Thursday, July 15, 2010
Description to Action Research
It has become very clear that an Action Research is a focused strategy designed to assist an administrator with the everyday fast paced world of education. The educational system as we now it is changing very rapidly and in order to keep on top of the instructional strategies, we will have to continue to learn from every opportunity. An Action Research does actually that, it is born from the idea to want to know how to make something better. It will answer many questions and promote a "bye in" from all that are involved in the study. In many forms it is designed to promote questions about what we already know and to assist in the areas that we have not yet mastered. As an administrator it will be a very valuable tool that helps focus the teachers, staff and students in the areas such as instructional strategies. When a campus is determined to work together for the better of the students then we all prosper. An Action Research should always have the student in mind; it should never be used to make your job easier when the student suffers. When this inquiry is complete it should be both educational and beneficial to all who are involved.
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Educational leaders can use this Inquiry to assist students struggling with classroom instructions or discripline. In many cases the students want to be helped and they like structure even though some resist, but they all benifit from a safe and orderly enviroment.
ReplyDeleteIn conclusion:
ReplyDeleteThe dropout rate is a manageable number. Each student has to make their mind up whether they want to finish school or not. I have found that helping them work through their issues we can persuade them to finish high school and maybe even college. This inquiry is designed to identify students that are most at risk of dropping out. By measuring their success rate and interest with school activities we can establish a rating for each student that aids in placement into groups. Most students develop preconceived ideas from past issues that they have had with the school. It is my intention to break through those barriers with love and compassion for them as a person. By assigning each high risk student into a group designed to be successful, I am hoping to build relationships that will encourage them to move on and succeed when the going gets tough. In conclusion I would like encourage all stakeholders to become an essential part of the dropout program, with your help we can develop a relationship with students that will not only be educational but that will possibly last for a life time.
Action research plan:
ReplyDelete1. Goals
• Increase success rate at the high school
• Develop a caring environment for all students
• Match students and teachers educational and personal relationship
• Assist teachers into getting to know the students on a professional level
• Help students feel comfortable about expressing their concerns
• Create an environment where students want to be at school
2. Activities
• Students will meet with an assigned teacher every 3 weeks
• Teachers will discuss a given topic that will be decide by the principal
3. Resources
My samples will be formed from seven categories; each area will be assigned a score from 1 to A low score will indicate high success rate and a high score will indicate low success rate and extremely at risk to dropout. The following area will be used to measure students:
8. Attendance
9. TAKS scores
10. Discipline problems
11. Economically disadvantaged
12. Extracurricular Activities
13. Special education
14. Grades
4. Timeline
• The inquiry will take place over the school year 2010-2011
• In increments of 6 weeks at a time we will monitor progress
• Meeting time is 1 class - 30 minutes long every 3 weeks
5. Person responsible
• Principal
o Design the discussion question for the week
o Assign teachers to groups of students
o Assign administrators to groups of students
• Master program student (me)
o Gather data from all areas from a special assistant to the program
o Arrange students into a productive environment
o I have my own group of students that I will mentoring on discussion questions
6. Monitoring achievement
• Student achievement levels to be measured from past years
• Measure each student with the 7 areas scale before entering program and after the school year has ended
7. Assessments
• We will measure the results of the students improvement in all 7 areas