Action Plan for Decreasing the Achievement Gap
For the last nine weeks, you have worked on the separate parts of your course project. You have completed these assignments and received feedback on how to improve them. Now, you are going to revise and prepare the final submission of your entire project.
For the final project, you will incorporate the feedback you received from your instructor for the (a) Action Plan Description, (b) Action Plan Literature Review, (c) Action Plan Steps Part 1, and (d) Action Plan Steps Part 2 and include the revised content for each component.
The final paper should include the following components, and it must be presented in sections as indicated below:
1. Action Plan Description:
o Background: Describe the demographics of your educational setting and the existing situation in your setting in terms of the achievement gap.
o Assessment of Circumstances: Identify and define a problem related to an achievement gap. How was the problem determined? Who was involved in this process? Explain what data you gathered to determine this need and display this data in a chart or table.
o Purpose and Rationale:
Explain the intervention strategy that you propose to use in the action plan and why you expect the change you are proposing to bring needed improvement. Cite scholarly resources that support your intervention strategy and also include them in a references section at the end of your paper.
o Vision:
Develop a vision of learning for the action plan that includes a discussion about how you will incorporate collaboration in the vision development process; ensure the vision is characterized by respect for all stakeholders including families and community entities; articulate the vision that you established for a school for this action plan to the stakeholders and identify the stakeholders (staff, parents, students, and community members).
Through what venues will the vision be articulated (symbols, ceremonies, stories, and other activities)?
Describe what is involved in the implementation of the plan to support the plan’s vision. The should clearly articulate what action will be taken, how the action should be taken, when it should be taken, who is responsible for the action, and where this action should take place.
The implementation process should provide a timeline and deadlines for identified benchmarks. It should also detail a comprehensive plan for communicating the vision to school stakeholders.
Create a table to present this information described in the narrative. Describe how you will steward a vision for the action plan designed to decrease or eliminate the achievement gap.
