action research

Overarching Question: What effect does the new discipline program have on student behavior?
Sub-questions: What effect does the program have on our school culture? What effect does it have in individual classrooms? What effect does it have on the number of referrals? To what extent has it impacted children who already make good choices? To what extent has the staff "bought-in" to the program as it was designed? What are the students' reaction to the theme of the parties?

Topics that needed to be addressed with literature include:
1. Theories of affect of different reward systems (which does the coin system closely model?)
2. How does student behavior effect school culture?
3. Effect discipline has on child behavior between ages of 4-10.
4. Leadership Teams - How do they help a new program to be accepted by the staff?