Action research is an ongoing activity or duty that should be required by all educational administrator interns and all experienced educational leaders. It is described in the Dana text, as a movement which engages practioners in design, data collection, and interpretation of data around their question.
Action research is acting and responding to an issue within your school that requires a collaborative effort with your peers on the "inside" to evaluate, discuss and hopefully simply solve a problem. In most cases, it would be meeting with other administrators and assistants and their teachers to discuss a common problem that needs to be evaluated, acted and reflected upon to make the school and students successful. Action research could also be a project that is discussed annually with one's supervisor and then collaborated with staff to reach the prospective goal. An action research plan could include research in the areas of STAAR testing, improving test scores, curriculum issues, discipline problems, parental involvement or school morale. There are so many ways to improve our schools and everyone has an opinion on how to go about it. But, an action research plan puts all these ideas in an organized portfolio of sorts and will make it easier to tackle and accomplish the answer to the original question. It is just like running a meeting. There has to be a beginning and there has to be an end.
Educational leaders use blogs to compare and share ideas about a certain educational topic. A blog is a personal way to write my thoughts, see other's thoughts with their comments and respond to other's comments and see how they respond to what I say. A blog just allows me to think deep and put my words in my head on a board where I can see them. Ithink I will love blogging! I have ideas for other blogs I would like to start up in other areas outside of education. The possibilities are endless. What a great way to voice an opinion and get back ideas and answers!
Week 2
I have decided to my Action Research on What is a better way to implement and utilize the C-Scope Curriculum in our district and still maintain teacher enthusiasm and overall morale at the campuses?
If anyone who reads my blog would like to give me any insight on the pros and cons of how C-Scope was implemented and how it is used at your campus that would be greatly appreciated? Or if you have any better suggestions on how a district should introduce it to their staff and how it should be eased into the curriculum over time?
I would also love to hear how motivated the teachers are at your school about using C-Scope? I'm looking forward to interviewing some teachers at my district to get their opinions on it.
