Action Planning Template
Goal: To determine if stronger discipline procedures will increase student achievement and decrease the amount of discipline problems.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Gather discipline records over a two year time span at the High School to review discipline issues as well as consequences assigned.	Administrators and Counselors	August 2013 to September 2013 (1 Month)	Data such as number of discipline incidents.  Discipline records from previous two years.	Evaluate discipline issues and determine what consequences were given. Did the consequence deter other referrals?  Was the consequence stern enough?
Look at student achievement in reference to grades as well as standardized testing scores.	Administrators, Counselors and Team Leaders	September 2013 to October 2013 (1 Month)	Data from students (e.g. Race, SES, etc.)  Report Cards and Test Scores	How were students grades during this time period?  What were the test scores like from the previous school year?
Examine discipline procedures.  Determine strengths and weaknesses of current plan.	Administrators	October 2013 to October 2013 (2 Weeks)	Discipline Plan currently in place.	Evaluate the current discipline plan to determine its strengths and weaknesses.  Is the discipline plan age appropriate?  Are procedures being correctly followed?
Make necessary changes to current discipline plan.	Administrators and Teachers	October 2013 to October 2013 (1 Week)	N/A	Look over information gathered concerning strengths and weaknesses to rewrite discipline plan.
Implement new changes with discipline procedures.	Administrators and Teachers	November 2013 to March 2014 (5 Months)	N/A	Monitor discipline issues and classroom performance over 5 month time period.
Examine student achievement/progress.  Review current number of discipline issues that are occurring under new discipline plan.	Administrators and Counselors	May 2014 to May 2014 (1 Month)	Semester grades, Report cards and Test Scores	Analyze data from previous school year and discipline plan and compare with new discipline plan procedures.  Review number of referrals as well as student achievement in the classroom and on Standardized test scores.