After working on my week three assignment, I think I have finally narrowed my topic to a workable idea focusing on student motivation and leaving teacher retention behind (or more like it, future projects).
My new action research focus is, "What actions can our faculty, administration,
school, parents, and community take to increase student motivation to succeed
and improve our state EOC achievement of our lowest quartile students?"
With today’s current trend of
student apathy, it is more important than ever to discover the motivating
factor for students to ensure successful completion on state standardized tests
and graduation. What qualities does the top quartile possess to attain top
ranking? How do we motivate students in the 2nd and 3rd
quartile (bubble kids) to want to raise their own expectations and self-motivate.
I will be focusing primarily with the faculty and high school administration
can do to increase student motivation and performance.
While this topic has been
discussed many times in previous campus improvement meetings, this is the first
time a committee has been formed to implement the ideas formerly brainstormed. I
will be focusing primarily on what the high school faculty and high school
administration can do to increase student motivation and performance in class and
on state mandated standardized tests.
On a more personal level, I am going to assemble a student committee of the very kids we are trying to reach, and they will brainstorm and become problem solvers themselves for their peers. I have noticed when these kids have a vested interest in a project, they become more accountable.
This sounds like such a neat project. Student motivation is so important in my opinion. I'm looking forward to reading along and following your action research.
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