My action research statement: I would like to learn how best to implement a school-wide behavior management system where all stakeholders support the program and where the program is as transparent as possible.
Goals and objectives:
To learn how to implement a school-wide behavior management system where all stakeholders support the program.
Activities:
1. Surveys will provide valuable infomration for developement of program.
2. Discussions and informational meetings with Principal and Assistant Principal will guide the program.
3. Watching the Love and Logic series on school/classroom behavior management will help develope the program.
4. Reading online journals and articles will assist me in learning how other schools have implemented such programs.
5. Reading information from Capturing Kids' Hearts will also assist in a variety of ways.
Resources and Tools:
1. Love and Logic video series (available in our office at school).
2. Online journals and articles
3. David Langford Continous Improvement Notebook will guide my journey.
4. Notebook from Capturing Kids' Hearts
Timeline:
Early June - Flowchart current behavior system to see where the breakdowns in communications are happening. Discuss findings with Assistant Principal and get feedback.
Late July-August 1, 2010 - reading and reserach
August 3, 2010 - Meeting with Leadership TEam to get feedback and information from them on the classroom teacher portion of the project.
Early-Mid August - Flowchart new behavior system to include details.
August 20, 2010 - Meeting with all facutly and school personnel to train on Love and Logic and Capturing Kids' Hearts for teachers to be able to implement in the classroom.
August 23, 2010 - Implement school-wide behavior managment program.
Persons Responsible:
Assistant Principal - checking and approving all documents written and leading the progress of the project.
Assistant Principal - training on Love and Logic
Principal - training on Capturing Kids' Hearts
Me - assisting the Principal and Assistant Principal on all trainings, writing the flow charts, and all the matrixes that are needed.
Progress Monitoring:
1. Ongoing feedback loops after all meetings, trainings, and throughout the school year.
2. Continuous reports will be printed and reviewed once a month from Eduphoria on office referrals and discipline outcomes.
Assessment and Evaluation Tools:
1. Surveys
2. Feedback Loops
3. Eduphoria information
4. Informal discussions and dialogues with teams throughout the school year.
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ReplyDeleteI would be interested to see what the outcome of your study shows. We switched to the Love and Logic discipline system two years ago. I'm not sure that any study is being done to determine the outcome; however, most teachers say it works only with those students that anything would work with. It doesn't seem to be very effective with older children. I think studying the discipline reports is a great idea.
Paula, you have a good list of resources compiled for your study. It's definitely a good plan to look into several sources for discipline/behavior management plans. Then, choose the one that works best for you and more importantly, your students.
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