Here is the updated Action Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: To determine the effectiveness of implementing new forms of mobile communication networks in order to increase parent involvement which should increase lower socioeconomic students’ growth on the 2014 8th Grade US History STAAR test.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Collect the numbers of parents involved with our website last year along with collecting the start results from the 8th grade students last year in US History.	Casey Gray and Philip Bates	August 2013	2013 US History STAAR Results (Low SES Students) 2012-2013 Parent Website Numbers	Create a comparable spreadsheet to evaluate the scores and parent involvement.
Create Facebook, Twitter and Remind101 accounts	Casey Gray	August 10, 2013	Facebook.com Twitter.com Edline.com Remind101 APP	Check for ease of access and that all parts of the sites adhere to district guidelines.
Submit the Facebook  Twitter and Remind101 accounts to site supervisor for approval.	Casey Gray and Philip Bates	August 20, 2013	Computer and account access	Meet with supervisor to discuss changes or indentify any additional needs.
Go live with these 3 accounts	Casey Gray Philip Bates Counselors PTA - President	September 1, 2013	PTA Directory, Counselors email list, Parent Directory, Connect Ed Phone System, Copier and PA System	Create a checklist of students and parents at our school. Sign off when parents and students join.
Monitor the Facebook  Twitter and Remind101 accounts – Accept invitations	Casey Gray	All year long	Computer, Account access	Make sure there are a steady number of requests. If not, promote the sites again.
Post valuable information about school, tests, benchmarks, tutoring times, Saturday schools and other educational opportunities	Casey Gray Philip Bates Counselors Teachers with educational information	All Year Long	Test and tutoring schedules. Educational opportunities schedule. Extra Curricular activities	Create Parent surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of this form of communication. Make sure they are getting the needed information.
Evaluate the final numbers of parent involvement	Casey Gray	May 2014	Facebook, Twitter and Remind101 access.	Compare the numbers to the previous years numbers on the spreadsheet from first task.
Collect and evaluate scores from 2014 8th Grade US History STAAR Test	Casey Gray Philip Bates	May 2014	8th Grade US History STAAR RESULTS	Did the scores improve?  Compare versus last years scores.
Create a final results summary	Casey Gray	June 2014	Spread sheets from both years. Parent involvement numbers and STAAR Scores and Action Research Template	Compile findings and prepare to share
Share the findings with our school, district Social Studies Coordinator and on my educational blog	Casey Gray Philip Bates Milissa Pfiefer	June 2014	Final Results Summary and Action Research Template	What is the final verdict? Did the increase of mobile communication networks help increase both the numbers of parents involved and the overall 8th grade history scores?