Kristin Harper's Action Reseach Plan
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Question: In what way can I build my own knowledge of
writing across the curriculum and use the TEPAS rubric and reflective
practices to help teachers in core subjects incorporate writing into their
daily practice to help ELL students achieve advanced high on their TELPAS
writing?
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GOAL: To build my own knowledge
of writing across the curriculum and use the TELPAS rubric and reflective to
help teachers in core subjects incorporate writing into their daily practice
to help ELL students achieve advanced high on their TELPAS writing.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation/
Monitoring
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Copy all essays used
for TELPAS rating form last year.
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Kristin Harper
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August 2013
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Copier and essays for
each student in program
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All essays are copied
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Find binders and tabs
for all core teachers and support teachers that are involved in teaching
content to ELL students
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Kristin Harper
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August 2013
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Binders and tabs for
23 teachers
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Binders and tabs for
23 teachers
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Organize binders’ student
essay by grade level teams and place in binders.
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Kristin Harper
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August 2013
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Binders, tabs, each
teachers’ copy of their students essays form previous years. Copy of TELPAS
rubric
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Finished binder
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Create spread sheet
with each grade level student that is active in the ELL program with the
TELPAS results from the last three years to establish a trend.
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Kristin Harper
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August 2013
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Excel spread sheet and
Teacher portal information.
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Easy accessible spread
sheet in both digital version and paper copy for discussion
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Create spread sheet
with each grade level student that is active in the ELL program with demographics
past year TELPAS, STAAR, Reading level,
Woodcock-Munoz score
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Kristin Harper
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August 2013
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Excel spread sheet and
Teacher portal information.
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Easy accessible spread
sheet in both digital version and paper copy for discussion
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to discuss TELPAS rubric and rate online example students
in speaking, listening, and writing. Discuss our rating of the student compare
to the states rating.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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August 2013
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Online training system
for TELPAS raters and rubrics for all teachers involved
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Notes, discussions,
Questions about the
rubric
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to rate the essays of the students from last year TELPAS.
Determine level we would rate the student using the TELPAS rubric to
determine if it is the same or different. Examine possible causes for the differences in the
rating.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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August 2013
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Binder put together
for teachers with the information needed to examine student work and TELPAS
rubric
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing.
Reflect over what we
learned.
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to determine if students are gaining skills that is moving
them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each core teacher brings
one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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September 2013
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing. Reflecting for a few
minutes over students’ progress and how to move them forward to become better
writers’ core subjects.
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Have students take a survey
about writing
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Kristin harper and
Language Arts teachers
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September 2013
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Create a short survey to
collect information from the students perspective about writing across
curriculum
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The information
collected
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Have core teachers
take a survey about the TELPAS rubric and the writing process in core
subjects
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Kristin Harper
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September 2013
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Create a short survey about
the understanding of the TELPAS rubric and how to use it. Ask questions about
the writing process in their classroom.
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The information
collected
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Analyze the teacher
response and student responses to see where I need to develop my own
knowledge of writing across the curriculum
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Kristin Harper
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September 2013
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Possible reading or
training for developing writing across the curriculum
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Making a plan for
personal development of writing skills across the curriculums.
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to determine if students are gaining skills that is moving
them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each core teacher brings
one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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October 2013
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing.
Reflecting for a few
minutes over students’ progress and how to move them forward to become better
writers’ core subjects.
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to determine if students are gaining skills that is moving
them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each core teacher brings
one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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November 2013
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing.
Reflecting for a few
minutes over students’ progress and how to move them forward to become better
writers’ core subjects.
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to determine if students are gaining skills that is moving
them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each core teacher brings
one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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December 2013
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference in
this rubric and rubrics used in grade level Reflecting for a few minutes over
students’ progress and how to move them forward to become better writers’
core subjects.writing.
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Have students take a survey
about writing
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Kristin harper and
Language Arts teachers
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December 2013
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Use the same short survey
to collect information from the students perspective about writing across
curriculum
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The information
collected
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to determine if students are gaining skills that is moving
them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each core teacher brings
one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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January 2014
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing. Reflecting for a few
minutes over students’ progress and how to move them forward to become better
writers’ core subjects.
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Meet
with teachers in grade level teams to determine if students are gaining
skills that is moving them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each
core teacher brings one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and
grade level teams with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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February 2014
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing.
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Meet with teachers in
grade level teams to determine if students are gaining skills that is moving
them to at least the next level on the TELPAS rubric Each core teacher brings
one essay to rate from the ELL students.
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Kristin Harper and grade level teams
with support staff (ELL teacher and SpEd teacher)
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March 2014
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ELL binder, core teachers
bringing an essay from ELL students to be evaluated by the TELPAS rubric.
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Essays, notes,
Discussions
Understanding and
questions about the rubric.
Aha moments of the difference
in this rubric and rubrics used in grade level writing.
Reflecting for a few
minutes over students’ progress and how to move them forward to become better
writers’ core subjects.
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Rate
ELL students for TELPAS
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Kristin Harper and campus
TELPAS raters
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April 2014
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Each core teacher
turns in TELPAS essays to be graded by raters and one extra essay.
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The new rating of the student
for upcoming year.
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Have core teachers
take a survey about the TELPAS rubric and the writing process in core
subjects
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Kristin Harper
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May 2014
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Use the same short survey
about the understanding of the TELPAS rubric and how to use it. Ask questions
about the writing process in their classroom.
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The information
collected
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Have
students take a survey about writing
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Kristin harper and
Language Arts teachers
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May 2014
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Use the same short survey
to collect information from the students perspective about writing across
curriculum
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The information
collected
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Look
over the responses from both the teacher and student surveys to determine if
there was any change during the year
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Kristin Harper
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June 2014
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The 5 surveys given
during the year and look at any positive or negative trends
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Analyzing the data to determine
where there a need to more understanding in the writing process.
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Meeting
with the administrative team to share the findings of the action research
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Kristin Harper
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August 2014
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Sharing all findings
from the action research paper and how it have impacted the students
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The growth of the
students through the use of the rubric. Explaining how developing my own
understanding of how to write across curriculum helped teachers and
students.
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Format based on Tool 7.1
from Examining What We Do to Improve Our
Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and
Combs, 2010)
