1. Goals/Objectives/Outcomes of the Research Investigation

*Create an “every student is a general ed student first” climate

*Teach all teachers how (general ed/special ed, multi-discipline)

*Reduce the attitude/belief system of “our kids-their kids” – they are ALL our kids

*Teach teachers strategies for dealing with multiple learning styles and/or disabilities so that they have the tools to teach as many students as possible in the general ed setting

*Reduce Special Education Referrals

*Reduce Discipline Referrals

2. Activities Designed to Achieve the Objectives

*Professional Development

*Book/Literature/Website studies

*Classroom Observations

*Teacher interviews

3. Resources

*Field observations of teachers already doing this type of teaching

*Interviews from teachers who are successful and those that are struggling

*Collaboration with administrators, counselors and curriculum coordinators for effective strategies already in place

4. Timeline for Completion/Implementation of Activities

*This study/research plan should be completed by end of summer staff development (summer 2012) for  the beginning of the Fall Semester of 2012, in order to begin the 2012/2013 school year with strategies in place.

5. Persons Responsible

*We will use a team approach that will consist of myself (student intern), site supervisor, curriculum coordinators for general ed and special ed, a counselor and a campus administrator.

6. Process for monitoring the achievement of goals and objectives

*Classroom Observations

*Meetings with persons responsible for monitoring

*Achievement Data, attendance, discipline referrals, sped referrals

7. Assessment Instrument

*Attendance records

*Sped referral data

*Discipline referrals

*Meeting Agendas

*Survey feedback