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Action Reseach-Comprehensive Discussion
Action Reseach-Comprehensive Discussion
Investigations conducted
by and for the people
taking the action, on their
own action to inform their future
actions.
Compact for Continuous
Improvement
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Critical Study
“What informs our decisions”
TWO TYPES OF ACTION RESEARCH
• DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES
(understanding what is)
• QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
(testing theories)
FOUR STAGE PROCESS
Clarify Your Vision/Targets
Reflect on Results
A Leadership Mantra
• What specifically do you hope to accomplish?
• Independent variables
Now
End of
Now
Process
End of
Now
Process
End of
Now
Process
Factor: __________
__________
__________
Identifying the Variables
PRIORITY PIE
List the most significant factors under our control that we will need
to attend to if we are to succeed with/on this achievement target:
Factor: Percent:
__________ _____
__________ _____
__________ _____
__________ _____
Total: 100%
Priority Pie
T he D evelopment of E diting Proficiency
25%
5% Word Processing
15% Vocabulary
Motivation
Comfort/criticism
15%
voice
15% Usage rules
25%
(figure 5.4)
30%
We believe that there are five factors which contribute to student resiliency and enhance
motivation. The most critical of these being an internal locus of control (30%). Possessing a
strong academic self-image, feeling a sense of affiliation and belonging at school and feeling
needed are equally important factors (15 % each). Finally, we believe that holding an
optimistic view of the future is the second most powerful factor (25%)
The Graphic Reconstruction:
Your Implementation Roadmap
Columbus’ Hypothesis
If I sail due west from Europe, for about
4,000 miles, then I should land on the East
Coast of Asia.
End of
Now
Process
Post Team
Meeting
Agendas
Creates a
Schedule for
Shared Team
Planning
Faculty
Principal Intranet Discussion
Place Skillful
Problem-
Organized Around Solvers
School Goals
Posts
School-wide Practice Problem
Solving Skills
performance
data
Generate Topics
Posts Monthly for Monthly Monthly
Reports re: Problem-Solving Problem- Solving
Status on Meetings Faculty Meetings
School Goals
Workshop on
Creates Monthly Problem
Late-start Solving
Schedule Techniques
Drawing out your theory….
1) Brainstorm on a separate post-it note, every factor, variable, issue,
phenomena or force that you feel influences performance in this area and/or
ought/could/might come into play as you endeavor to improve performance.
2) Arrange the post-its in a manner which will illustrate a clear, direct and
detailed route to the desired destination.
What did we
actually do?
What
improvement
occurred on
our targets?
2.5
1.5
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2.5
1.5
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88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
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60
40
20
0
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
TIME/ACTIONS
(figure 7.8) Name_______________________
_ Date:________________
Feedback Report
Scale # 1
Today
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Why?
Scale # 2
Today
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Why?
(figure 7.9)
Name_______________________ _ Date:________________ Name_____________________ Date:_____________
10 10
9 9
R 8 R 8
A 7 A 7
T 6 T 6
I 5 I 5
N 4 N 4
G 3 G 3
S 2 S 2
1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Date Date
Explain? Explain?
Conducting Rate of Growth
Assessments
(figure 3.7)
Ready for
Rate of Growth Expectations
College Math
*
Ready for
AP Calculus
Zero math
Skills
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Grade
(figure 3.6)
QuickTim e™ and a
TIFF (Uncom pressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Creating and Using Mile-posts
• Identify expected proficiency at the end of the term
• Build a task analysis containing every sub-skill between
the entry performance of your weakest student and the
expected proficiency.
• On the task analysis indicate the “expected entry level of
performance.”
• Divide the number of months in the term by the number of
sub-skills between the expected entry and exit levels.
• Gaining skills at this rate is the expected “rate of
progress.”
End of School Year week #36
week #28
week #32
week #20
week #24
week #12
week #16
week #4
week #8
Start of School Year
Rate of Progress Tracking Sheet
Student:___________________ Subject:_______________________________
Skill/ELR Date: