Action Research Plan

ACTION RESEARCH: IDENTIFY TEACHERS HESITANT TO USE STUDENT-DRIVEN LESSONS TO CREATE AN ENGAGING CLASSROOM AND IDENTIFY THE REASONS WHY.   School Vision:  To ensure that all teachers are creating and/or implementing student-driven lessons which create an engaging classroom for our students. Goal:  To identify the reasons teachers on our campus are hesitant to use student-driven lessons and then to provide them with the support and training needed to address the areas of concern, so they will be confident enough to use student-driven lessons and create an engaging classroom for our students. Outcomes ·         To identify reasons teachers are hesitant to use student-driven lessons. ·         To identify teachers who do use student-driven lessons and to identify what has enabled them to be confident enough to use student-driven lessons. ·         To provide teachers not implementing student-driven lessons with meaningful staff development and training so they are confident enough to use student-driven lessons.  Activities ·         Meet regularly with campus principal ·         Maintain confidentiality ·         Distribute teacher surveys ·         Collect and analyze data ·         Classroom Walk-throughs ·         View and review materials from meeting ·         Review literature on student-driven lessons and engaging classrooms Resources / Research Tools Needed Including, but not limited to: ·         Teacher survey ·         Access to Internet ·         Literature on student-driven lessons ·         Literature on engaging classrooms ·         Implementation calendar ·         Food (if after school or during summer) ·         Classroom Walk-through evaluation forms ·         Access to Eduphoria Responsibility to Address Activities Nicole Velebil and Heath Koenig Timeline February 1, 2013 to June 07, 2014 Benchmarks/Assessments Not limited to: Teacher surveys after training; analyze Eduphoria evaluations to see if engagement levels have increased. Revisions to SIP/PIP based on Monitoring / Assessments None