Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Sharing My Action Research Plans, Progress, Findings, and Recommendations

1. Providing background information: At Kilgore High School, those in administrative positions have raised the bar for accountability among teachers and students alike. In order to help students succeed, the teachers will need to reach out and garner the help from parents at home. Our school does not have a high parental involvement participation rate and there are few programs that encourage parental involvement. I would like to action research to find the possible results of the implementation of higher parental involvement on student achievement at our school.
2. Sharing the design of the inquiry: I will give surveys to students and parents to find barriers that effect parental involvement. Student interviews will also be conducted to examine how higher parental involvement has effected their achievement of academic goals. Computer generated data will also be used to examine student performance during the duration of the research.
3. Stating the learning and supporting the statements with data: I intend to prove that parental involvement will have a positive effect on student achievement. I plan to develop a parental involvement program in hopes to encourage parents to participate in their child’s education. Data from the action research will follow a student’s progress throughout the entire study.
4. Providing concluding thoughts: I will reflect on the conclusions of my action research to find if parental involvement indeed positively effects student achievement. I will develop and make adjustments to parental involvement programs that have been implemented in order to improve their success. I will also develop other inquiries upon this action research. For example, what are the most common barriers that prevent parents from becoming involved in their child’s education and how can these barriers be eliminated. Academically, how are students effected that are from broken homes or come from single parent households?

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