After reading the sections from the texts, I have learned about the importance of teacher/staff collaboration in any action research. Teacher buy-in is important for any sustained change to take place in education. When teachers feel they have had input, the buy0in is more valid and valuable. I plan on trying the Nominal Group Technique with my campus regarding growing concerns with TABOR Rotations and successes with them. I also plan on having my fellow staff members help me come up with a CARE model, so that we can re-evaluate what we are doing RIGHT already!! I think it is very important to affirm the positive and not always dwell on what needs to be changed.
As far as my Research plan goes, I plan on implementing the original plan of action, but then extending it into next year so that we can continue to collect and analyze data of growing change and more teacher buy in.
Next step - planning the student and teacher - friendly surveys to fill out to gather my qualitative data.
I really liked the Nominal Group Technique. We have used it at our school in staff development sessions, and it really unified the vision of student expectations at our school. We discussed what we really want to see from students as they interact with adults, handle discipline, and how to respond in all situations in a respectful manner. This technique helped 75 people come up with a concise list of 5 behaviors we want to see from students. It is a very practical method to create concise and unified ideas.
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