Conduct staff and student preplan survey November 2013 Conduct post plan survey   April 2, 2013 Conduct preplan interviews of staff and students. November 2013 Post plan interviews    April 9, 2013 School wide assembly	Survey of staff and students on current school climate and after implementation of plan. Interview staff and students on current school climate and after implementation.	At end of six weeks, evaluations will be done on the plans implementation to ensure all staff are participating in award incentive program. At evaluation, perform a review for staff not participating in award incentive program.
Set up and conduct collaborative team meetings to discuss benefits of plan and create excitement about new rewards and starbucks currency system.     Compare the number of discipline referrals of repeat offenders prior to and after the implementation of the initiative.	Mrs. Collinsworth will conduct collaborative meeting. Mrs. Collinsworth and Mr. Lippe will conduct evaluations of staff participation. Mrs. Collinsworth will do the comparison and data collection.	April 8 Staff Meeting   December 2013 All evaluations will be completed         May 2013 referral collection of repeat offenders prior to plan implementation. Dec 2013 referral collection after plan implementation.	Evaluation document to evaluate staff on implementation in plan.         Referral files of repeat offenders.	Periodic evaluations of plan implementation will show teacher buy in.           At completion of plan, evaluation will be done on the repeat offenders to determine if those students were positively affected by the initiative.
Field note taking on playground and in cafeteria	Mrs. Collinsworth will do observation and take field notes.	October 2013 Completion of all field note taking.	Field note taking booklet	After field notes are completed, all notes will be reviewed to determine the effectiveness of the initiative.