Action Research Project to plan an attack on the negative perception of school.

2.  Students and Teachers
seem stuck in a rut
 Teacher morale has
declined and it is
negatively affecting
the students
› Decreased student
participation in school
activities
› Lack of inter-
departmental
Doesn’t this look like fun is right collaboration
around the corner?

3. This is usually filled with IEPs
and surveys!
This is my mortal enemy!

4. Worksheets, a student’s dream when
 Throughout the course
They come to school in the morning!
of the year, I want to:
› Promote school
activities to students
and teachers
› Work across
departments to plan
activities and
collaboration
› Get school spirit back
into the classroom
and the school

5.  Work with
administration and
teacher leaders to
establish norms
 Get students to feel
like we are on the
journey together
 Encourage teachers
and students to be
the change, not wait
on it
It might not look like fun, but if every teacher
would do something like this students would
have a consistent transition from class to class.

6. Teachers need to be people too!
Hard to believe we actually have
live outside of school
Let students take the lead
In decorating the room!

7. Homecoming Week 2012
Who Gets Senior Hallway
Your Vote?
Junior Hallway

8.  Data Collection
Methods
› Videos/Pictures of
School Activities
› Student and
Teacher Surveys
(Start of the
Year/Middle of the
Facult Year/End of the
y
Tailgat Year)
e › Ticket sales and
Party! Attendance Counts

9.  Teacher morale
improves=classroom
enthusiasm improves
 Student attitudes
improve=Student
participation improves
› Hopefully transfers to
reduced disciplinary
and academic issues
 The community gets
behind us again
› If students are proud of
their school, the
community takes pride
in their school as well
Friday nights shouldn’t be the only time the
community and school get together!!!!!!!!

10.  Believe it or not, students do have pride
in their school, they just need us to give
them the confidence to display it.
 As teachers get together and establish
positive relationships, students will pick
up on it and see that we are in it
together.
 Nothing is more important than getting
the school, community, and students to
move forward together!