Week Five Post- Reflection

This class has given me a new and exciting way to learn and research to find solutions to particular problems that we face on a campus. I know that we have to keep working to improve our school and that it takes a lot of hard work and reflection. I think that action research is really about reflection. You must reflect upon your current situation, find the problems that you face as a campus, make continuous modifications to what you are working toward, and share your findings with others in a meaningful way that can really help other educators that face the same problem. There are many ways to solve a problem or concern, but action research is really engaging and a fun way to make a real difference for yourself and for those around you on your campus and those others who can follow your findings and implement them on their home campus. You can really have a huge impact and with hard work you will be successful in working toward our number one goal- student success.

Week Four Post- Action Research Plan Update

So far, based on the much appreciated positive feedback that I have received from my peers as well as from my administration team, I am keeping this draft as it is currently. I think that we will all have to make changes and modifications as we see fit during the process. I know that if there is a great need for more information that I will teach additional optional staff-development sessions to my staff to make sure that I can provide more sample lesson plans and sample student assignments and projects. I think that it is a good starting point and hope to have enought details to keep an ongoing campus Action Research Plan going throughout the 2010-2011 school year. Thank you so much for all of your feedback and if you have not left a comment and want to add one, please feel free to read the week three post and give any feedback when you have a chance. Thank you so much to everyone and I wish you all the best of luck in your Action Research!