Action research is a powerful tool. When you perform action research the ultimate goal is to implement change that will create improvements in your school. It will allow me to be a lifelong learner and to improve upon practices or problems that I handle on a daily basis. Although it can be time consuming, it is one of the best ways to improve upon your leadership skills and reflect on your practices and your school’s practices. Instead of just handling problems that arise in areas from day to day as a maintenance issue, action research enables you to implement long term changes to increase effectiveness. As an administrator or teacher you know your school’s true weaknesses and there is no one better to address those issues through inquiry, data collection, and analysis than those dealing with the issues daily. After determining the issues and understanding the question at hand, you have to collect pertinent data. After the data is collected it should be analyzed and solutions should be explored. Action research can be extremely effective especially when it becomes a collaborative effort.
As a teacher or an administrator I can use action research to explore numerous issues:
o How can I improve upon the outcomes of the student’s in my co-teach classrooms?
o How can I help those students who were tested for services but did not qualify?
o How can we utilize technology effectively across our campus to improve on student’s learning?
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