Action Planning Template
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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
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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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
August 31st
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
August 31st
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
August 31st
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
August 31st
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
August 31st
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
August 31st
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
August 31st
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
September 30th
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
September 30th
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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
September 30th
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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
October 30th
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
October 30th
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
November 30th
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.
|
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
December 18th
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
December 18th
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
January 30th
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.
|
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
February 28th
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.
|
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
March 30th
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
April 10th
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
May 30th
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
May 28th
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
June 30th
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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Take
the TEPAS written scores from 2013 and comparing them with the 2014 scores to
determine if students grew and if we have more high advanced students
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Kristin Harper
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June 2014
June 30th
2014
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TELPAS Scores from
both 2013 and 2014
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Analyzing growth in
students
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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
August 7th
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 curriculums helped teachers and
students.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Uppdated Action Research plan.
Here is my up dated Action research plan after my Principal looked at it:
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