Goals/Objectives:
Does the mobility rate of students have an impact on their academic success?
Implement an improved enrollment process that ensures correct placement/testing of students enrolling from different schools.
Identify areas where highly transient students continue to show little improvement compared to other students with less mobility.
What resources are available for highly mobile (transient/homeless) students in the district?
Activities Designed To Achieve the Objectives:
Collect school data for percentage of homeless students. Also look at data for students have been continuously enrolled at current campus. Review all district data. On going throughout process.
Select Sample of 4th grade students for observation
Classroom Observations
Monthly Meeting to Discuss student performance
Research District Resources for Highly Mobile/Transient Students
Final comparison (analyze) information from classroom observations, TAKS 2011
Possible interview with director of Homeless Education Program in Dallas ISD
Resources and research tools needed for gathering data
Computer, district available resources for students, library,
Campus Data, Student Profiles, CRC (Attendance) information, legislation and policy for the education of transient students
www.nysteachs.org
Draft Timeline:
All portions of plan will begin August 2010 - June 2010.
Observations will begin Oct 2010
Collection of data August 2010 - until completion of testing
Monthly meetings will being in Oct 2010
Persons Responsible:
L. Hall
CRC for attendance information
Remaining 4th grade team members for input/observations
M. Freeman(Principal) - Supervision
Process for Monitoring/Assessment Instruments:
Monthly meeting. During grade level meetings only with remaining teachers completing observations. Report will be made
Collection of 6 week grades for sample group of students, teacher assessments, and final TAKS data.
Very interesting plan. I will am going to pose some questions to possibly help with part 3 of assignment 4. These are just wonderings as I read your plan.
ReplyDeleteOnce you find the data that may or may not show gaps in students achievement from mobile students vs nonmobile, what is your plan for improving student achievement? Your plan notes how you are going to research mobility and look at data but how is this data going to be utilized throughout the year to improve student achievement? How will you measure if it is working?
I also was wondering who was your comparison group? It is non mobile students but are they also from your campus, same grade level, same SES, same ethnicity? Maybe you could narrow the comparison group down to these factors so that other variables do not not skew your data.
What specific activity do you plan to start with to meet your first objective? I think this is your main objective and the other two you listed are ways of gathering data to determine some activities and solutions.
I look forward to reading about some findings and solutions that you discover in your research
Great plan and much needed research on this topic! We definitely need to help these students succeed. The one thing you might consider adding is interviewing other schools in your area as to what interventions and data they use. Good Luck in the upcoming school year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments! It has helped tremendously!!!!
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