Action Plan Template

How can we reduce the number of DAEP repeat referrals, especially among African American males?
The purpose of the study is to focus on the reasons that students receive multiple referrals and then use those reasons to formulate strategies that can reduce future referrals.

Here is the action plan template for my action research.

Action Needed	Person Responsible	Timeline	Resources	Evaluation
Gather referral sheets for incoming students	Self	Batch 1: December 2010 Batch 2: May 2011	-Referral sheets -Data collection notebook	Compile list of reasons for referrals.
Separate first time referrals from repeat referrals	Staff	Batch 1: December 2010 Batch 2: May 2011	-Incoming referral sheets -Previous attendance roster database	Determine who is a first time student and who has been to DAEP in the past.
Group students by gender and race	Self	Batch 1: December 2010 Batch 2: May 2011	Referral sheets	Collect and examine the data across each group to be able to compare the African American male population to the rest of the population.
Assign random numbers and draw sample from total population of each semester	-Self -Staff	Batch 1: December 2010 Batch 2: May 2011	-Random number generator -Student list for multiple referrals	Establish base population for study.
Conduct a literature review	Self	Ongoing to May 2011	-Online sources -Journals -Books -Interviews	Determine a list of reasons for repeat referrals from a professional standpoint
Share findings of each semester batch with staff	-Self -Staff	Batch 1: December 2010 Batch 2: May 2011	-Data collection results -Graphs	Share the referral reasons with other staff and brainstorm solutions to combat the multiple referrals.
Distribute referral reduction strategies to other campuses	Principal	Batch 1: December 2010 Batch 2: May 2011	Compilation of strategies based on discussion of findings	This step will be determined to be successful if the other schools actually use the strategies and we see a reduction in referrals.
Follow up visits to campuses	Self	February 2011 September 2011	-Reports from other campuses on strategies they used -Observations of classrooms with former DAEP students -Referral sheets	This step is necessary to see if the strategies are actually being used and to gauge their effect on the targeted students.
Compare results of incoming students for 2011-2012 school year to previous year	Self Staff	Batch 1: December 2011 Batch 2: May 2012	-Incoming referral sheets -Previous year attendance database	This step is to compare the following year’s students to the previous years students to see if :1) the total number of referrals has decreased and 2.) the percentage of African American males has decreased. A decrease in either of the two will indicate that our suggestions were effective in reducing the recidivism rate for DAEP.