Action Research Plan

Goal:  To increase parent involvement/communication at our campus

Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Create and implement a parent communication log that is mandatory for all teachers.	Teachers Administrators	March-June	Creation of the communication log form	Each six weeks, administrators will review the logs of the teachers, follow up on at least two communications,  and set up a conference with the teacher and/or parent for any irregularities noticed.
2. Promote the campus open house to parents using the local newspaper, local businesses, parent email and telephone, as well as the students themselves.	Teachers Administrators Registrars Students	March  (date of the parent meeting)	Money to advertise open house date and time information in the local newspaper Creation of flyers and distribution to local businesses and students Collection of as many parent telephone numbers and email addresses as possible by the registrars to use for a mass email and a prepared telephone message.	Have the parents that attend the open house complete a short survey before they leave, or use Survey Monkey, to explain how they learned of the open house and their impressions of the open house. Send an email to all the teachers the following day to evaluate the numbers of parents that attend and how the numbers compare to previous years.
3. Local businesses sponsor spring sports pep rallies held on campus	Teachers Administrators Coaches Students	April	Time to contact all possible local businesses about sponsorship opportunity Create flyers to advertise pep rallies at local businesses, in the local newspaper, and on campus	Provide everyone attending with a survey, or use Survey Monkey, to complete after the pep rally to gather feedback on the effectiveness of the pep rallies.