Author: EBR User

Student voice

My name is Jamel Thomas and I go to McKinley High. This poster board will present information about what students had to say about student voice and school climate and what they think about administrators, staff, and more.

Research Problem
The problem is that power structures and a focus on compliance instead of cooperation and learning causes disagreements and confrontations among and between administrators, teachers, and students.

Research Purpose
Our purpose is to examine power structure and relationships between teachers and students to realize a stronger McKinley. We aim to inform others that students have he right to speak their voices.

Explanation
If teachers would make learning more fun the students will stay in class more and grades would get better. MAKE CLASS MORE FUN ( 14 ways to get better grades) (Oxford-Royale.com) Making work more fun can help us understand the work better. For example on Like Mike Bow-Wow was having trouble with his algebra and Tracey used basketball terms to help Bow-Wow understand his work he teachers have to be more understanding

Claim
The administrators and teachers at McKinley are too strict. If they were more fun, kind and lenient, more students would have a better learning experience.

Evidence
The teachers should be more fun and nice to students.
Teachers should cooperate with students needs.
Administrators should give us more than FIVE minutes to get to class.

Action Project
Workshops (like Art display)
We can setup story circles and PD for teacher, middle school students,9th graders,10th graders,12th graders. I think this causes changes because we finally get heard!!!!!!!!!!

Research design
Observations & Field Notes
Observation and field notes was when we went to classes in our school and asked the teachers and students how they feel about student voice and climate, then we recorded their statements.
Sidewalk Science & Surveys
Sidewalk Science & surveys was when we all was at lunch handing out surveys and informing students, administrators, and staff about student voice and climate.
Dialogues
Dialogues are when we talked about the data.
Ongoing Reading & Discussion
Ongoing Reading & discussion is when we took all the data and put it in groups like which ones are similar.
Conclusion
Our conclusion is that when we show it to everyone, we will finally SEE A CHANGE