These last two weeks have been very productive for my action research project. I had my first staffing last Thursday where I met with all of the direct care staff (teacher aides) to inform them of their classroom expectations for this year. I made sure to encourage them to voice any of their questions or concerns. I also informed them of new restraint forms that they needed to fill out for any restraints that occur during the school day. I explained that I also need to be notified immediately after a restraint occurs so that I can fulfill all of my legal obligations in regards to the restraint. Sure enough, we had restraints occur the next day. I worked with staff to guide them on the correct way to fill out the restraint forms, and I gave out many positive compliments and kudos to the staff for doing such a great job.
I met with my site supervisor this week on Tuesday to discuss possible ideas in regards to my adult motivation concept in regards to fostering positive working relationships between teachers and teacher aides. We discussed possible methods for studying intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation. Craig and I discussed the implementation of intrinsic motivation the first semester and extrinsic motivation the second semester via a "staff of the month" award. He offered a monetary award be given to this title holder to begin in January to compare the classroom effort put forth in response to intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation. I am really excited to get the ball rolling on my project, and I can't wait to see what changes might occur!
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