Evaluation Of A Research Survey

As you think about the event more deeply, what might be some other reasons why you have those impressions, thoughts, or feelings?

Lawrence also started a lesson using an active board by having sample problems on it and students were called on random to answer the questions. The students seemed to respond to the lesson very well. There were some students who decided to have their own conversation instead of doing their lesson so Mrs. Lawrence call on the students to get their attention; however , they did not respond so she politely walked over to the group and said something to them and they stop talking completely. For the most part these students looked like they were having fun while learning. Many were helping each other count while some were holding up fingers. After this hour and a half of observation, I wanted to interview Mrs. Lawrence concerning on lesson plan development.

Week two of field observation at Crestone Charter School. My Second week of field observations was really fun and interactive. I had the opportunity to work with several students from the k-1 class with special needs. We traveled to several reading stations and did a read along with the fourth and fifth-grade students. At arrival, I met with the main Para, Ammie Morphet and was informed that Lexi whom is one of the charter schools highest priority/needs students was the student I would be working with. Lexi usually has a personal in class Para that works with her throughout the day, but she was out sick. Since I know Lexi and have personal experience working with her we came to the conclusion that it would be best if I assisted with Lexis daily routine and any other classroom needs. This allowed Mrs. Morphet to attend to the other students she had previously scheduled for us to meet with.

For staff, parents and community members, a survey can be a highly effective tool in gathering data. Questions for staff could include the training backgrounds and language fluency of district instructional personnel, the number of trained support staff available, along with relevant experience, personal observations and educated recommendations. It is important to ascertain early whether there are sufficient, qualified

For the purpose of this interview the students will be known as G.S. or group of students, the novice teacher will be known as N.T. and the veteran teacher will be known as V.T. All three participants were asked the exact same questions but the teachers were asked a few more questions as they related to their classrooms.

Prior to the conduction of this study, the researcher sought the approval of the Institutional Review Board with the Protection of Human Subjects in research. The researcher completed re-certification with the Institutional Review Board training on May 29, 2014 (See Appendix C). The researcher provided IRB with information such as research protocol, interview protocol, Demographic Questionnaire, researcher’s background information, consent form, and investigator’s assurance. Upon IRB approval, the research contacted the contacted the Superintendent of each school district for their permission to conduct the study in their districts. Next the principals of the schools were contacted for their permission to interview teachers in their building. At this point, the research was able to contact the participants for an interview. The Principals, after permission was given for the study, were asked to provide the participants e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

[ The lesson plan was cut short due to a two hour snow delay, this change forced the lesson plan time to be shorter than expected. Due to this change, I decreased the amount of whole group instruction. I made this adjustment because I wanted to offer students as much peer discussion and social learning as possible within the time offered. ]

The results of the three surveys do correlate with each other. For all three surveys, it determined that I am a Liberal but not too extreme. However, all three of them were a little different. The one that Mr. Lynch has gave us, I was neither conservative or liberal, but I was leaning a little towards liberal. The second survey I did from the links, I was moderate liberal. Finally for the third survey, the result stated that I'm a very liberal. I believe the only reason all three results vary because of the amount of questions and kind of questions they gave. For example, first survey had 40 questions, second survey had only 10 questions, and the last one had 20 question. In addition, not all surveys had the same answer choice. One had 6 choices, another had 5 choices, and the other one had only 3 choices to choose from. Was I surprised by the results? I honestly don't know because I have no

Murphy’s frame of reference by allowing me to see that everyone has their own needs and concerns that need to be dealt with. Communication is literally the key to success in situations that may jeopardize the working/learning environment of people. Without this meeting, I would not have been able to truly consider his feelings about feeling excluded from co-teaching since emails and text messages can be misleading. As stated before, seeing someone’s body language, tone, and gestures adds emphasis to the particular way in which they are feeling. There is little room for interpretations because what we see is based on the physicality of our experience. This activity prepared me for future references with co-teachers. I plan on using one of the communications skills my group and I used wth Mr. Murphy such as active listening and also, I find it important to include nonverbal signals because that seemed to alter the way Mr. Murphy felt about us at the beginning of our conversation. By doing this, I believe my meetings with other teachers will be productive. We will remain student centered and share the responsibility equally. To avoid having any one of the two teachers feel excluded, I believe using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) method, will improve the fluidity of a classroom because the lesson plans will be accessible to every student regardless of the difference in learning styles. This may help eliminate the tension of

During the course of my field experience at Laster High School, I had the opportunity to discuss in great lengths about how to successfully collaborate with fellow teachers, respond to student issues, and gather data to effectively conduct assessment and teach within the classroom environment. At Laster High School, each teacher is given a planning and lunch period that allows them the opportunity to connect with others within their workspace and seek feedback over programs and requirements taking place in the school. In order to foster this collaborating environment that history department had one planning period as whole where they had the ability to meet and as a team discuses relevant issues and challenges they were facing throughout the

The session began with an overview of what we would be learning, and it also included some interesting facts. To begin, less than one percent of teachers interviewed felt their

Upon receiving authorization from the Tennessee State University Institutional Review Board to perform the study, the principal researcher will seek necessary authorization from the Promise Enhanced Option Academy as well as its administration to oversee the research at the site. The principal of the Promise Enhanced Option Academy, Mr. John Driskell, and the curriculum-assessment coordinator will arrange for the survey to be administered and distributed at the weekly planning and professional development period. Thus, a site-wide administration of the instrument was administered to the Promise Enhanced Option Academy classroom teachers which are a Kinder-school or Kindergarten only school, which makes this site specifically unique. There are 10 classroom teachers at Promise Enhanced Option Academy. 8 kindergarten teachers (regular education), 1 outside teacher specifically for special education, and 1 physical education teacher who is responsible for Y-CAP and instruction for wellness. Teachers will receive the survey before the quarter ends on a specified date in late November at a Friday professional development. Teachers will be given the option to via a specific set of instructions to complete the survey on a voluntary basis. The principal will provide the necessary support and leadership in regards to the distribution of the survey and the cover letter explaining the purpose of the study to each teacher. The surveys will potentially take 8

The final outcome that will be shown on Project Night will consist of a poster board with success stories from the kids and their parents. I hope that my project will end with students and their parents understanding more about the subjects they were once confused about. Tarver Elementary School is where I will hold the tutoring classes. It has come to our attention that a few kids in the after-school base might want to use our

An effective school leader possesses skills to create, implement, evaluate, improve and share a staff development plan. I met with Ben Rhodes, Sandy Creek Middle School’s principal, to interview him on the specific elements of his yearly staff development plan. We began with the design process focusing on the district and school goals. District goals include improving literacy across the content areas in reading and writing, Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (GVC). Guaranteed and Viable Technology (GVT), and Closing the Achievement Gap (Equity in Excellence). Using a variety of assessments to focus on specific needs, Ben Rhodes and Mary Sonya, our Pupil Achievement Specialist, examined CSAP, Explore, MAP, and RAD data. They use the

As advancements are made in science and technology that relates to the care of patients, it is critical for nurses to be aware of the treatments that have been proven to be evidence-based. Systematic research reviews (SRR) are considered to have the highest ranking or level of evidence falling under level 1 evidence for reliability, validity, and least amount of error (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015, p.607). The aim of this paper is to critique the chosen SRR related to core temperature obtainment in children, relevance of the research problem to nursing practice, rigor of the research found in the SRR to include levels of evidence and designs of included studies, the clarity of findings, summarized findings in the SRR, and the implications for practice.