A Work in Progress...

After taking some of the suggestions of my readers, site supervisor, and IA, I have updated my action research plan.  I am happy to report that my site supervisor is completely on board...woo hoo!  Everything is finally coming together, and I feel like I am on the downhill slide!  I would still like ANY feedback that you might have to offer.  I know that changes will be ongoing, but that is part of making the research and implementation successful!  Thanks for the feedback all of you have provided so far!!

Action Planning Template
Goal:  Provide mentor training to increase sustainability of the new teacher mentoring program and provide support to new teachers which will integrate new them into our school and decrease turnover and attrition
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Discuss action research plan with site supervisor and get written approval to conduct the research	Casey Hancock, Jon Burris—Principal	March – March 20, 2013	Action Research Plan	n/a
Develop brief surveys and/or questionnaires for mentor teachers and new teachers concerning the 2012-2013 (current) new teacher mentoring program	Casey Hancock	April 1– April 30, 2013	Survey Monkey and/or hard copy surveys and questionnaires	n/a
Lead a focus group discussion on the current new teacher mentoring program with mentors/mentees during end of faculty meeting	Casey Hancock, Jon Burris—Principal	April 1– April 30, 2013	Focus group questions	Reflection of the results of the discussion
Collect data on mentor teacher training programs available to our school	Casey Hancock	May 1 – May 31, 2013	Interviews and internet research	List of the mentor training programs available to our school
Coordinate with site supervisor on mentor training available and choose a program	Casey Hancock, Jon Burris—Principal	May 1-June 28, 2013	Interviews I completed in May, 2013 along with the Internet research	Chosen mentor training program
Develop activity logs where mentors and mentees  will record info from weekly meetings, which will be turned in at the end of each six weeks	Casey Hancock	July 1 – July 31, 2013	Activity Logs	n/a
Distribute activity logs to mentor/mentee teachers	Casey Hancock, Jon Burris—Principal	August 1 – August 31, 2013	Activity Logs	Reflection on the attitude with which the activity logs were received by the mentors/mentees; Analyze activity logs
Distribute mid-term surveys to mentors/mentees to see if the program is showing success	Casey Hancock	December 1 – December 17, 2013	Survey Monkey and/or Hard Copy Surveys and Questionnaires	Analyze the surveys and report/discuss the data collected with site supervisor
Based on surveys in December, conduct separate (mentor/mentees) focus group meetings during the end of a faculty meeting for suggestions on how the program could be improved	Casey Hancock, Jon Burris—Principal	January 5 – January 31, 2014	Completed Surveys or Questionnaires	Reflection on the attitudes, successes, & failures of the program for the first semester
Distribute activity logs to mentor/mentee teachers, which will include date ranges for them to meet	Casey Hancock	January 5 – January 15, 2014	Activity Logs	Reflection on the attitude with which the activity logs were received by the mentors/mentees
Distribute questionnaire to mentors comparing new teacher mentoring program for '12-’13 and ’13-‘14	Casey Hancock	April 1 – April 15, 2014	Questionnaires	Analyze the questionnaires and report/discuss the data with site supervisor
Concluding activity, etc. for mentors/mentees who participated in the program	Casey Hancock, Jon Burris—Principal	May, 2014	Funds to provide “payoff” for mentor teacher and/or to have an end of year celebration	Reflections by the mentor and mentee about the new mentor teacher program