Action+Research

The focus of the plan is implement a Professional Growth Plan with tenured teaching staff. Administrators in the district now have the option to place tenured staff on a professional growth plan or use the traditional evaluation tool. I chose to implement the professional growth plan with eleven teachers. Five female teachers participated and six males with a range of experience in the district between four and eight years. Prior to the implementation of the Professional Growth Plan, no teachers in the district were participating in the development of growth plans. Success of the plan will be determined by the number of staff members who complete all parts of the growth plan.

The research question was, "Will 21st century skills such as collaboration and communication with these teachers improve as a result of the implementation of professional growth plans?"

My plan for implementation included an initial conversation with each of the eleven teachers to discuss the timeline, process and procedures for the growth plan. We also discussed the types of projects that would be acceptable. The focus of the growth plan is to improve student achievement. Each teacher then met with me a second time to discuss the project chosen for the year. We met in January and February to discuss their progress and then at the end of the school year to discuss the completed growth plans. Each conversation included a discussion on progress, challenges and changes(when needed).

Problem are focus factors, demographic data(students or teachers) research question-stated as a question plan-how will technology or 21st century skills pre and post data how it was collect and how we know if we are successful report results implications