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Veronica Hales Galbreath
D035 Educational Inquiry
APM2 Task 1: Proposal Foundations
05/27/2025
A. Comply with WGU IRB policy by not identifying an individual, school, or district by
name in any portion of your action research project. If a pseudonym is used,
ensure that it is clearly labeled as a pseudonym when it first appears in your
submission (e.g., “West Oak Cove School (pseudonym)”).
The pseudonym that will be used for this project will be Valley Ranch Middle School.
B. Identify your action research topic and explain how your topic is each of the
following:
• localized to your specific research site
• relevant to the field of education
• relevant to the leadership perspective at the grade, department, team, school, or
district level at your specific research site rather than at the individual classroom
level
• supported by detail or evidence
The research site will be schoolwide at Valley Ranch Middle School. The action research topic
will be structured classroom behavior where expectations will be the same level in all classrooms
using PBIS. Having a set of universal classroom behavior expectations will create an atmosphere
where students will know the expectations from one classroom to the next because they will be
the same school wide. As of today, each classroom teacher at Valley Ranch Middle School has a
different set of classroom behavior expectations. Setting schoolwide standards for when work is
due, the number of bathrooms passes and when they can be used, and cell phone use by students
, will create a schoolwide set of expectations for students that will be followed by all teachers in
every classroom.
C. Provide a concise problem statement that identifies a prboblem relevant to the
topic in part B and the problem’s impact on your specific research site.
Currently, there is not a specific set of behavioral guidelines that is used schoolwide. Students
may be allowed to turn classwork in late, go to the bathroom as many times as they wish, and use
their cellphones in one class, but in another none of those things are permitted. This creates a
hostile environment for students and teachers. A student may be written up for an offense in a
classroom but be permitted to do the very thing they are being written up for in another
classroom. Not having a schoolwide set of behavioral expectations is not conducive to a learning
environment. Correcting this and creating a schoolwide behavioral guideline score will improve
across the board because students will be in the classroom, not in the office and because students
will understand and know the expectations in every classroom.
D. Provide 1–3 research question(s). Each of the research questions must meet each of
the following criteria:
• is open-ended
• align with the topic identified in part B
• align with the problem statement identified in part C
• focus on only one measure or variable
Note: The number of research questions will depend on your action research
project. The requirement is a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3.
• How will a schoolwide set of behavior expectations using PBIS impact the number of
student office referrals?
• How will a schoolwide set of behavior expectations using PBIS impact test scores?
E. Propose a solution (i.e., the “action” for your action research study) that
meets each of the following criteria:
• aligns with the research problem identified in part C
• is addressed from a leadership perspective at the grade, department, team,
school, or district level rather than at the individual classroom level
Update | Complete Solution
Veronica Hales Galbreath
D035 Educational Inquiry
APM2 Task 1: Proposal Foundations
05/27/2025
A. Comply with WGU IRB policy by not identifying an individual, school, or district by
name in any portion of your action research project. If a pseudonym is used,
ensure that it is clearly labeled as a pseudonym when it first appears in your
submission (e.g., “West Oak Cove School (pseudonym)”).
The pseudonym that will be used for this project will be Valley Ranch Middle School.
B. Identify your action research topic and explain how your topic is each of the
following:
• localized to your specific research site
• relevant to the field of education
• relevant to the leadership perspective at the grade, department, team, school, or
district level at your specific research site rather than at the individual classroom
level
• supported by detail or evidence
The research site will be schoolwide at Valley Ranch Middle School. The action research topic
will be structured classroom behavior where expectations will be the same level in all classrooms
using PBIS. Having a set of universal classroom behavior expectations will create an atmosphere
where students will know the expectations from one classroom to the next because they will be
the same school wide. As of today, each classroom teacher at Valley Ranch Middle School has a
different set of classroom behavior expectations. Setting schoolwide standards for when work is
due, the number of bathrooms passes and when they can be used, and cell phone use by students
, will create a schoolwide set of expectations for students that will be followed by all teachers in
every classroom.
C. Provide a concise problem statement that identifies a prboblem relevant to the
topic in part B and the problem’s impact on your specific research site.
Currently, there is not a specific set of behavioral guidelines that is used schoolwide. Students
may be allowed to turn classwork in late, go to the bathroom as many times as they wish, and use
their cellphones in one class, but in another none of those things are permitted. This creates a
hostile environment for students and teachers. A student may be written up for an offense in a
classroom but be permitted to do the very thing they are being written up for in another
classroom. Not having a schoolwide set of behavioral expectations is not conducive to a learning
environment. Correcting this and creating a schoolwide behavioral guideline score will improve
across the board because students will be in the classroom, not in the office and because students
will understand and know the expectations in every classroom.
D. Provide 1–3 research question(s). Each of the research questions must meet each of
the following criteria:
• is open-ended
• align with the topic identified in part B
• align with the problem statement identified in part C
• focus on only one measure or variable
Note: The number of research questions will depend on your action research
project. The requirement is a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3.
• How will a schoolwide set of behavior expectations using PBIS impact the number of
student office referrals?
• How will a schoolwide set of behavior expectations using PBIS impact test scores?
E. Propose a solution (i.e., the “action” for your action research study) that
meets each of the following criteria:
• aligns with the research problem identified in part C
• is addressed from a leadership perspective at the grade, department, team,
school, or district level rather than at the individual classroom level
