I learned that action research is crucial to any administrator's success. Action research can be used to discover alternative solutions to the many problems facing public schools. While most of us use to find problems to everyday issues such student discipline and staff development, we need to expand it further to help us figure out solutions to problems like school finance. While many of our parents seem out of touch with schools, most of them do at least support the idea that schools need to be funded, especially as the student population increases.
I also learned that different schools are facing different challenges based on demographics and locations. As a future superintendent I am going to have research potential opportunities prior to the interview to even be able to adequately communicate my goals for the district. Once there I will have to employ the same techniques to get a picture of what is really going on in the district. From there, one can more precisely plan for success.
For this course I called it action research but for any practicing administrator it is(at least it should be) a daily activity. Educational Leadership is fluid and changes quickly. We are constantly modifying our schedules, teachers and programs to meet the needs of our every changing student needs. This course simply reinforced my belief in the effectiveness of action research.
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