Week 2-Real Life Action Research

Reflection: I agree with Dr.Kirk Lewis, teachers and administrators should be interested in the research and able to use the data for meaningful change to improve student learning and instruction. We should use qualitative and quantitative data together to discover the whole picture. Sharing the results are just as vital as obtaining them because if the data shows improvement, I believe we should encourage them to provide their peers with feedback from any research or strategies they choose to use because of the data. This could be done in a staff development by allowing the teachers to view the data and the teacher provide them with how she disaggregated the data and used the tools to fit her classroom instruction and ultimately how the research benefited and improved student performance. The other teachers will find this more meaningful and ready to use than reading an article or theory.

Week 1 Action Research

Action research will help me understand my leadership practice more fully. Action research can provide inquiry and collaboration at a deeper level with educators, leaders, and other administrators, while developing specific plans and putting them into practice. Action research has many challenges but the rewards of the findings from the data are invaluable. In participating in the process of observing, reflecting, re-planning, and re-acting, I believe will stretch and grow my knowledge as a leader and my staff, learning more about my role as an educator, and developing a more detailed understanding of who I am. Administrative inquiry is intentional investigating in a systematic way by examing data, asking questions, based on logical reasoning, and requesting more information. Administrative inquiry is employed by asking and focusing on questions. It is an adaptation of teacher action research. In Administrative inquiry the practioner is a storyteller and the researcher is an insider of the school. The process is cylical and continuous. The source of the questions come from the prinicipal thereby making the solutions relevant to the specific needs of the school’s staff and students. The questions are focused on providing insight into an administrator’s own practice in an effort to make change and improve the school performance. (Dana, 1964).

PART II-BLOGS
Blogs give access to more people, businesses and educational institutions all over the world. This technology tool is also a source of communication with parents, staff, and students. It’s more flexible because people can stay informed when convenient for them. Blogging can be used like a journal entry and allow for feedbacks and comments that could be beneficial and not otherwise able to reach in person.

Novice Blogger

I will be attempting to post blogs for educational purposes! I am not sure what to do or where to begin or if I am doing this right! Time will certainly tell. Any advice?