My action research project is very much a job-embedded exercise for me as the math intervention specialist and my site supervisor is the coordinator over interventions. We have been brainstorming ways in which to establish and support a systemic means of providing math interventions since our departments were merged and we began working together. We have been asked to concentrate our efforts on elementary campuses first and work with the academic support teachers who have primarily been supporting reading.
My action steps represent some of the things we’ve determined we need to have in place to not only manage the logistics, but to document the use of state compensatory funds and complete compliance reports for Title I and SSIG. This week alone, we met with the Assistant Superintendent for Governance, Legal Affairs, and Special Programs and reviewed and made recommendations for the current RtI manual in use in our district. I worked with the data and assessment department to learn how to pull historical data from Aware and track student groups as cohorts. We also worked with student data analysts to gather information regarding how many students have been and are currently being served in specific intervention courses. In my regular weekly meeting with my supervisor we reviewed the draft of my budget that reflects my goals and shows a direct correlation of budget requests to specific IES recommendations and their implementation within the district. My supervisor approved the survey I sent to the elementary academic support teachers. We are both pleased with the number of responses we’ve already received. I have been researching and sharing intervention strategies weekly via email with this group and they are very appreciative to have support from the curriculum department. I’m really looking forward to our first training together at the end of this month.
Wednesday afternoon, my site supervisor said that my plan looked great and it was very comprehensive. I am sure as we progress there will be things we need to add or amend, but at this time we are proceeding with it as written. It is exciting to be “officially” underway and it is going to be incredible to collect data along the way and have documented results at the end of the journey.
Becky,
ReplyDeleteWOW! You have been very busy!! Our district is very lucky to have your guidance, strong expertise in mathematics, and your ability to collaborate with the curriculum coordinators.
A sentence that you wrote has been "swirling" around in my mind as well- "I am sure as we progress there will be things we need to add or amend, but at this time we are proceeding with it as written." With the videos we watched this week and the readings, I feel validated in that statement and know that it really is alright to be flexible with our research when needed. Since I'm such a perfectionist and rule-follower, that was really important for me to hear- more than once. Like I've always said, school happens and sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
Thanks for all you do each day! Good luck to you with your research.
Ginger