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// An Action Plan is a plan for making a teaching change that will enhance your students understanding of mathematics. // Name: **Renee Jaeger** School: **Clovis Point Intermediate School** Teaching assignment: **6th Grade Math & Reading** Describe your student population (approximate number, ethnicity, language, etc): **Our school consists of grades 5-6-7, with 550 students. Our Hispanic culture is 45% and Free & Reduced is 62%.**
 * Action Plan **
 * Describe your teaching situation **

What teaching change (instruction, assessment, materials) you like to improve? **The teaching change that I would like to improve in would be my instruction using technology in math. I enjoy learning new technological/math things that I can bring back to my students.** Explain how your teaching change will improve your students’ ability to learn mathematics. **My teaching change will improve my students' ability to learn mathematics by giving them different technology ways to see different math lessons.** Also, describe possible ways that technology might assist you in making your teaching change. **The possible ways that technology might assist me in making my teaching change is being able to use Fathom daily to show data being used in tables and graphs.** Set Teaching Goals ** Identify at least two teaching goals (measurable accomplishment that if met would enable your students to learn mathematics more effectively). **Two teaching goals that I would set for my classroom would be: 1. To use technology on a daily basis to enhance our new math curriculum. 2. Create an exciting atmosphere where my students will try new things and/or websites that I think might be useful as they proceed through their school career using technology. In a sense, they will follow my lead.** Describe Teaching Actions ** Describe at least two things you are going to do as a teacher to accomplish your teaching goals. **The two things that I will do as a teacher to accomplish my teaching goals will be doing my daily formative assessments on the computer, and bring about a new attitude toward the new technology that I am introducing to my students.** These actions may or may not use technology but if they do not use technology, explain why technology is or is not the best teaching tool for your teaching change. **I think technology is the "new wave" for our students and I need to bring as much of this "new wave" to their attention. However, with the recent recession and public school budget being scaled down, this isn't something that is attainable. I only have a two student computers in my room, and about 1/3 of my students have internet access at home.** Assess Teaching Goals ** Identify how you are going to assess each of your teaching goals (simple method of collecting information to see if your teach goals was met). **I will assess my teaching goals by challenging myself with using simple formative assessments for my students on a daily basis that will enhance the new math curriculum. I will collect the data from these. I will also be able to look at student work that will give me a quick glance of what I taught and they learned. I will also assess every few days how many students looked at the new web site that I choose to introduce for that week. I will ask if they showed their parents, created anything with it, or just plain looked at it.**
 * Describe your teaching change **

Outline a general timeline that identifies when you are going to use your actions, collect your assessment data Reflection ** Write a reflection on the results of your action plan. What was difficult? What worked well? How did your students react to the changes you made? What was the impact on student learning?
 * Timeline**
 * My timeline is the teaching year, 2009-10. This is not set in stone! I will be acting, and collecting ALL year long.