Who will I share my findings with? How?

There are four target audiences that I will be sharing my findings with including:

1^st Target Audience – Parent Involvement Committee

2^nd Target Audience – All Staff Members, including the Principal

3^rd Target Audience – PTA President

4^th Target Audience – Online Public

 

How will I share my findings with these audiences?

I plan to prepare a power point presentation in order to share my action research with the teaching staff at a staff meeting. Using a power point presentation will allow me to review the data collected from the 2011-12 Parent Climate and Culture survey and compare it to the 2012-13 survey data. It will also give me a chance to review our campus mission and vision goals associated to increasing communication with families and parent involvement in the PTA. The most important portion of the presentation will include the data I collected from the PTA meetings. I will present the parent attendance data at PTA meetings and the number of children that attended the childcare service.

            To share my action research with the parent involvement committee and PTA president, I plan to present the data orally and distribute a short write-up. The write-up will include the background information for basing my research project, the data I collected and the results of my inquiry.

            In order to share my learning with the public, I will be posting my revised Action Research Template, my final write-up and the power point presentation on my blog.

At the beginning of the year I took a new position in a different district, causing my action research project to be revised to match the campus needs and opportunities available to me. Below is the revised action planning template that breaks down the project and lists the activities I will be carrying out this 2012-2013 school year.

Revised Action Planning Template
Goal: Improving Parent Involvement in the PTA
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Collect and review literature/ research on parent involvement.	Lara Nixon, Intern	06/23/2012 – 08/01/2012	Literature Websites Blogs Text Action Research	-Sort research into different categories that address the topic -Look for missing information -2/3 of each type -Discuss types of parent involvement with principal
Collect data from school improvement plan and school climate and culture survey that supports the action research	Lara Nixon, Intern	08/01/2012 – 09/01/2012	School Improvement Plan   School Culture and Climate Survey	-Record pertinent information regarding parent involvement -Analyze data collected
Meet with the Principal and PTA President to discuss implementation of childcare, the use of a translator during PTA meetings.	Lara Nixon, Intern   Principal   PTA President	09/01/2012 – 09/10/2012	Parent involvement research that supports the need for childcare and translation.	-Permission to recruit staff and high school students to assist with childcare. -Permission to use a classroom for childcare during PTA meetings.
Meet with the office assistant to enlist her help in translation and distribution of materials	Lara Nixon, Intern	09/01/2012 – 09/10/2012	Outline of action research   Dates for upcoming PTA meetings	-Create a schedule to meet and review materials to be used.
Organize childcare volunteers, create notices and labels to inform parents of the service, and have a second person review the materials.	Lara Nixon, Intern   Office Assistant   Parent Involvement Committee Member	09/10/2012 – 09/30/2012	-Classroom for childcare -Staff volunteers and High School students -Signs -Reminder labels -PTA childcare notices -Translated notices	-Have a parent involvement committee member review the notice and give their input. -Have the office assistant translate the notice.
Print and distribute the PTA childcare notices and reminder labels prior to each upcoming PTA meeting.	Lara Nixon, Intern	09/30/2012 – 12/15/2012	-Reminder labels for every student (monthly) -PTA childcare notice copies in English and Spanish (monthly)	-Ensure printing of notices and labels. -Ensure materials are distributed to teachers. -Observe to see if labels were put on students at dismissal.
Collect attendance data on the number of children that attended the childcare during each PTA meeting in the first semester.	Lara Nixon. Intern	09/30/2012 – 12/15/2012	-Attendance count sheets	-Compare the number of students that attended childcare during each monthly meeting.
Collect and review the sign-in sheets for the first semester PTA meetings.	Lara Nixon, Intern   PTA President	01/15/2013 – 02/15/2013	-First semester PTA member sign-in sheets -Attendance recording sheet	-Record the number of PTA members that attended each meeting.
Collect and review the volunteer sign-up sheets for the Fall Carnival and interview the PTA President regarding the turn-out at the event.	Lara Nixon, Intern   PTA President	01/15/2013 – 02/15/2013	-Fall Carnival sign-up sheets -Interview questions	-Record the number of volunteers compared to the number of slots available. -Note whether there were needs or problems with the carnival due to lack of volunteers and make a list of recommendations.
Interview the principal and PTA president regarding the benefit of providing the childcare service and translation at PTA meetings.	Lara Nixon, Intern   PTA President   Principal	02/15/2013 – 03/15/2013	Interview Questions	-List of positive effects and concerns. -List of recommendations.
Review 2013 School Culture and Climate Survey results.	Lara Nixon, Intern   Principal	03/15/2013 – 04/15/2013	-2012 School Culture and Climate Survey -2013 School Culture and Climate Survey	-Compare the two survey results and note changes in the results
Reflection on the action research process, data, methods and activities.	Lara Nixon, Intern	03/15/2013 – 04/15/2013	-Research -Data collected -Interview information -2012 & 2013 School Culture and Climate Survey results	-Journal about all aspects of the action research -Focus on leadership methods used & why -Focus on issues and outcomes -Focus on recommendations for next year
Share the research findings with the public by posting the data and write-up on my blog.	Lara Nixon, Intern	04/15/2013 – 05/30/2013	-Write-up of research findings and new wonderings -Power point presentation -Teacher feedback forms	-Review comments posted to blog
Share research findings with the Parent Involvement Committee.	Lara Nixon, Intern	04/15/2013 – 05/30/2013	-Write-up of research findings and new wonderings	-Teacher feedback forms regarding ideas for expanding the strategies to increase parent involvement
Present research findings to the campus staff at a staff meeting	Lara Nixon, Intern	04/15/2013 – 05/30/2013	-Power point presentation of the research finding and new wonderings	-Teacher feedback forms regarding ideas for expanding the strategies to increase parent involvement