Lesson of the week was inspired by Dr. Timothy Chargois, "Be a lifelong learner." This is something I believe in, but is is always nice to hear it from someone else.
The readings were insightful in helping to narrow down my "wonderings" this week. I really enjoyed reading about the nine areas that Dana describes as major wonderings of many school leaders: staff development, curriculum development, individual teacher(s), individual student(s), school culture/community, leadership, management, school performance, and social justice or equity issues.
The three school leaders, Dr. Johnny Briseno, Dr. Timothy Chargois, and Dr. Kirk Lewis, that were interviewed helped give me some insight on the importance of action research. These men are very data driven and put data to use to drive instruction and decision-making.
I have nailed down my action research project: "Why are our Economically disadvantaged students scoring lower
than our other students?" I want to look into classroom grades, amount
of time in tutoring, what type of instruction are they receiving (whole group / small group / individualized), what interventions are in place for these
students, what RtI data do we have on them, do they have mentors, are
their parents supportive, and are they involved in extracurricular
activities at school?
I am excited to see what comes from this project. I spent my first 6 years of teaching in inner city fort worth so I can relate with this project.
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