Windy's Action Research Plan

School Vision: The vision of Priddy ISD as the learning center of this community is to shape future generations to be productive citizens through the pursuit of excellence and equity in education.

Goal: To establish a cell phone usage policy for students at Priddy ISD.

Outcomes:
Learned that it can be successful with the cell phone policy.
Learned that teachers can come up with a plan that will satisfy the administration and students.
Learn how it affects students’ body with disciple and disruption during class time.
Have students put cell phones on silent during school hours.Have a basket designated to put cell phones in during testing time and lector time.

Activities:
Researched schools that changed their cell phone usage policy.
Work with teachers to come up with a policy so students can use smart phones in the classroom.
I will interview how students will be with the new cell phone policy, if they will obey or take advantage with the new privilege.
Make sure all cell phones are on silent, if not they are pick-up and not return until school in out for the day.
Purchase baskets and make sure students drop off their phones in the basket during test and lector times.

Resource/ Research Tools Needed:
NASSP, Birdville ISD, Google and TEA Website
Teachers, TEA website, and Administrators
Students’ responses and discipline referrals the first week of School
Students, Teachers and Administrators
Students, Teachers and Administrators

Responsibility to Address Activities:
Windy Schwartz and School Administrators
Windy Schwartz and School Administrators
Windy Schwartz and School Administrators
Windy Schwartz, Teachers and School Administrators
Windy Schwartz, Teachers and School Administrators

Timeline:
Now- August 16th
August 16th thru 18th
August 23rd thru 28th
August 23rd thru 28th

Benchmark/Assessment:
Interview and use data to follow how other schools have done with changing their cell phone usage policy.
Interview and use data to come up with consensus that meets teachers and administration needs for cell phone usage.
Look at discipline referrals and school disruption with students using cells wrongly.
Look to see how many cell phones we pick-up the first week of school.
Make sure students are not cheating and paying attention during lector times.

Revision to SIP/PIP Based on Monitoring and Assessments:
I learned that it can be possible and I need to do more research and gather data. It needs to be an on going process.
I hope to learn what the teachers will want with the new cell phone usage policy.
I hope to learn that the students will obey the new cell phone policy and not stretch the limits with using their cell phones.
I hope to learn that the students are taking responsibility for their cell phones so they can use them in the classrooms.
I hope to learn basket and learn.