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Anne-Lauren Marrs’
  Action Research Plan | ||||
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Question: How will utilizing
  strategies from the book Teaching with
  Love and Logic (Fay, Funk) affect students in the middle school
  classroom? | ||||
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Goal: To build a better
  understanding for strategies that work when dealing with students in a middle
  school classroom setting using a structured approach to behavior management. | ||||
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Action Steps(s): | 
Person(s) Responsible: | 
Timeline: Start/End | 
Needed Resources | 
Evaluation | 
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Attend a “Love and Logic” training by Kimberly Smith, a “Love
  and Logic” Trainer  with the staff at
  deZavala | 
Kimberly Smith and campus administrators | 
August 2013 | 
Training materials provided by Ms. Smith | 
Complete and earn credit for professional development hours
  spent learning  | 
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Read Teaching with Love
  and Logic  | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs | 
September 2013 | 
Teaching
  with Love and Logic (Fay, Funk) | 
Notes taken for missed skills from original training | 
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Meet with Site Supervisor and administrative team to discuss
  plan for classroom management  | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs | 
September 2013 | 
Teaching with Love and Logic (Fay, Funk) | 
Share my design with the admin team and obtain a list of ideas
  of how they see me utilizing the strategies in my room  | 
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Keep a list of anecdotal notes that explain interactions in
  which “Love and Logic” strategies are used in the classroom | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs | 
September 2013-June 2014 | 
Notepad or Microsoft office document | 
Use anecdotal notes to help prepare refresher course for
  teachers; continuously reflect on changes I make | 
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Conduct teacher survey during my PLC covering student behavior
  and utilization of “Love and Logic” strategies | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs; Martha Leal, Instructional Specialist | 
August – December 2013 | 
Self-created surveys  | 
Analyze the surveys; take information to formulate refresher
  course for teachers | 
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Conduct campus refresher course on “Love and Logic” strategies | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs and Martha Leal, Instructional Specialist | 
Spring 2014 | 
“Love and Logic” ancillaries and self-made ancillaries | 
End-of-development survey of new understanding to find out if
  teachers will use in their classrooms | 
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Conduct a Parent Academy that focuses on “Love and Logic”
  strategies for parents of teenagers | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs; PTA President; Michelle Martinez – School Counselor | 
Spring 2014 | 
Teacher-Made PowerPoint, Info Packets for Parents | 
Survey exit slip for parents to fill-out about their experience | 
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Conduct end-of-the-year teacher survey  | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs | 
June 2014 | 
Self-created Surveys | 
Anonymous paper surveys for data about teachers’ experiences
  utilizing “Love and Logic” in their classrooms | 
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Meet with campus administrative team to discuss findings | 
Anne-Lauren Marrs | 
June 2014 | 
Findings organized in a meaningful way (PowerPoint) | 
Explain the process of the year’s work and discuss findings and
  how these findings can shape campus decisions for behavior management in the
  following school year | 
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Revised Action Research Plan
After eliciting some feedback from peers and meeting with my site supervisor, here is my revised copy of my Action Research Plan.  I have left the original copy in the previous post for your reference.  The main changes are that I omitted some extraneous steps and added a parent component to my plan.
 
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