The Passions That Drive Your Journey

As I read through, The Passions That Drive Your Journey, I felt my head knotting up and down with agreement through all nine areas. At the end of this school year, my principal changed a veteran teacher's assignment and to say the least she was not a happy camper. Although, I am not sure if she had been in a long time. You could tell by her demeanor, relationship with the students, and ongoing efforts to stay within her "box" that she needed a change. So this school year through peer coaching, share sessions, and new team members, the VT was a whole new person. She seemed full of energy that poured out of her and into her students.

Analysis of How Educational Leaders Might Use Blogs

As educational leaders, we can use blogging to share our reflections and ideas which allow us to receive comments from others. We are able to discuss the research and other important information that we are currently engaged in, and learn from other educators’ feedback going through the same situations. Blogs can also be used to stay connected with the community and faculty by sharing upcoming events, newsletters to keep all stakeholders updated, and classroom and/or student successes.

My findings

I’ve learned that action research is the focus of looking into ones current practices and are motivated by the quest for improvement through research, collecting and analyzing data, making beneficial changes based on results, and sharing findings with other teachers and administrators. This allows practitioners to internalize and reflect on their practices, formulate and implement action strategies, analyze and evaluate the effects of these practices on all stakeholders, and consider ways of working differently. Teachers and administrators collaboratively work together to help each other in their professional development and are more likely to facilitate change based on the information and knowledge that they generate.

As a Campus Content Instructional Strategist, I will use my action research plan on literacy interventions targeting struggling readers by implementing and evaluating reading programs and improving teacher instruction in the reading classroom to gather information on how interventions improve literacy. What practices are working and not working, for me as a teacher and CCIS, and by sharing my findings with the reading teachers.  I will make my inquiry an ongoing process by continuously gathering and analyzing data to ensure that our instructional practices are improving, not only for my professional growth, for all learners in my school community.