Action
Research Project Title: Student Athletes and IneligibilityNumber
of AR Project Documented Hours: 5 hours
AR
Project Summary:
My action research plan is still what I
would consider a work in progress. It is
a work in progress due to the fact that I believe that it can be better
organized that how it is currently. The
title I have currently is very vague and I would like to have a title that explains
what I am seeking. The campus that I am
at has grading checks every three weeks rather than six weeks. After every three weeks the athletic director
sends out a report of the student athletes that did not meet the necessary
grading requirements. This makes it
easier for me to view which students are ineligible but it does not show me
which sport(s) the student athletes participates.
In
my action research plan there are some phases of teacher inquiry. Some teachers/coaches were asked a couple of
intro questions that deals with student athletes and ineligibility. Most of the individuals asked believed that
sports give the students an extra push to perform at a passing rate. The others believed that some of the student
athletes are not fazed by the aspect of being ineligible. This in turns makes it harder to redirect off
task behavior from the student athletes.
What I have decided to do with my
athletes is to do a 2 week grade check so that the athletes are constantly
being reminded of how important grades are.
What
I also have decided to do is seek more insight from others that are not on my
campus. The question I will present:
what is the ratio of ineligible student athletes on their campus and how they
seek to reduce their ineligibility? What also is the punishment process for
ineligible athletes?
