For my action research project I am looking into how schools are dealing
with the Response to Intervention program and that when this program is
mandated, it is not funded by the state. I am looking at how intervention is
being implemented on campuses to meet Tier criteria and help students be
successful, and if the students are gaining growth with what the schools is
doing with RTI.
For my action research project I have had to reduce
my research to evaluating one school. I have sent a letter to the administrator
asking permission to conduct research on his campus. I was approved and
scheduled a meeting with all teachers.
During the meeting I was able to explain my purpose
for researching the RTI process. I handed out consent forms for each teacher
and handed out questionnaires to all teachers, counselors, diagnostician, and interventionist.
I have begun to collect the questionnaires and reports from teachers. I have
interviewed the interventionist and counselor about the tier process and
student scheduling.
After
collecting and analyzing the data, I would like to inform all my administrators
of my findings and sit and discuss their thoughts on the data. I want my
research to be used in a positive way so that we can meet student’s needs when
many times we lack resources. I would like for teachers to see this as peer collaboration
and the transferring of information to assist in implementing RTI. Since we are
only on one campus, we don’t see what other teachers or administrators are
doing to make students successful.
