Greatest
Insight
Before this class started I was talking to some
administrators to get a feeling of what action research is. I never knew what it was until now. I feel stronger in my abilities to share what
I learned with different decision makers in our school. With the discussion boards I learned some
great ideas to try and implement in my classroom and also spoke with the
district testing coordinator about some technology that would work well in
school system. In my research I have
contacted another school district and talked to the assistant principal and the
counselor who developed the program that I developed my action inquiry. My principal and I have developed a good
relationship in discussing ways to help our students succeed. I have gained confidence in the school system
and not the teacher who stands back in the crowd and does nothing to change. Change has to happen in our school system or
we will get to stage two of AYP. My
confidence as an action researcher will help keep our school from that stage.
Area of Growth
The area of growth for me is research itself. I knew what I wanted to do when we were asked
to pick a topic. Now what I need to do
is develop the data. I know that I can
obtain data from my counselor, assistant principal, and my testing coordinator
but I have to find the ways to present this to my fellow colleagues. As an action researcher, I feel nervous to
know if my topic will work. I know that
at my school some of the teachers do not like change. I have to help them see how this is going to
help our students and make things easier on them. I will continue to work on the
apprehensiveness and work toward getting the group to achieve the goal for our
students.
Growth Plan
The way to help my colleagues with change is
to educate them. I want to do this to
help our school. I feel that if I
develop my data and display it in a way that will help everyone at Wharton
Junior High. I want to gain there help
with the data and survey them so that I can make everyone comfortable with my
action plan.
