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):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Attend a “Love and Logic” training by Kimberly Smith, a “Love
and Logic” Trainer with the staff at
deZavala
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Kimberly Smith and campus administrators
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August 2013
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Training materials provided by Ms. Smith
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Complete and earn credit for professional development hours
spent learning
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Read Teaching with Love
and Logic
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Anne-Lauren Marrs
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September 2013
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Teaching
with Love and Logic (Fay, Funk)
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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
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Anne-Lauren Marrs
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September 2013
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Teaching with Love and Logic (Fay, Funk)
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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
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Anne-Lauren Marrs
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September 2013-June 2014
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Notepad or Microsoft office document
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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
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Anne-Lauren Marrs; Martha Leal, Instructional Specialist
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August – December 2013
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Self-created surveys
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Analyze the surveys; take information to formulate refresher
course for teachers
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Conduct campus refresher course on “Love and Logic” strategies
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Anne-Lauren Marrs and Martha Leal, Instructional Specialist
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Spring 2014
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“Love and Logic” ancillaries and self-made ancillaries
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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
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Anne-Lauren Marrs; PTA President; Michelle Martinez – School Counselor
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Spring 2014
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Teacher-Made PowerPoint, Info Packets for Parents
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Survey exit slip for parents to fill-out about their experience
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Conduct end-of-the-year teacher survey
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Anne-Lauren Marrs
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June 2014
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Self-created Surveys
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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
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Anne-Lauren Marrs
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June 2014
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Findings organized in a meaningful way (PowerPoint)
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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
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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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