Week 2 Action Research Reflection

This week, I learned about nine areas in which major wonderings may occur throughout my career as an administrator. These areas are: social justice or equity issues, school performance, management, leadership, school culture/community, individual students, individual teachers, curriculum development, and staff development. All of these area greatly affect the success of the school and the students who attenda that school. Within each area I had to think of an example of action research that could be conducted for the subject. This was helpful because it allowed me to fully grasp each concept by creating a wondering of my own. I also tried to focus my wonderings on subjects that are relevant to my current campus or district.

The other aspect of the assignment that I felt was very important was the interviews with the three professional administrators. These interviews presented information about real-life action research projects that have taken place and told how the results have helped the campus or district in which the research was conducted. The information and advice given by these men is useful because it helped me to understand how action research can be used to solve problems that may occur at many different levels, from the classroom to the entire district. Understanding that action research is something that is frequently used within school districts also helped me to become full aware of how important the process is to school improvement and student achievement.