Action Research-My Findings

Based on my readings, I conclude that action research is a focused inward questioning of a practitioner’s work that should spiral into action that cultivates change. It entails detective practice, intentional questioning of oneself and practices, gathering and scrutinizing data in efforts to change then sharing those changes with others. It has promises centralizing around teachers being “learners” both in how their current behaviors reflect in their villages and to revolutionize the format of professional development. I believe I have already begun the fundamental basis of action research in that I am a very reflective teacher and have been in my 7 years of education. I am never satisfied with where I am as an educator because my motto is "the best leader is one who is able to follow". As an educator, I believe that motto is paramountt in how we live as practitioners because it defines that we should model a willingness to learn if we are to expect our students to do the same. I expect to futher this concept of action research both in my apprentice-ship of becoming a technology leader as well as my passion to mentor teachers in the concept of math. Within this program, I must consider my current practices as below par and not suitable for what my students need to achieve success if I am to learn and grow as a technology leader. I must seek active ways to integrate technology into my curriculum on a level that helps my students applyy technology and be creative. Additionally, as I seek to become a Math TAKS specialist on my campus, I must look at the current curriculum, manipulative practices, content tools and online resources and evaluate how effective they have been in the classroom so I can serve as a coach to my peers and empower them to move from good teachers to great teachers. I must not only model this in their classrooms, but think about what I would have done differently in my own classroom to meet the needs of my students, so that I consistently use an inquiry based model of action.