Action Research Plan - Revised 2/15/12

Tool 7.1 Action Planning Template

 Goal: Aquire a full-time SRO (School Resource Officer) for the Pampa Junior High School campus and monitor affects of student behavior via discipline referrals, once tickets are being issued to students for their offenses.

                                     

Action Step(s)	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.) Collect data indicating the type and quantity of referrals that have been submitted for the 2011-2012 school year at PJHS, as well as the discipline actions that were taken in accordance with the diverse referrals.	Cassandra Cambern	August 2011 to May 2012	PJHS Secretary to pull reports as needed.	Skyward Discipline Offenses report broken down by the type of offense.
2.) Type and quantity of consequences (Principal Conference, D-hall, Lunch D-hall, School Service, Ticketed, Expulsion on Campus DAEP, In School Suspension, and Off Campus DAEP) assigned to students for their referrals.	Cassandra Cambern	August 2011 to May 2012	PJHS Secretary to pull reports as needed	Skyward Discipline Action report broken down by the action type.
3.) Contact the Juvenile Probation Office and find out how many of our students are currently on probation or are awaiting trial to be placed on probation.	Janet Hancock	August 2011 to May 2012	Juvenile Probation Staff to give info on students as needed.	Juvenile probation report for PJHS students.
4.) Contact other schools in our region with similar demographics and total student population to see if they have a full-time SRO on their junior high campus, and if so, how do they support this financially and what benefits/ improvements have they seen since they implemented this practice.	Cassandra Cambern	February 2012 to May 2012	Secretaries at other campuses in our region to provide requested information regarding their school and its current practices.	Contact information for schools in our region with similar demographics and total student populations.
5.) Find written documentation and testimonies online of diverse schools that have implemented the full-time SRO on their junior high campuses and notate what the affects have been.	Cassandra Cambern	March 2012 to April 2013	Computer with internet access to use Google to find information.	Data collected is relevant to the research topic and indicates valid information regarding the experiences of others that have a full-time SRO on their campus.
6.) What are the effects of the quantity and types of referrals when students are receiving tickets from the SRO, as well as their school consequences?	Cassandra Cambern	February 2012 to February 2013	PJHS Secretary to pull reports as needed.	Skyward Discipline Offenses report broken down by the type of offense and the Skyward summary number of occurrences report.
7.) What is the annual salary for a full-time SRO?	Cassandra Cambern	April 2012 to April 2013	Human Resources Department for the Pampa Police to give payroll information	Annual salary quote for a full-time SRO