Thanks for the great comments regarding my action plan and I thought I would address why I did not include providing professional development for teachers. 

We are revisiting and making improvements to the infrastructure of our curriculum framework (CF’s) after receiving the results of a curriculum audit done last year.  Part of that infrastructure is the RtI Program.  We are following TEA’s guidelines and full implementation of a successful RtI Program happens over a period of several years.  Here are the four growth stages:

• Emerging- The goal of this stage is to build consensus and buy-in for RtI implementation.

• Developing- This stage involves designing the infrastructure to implement RtI.

• Operationalizing- During this stage, the school implements the structures that were designed during the Developing stage and works to build consistency and fidelity.

• Optimizing- Within this stage, the model is embedded and done with fidelity. Schools now focus on how effective the model is and make changes based on data to ensure it is effective.

Our program is still in the developing stage.  Professional development for teachers will be addressed in the Operationalizing stage and is not a part of my action plan.  However, it is a part of my internship plan. 

EDLD 5301 - Week 3 - Action Research Plan

GOAL:     Response to Intervention is consistently used to identify, monitor and support all children prior to the referral process for special education, dyslexia, 504 modification, and/or targeted assistance.
Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.  Meeting with district leadership that is representative of district department or programs	Representatives of Administration General education Special education 504/Targeted assistance ELL Bilingual education	May 16, 2012	Admin. 205 Current RtI Plan	Agenda/Sign in A core district RtI team established. Schedule of meeting times.
2. Identify stakeholders in the district, share information and gain consensus to support RtI	Penny Stephens District RtI Team	Present – August 2012		A core district RtI team has been established. Stakeholders in the district have been identified
3.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback	Penny Stephens District RtI Team	May 31, 2012	Admin. 205 List of Stakeholders	Agenda/Sign In Minutes from meeting
4.  Provide information about RtI practices.  §  Introduction §  Overview of Process §  Tier I Instruction §  Tier II Instruction §  Tier III Instruction §  RtI Team Responsibilities §  TEA Guidance §  Glossary §  Forms §  FAQ	Penny Stephens District RtI Team District Departments	May - September 2012	History of RtI Resources Flow map Process Detail for initial referral & Tiers I, II, & III Universal screening instrument identified TEA Guidance FAQ	Response to Intervention Procedural Manual completed
5.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback	Penny Stephens District RtI Team	May 29, 2012	Admin. 205 Draft copy of procedural manual	Agenda/Sign In Minutes from meeting
6.  Identify tiers of intervention to be used across district based on information and feedback from stakeholders meeting	District RtI Team District Departments Stakeholders	May - September 2012	Universal Screener identified. Interventions currently being utilized across the district	Draft of tiered interventions completed by September, 2012; Update/modify interventions based on district purchase of ISEP
7.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback	Penny Stephens District RtI Team	June 6, 2012	Admin. 205	Agenda/Sign In Minutes from meeting
8.  Develop common RtI forms to be used across district based on information and feedback from stakeholders meeting	Penny Stephens Stakeholders District RtI Team	May - September 2012		Forms are developed by district RtI team and shared with all stakeholders (district & campus)
9.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback	Penny Stephens District RtI Team	June 13, 2012	Admin. 205 Draft copy of common RtI forms	Agenda/Sign In Minutes from meeting
10.  Identify tiers of intervention to be used across district	District RtI Team District Departments Stakeholders	June - September 2012	Universal Screener identified. Interventions currently being utilized across the district	Draft of tiered interventions completed by September, 2012; Update/modify interventions based on district purchase of ISEP
11.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback and finalize common RtI form to upload on district framework	Penny Stephens District RtI Team Stakeholders	June 21, 2012	Admin. 205 Draft copy of tiers of interventions Draft of common RtI forms to	Agenda/Sign In Minutes from meeting
12.  Upload all forms on District framework for easy access/use	Penny Stephens Mauk B	June - September 2012	Completed forms	Forms posted and URL included in resource section of RtI procedural manual
13.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback on posted RtI form and its easy access/user friendly	Penny Stephens District RtI Team Stakeholders	June 27, 2012	Admin. 205 Draft copy of common RtI forms	Agenda/Sign In Minutes from meeting
14.  Identify and train campus-based RtI teams with specific selection criteria	District RtI Team Principals/ Assistant Principals	June - September 2012	List of: §  83 Elementary §  28 Middle Schools (including 6th grade centers)	List of Campus-based RtI teams established at each school and training has been provided
15.  Meeting with district RtI team to provide information and receive feedback on identified campus-based RtI teams	Penny Stephens District RtI Team Stakeholders	July 9, 2012	List of campus-based RtI teams	Agenda/Sign in Minutes from meeting
16.  Meet with RtI team and stakeholders to finalize RtI procedures and forms	Penny Stephens District RtI Team Stakeholders	July 20, 2012	Admin. 205 FWISD Print Shop Spiral RtI Procedural Manual – Fall 2012	Agenda/Sign in Minutes from meeting
17.  Make any additional edits as a result of the RtI team and stakeholders meeting to finalize RtI procedures and forms	Penny Stephens	July 24, 2012	Spiral RtI Procedural Manual – Fall 2012 with additional edits	Completed RtI Procedural Manual – Fall 2012

Week 2 - Action Research Topic

Wow!  What a week!

This week I feel as though I gained a much deeper understanding of what Action Research is.  Listening to the 3 scholar practitioners about how they utilize Active Research was also extremely beneficial.  In our reading of chapter 2, I was able to see how it can be effectively utilized at both the campus (teachers and administrators) and the district level.

The topic my site supervisor and I discussed and decided on was in reference to the following "wondering":

Will implementing an RtI Campus Team and a common, district-wide RtI protocol alleviate the delay in the referral process?

I look forward to week 3 and all the challenges it has to offer!