What I have learned about Auction Research??

Action research begins with identifying a problem or concern.  You then must collect data about the problem or concern, implement an action of change based on your research findings, observe the change in progress, gather new data after the change has occurred, and provide results on the impact of the new change.  Action research is a method that can be used to improve our administrative practices through following steps and collaboratively working together to solve the problem.

As an administrator is it important to notice problems within your campus and work towards creating change that will benefit your school and/or programs.  Using action research will provide you with the necessary information to arrive at a decision change that can benefit your school through the use of data and collaboration.  In alot of cases as we are researching the issue at hand we in turn learn more about our campus, our students, our faculty and what works best for everyone together.

I would feel very comfortable using action research because it does provide steps to researching the issue, creating change, evaluating the change, and then reflecting on the change. It a positive response has been created then we have created a successful change.  If not then we can go back and repeat the process until we have created that positive change.