action research progress

My action research, Staff development effectiveness, is an action research project that will measure the effectiveness of staff developments that are recommended by school administrator. Staff development can be an extremely important tool that can be used by teachers in the classroom. Learning new and different techniques that a teacher can use in the classroom, can allow young teachers to become successful in the classroom. For my action research there will be several steps. I have asked for and received a list of all staff developments that will be recommended by administration. I have found that they are spaced out at about one per month. And range from classroom management to classroom technology. My plan incudes a preliminary survey that will ask questions on staff developments from prior years. After the preliminary survey, I plan to survey after every staff development asking for input on relevance of the staff development. Did the staff development provide useful information that can be used in the classroom? I will survey teachers that participated in the staff development, followed by an interview that will check on implementation of information provided. This process will happen after every staff developments provided by administration. Once the last staff development takes place, all the information gathered will be analyzed. Finally, there will be ending interviews with certain volunteer teachers. These teachers will be interviewed on the staff developments they attended. The final interviews will also ask what kind of staff developments would be more beneficial to classroom teachers. After all the information has been put together and analyzed, the results will be discussed with the site supervisor. Any changes that need to be made after this meeting will be made. The final report will be done and a report will be given to the principal

action research reflection

Overall, developing an action research has been an eye opening experience for me. I have learned that action research is a tremendous tool for a principal. The action research is a continuous work in progress. Even when you think you are done with a research, it only opens the door for other inquiry questions from your research. I will try to use action research for the rest of my leadership career. 

action research plan

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
Determine if staff development required by administration is effective in the classroom	Find teachers to interview and survey on the effectiveness of staff development	Interview Teachers, Use survey to collect data	Martin Campos Intern, Carla Trevino Site Supervisor, Isabel Solis Grant coordinator	Start: 09/2012 End: 11/2012	Asses if teachers find staff development recommended effective for the classroom
Are strategies learned from staff development used by teachers in the classroom.	Ask teachers if they are willing to agree to classroom observations, use field notes to collect data, use student work to collect data.	Field notes, Class observations, Student artifacts.	Martin Campos intern, Carla Trevino Site supervisor	Start: 01/2013 End: 03/2013	Asses if teachers are using strategies learned in these staff developments in the classroom.
Determine if a committee of teachers can find and implement useful staff development in the classroom.	Finding teachers that agree to participate in survey on finding successful staff developments, Interview teachers on successful staff development	Teacher interviews, Teachers surveys, Reflective Journal	Martin Campos Intern	Start: 03/2013 End: 05/2013	Asses if teachers are willing to participate in finding successful staff developments. Asses if teachers would find these staff developments more effective.

action research reflection

working on my action research project, i discovered that working on an action project will not only help  the school but it will also help me. I will become a better researcher by using inquiry or action research. This tool will help me from now on in my education career.