REVISED Action Research Plan

Revised Action Planning Template
Goal: Evaluate the need for a district wide middle school athletic tryout/cut policy.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Identify schools with problems surrounding their tryout/cut policy or lack of.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Middle/High School Coaches Copy of cut policy	Survey of coach’s needs/issues
2. Identify schools in the district and outside of the district that have clear, concise tryout/cut policies.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Middle/High School coaches in LISD and outside of LISD Copy of cut policies	Survey of coach’s needs/issues
3. Compare and contrast problematic cut policies to concise cut policies.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Middle/High school coaches Copies of cut policies Completed surveys from coaches	n/a
4. Interview high school and middle school coaches.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Middle/High school coaches Interview questions	Extract real, usable data via interview questions.
5. Interview athletic administrators.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Leander ISD Athletic Director/Assistant Athletic Director Campus Athletic Coordinators	Extract real, usable data via interview questions.
6. Interview principals at the high school and middle school levels.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Leander ISD Middle School and High School Principals or Assistant Principals	Extract real, usable data via interview questions.
7. Analyze data from all interviews to determine the need for a common cut policy.	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Data collected throughout research study	n/a
8. Create a PowerPoint presentation to present findings to administrators and coaches	Jody Hormann	September 2012-ongoing	Data collected throughout research study Computer Access	n/a