ARP topic: In what ways does teacher absenteeism affect student performance, and how can we minimize teacher absenteeism for financial purposes?
| GOALS | ACTIVITIES | RESOURCES | TIMELINE | PERSON RESPONSIBLE | MONITOR | ASSESSMENT |
| Complete a literature review on the subject | Research and review literature on my topic | Internet articles and studies on my topic | August 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile data form literature review on my topic | Use this review to help ARP |
| Determine on the average how many days each teacher in our district is absent | Interview our business manager and obtain number of absences per teacher | Business manager and teacher attendance records | August 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile a chart by teacher and campus of days missed for sick, personal, and school leave. | ongoing |
| Review TAKS pass / fail rate for each teacher or pass/fail rate for each teacher if not a TAKS area | Document the pass / fail rate for each teachers students on the TAKS test or class pass/fail rate | TAKS test data Final average for teachers not in TAKS subjects | September 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile a chart of each teacher’s pass / fail rate on the TAKS test or class pass/fail rate | ongoing |
| Compare each teacher’s absenteeism rate to their pass fail rate on TAKS | Look at hard data gathered on the two previous studies and combine data | Absenteeism and TAKS data previously obtained | September 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile the data from the two previous studies and determine if teacher absenteeism and pass / fail rate are correlated | Hard data from chart will determine if teacher absenteeism is a factor on student performance. |
| Determine what activities teachers leave for substitutes when they are going to be on a planned absence | Survey teachers on activities they leave for students when they are on a planned absence | Survey Monkey | October 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile results from survey and determine how many of the activities us Higher Order Thinking | ongoing |
| Determine what activities teachers leave for substitutes when they are going to be on a non planned absence | Survey teachers on activities they leave for students when they are on a non planned absence | Survey Monkey | October 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile results from survey and determine how many of the activities us Higher Order Thinking | ongoing |
| Determine is teacher preparedness when absent has an effect on student performance | Compile all data in an easy to read format | All data collected | November 2010 | Jack Parker | Use data to produce an easy to read report on all data collected in this project | Data report |
| Determine how much substitute teachers get paid per day | Interview business manager to determine sub pay | Business manager and sub pay records | September 2010 | Jack Parker | Use data in later part of study | ongoing |
| Determine the effectiveness of substitute teacher training | Compile a survey to determine the effectiveness of sub training | Survey Monkey | October 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile data | ongoing |
| Determine the average teacher salary for each campus and the district | Get salary records from the business managers office | Payroll records | September 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile a study of sub pay and average teacher pay per campus and district wide | ongoing |
| Determine how much the district spends on substitute teachers each school year per campus | Get this figure from the business office and match this data with data from the study | Business office | October 2010 | Jack Parker | Use all data collected thus far to compile a visual on how much subs cost the district | ongoing |
| Determine what incentives will help keep teachers in class | Survey teachers on what incentives will keep them in the classroom more | Teacher survey Survey Monkey | December 2010 | Jack Parker | Compile results from survey to determine what incentives may reduce teacher absenteeism | Ongoing |
