Meeting/Conversation With My Site Supervisor

Since we have been out for summer vacation, it has been impossible for me to meet with my site supervisor. I have been able to email her and talk to her on the phone. She has been out of town for most of the summer; therefore, all communication has been difficult.

I did talk to her this week and she looked over my action research plan (via email). She had great things to say about my choice of topic and the ideas I have. She suggested a few resources for me to use when I start the actual research process. She and I agreed to meet and discuss my research further when school starts back in 2 weeks.

I did, however, get some postive feedback.

To all of my classmates, please look at my action research plan and give me any suggestions or feedback that you can. I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!!!

Kristi B.'s Action Research Plan - Please give me some feedback:)

Kristi Butcher L20278622 EDLD 5301 – Week 3 Lamar University July 29, 2011 Week 3 – Part 2 Developing an Action Research Plan Action Planning Template Goal: TO RESEARCH, IMPLEMENT, AND COLLECT DATA ON THE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER CAN USE TO BETTER MOTIVATE THEIR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST ACADEMIC POTENTIAL Action Steps(s): Person(s) Responsible: Timeline: Start/End Needed Resources Evaluation (reflect & brainstorm) Brainstorm and make a list of effective strategies I have used to motivate my students. myself August 1 – 15, 2011 Lesson plan notebooks – my plans from past years to refresh my memory Take notes and make a list of strategies 2. (interviews) Interview other teachers and several assistant principals and 2. Continued make notes over the strategies they have used and found effective in motivating students to perform at a higher level Teachers: K. Eixman D. Pauley M. Harrold B. Isom C. Kimble Asst. Principals: K. Taylor A. Causey August/Sept. 2011 August/Sept. 2011 List of questions for the interviews, other teachers, asst. principals Questions, several teachers and several asst. principals Review notes and comments from each interview Review notes, collect and evaluate the data and comments Reflect over the comments and discussion in each interview 3. (research literature) Research on the internet – Motivational Strategies in the High School Classroom Educational magazines Internet articles Other classmates’ research findings Other districts’ strategies November 2011 – January 2012 Internet Educational magazines Weblogs Compare the data and information I gather and experiment the strategies in my own classroom Possibly share with two other teachers and have them experiment and record the outcome 4. (teacher surveys) Develop a teacher survey and have 25+ teachers complete the surveys and return to me _____________________ 5. (student surveys) Develop a student survey form and survey students from each grade level ___________________ 6. (reflect and experiment in my classroom with different strategies) _____________________ 7. (reflect on research, share, and get feedback from peers through journaling & weblogs) _____________________ 8. (collect and analyze data) through students’ increased performance on standardized test scores and classroom/progress reports Survey 40+ teachers ___________ Students in grades 9-12 ___________ My students and myself ___________ Myself Peers EDLD professors and fellow classmates ___________ students December 2011 – January 2012 __________ January 2012 __________ January 2012 – April 2012 __________ October 2011 – May 2012 __________ October 2011- May 2012 Survey form teachers in my high school _________ Survey form and students _________ Data collected on motivational Strategies _________ Internet blog Journal Data collected _________ Texas TAKS/STARR test scores Students’ performance in class/progress reports for each 9 week grading period Compare  data & results collected from surveys _________ Compare data and results to teacher survey ________ Keep a detailed log/ Journal of how students respond to the various strategies and if performance increases _________ Get feedback from professors and fellow classmates through blogs, analyze notes in journal and data collected/results _________ Compare the students’ benchmark scores to their STARR test scores, review their progress reports for each 9 weeks Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools (Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)