Sunday, March 18, 2012


Goal:
Reduce the amount of schedule changes during any given year, and study the effects of schedule changes on students.





Action Step(s)
Person(s) responsible
Timeline: Start / end
Needed       Resources
Evaluation
1. Each time a student in my class has a schedule change I will discuss with them their feelings about the changes, before, during and after.
This will be my responsibility to identify the students and follow through with a meeting.
I will follow this procedure when changes are made for the current semester of the  school year. 
I will need note paper to document the student’s feelings before, during and after the change.
At the end of the semester I will interview the students again and see how the change affected them.
2. I will discuss with teachers affected by the schedule changes to discuss their feelings before, during and after the changes.
This will be my responsibility to identify the teachers and follow through with a meeting.
I will follow this procedure when changes are made for the current semester of the school year.
I will need note paper to document the teachers feelings before, during and after the change.
At the end of the semester I will interview the teachers again and see how the change affected them.
3. I will discuss with counselors who make the changes about what they see to be the biggest challenge with schedule changes.
This will be my responsibility to identify the counselors and follow through with a meeting.
I will follow this procedure when changes are made for the current semester of the school year.
I will need note paper to document the counselor’s feelings before, during and after the change.
At the end of the semester I will interview the counselors again and see how the change affected them.
4. I will discuss with the Principals to find out if schedule changes correlate with behavior problems or class dynamic changes.
This will be my responsibility to identify the schedule and meet with the principals
I will follow this procedure when changes are made for the current semester of the school year.
I will need note paper to document the counselor’s feelings before, during and after the change.
At the end of the semester I will interview the principals again and see how the change affected them.





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4 comments:

  1. SkrabanekMarch 20, 2012 at 8:25 AM

    This is a great subject to do an action research project on. Schedule changes are always an issue and cause the student to get behind in a class. Also it makes it difficult for the teacher to work with kids to get them caught up as well. Getting input from teachers will be beneficial in your research, also talking with the counselors and coming up with a solutions can be helpful too.

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  2. T.B.March 20, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    I think your action research is interesting. Most of us do not take the time to stop and think, do frequent schedules changes affect a child? How do you plan on monitoring progress and sustain improvement?

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  3. Susan AdamsMarch 24, 2012 at 9:02 PM

    This is very interesting, students at my high school have schedule changes often and I wonder why especially in the middle of a six weeks close to the end of the year a schedule would be changed. Do you plan on asking why the schedules were changed, did I miss that part? I look forward to your progress.

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  4. billyvalenzuelaMarch 25, 2012 at 10:31 AM

    I think you really need to involve counselors who sign up kids for classes in the mix here. Is this a middle school or high school? Either way the matriculation and placement process is failing these kids if they have a bunch of scheduling changes. As discipline begins with good lesson planning, so does student schedules begin with good matriculation planning.

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