Football & the Weight-Loss Journey

It's football time again! Two-a-day workouts, sweat, and sun. This year we have a great class of seniors playing for the Friona Chieftains.

These young men come to work every day with a great attitude and provide great leadership for our team.

Our coaching staff is doing great things with the boys, and it's fun to work with them each day.

As I looked at the picture I felt I needed to lock back and see where I was at this time last year. I started my weight loss journey in mid-January 2013. I've lost in the 80 lb area, and the picture below shows a good comparison. Top left is October 2012 (455-460 lbs). Top right is August 2012 (not sure). Bottom is August 2013, not sure of weight. I haven't weighed in about a month, I was getting obsessed with the weight loss and had to chill. I was at 385 in early June 2013, and I'm slimmer now, clothes fit better, etc. Anyway, it's getting better every day. Never give up, never surrender!

EDLD 5301, Week 4 - The Revision

We are charged with blogging about any revisions in our ARP in this week's post. Well, Monday morning at 6:00 AM, I dropped my wife, the district Director of Technology, off at central office where she and all other district administrators took off for a C-Scope conference (WOW, so sad I missed that 8^)...), then I drove to the locker room to set out agility 1's for the first day of two-a-day football practice. Needless to say, this week has been busy! Also, my site supervisor is my campus principal and she was in San Antonio, at the C-Scope gathering. I have talked to a number of fellow teachers about my ARP, and none have suggested changes. One of our assistant coaches is on my team, and he felt that things look great, as did three other team members. 

I appreciate all of the comments that I received on my ARP! The one suggestion that I had for change was implemented: "regular education students" was changed to "students not in any extracurricular activities".  I'm excited for my study, and happy that I have such a great cohort to work with.

Action Research Plan - J. Daniel Hutchins

Action Planning Template
Goal: "What is the correlation between GPA, SBA results, and days missed from school, as it pertains to extracurricular activities?"
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Present the Action Research plan in detail to teaching staff and activity coaches during teacher in-service.	Daniel Hutchins	August 16, 2013	-        Hand-Outs of plan highlights -        Power Point presentation -        CPU -        Projector	Hand-Out of presentation posted on EDMODO site and high school website
Define Research Team – (Proposed Team) -        Daniel Hutchins, Lead, Fine Arts, Athletics -        Dr. Pam Ray, Principal -        Karen Langford, Counselor -        Cindy Alexander, English II -        Patsy Allen, Family & Consumer Science & FCCLA -        Tracy Blount, Vocational Agriculture & FFA -        Tammy Gammon, Physics & Math Models -        Allison Johnston, Choir & Band -        David Towner, Computer, CR, Athletics	-        Daniel Hutchins -        Darla J. Hutchins, District Director of Technology	August 19, 2013 – August 23, 2013	Class schedules and activities of team members so that planning sessions can be scheduled cohesively.	Class creation in EDMODO for the study to include – -        Master calendar -        Event Updates -        Data storage -        Blog updates -        Discussion -        Interaction -        Posting of ARD instruments -        Other information as needed
Define Student Groups – -        Extracurricular students o   Athletics o   Band o   Cheer o   Choir o   Drama o   FCCLA o   FFA o   One-Act Play o   UIL Academics -        Students not in any extracurricular activities   ·     Each Student Group will be comprised of a number of students that represents 10% of the overall student population.	Daniel Hutchins Dr. Pam Ray, Principal Karen Langford, Counselor	August 26, 2013 – September 6, 2013	-        School roster of all students -        Lists of students in all extracurricular activities	Student groups posted on ARD EDMODO site, in spreadsheet format
Send list of student groups to all teachers, extracurricular coaches, and administration.	Daniel Hutchins	September 9, 2013	-        MS Excel -        MS Outlook	Spreadsheet with students in groups sent so that all staff will know who is involved in the study.
Gather all students contracts associated with extracurricular activities from all coaches.	Daniel Hutchins Patsy Allen (FCCLA) Tracey Blount (FFA) Allison Johnston (Fine Arts) David Towner (Sports)	September 9, 2013 – September 13, 2013	-        MS Outlook -        Photocopier	Contracts will be scanned/uploaded into the EDMODO site for reference.
Conduct student interview and survey with all student group members. Survey questions -        What is your favorite thing about school? -        What is one thing you would never give up about school? -        Besides the law or your parents, what motivates you to be at school? -        What motivates you to make good grades? -        What is important to you as far as school is concerned? -        Is coming to school important? Why? -        Aside from your family, who inspires you to succeed?	Daniel Hutchins	September 16, 2013 – September 20, 2013	Student survey	Student survey and results (will be posted on EDMODO)
Compilation of 1st six weeks data: -        Attendance -        Tardies -        Discipline action -        Extracurricular activity -        Assessments (tests taken, any results received) -        Awards/Rewards/Recognition	Research Team	October 7, 2013 – October 11, 2013	-        Grade reports -        Attendance report -        Discipline report -        Local news media report -        Assessment report	Six weeks report created and uploaded on EDMODO
Compilation of 2nd six weeks data: -        Attendance -        Tardies -        Discipline action -        Extracurricular activity -        Assessments (tests taken, any results received) -        Awards/Rewards/Recognition	Research Team	November 11, 2013 – November 15, 2013	-        Grade reports -        Attendance report -        Discipline report -        Local news media report -        Assessment report	Six weeks report created and uploaded on EDMODO
Compilation of 3rd six weeks data: -        Attendance -        Tardies -        Discipline action -        Extracurricular activity -        Assessments (tests taken, any results received) -        Awards/Rewards/Recognition	Research Team	January 6, 2014 – January 10, 2014	-        Grade reports -        Attendance report -        Discipline report -        Local news media report -        Assessment report	Six weeks report created and uploaded on EDMODO
Compilation of 4th six weeks data: -        Attendance -        Tardies -        Discipline action -        Extracurricular activity -        Assessments (tests taken, any results received) -        Awards/Rewards/Recognition	Research Team	February 18, 2014 – February 21, 2014	-        Grade reports -        Attendance report -        Discipline report -        Local news media report -        Assessment report	Six weeks report created and uploaded on EDMODO
Compilation of 5th six weeks data: -        Attendance -        Tardies -        Discipline action -        Extracurricular activity -        Assessments (tests taken, any results received) -        Awards/Rewards/Recognition	Research Team	April 7, 2014 – April 11, 2014	-        Grade reports -        Attendance report -        Discipline report -        Local news media report -        Assessment report	Six weeks report created and uploaded on EDMODO
Compilation of 6th six weeks data: -        Attendance -        Tardies -        Discipline action -        Extracurricular activity -        Assessments (tests taken, any results received) -        Awards/Rewards/Recognition	Research Team	June 2, 2014 – June 6, 2014	-        Grade reports -        Attendance report -        Discipline report -        Local news media report -        Assessment report	Six weeks report created and uploaded on EDMODO
Investigation of all inquiry evidence	Daniel Hutchins	June 9, 2014 – July 11, 2014	All evidence gathered during Action Research	-        Written report of findings including necessary graphs and/or charts -        Power Point presentation of findings -        All reports, presentations, and results posted on EDMODO
Dissemination and sharing of research results with building administration. The following will also be discussed: -        Approbation -        Reflections -        Sanctions -        “Next Steps”	Daniel Hutchins Dr. Pam Ray, Principal Erica Montana, Asst. Principal Karen Langford, Counselor Michael Prokop, Athletic Director	July 14, 2014 – August 1, 2014	-        Printed handouts with results of action research -        Power Point presentation -        CPU -        Projector	Handouts for administration
Make formal report at Board of Trustees meeting	Daniel Hutchins	August 11, 2014	-        Printed handouts with results of action research -        Power Point presentation -        CPU -        Projector	Handouts for Board of Trustees and Superintendent

 

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)