Web Conferences

Web Conferences are a great way to talk live with the professor(s).  I have participated in very few during this class due to personal time conflicts.  I feel that they are somewhat effective to some as they are not very techno savvy and somewhat ineffective to others as so many questions are posed at once that the professors cannot always keep up and participants will have to repeat the questions.   Sometimes participants use the conference time as a social hour and those who might just have a question or two can have their time wasted. I personally enjoy "catching up" with everyone and getting to know my classmates. So with this being said, I guess you could say I use the web conferences, but maybe not to the extent of their intended purpose.  I do enjoy them though! 

Reflection for 5326 Week 5

So...Here's what I've been able to accomplish thus far regarding my action based research plan:

·         Discussed topic of increasing Parental Involvement with site supervisor/Principal

·          Gathered data and established a tentative calendar/timeline

·          Met with teachers to discuss last year’s parental involvement on campus to   establish baseline for improvements for this year

·          Established committees for this year’s parental involvement plans

·          Presented a tentative calendar to all staff regarding ideas, dates, and plans for upcoming events for this school year

·         Shared my vision and goals with all staff and administrators

·         Presented my plan of action to all staff and administrators

·         Explained NCLB, Title I and AYP to all teachers regarding our staus of being a district currently in the 2^nd year of not meeting AYP.  With this being stated Parental Involvement is one of the upmost important items on the district’s agenda district wide this school year.

Now....I am a little behind schedule due to unforseen campus based issues.  So by Oct. 8^th, my goal is to:

·         Get list of PTO officers (our PTA has been dissolved and our PTO is a currently a work in progress….a slloowww work in progress!!)

·         Administer survey to all parents for ideas on Parental Involvement

·         Meet with officers regarding action plans for upcoming year

·         Establish goals and deadlines for events

·         Establish committees for upcoming events

The biggest problems I face at this time are:

·         Lack of established PTO

·         Time constraints – personal time and school year is already flying by

·         Lack of fellow teacher’s interest to increase parental involvement

·         Testing – this has absorbed all of my administrator’s time, so no after school meetings such as Campus Advisory Team has convened as of yet!  Uugghh

My fingers are crossed for upcoming progress this next few weeks!!