I hope all is well out there fr everyone who is working on Week 3 assignments and good luck for those who have not started yet. This week has been very trying in the sense that it was somewhat difficult to understand what was required for us to do or how to do it. I have created my Action Research template and copied it just below. I have also included my part 1 assignment response, just so you may have a better understanding. I hope that you will take the time to share what you think about it and what I may need to look at again and make some changes.
Complete Part 1 of this assignment below
How effective is our current “In School
Suspension” program and why are there always the same students (repeat
offenders) who are in ISS?
I have come to this topic through
discussions with my site supervisor and assistant principal. I went in to this class wanting to research
something that deals with discipline and how effective our schools discipline
may be. I feel in my heart that there
is something different that can be done for us to get more value out of our
current ISS program and to keep repeat offenders out of ISS and in the
classroom.
Action Planning
Template
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Goal: To evaluate and modify our current ISS
program and to lower the amount of time repeat offenders spend in ISS.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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1. Evaluate
current ISS program and create a list of “Repeat Offenders”. Survey teachers
on how effective they feel our current ISS procedures are.
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Myself,
Assistant Principal and ISS teacher
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April to
May 2013
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Referrals
from previous year. Amount of days each student spent in ISS. Survey Monkey
access for teacher surveys.
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Complete
list of “Repeat Offenders” and teacher surveys.
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2. Analyze
teacher feedback, create a chart of “repeat offenders” and the amount of time
they spent in ISS
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Myself and
Assistant Principal
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May 2013
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Survey
results and referrals from current year and previous years if possible
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Compile
results in a chart and focus in on why repeat offenders were in ISS
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3. Modify
current ISS procedures/programs and interview repeat offenders teachers as to
what or why those students may always be in ISS
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Myself,
Assistant Principal and ISS teacher
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May 2013 to
July 2013
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Current ISS
procedures, other school procedures and documents used to reduce time in ISS
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Lay out a
plan on what I would like to implement for next school years ISS program and
show what other schools are doing in this instance.
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4.
Implement new plan for the coming school years ISS program and the procedures
for “Repeat Offenders”
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Myself,
Assistant Principal and ISS teacher
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August 2013
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Copy of new
plan for all teachers and administrators. Copy of procedures for “Repeat
Offenders”
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Have a final
copy placed in school handbook for the upcoming year.
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5. Present
new ISS procedures/program to staff and how we may better deal with “Repeat
Offenders”
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Myself and
Assistant Principal
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August 2013
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Staff
development day, and copies for staff of new plan
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Teacher
feedback
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6. Analyze
new ISS procedures and effectiveness for “Repeat Offenders”
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Myself and
Assistant Principal
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August to
September 2013
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Surveys for
staff and students (repeat offenders)
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Evaluate
the new procedures
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