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.
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