Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Action Planning Template


Action Planning Template
Goal: Reduce the disciplinary problems on campus school bus runs and the resulting number of bus referrals
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation

Examine the School Climate Survey; specifically noting the % of students who feel unsafe on the bus


Charlene Hefferin

12/7/12 – 1/28/13

School Climate Survey

Results of survey in specific area of bus discipline and student sense of safety on buses

Research bus referral data for first half of 2012- 2013 school year


Charlene Hefferin, Ilich Ramirez

1/31 – 2/5/13

Discipline data from district ESP program

Actual referral data

Research bus discipline papers/incentive suggestions


Charlene Hefferin

1/25 – 2/5/13

Internet to perform research

Literature review to get sample ideas of incentives

Determine appropriate incentive


Pam Bruner, Ilich Ramirez, Charlene Hefferin

2/5/13

Collaboration

Incentive choice

Determine appropriate requirements to earn incentive


Pam Bruner, Ilich Ramirez, Charlene Hefferin

2/5/13

Collaboration

Specific requirements needed to earn incentive

Create Bus Calendars to document progress


Charlene Hefferin

1/28 – 1/31/13

Computer, calendars for each bus run for each month February – June 2013

Completed calendars

Meet with Bus Drivers to inform/discuss incentive plan


Ilich Ramirez, Charlene Hefferin

2/4/13 – 2/8/13

Meeting room,
Information packets

Bus Driver response and commitment

Meet with campus Bus Duty monitors to inform/discuss incentive plan


Ilich Ramirez, Charlene Hefferin


2/4/13 – 2/8/13

Meeting Room, information packets

Bus Duty monitors response and commitment

Announce incentive plan to students



Pam Bruner, Ilich Ramirez

2/15/13

Video delivery system

Announcement Made; student response

Track results as students work towards meeting incentive requirements


Charlene Hefferin, bus duty employees

2/18 -  6/6/13

Tracking forms, clipboards, monthly calendars for each bus run

Data on calendars

Reward incentive to students as earned


Pam Bruner, Ilich Ramirez

ongoing

Free dress passes or other incentive

Free Dress Passes given to students

Analyze and compare bus referral data for second half of 2012- 2013 school year to previous data


Charlene Hefferin, Ilich Ramirez

6/7/13 – 6/21/13

Discipline data from district ESP program

Comparing actual data; data results

11 comments:

  1. I like your idea and it looks like it is planned very well. I see you are going to collaborate on an incentive plan, but do you already have something in mind? Your evidence or results should be fairly clear cut because you will have hard core data from before and after the incentive plan is initiated. I believe that if you can find an incentive that most every student would be interested in, you will see a lot of improvement.

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    1. Thanks for the comment, Neil. I do have an incentive in mind however, it has to be approved by the campus principal. I hope we can see improvement in the students behavior...Houston roads are so crazy I hate to think about a bus driver being distracted while transporting all of those children.

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  2. Looks very well planned and definite marked evaluations. I found the evaluation column difficult. Reviewing you plan it looks like it is cut and dry. Very nice.

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    1. I struggled with the evaluation section, too, Ginger. I hope I did it correctly.

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  3. Wow, looks great! I can tell you've put a lot of thought into this! I like how you included the research of relevant literature. I've been doing some of that already, but I don't really know where to add that into my plan since I've already started implementing the plan.

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    1. I didn't really have much knowledge about bus discipline before I started planning this so for me I needed to explore...I think you already have background knowledge on your topic so I'm sure you're good.

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  4. Charlene, like Christa I like how you included the research of relevant literature. I have mine saved to my bookmarks, and as I narrow the list down, I,too, will include the relevant literature. You can tell that a lot of thought was put forth! Good Job!! I will be anxious to learn of your incentive!

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  5. Very well planned out! I think this is a great research topic and like you, I would have to investigate a little because I know nothing about bus discipline except that it is a very big issue at times. I'm with Ginger on the evaluation column. I struggled with mine. Yours are very relative. Great job!

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  6. Very detailed! Again, this topic is very interesting and am excited for you doing research on it! Again, I guess I am always thinking about classroom, classroom, classroom, that I seem to forget the other aspects that are part of our education system. I am sure you will let us know how you progress within your research.

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  7. Hi Charlene. As everyone has mentioned, great job! I really like how you utilized the literature to give you some information to get started. You may not need to, but you could also gather information from other school districts to see what their procedures are and get more ideas on various incentives that have / have not been successful for them. Good luck!

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  8. Great idea about looking to other districts for input. I appreciate that...I think that is something worth considering!

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Thanks for your input and comments.