This week we read and wrote about nine different, yet related, passions for us to be able to chose our first wondering, they are: Staff Development, Curriculum Development, Individual Teacher(s), Individual Student(s), School Culture/Community, Leadership, Management, School Performance, and Social Justice.
As I read these, I came across a few that are related to a topic that I have been thinking about doing an action research project on. When I did my Leadership Book Review, I read "Results Now" by Mike Schmoker, and he stated in the book that we have too many TEKS and that they need to be more concise. He suggests we should, as a grade level, go through the TEKS and choose the ones that are most important to making sure the students can pass the state assessment (TPRI) and progress to the next grade level. He suggests we then decide, as a grade level, best instructional strategies and common assessments to evaluate how the students are progressing each six weeks. I am interested in doing my action research project, as a grade level, on condensing the TEKS and creating common assessments that will help evaluate our instructional startegies, so that our students can be successful on TPRI and be ready for first grade.
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