Action Research Update

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.