Action Research Plan

	Action Research Plan
	Goal: Provide opportunities for students with different cultures to be expressed on our campus.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Monitoring achievement of goals and objectives	Evaluation
Develop clubs representing different cultures found on our campus.	Mrs. Cato High School Principal Michael Stevens	August 2012- May 2013	School sponsors willing to support these clubs.	Increased student involvement in the clubs	Written reports from each club sponsor listing members and accomplishments for the year.
Make ethnically diverse foods available to the students.	Shelly Echols Food service manager Michael Stevens	August 2012- May 2013	Availability of the ingredients to prepare the food.	Positive feedback from students and parents	A summative survey about the food availability at the end of the school year.
Provide cultural videos for teachers view.	Mrs. Cato High School Principal Michael Stevens	August 2012- May 2013	Videos from different cultures, and the librarian willing to provide these to the teachers.	Pro-active involvement on the teacher’s part by being involved in their student’s cultural experience.	A log-in sheet to see how many teachers actually viewed the cultural videos.
Culture night	Mr. Cato High School Principal Michael Stevens	One night in the Fall and One night in the Spring	High School cafeteria after school hours. Teacher/parent volunteers.	Attendance to the culture night increases.	Feedback from the campus stakeholders. If improvements need to be made then we will take action on that the next time there is a culture night.

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)