So far, I have started my action research project by conducting two
surveys. My first survey asked about the effectiveness of the Back to School
staff development, and rated the activities. In this survey I learned I used
Survey Monkey to create the survey and made it anonymous. It was sent to
teachers on campus who attended the training, and out of our 40 teachers I had
19 participate. I heard some concerns from teachers that administration would
read their answers and so they did not feel like they could participate. The
fear to get “caught” expressing true feelings was sad and did not expect this.
The survey revealed that 60% of teachers enjoyed time to plan with their teams,
while the others enjoyed learning in small groups from teacher leaders. I also
learned that most teachers on campus left the staff development with unanswered
questions.
My second survey inquired about one of our
faculty meetings and its level of engagement. I learned from this survey that
the majority of teachers were not engaged in the meeting due to the topics
covered. However, the teachers did find value in creating a Plus/Delta on our
Early Release systems.
My next step will be analyzing the data and
finding some teachers who have taken some of the staff development into their
classroom.
