Based on comments and suggestions this week, I added one step to my action research plan.  Over the summer I will research effective after school tutorial programs to find suggestions that we have not yet tried.  This way I can come to the math teachers prepared with suggestions for change.

Action Planning Template
Goal: How effective is our after school program, The Commended Club, in helping to raise the Math STAAR scores of targeted students?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Analyze commended club students' Math STAAR scores from 7th grade and 8th grade	Sarah Morvant and Campus Improvement Specialist	May 2013	2012 & 2013 STAAR scores	Analyzing the STAAR scores for the students that attended the commended club tutorials will allow me to see the improvements made from the 7th grade to the 8th grade.
Analyze the attendance rates of the students attending the after school commended club tutorials	Sarah Morvant and Campus Improvement Specialist	May 2013	Student sign-in sheets	After examining the attendance rates, I will be able to see if the students who consistently attended showed improved scores.
Conduct student interviews	Sarah Morvant	May 2013	Interview questions	Interviewing the students that attended the tutorials will allow me to understand from a student's perspective what helped on the STAAR test and what didn't.  I can then compare the answers between the students that showed improvement and those that did not.
Conduct teacher interviews with math teachers that taught the tutorial classes.	Sarah Morvant	May 2013	Interview questions	Interviewing the teachers will enable me to understand the planning and implementation of the chosen tutorial curriculum.
Research after school math tutorial programs that have shown success in other middle schools	Sarah Morvant	June-August 2013	Various published articles, interviews	Make a list of ideas from other programs that have proven to be successful in order to make suggestions at meeting with math tutorial teachers.
Meet with tutorial teachers and administration to discuss finding of data analysis & to discuss ways to improve the tutorial program for the 2013-2014 school year	Sarah Morvant, Administration	September 2013	Data analysis Curriculum options	This will allow for an open discussion of the data and what it reflects about the effectiveness of the tutorial program.  The committee can then determine what needs to change and what needs to continue.
Implement changes to the tutorial program in the 2013-2014 school year	Tutorial teachers	November 2013-March 2014	Varied according to agreed upon changes	Formative assessments can be utilized throughout the tutorial program.
Analyze 2014 Math STAAR scores	Sarah Morvant and campus improvement specialist	April 2014	2014 Math STAAR scores	Compare the STAAR scores of the students currently attending the tutorial program to see if gains were made.

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)