Week 3 Assignment, Part 3
Draft Action Research Project Progress Report
You will submit the
combined Week 3 and Week 4 content to Tk20 as a file-type artifact in Week 4.
Title: Taking the Stress of Discipline off the
Teacher and Placing it on the Student
Needs
Assessment: Dealing with
classroom discipline is an everyday occurrence in most schools. Dealing with discipline can leave a teacher
stressed out by the end of the day. When
there is a constant disruption in the classroom for the teacher to deal with
discipline, the learning environment it greatly affected. Through implementing
Love and Logic in the classroom, teachers will be less stressed and have more
time for teaching. With the legislative mandate of “No Child Left Behind”(NCLB),
it is important that we have a safe, educational, and effective classroom
environment.
Objective
and Vision of the action research project: My vision for the action research is to
provide teachers with a discipline program that will place the responsibility
of the student’s behavior upon the student and not the classroom teacher. A
school where there is a positive climate is more likely to be successful and
effective. Love and Logic is a great tool that allows the teacher to be in
charge of his/her classroom and not the disruptive students.
Review
of the Literature and Action Research Strategy- I found lots of
good articles on the web that dealt with schools that have implemented Love and
Logic. One school district was a school district that is very close to me,
Winona Independent School District had an article on the web about implementing
Love and Logic for their entire district. The two main books that I read, Teaching
with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom( gives the framework
of the program) and 9 Essential Skills for the Love and Logic
Classroom: Low Stress Strategies for
Highly Successful Educators (is a workbook), I highly recommend reading if
you are considering implementing Love and Logic. I am going to take the
articles, the books, and other findings and create a document that lets all the
stakeholders know this is why we need to implement this program.
Articulate
the Vision: After my Action Research project is completed, I will present my data
to our administrators, student support, faculty and even parents. I will present my findings in a power point
presentation during a faculty meeting as well as provide parents with training
during our fall or spring Parent Night.
Manage
the organization: I will conduct surveys and interviews with the
teachers and students. The first
question I will ask them is approximately how much time a day do you spend on
discipline. The second question would be
what specific problems were they having in their classroom. I also plan to use Love and Logic in my
classroom this year, so I will be keeping a reflective journal as well. I will take the data from the surveys and
create a chart showing the amount of time that the teachers are spending on
discipline each day. I am also going to
ask for volunteers to try Love and Logic in their classrooms. I am going to ask the volunteers if they will
keep a reflective journal as well. Let
me know what worked for them, what gave them trouble, and any moments of
revelations they may have had. I will then compare the two models. I will
compare the teachers that are not using Love and Logic and the teachers that
are using Love and Logic.
Manage
Operations: I will keep the principal and the faculty involved at all times. I will
give regular updates at faculty meetings.
I will allow for faculty to address issues through emails. This should
help avoid conflicts.
Respond
to Community Interest and Needs:Love and Logic is a great tool that allows for
teachers to teach and students to be in control of their own behaviors. A school that is stress-free, bully-free and
a happy place to be will more likely be a school where you will find students
of all backgrounds performing a high levels.
Students are not allowed to argue, the teachers use choices instead of
power struggles, and there is a more positive teacher/student relationship, is
a place I want to be either as a teacher or as a student. Wouldn’t you?
Fay, J. & Funk, D. (1995).Teaching with Love and Logic:
Taking Control of the Classroom. Golden, CO: The Love and Logic
Press, Inc.
Fay,J. & Fay,C (2002). 9 Essential Skills for the Love and Logic Classroom: Low Stress Strategies for Highly Successful
Educators. Golden, CO: The Love and Logic Press, Inc.
