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I am currently working with my mentor, my principal, and a few of my co-teachers on my Action Research Plan. One of the teachers that volunteered to help me is the lead bilingual teacher. This teacher has played a huge part in my success in gathering information regarding my Action Plan. I am currently working on putting together the body of my Action Plan. During the last few courses, I have learned a lot of helpful information about collection data, recruiting and involving stakeholders, and getting parents and families more involved in their students’ education. On my campus, the Hispanic population is about 85%. Most of our students’ parents do not speak English. This has posed a problem with the success of our students. After speaking with our team of teachers, my principal and my mentor, our campus has decided to take a different approach to help increase parent involvement and student success. After reviewing the data from last year’s STARR test, we decided as a team, that if we could get parents more involved and attempt to break the language barrier, maybe we may have better test results this year. In the past, we have realized that parents do not visit the school or keep scheduled parent/teacher conferences, because they feel intimidated and/or overwhelmed during the visit. We are working towards encouraging parents to visit the campus more and get involved in getting our students ready for academic achievement. If we can help give our student’s parents what they need to help their children at home, maybe this will help our students achieve in all areas.
 * Action Research Project Summary **