The Purpose and Significance of my Action Research

The Purpose

The purpose of my action research project is to investigate a master schedule that incorporates special programs (resource, ESL, speech, G/T, dyslexia, etc.) into the daily schedule resulting in fewer pull-out programs and less transitional time lost for students and teachers.

The Significance 

The key stakeholders that will benefit from my study will be the elementary students and staff at my campus.  Often we have students that are in several pull-out programs and are pulled out of class several times per day several times per week.  Not only does this cause an interruption to the classroom teacher’s daily routine and teaching schedule, it also causes an interruption to the student’s daily schedule.  If I could incorporate a more inclusive schedule, one in which students’ needs were met within the general education setting, less instructional time would be lost due to transitional time with students constantly coming and going from the general education classroom.  In addition, the general education teachers would benefit from having the majority of their students present during their instructional time.