ACTION PLANNING

Goal: To find ways to increase participation in extra-curricular activities by black students at Travis High School, in order to more equally represent the racial make-up of the student body.

Objective: This would ultimately serve the purpose of increasing the number of black students who are prepared for and attractive to colleges and employers. Additionally, extra-curricular activities will ideally act as an incentive to perform on standardized tests as well as classroom material.

Person(s) Timeline: Needed
Action Step(s) Responsible Start/End Resources Evaluation
1. Interview Various sponsors of sports, fine arts and other service oriented or honor societies regarding the number of African American students participating in their respective organizations. Kyle Martin August 17-30 Example questions, List of school organizations, data on the number of African American students enrolled Compare findings with succeeding steps and surveys.
2. Develop a survey for students to answer regarding their organizational involvement, either extra or co-curricular. Kyle Martin September 1-5 Examples of previous surveys Share survey with Site Supervisor, requesting feedback.
3. Contact area and statewide high schools with common racial make-up as Travis. Determine which schools would be most beneficial from such research and which schools would be most helpful. Kyle Martin September 1-5 Contact information and demographics for district and other nearby schools. Contact and demographic information for schools in similar high schools in other parts of the state. Compare the demographics of selected schools with that of Travis to determine whether the selected school is similar in racial make-up and socio-economic status to Travis and therefore would be an appropriate comparison.
4. Conduct survey with various core subject classes. Contact area and state wide schools to gain permission to conduct the same survey on their campuses for the purpose of comparison Kyle Martin, various core subject teachers September 6-10 Course and level schedule for schools selected to participate in the survey. Data obtained through surveys will be compared to the interviews conducted with organizational sponsors’ interviews. Data will also be compared amongst the various schools.
5. Contact schools where there is a higher rate of black student involvement in extra-curricular activity. Request meetings with organizational sponsors and administrators Kyle Martin October 11-15 Administrative Inquiry and statement of goal. Series of questions directed toward finding out the schools’ faculties’ take on the issue at hand. Similar questions to those used with sponsors at Travis will be used. Compare the answers and attitudes of those interviewed with those of the sponsors at Travis.
6. Based on the findings at Travis as well as area and statewide participating schools develop a plan to encourage African American students to participate in school organizations, extra and co-curricular activities Kyle Martin, organizational sponsors, site supervisor. October 18-22 Collected data and interview bullets Share recommendations with Site supervisor as well as sponsors and other administrators. Put recommendations into practice and evaluate improvement over time.
7. Form a committee of stakeholders (students, teachers, administrators, etc.) to discuss this issue. Discuss the reasoning for the research and the feelings of those in the group discussion about how things can be changed, and whether they should be changed. Kyle Martin Complete by November 12 Data and observations collected in previous steps Record discussion and share with other teachers and administrators that are not present. Get feedback.