Saturday, September 22, 2012

Uplifting research option 1

During the past 6 years my school has been implementing looping. Looping is when a group of students has the same teacher for two consecutive years. Looping was implemented because there was such a huge gap between k and first grade, so to attempt to close the gap, the school decided to implement looping. Now that looping has entered into its sixth year the results can be observed. The gap among k and first grade has decreased. Students who were participants in the looping project, were actually successful in k, 1st, and 2nd grades. As a result of looping success, looping in my school will continue.
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5 comments:

  1. Suzanne AltonSeptember 23, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    Sheila,
    We decided to try looping at our preschool this year with our three year old class from last year having the same teacher this year as 4 year olds. We are loving it. We already have relationships developed with the children and their families. We were able to jump into learning faster because the children were already familiar with the teacher and each other.

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  2. Tammy BoldenSeptember 23, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    Shelia,
    Looping is an effective way to bridge the gap between early childhood education and first grade. This has been an issue, and research has provided looping as a solution. This is why research is so important to education.

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  3. LisaSeptember 23, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    I used to teach in a school that looped. It worked wonderful, I was able to get to know my students and families very well this made teaching them alot easier and I had alot more family involvement. Its a great concept.

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  4. elise figarottaSeptember 23, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    That's amazing that looping has been so successful at your school. The results of different studies has encouraged the administrators at my school to implement a looping policy throughout each grade. This will not begin till next year but I am interested in seeing if we are as successful as your school has been. Thank you for such an informative post.

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  5. Crystal DunivantSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:53 PM

    I actually looped with my students from kindergarten to first grade last year. I was able to create strong relationships, not only with the children but the families, as well. I have not done much research on looping but I have seen the benefits first hand. Thank you for sharing.

    Crystal

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