Action Research Progress

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.