For your Signature Assignment you will establish a school improvement team to conduct action research. Identify a problem that both interests the group and affects student achievement. Progressive districts monitor and collect evidence about the effectiveness of specific programs or efforts. Identify and describe a current program or improvement effort in a school that currently is not being monitored and develop a comprehensive plan to collect evidence (data) to evaluate its effectiveness.
***** FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT PLEASE USE AN ONLINE UNIVERSITY FOR THE SCHOOL BEING STUDIED – THE PROGRAM OR EFFORT THAT I’D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT IS MONITORING THE TIMELINESS OF PROFESSORS GETTING FEEDBACK TO STUDENTS ON THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND QUESTIONS… YOU DON’T HAVE TO MEET WITH OTHERS AS THE ASSIGNMENT SAYS – YOU CAN SIMULATE THIS PART.
Below are key questions for a school improvement team to answer when conducting action research:
Identify any other questions you feel would be relevant for the school improvement team to consider. Then meet with team members for the purpose of collaboratively brainstorming and answering these questions. Document all processes undertaken leading up to the findings. Report in writing what you and team members gained professionally from conducting action research.
Length: 810 pages not including title page or references page
References: A minimum of five scholarly sources
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.