Action Research Plan
Research Question: How effective is our current professional development program in preparing general education teachers for the inclusion classroom? What support do the teachers need in order to implement effective strategies for learning in their classrooms?
Action Steps:
1. Evaluate current professional development program and opportunities
2. Collect data from staff on professional development participattion, knowledge of inclusion practices, perceived weaknesses in the classroom.
3. Observe teachers to identify professional development needs.
4. Collaborate with special education teachers to discuss data collected.
5. Locate and/or develop professional development activities to address the identified needs.
5. Provide opportunities for teachers to attend professional development opportunities.
6. Re-evaluate professional development needs.
Needed Resources:
Current professional development plan, teacher surveys, faculty meeting time, observation time, professional development funds
Person's Responsible:
Research committee, campus administrators, special education staff, general education teachers, district personnel
Timeline:
Evaluation of current program: September 30
Data Collection: September 30
Collaboration with special education staff: October 15
Location and development of new professional development activities: November 12
Schedule teachers to attend: November 12 - the school year (June 5)
Evaluations and Assessments:
Summary reports of data collection
administrator and research committee meetings
observation notes
faculty meeting updates
monitor teacher participation in professional development
I like the way your plan is laid out. I think your plan will work well to make your action research successful. Joy
ReplyDeleteThe is a really interesting topic for research. Are you planning on using any testing data to show teacher/student success rate after PD? Are you following which PD seems to be most effective for which subjects?
ReplyDeleteGood questions! I do need to include testing data to show teacher/student success rate after professional development. I will probably use district benchmarks since they would provide data at regular intervals througout the school year and are administered in all subjects. I will be organizing my data by subject and grade level so the results should help conclude which professional development seems to be the most effective for which subjects. Thanks for the advice!
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