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// An Action Plan is a plan for making a teaching change that will enhance your students understanding of mathematics. // Name Tammi O'Brian School Entiat High School Teaching assignment Applied Math 9-12, Business & Technology Courses Describe your student population (approximate number, ethnicity, language, etc)
 * Action Plan **
 * Describe your teaching situation **

What teaching change (instruction, assessment, materials) would you like to improve? Explain how your teaching change will improve your students’ ability to learn mathematics. Also, describe possible ways that technology might assist you in making your teaching change.  Incorporating more writing in math, more hands-on activities ... utilizing blogs and on-line learning activities; incorporating cell phones as a piece of technology IF all students have them.
 * Describe your teaching change **

Identify at least two teaching goals (measurable accomplishment that if met would enable your students to learn mathematics more effectively).  I think that if the students write about their learning, they will retain more. If they participate in more interactive lessons, they should also retain more and be able to apply more. Describe Teaching Actions ** Describe at least two things you are going to do as a teacher to accomplish your teaching goals. 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. Incorporate blogs, math journals and virtual manipulatives.
 * Set Teaching Goals **

**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).

Formative assessment should demonstrate if the students are retaining their learning - comparing student learning from last year w/o journaling to this year's journaling.

**Timeline** Outline a general timeline that identifies when you are going to use your actions, collect your assessment data

I plan to begin journals the first week of school; plan to create an informative survey for the students to answer math questions the first couple of days of school, and just set up the year to collect data and compare student learning from previous years because for my 10th graders, this will be my 3rd year with them. I should be able to compare their learning/retention to previous years. For my 11th-12th grade students, they tend to be the lazy students, so to capture and hold their attention should also be obvious.

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? **//__TO COME LATER__//**
 * Reflection**