My Reflections on the course EDLD 5301

When I first looked at the name of the course I was nervous and was like oh great a research class. Research papers can be intimating and very tedious. My thoughts were when am I going to have time to research and do the work that comes along with the class. I was glad to find out that doing thee research is not done over just 5 weeks but throughout this whole Master’s program. After being in the class and learning about the ARP I felt more and more relieved and less worried. I’m still worried somewhat but not to the extent that I was previously at the beginning of the class. After going through EDLD 5301i definitely feel more confident in my action research plan. This course has had it hard points and it’s good points. The hardest part for me throughout out this course was the assignments. I wouldn’t know where to start or really how to answer all of the questions that was being asked. MY IA and others on Facebook helped me throughout this process and for them I’m very grateful and thankful. I have enjoyed my learning process with this course. I have learned a tremendous amount in such a short period of time. It seemed like every week I was changing my action research plan. After meeting with my site supervisor and receiving comments on my blog I was thinking this was a never ending process. Now that the class is coming to an end I think that I have finally came to a conclusive ARP topic and am ready to get started on this journey and am ready to see what information I can uncover and use. The one part of this class that I really liked and have no complaints about is the blog. I never thought about using blogs to help me with educational things such as what t is required. I love these ease of putting your work out there and getting comments as if you were in class with that person. I will definitely implement this in future things that I do with school. All in all this class would be very beneficial to anyone who is thinking about a certain inquiry. I would give the level of difficulty in this class 7 out of 10. The work at times became a little repetitive but in the end it all came together. Goodbye EDLD 5301 Hello to the next course in my jouney of obtaining my Master’s in Educational Administration.

Revised ARP Hopefully this is the FINAL

Action Planning Template
Goal: Follow 20 male student athletes to see how being in sports affect’s their performance in regards to: grades, behavior, absences, and referrals? Question: How does being in sports affect male student athlete’s performance in regards to: grades, behavior, absences, and referrals?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Explain research inquiry to people involved and Pass out Independent teacher survey	Dorian Hall AJM Teachers	August 2013	Research information Returning School Teachers Survey	Find out how teachers feel about student athletes grades, behavior and attendance during sporting season and off-season.
Determine Population: Gather the rosters of each sport from coaches of their respectable sport. From the rosters I will select 20 male student athletes.	Dorian Hall Sport Coaches	August 2013- September 2013	Spreadsheet Sport roster	I will create a spreadsheet for each male athlete. In the spreadsheet will be data on them for in season and out of season.
Gather Baseline Data: I will use my list that I gathered and start inputting data into in season or out of season.	Dorian Hall Sport Coaches to determine which students play sports Site Supervisor	September 2013	Grades from past school year Sports Rosters	I will create a spreadsheet for each male athlete. In the spreadsheet will be data on them for in season and out of season.
Developing  Deeper Understanding: I will take data from the first progress reports and report card during that nine weeks. I will also get with disciplinarian to get any referrals. From this data I will determine if any changes needs to be implemented.	Dorian Hall School Disciplinarian	October 2013	1st nine weeks progress reports and Report Cards.	Input this data into my spreadsheet.
Self-Reflection: Communicate with principal and high school head coach’s  to find out what can be done differently to help with the athletes	Dorian Hall	October 2013	Site Supervisor Chalmette High School coaching Staff	Write a reflection about what I learned from the conversation with the high school’ coaches.
Look at Patterns: I will get the report cards of the 20 male student athletes, for the 1st through 4th nine weeks period. Every nine weeks I will send out survey’s to the teachers of these 20 male student athletes. The survey questions will include: -How is the student behaving? -Is his homework being completed? -Are they any outburst or distractions? -Have you noticed a difference between them now and when they were playing sports? I will leave comment box for teacher to leave not only negative comments but also positive.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor Athletes Teacher’s Secretary	October 2013- May 2014	Student’s report cards (Absence and tardy information, and GPA) Student referrals for this past year Teacher Survey	I will look to see if it is a certain group of kids that are misbehaving, a certain sport that has the most amount of issues, and send a survey out to the teachers asking about behavior tendencies.
Determine Direction: Right before the Christmas break. I will hand out another survey to the teachers. This survey will gather information about the male athletes that are in the study group. Also, I will sit down with my site supervisor and go over the data that I have gathered so far. I will run across her some changes or things that could be done differently if need be if my ARP is not going the way I think it needs to be going.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	December 2013	Student’s report cards (Absence and tardy information, and GPA) Student referrals for this past year Teacher Survey	Hand out survey to teachers and ask my site supervisor questions. If need be change up some things in my research.
Take Action for School Improvement: After inputting all of my data in regards to behavior, attendance, referrals, and grades. I will propose a plan to help with the findings of my report.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	June 2014	Report Cards Progress Reports   Attendance reports Referral reports	Propose changes to student athlete’s eligibility if performance is not on par or above par with their performance during their sport season.
Sustaining Improvement: If anything catches my eye during the ARP I will do my best to help change it then and there instead of waiting till the end of the research plan.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	August 2013- May 2014	Report Cards Progress Reports   Attendance report Referral reports	Always be willing and ready to adapt my ARP at any time based on findings or anything that is permissible.
Analyze and interpret data	Dorian Hall	June 2014	Action Research Data	Create charts and graphs of data findings
Present Findings: Share results with administration	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	June 2014	Action Research Findings	I will share recommendations based on data and research to suggest how to make sure the student athletes perform the same way they do during their sports season when they are out of season.

Action Research Plan Take #1

Action Planning Template
Goal: How does being in sports affect male student athlete’s performance in regards to: grades, behavior, absences, and referrals?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Explain research inquiry to people involved and Pass out Independent teacher survey	Dorian Hall AJM Teachers	August 2013	Research information Returning School Teachers Survey	Find out how teachers feel about student athletes grades, behavior and attendance during sporting season and off-season.
Determine Population: Gather the rosters of each sport from coaches of their respectable sport. From the rosters I will select 30 male student athletes.	Dorian Hall Sport Coaches	August 2013- September 2013	Spreadsheet Sport roster	I will create a spreadsheet for each male athlete. In the spreadsheet will be data on them for in season and out of season.
Gather Baseline Data: I will use my list that I gathered and start inputting data into in season or out of season.	Dorian Hall Sport Coaches to determine which students play sports Site Supervisor	September 2013	Grades from past school year Sports Rosters	I will create a spreadsheet for each male athlete. In the spreadsheet will be data on them for in season and out of season.
Developing  Deeper Understanding: I will take data from the first progress reports and report card during that nine weeks. I will also get with disciplinarian to get any referrals. From this data I will determine if any changes needs to be implemented.	Dorian Hall School Disciplinarian	October 2013	1st nine weeks progress reports and Report Cards.	Input this data into my spreadsheet.
Self-Reflection: Communicate with principal and high school head coach’s  to find out what can be done differently to help with the athletes	Dorian Hall	October 2013	Site Supervisor Chalmette High School coaching Staff	Write a reflection about what I learned from the conversation with the high school’ coaches.
Look at Patterns: I will get the report cards of the 30 male student athletes, for the 1st through 4th nine weeks period. Every nine weeks I will send out survey’s to the teachers of these 30 male student athletes.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor Athletes Teacher’s Secretary	October 2013- May 2014	Student’s report cards (Absence and tardy information, and GPA) Student referrals for this past year Teacher Survey	I will look to see if it is a certain group of kids that are misbehaving, a certain sport that has the most amount of issues, and send a survey out to the teachers asking about behavior tendencies.
Determine Direction: Right before the Christmas break. I will hand out another survey to the teachers. This survey will gather information about the male athletes that are in the study group. Also, I will sit down with my site supervisor and go over the data that I have gathered so far. I will run across her some changes or things that could be done differently if need be if my ARP is not going the way I think it needs to be going.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	December 2013	Student’s report cards (Absence and tardy information, and GPA) Student referrals for this past year Teacher Survey	Hand out survey to teachers and ask my site supervisor questions. If need be change up some things in my research.
Take Action for School Improvement: After inputting all of my data in regards to behavior, attendance, referrals, and grades. I will propose a plan to help with the findings of my report.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	June 2014	Report Cards Progress Reports   Attendance reports Referral reports	Propose changes to student athlete’s eligibility if performance is not on par or above par with their performance during their sport season.
Sustaining Improvement: If anything catches my eye during the ARP I will do my best to help change it then and there instead of waiting till the end of the research plan.	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	August 2013- May 2014	Report Cards Progress Reports   Attendance report Referral reports	Always be willing and ready to adapt my ARP at any time based on findings or anything that is permissible.
Analyze and interpret data	Dorian Hall	June 2014	Action Research Data	Create charts and graphs of data findings
Present Findings: Share results with administration	Dorian Hall Site Supervisor	June 2014	Action Research Findings	I will share recommendations based on data and research to suggest how to make sure the student athletes perform the same way they do during their sports season when they are out of season.