Friday, August 6, 2010
Week 4 Progress
After meeting with my campus supervisor, I realized that my wondering may change and that I have to flexible. We will be having a workshop on Service Learning on Aug. 16th and my supervisor wants me to incorporate a service learning project into my action reserach plan. She would want me to either focus on attendance or parental involvement. She also suggested that incorporating a service learning project will help with both of these issues at our school.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Action Research Plan
1. Examining the Work: Determing which wondering is the most crucial to campus needs at the moment. Goal: to reduce the absentee rate in the Pre-K program by increasing parental involvement.
2. Analyzing Data: CUM folders, absence reports, teacher and parent surveys, informal surverys, book studies, journals, articles, student writing samples, DRA levels.
3. Developing Deeper Understanding: Interview parents privately to determine if there are special/unusual circumstances for student absences.
4. Engaging in self reflection: Determine if the concern lies in needing to change my own teaching style.
Do I teach while keeping in mind all types of learners?
Do I reteach when needed?
Do I allow students who are absent the opportunity to play catch- up?
5. Exploring patters: Are the absences higher in the bilingual or regular classrooms?
Are the 3 yr. olds showing a higher absentee rate than the 4 yr. olds?
Is there a pattern of more girls absent than boys, or vice versa?
Are the absentee rates higher in a 2 parent household or a 1 parent household?
6. Determining direction: All pre-k teachers will be involved in any professional development required to gain a better understanding of parental involvement. Assessment/report card periods will give an insight into the success of the action research plan. Continue to support two-way communication between teachers and parents, administration and parents, and teachers and students.
7. Taking action for school improvement:* gather absence reports, *kindergarten cum folders
*develop parent and teacher surverys, *conduct book studies (journal, articles, etc.)
*collect student samples, *share findings with parents and all pre-k staff, *develop a plan of implementation with parents, *evaluate second semester absenses.
8. Sustaining Improvement: Implement the CARE model. Affirmation: already practicing two-way communication and support parental involvement
Concern: high absences
Recommendation: attain a goal of improving parental involvement, develop deeper relationships with parents by way of communication
Evaluations: 2nd semester attandance reports
2. Analyzing Data: CUM folders, absence reports, teacher and parent surveys, informal surverys, book studies, journals, articles, student writing samples, DRA levels.
3. Developing Deeper Understanding: Interview parents privately to determine if there are special/unusual circumstances for student absences.
4. Engaging in self reflection: Determine if the concern lies in needing to change my own teaching style.
Do I teach while keeping in mind all types of learners?
Do I reteach when needed?
Do I allow students who are absent the opportunity to play catch- up?
5. Exploring patters: Are the absences higher in the bilingual or regular classrooms?
Are the 3 yr. olds showing a higher absentee rate than the 4 yr. olds?
Is there a pattern of more girls absent than boys, or vice versa?
Are the absentee rates higher in a 2 parent household or a 1 parent household?
6. Determining direction: All pre-k teachers will be involved in any professional development required to gain a better understanding of parental involvement. Assessment/report card periods will give an insight into the success of the action research plan. Continue to support two-way communication between teachers and parents, administration and parents, and teachers and students.
7. Taking action for school improvement:* gather absence reports, *kindergarten cum folders
*develop parent and teacher surverys, *conduct book studies (journal, articles, etc.)
*collect student samples, *share findings with parents and all pre-k staff, *develop a plan of implementation with parents, *evaluate second semester absenses.
8. Sustaining Improvement: Implement the CARE model. Affirmation: already practicing two-way communication and support parental involvement
Concern: high absences
Recommendation: attain a goal of improving parental involvement, develop deeper relationships with parents by way of communication
Evaluations: 2nd semester attandance reports
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