Week 5: Summing up Research 5301

This course has taught me more about using research in administration than I ever thought possible.  As an educator I understand the importance of self-reflection and trying to grow, but I never really considered the important role research plays.  Before this course, when I thought of research I though about sitting in my boring statistics class in college wondering when I would ever use this information.  Action research has really caught my attention and it seems like a very interesting and beneficial part of school administration.  The part I liked most about action research was that is done in the school setting, with the people who it most directly affects.  I gained a lot of insight working with my site supervisor on my action research project template.  I had all of these “great” ideas going in to talk to him and thought I had everything planned out perfectly.  When we met he had some great ideas on ways to improve my project further and I think these ideas made my project much better.  My time line for the project is going to have to change some, due to all of the state testing this month, but I would still like to try and get it completed before the end of this school year.  I am hoping to be able to present the data to my peers at the beginning of next school year with a presentation.  As I mentioned in my discussion board, one of the topics I plan to continue to research and learn is the 8 steps of how to share your research information.  If my project turns out like I am hoping I will have some really great information and I want to make sure I distribute it the best way possible.