5301 Action Research Plan

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5301 The Passions That Drive Your Journey (Dana, 2009)

Through this week’s exercises, I have learned to identify opportunities to employ active research and the skills needed to implement the plan. The opportunities present themselves in a range of areas of passion described by Dana (2009):

1. Staff development
2. Curriculum development
3. Individual teacher(s)
4. Individual student(s)
5. School culture/community
6. Leadership
7. Management
8. School performance
9. Social justice (p. 30)

 The development and growth of the individual as an active learner and researcher is as much a bi-product of the inquiry as the improvement planned and successful results of the inquiry’s outcome. Teachers as leaders in the classroom may initiate an active research to improve curriculum delivery, reduce achievement gaps for the students, and contribute to the school culture. Teachers in leadership roles can also contribute to the school culture through action research; as well as, impact staff development, curriculum development, individual teachers and students. Principals and other administrators most important role in active research is to develop more leaders; however, the administrator can affect all the areas of passion through research and solution process.

I have discussed and developed my active research plan with the campus principal and fortunately, he is as passionate about the project as I am. I eagerly anticipate the plan’s development and monitoring its progress. We hope that by this time next year that the majority of the staff will be able to easily integrate a technology tool, especially Web 2.0 applications, into their curriculum delivery. We hope that students will be intrigued, engaged, and learn.  However, first, we must ascertain the level of technology aptitude and readiness of the staff. 

Off to the journey of active research. Cheers!

Works Cited

Dana, N. (2009). Leading with passion and knowledge: the principal as action researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.