Title:
The Correlation of Academic Achievement
and Student Involvement
Needs Assessment:
On our campus, there appears to be a
certain lack of accountability for some students who are not actively involved
in either a student organization or athletic group. In recent times, there has been a push to
establish a sense of buy-in and accountability with the students by pushing
student involvement in athletic groups and student organizations. Is there a correlation between student
achievement among students who are actively involved versus students who have no
school club involvement, athletic affiliation?
Should no such correlation exist and students be encouraged to focus on
studies?
Objectives and Vision of
the action research project:
A vision and vision statement will be
developed with input from a coach, club sponsor, administrator, and team
leader. The action research project will
include measureable objectives, timelines, data, and responsible person(s).
Review of the Literature
and Action Research Strategy:
The Tuning Protocol developed by the
Coalition of Essential Schools Project at Brown University will be the
assessment system implemented. This
instrument was chosen because of its ability to recognize the complexities of
developing assessments for projects, sharing feedback, clarifying questions
without judging, receiving warm and cool feedback, reflection time and
debriefing to arrive at a mutual conscious.
Articulate the Vision :
Faculty and staff learned of the action
research project via their respective professional learning communities meeting. Coaches and club sponsors received more
detailed information from the printed material disseminated to them for their
sport or organization. Content
specialist are primarily responsible for monitoring data and distributing info
to professional learning communities within the school. Parents and communities members are not
informed until research is concluded. At
this time, they will be informed vita I.M.P.A.C.T. program.
Manage the organization:
Self – pick a
sample group, work closely with sponsors, specialist, and classroom teachers t
monitor students’ progress, formulate plan or course of action based on
results.
Content specialist- access data
ranging from standardized test scores, attendance, and number grades to compare
extra-curricular participants to those who are non-participants
Coaches & Club Sponsors – monitor
student athletes and participants,
Manage Operations:
N/A
Respond to Community
Interest and Needs:
The action research who determine
whether a need exist to further advocate for extra-curricular activities and if
so, which activities do these students seem to benefit from most on an academic
level. Student involvement is not
specific to a particular race, gender, or type of student. It does not exclude those with special needs
and can accommodate those labeled gifted.
Should there be no correlation or no data to support extracurricular or
determine which type if any is more beneficial, results can be used to
formulate new methods and strategies of reaching students on a larger scale.
