My action
research plan is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the district’s
current ESL 100% Graduation Plan. My
intention is to examine areas of the plan such as building relationships with
the parents and students, tracking completed credits, analyzing attendance,
evaluating state assessments, and tracking graduation rates. This examination will show what areas of the
plan are successful and what areas, if any, need adjustment. In the beginning, the plan was going
well. I was gathering data and trying to
evaluate administrator, teacher, parent, and student perception of the
plan.
However, during
the summer, the ESL/Bilingual Department in our district suffered a complete
personnel turnover. Everyone in the
department, from the director of the department down, has left and been
replaced. It is not clear yet if the new
director will continue using the current ESL 100% Graduation Plan. Because
this is the case, having access to district personnel that are able to assist
in the gathering of data has been difficult.
This difficulty has led me to rethink the scope of my research. I will need to figure out a way to evaluate
areas that have data that will be readily accessible to me. For example, I have easy access to the state
assessment data, graduation rates, grades and attendance of students on my own
campus. I will continue my action
research project but will try very hard to narrow the scope of my plan.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
