Reflection on week 3

This week it was all about identifying and designing my draft action research plan.  After I was done with it, it made me realize how much time it will take to complete the whole research.  I just hope that there is a positive outcome from my research and not just a waist of time.  I do believe that if I follow this program step by step, my research and I will get some where.

Action Research Plan
Sergio Lopez
Goal: How can we get the students’ parents support on engaging their middle school children to understand the importance of quality in Physical Education?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.      Discuss topic with principal and assistant principal	Myself, Mr. A.Z and Ms. Metzger	March 2012	Intern Plan	Creation of action research topic.
2.      Meet with the other PE coaches at my school and explain to them how we might have a solution to help us with our PE classes.	Myself, and participating coaches… Davis, Landua, Beckom	March 2012	Study articles and other visit other schools to see their PE dept.	Coaches feedback and active monitoring.
3.      Meet with the other PE coaches at my school and explain to them what the plan is going to be and how it will work	Myself, and participating coaches… Davis, Landua, Beckom	April 2012	Pass out the material where the coaches will be saving data.	Coaches feedback and active monitoring.
4.      Conduct progress report meetings (every 3 weeks) with coaches to discuss about data being recorded.	Myself, and participating coaches… Davis, Landua, Beckom	May 2012, Aug 2012- Dec 2012	Names of students that need help in PE.	Coaches feedback and active monitoring.
5.      Collect data from all the coaches and ask them what they think is the issue.	Myself, and participating coaches… Davis, Landua, Beckom, Mr. A.Z, and Ms. Metzger	May 2012, Aug 2012- Dec 2012	Data, names of students, and parents’ contact info.	All data collected.
6.      Evaluate the data from all the coaches and share with them the info when parents were contacted.	Myself, and participating coaches… Davis, Landua, Beckom, Mr. A.Z, and Ms. Metzger	May 2012, Aug 2012- Dec 2012	Data, names of students, and parents’ contact info.	Data collected and parent log calls.
7.      Discuss all results with everyone. Find out if the action research worked.	Myself, and participating coaches… Davis, Landua, Beckom, Mr. A.Z, and Ms. Metzger	Dec 2012	Data, names of students, and parents’ contact info.	Progress comparison with year before and with the local schools around.