Action Planning Template
Goal: Determine if student core subject performance is improved by 3 or more days of In School Suspension,                            isolation, from the traditional classroom and peers.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Gather data: Identify students in each grade level who have been in ISS for 3 or more days during the previous semester? 2. Assign students identifiers being mindful of confidentiality. Example; John Doe-6th grade would be 6a	Self AP Baggs AP Basile ISS Monitor Fortner Student’s Teachers	Feb. 8, 2012 --- March 9, 2012	Student names, schedules, previous assignments, and grades received for the dates in ISS	Determine target group by grade level
1. Gather data: Start tracking students for this spring semester identifying those who have 3 days or more days assigned to ISS. 2. Assign students identifiers being mindful of confidentiality. Continue to track those students identified 1st semester	Self AP Baggs AP Basile ISS Monitor Fortner Student’s Teachers	March 19, 2012- May 31, 2012	Student names, schedules, previous assignments, and grades received for the dates in ISS	Continue to determine additions to the target group whose data will reflect the full school year.
Analyze individual student data to determine results, then overall data to determine norm.	Self, Principal-Dr. Broughton, AP Baggs and Basile	May 31, 2012 ---June 30, 2012	The accumulated data	Does the data reflect an authentic result?
What is the answer to the question? Is student core subject performance improved when a student with behavioral issues is removed from the traditional classroom for 3 or more days and placed in ISS?	Self	July 1, 2012------August 1, 2012	Data, created report document, etc.	Result of Action Research Report/Findings documented
Disseminate report of findings	Self, Campus Administrators.	August 1, 2012----September 1, 2012	Produce dissemination documents	Overall findings after discussion with administration.

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools