Christian Bridges
Action Planning Template
Week 3 Assignment
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Goal: Improving Discipline through Classroom Management
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Meet with Mr. Ammerman to discuss multiple topics for my Action Research Plan. We both agreed to do something that would benefit our school, teacher, and students.
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Site Mentor: Matt Ammerman
Action Researcher:
Christian Bridges
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October 2012
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Meetings, discussions, notes, and Action Research Plan draft
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Note taking/ Journaling on meetings
Presentations of Action Research Plan to site mentor for any final revisions
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Interview the Teachers and see where the problem lies with their classroom management techniques
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Teachers-Mr. Lehrnman and
Mrs. Kim
Principle-Matt Ammerman
Parents
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October 2012- June 2013
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Meetings with the Teachers, looking at it from the principles, student, and parents aspect
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Taking Notes on all the meetings/interviews, share with my principle and see what he thinks for any final revisions
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Hold training for teachers who need to know how to deal with classroom management and discipline.
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Christian Bridges
Principle-Matt Ammerman
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October 2012-June 2013
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Go into the classrooms and observe the class setting
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While observing the classroom take notes on the teacher and students
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I will engage in self reflection by taking notes, paying attention to how the teachers and children vibe with one another. When an issue comes up see how the teachers react and the students respond.
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Christian Bridges
Principle – Matt Ammerman
Teachers-Lehrnman and Mrs. Kim
Students
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October 2012-June 2013
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Data sheets to see what type of behavior starts, during, and after. This is part of journaling writing and what is happening in the classroom.
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Students will be evaluated by their actions, behavior, and the teachers will be evaluated by their demeanor when teacher and if they are in control of things in the classroom.
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The teacher identified the areas of improvement in
Maintaining classroom discipline.
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Christian Bridges
Principle – Matt Ammerman
Teachers-Lehrnman and Mrs. Kim
Students
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October 2012-June 2013
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Journal what is being said, taught, activities all need to be recording to see how and why the behavior occurs
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How does the teacher react or respond to the students is it positive or negative reinforcement.
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Create a Professional Development to help all teachers to have and maintain good classroom management skills
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Christian Bridges
Principle-Matt Ammerman
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October 2012-June 2013
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Handouts
Presentations
Speakers
Journal Writing
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Take what you learned from the Professional Development and go back and reinforce it in your classroom and that the management is now more manageable due to our changes.
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Researching other school districts forms and policies on Classroom management.
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October 2012-July 2013
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Internet, school news, other school’s websites, google
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Analyze data and record stats on a document, gather a summary of ideas on Classroom Management from other school districts, Create a documents of all the information found
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Conduct a training night for parents that have discipline issues with their child and ways to help reinforcement at home that will carry over to school.
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Principle – Matt
Parents
Students
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October 2012-July 2013
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Computers, handouts, projectors
Smart Boards
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Registered people in with a sign in sheet, talk to them about discipline issues in the classroom and how to help work with their teachers and have a better communication between the parent and the school.
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I like how you ease into the entire process. You start off by consulting your a site mentor, gather data, analyze and progress from there. You also have a well rounded collection of qualitative as well as quantitative. I can tell you will be busy!!
ReplyDeleteWhen you are considering a Professional Development for those teachers in need of intervention with their classroom management, don't disregard the really great teachers on your campus. Tap into those teachers however you can. My principal likes to shoot video with her iPad when she's doing classroom observations then she shows the videos that demonstrate strong redirection, positive reinforcement, high-level questioning, differentiated instruction...whatever it is that a particular might have from which all of us could learn. She has also given new teachers and teachers on a growth plan a release authorized day to travel through the building following a schedule so that they can observe some of our stronger teachers in action. It is one thing for us to hob nob around the water cooler and in the lounge, gripe about kids, parents, what works, and what doesn't. But we rarely get the opportunity to see what our colleagues actually do in the classroom. I can tell you that it is a very eye-opening experience.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas, Farley. I also wanted to mention that some teachers that need additional classroom management don't recognize that fact. Often they complain about how bad students are, but it isn't that the students are bad, but it is a lack of classroom management that they don't recognize. If there was a way to address this issue, then it might impact your research. It might be difficult to approach teachers that have been identified as needing classroom management but they themselves have not recognized it...Good luck to you. I'm sure that your professional developments will have a positive impact on your campus.
ReplyDeleteI agree with a post earlier, not all teachers realize they have poor classroom management and some do not realize theirs is good. What works for one teacher may not work for another so options is always good. I know there are tons of books at there about classroom management, maybe those who are having trouble would be interested in a "book review" of sorts. You could facilitate the study and discuss different strategies you have read about, have them pick one maybe 2 things to implement and see if there is any improvements. Also using other teachers on campus is great, but can sometimes cause resentment towards colleagues, others being viewed as favorites and so on. Good luck, after 13 years, I am always interested strategies to implement in the classroom.
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