My
action research plan has seen a slight slow down with the first six weeks of
school underway, three preps, and current coursework. When I have a spare
moment, I have been searching for articles relevant to my topic and have been
trying to watch my campus administrators tackling these issues first hand by
looking for campus needs, collecting data, and trying to implement new
initiatives for our campus. Perceived leadership of each campus differs from
location to location, and based on recent coursework, it is now becoming a job
that is done collaboratively through many persons working for the benefit of adult
and student learners. Crafting questions related to leadership styles has been
the biggest challenge. I am worrying more about what administrators are not
going to say versus what they have to say. I hope the daily grind of campus
administration yields some positive finds in the ways of action research. By
studying these and disseminating my findings, I hope that I am able to
contribute to district initiatives or awareness of working styles and the find
leadership of who is sending out young learners into the world. Setting
examples for our learners and sending the message that learning and education
is a life-long standard will hopefully inspire and challenge the students to
reach higher in their own educational dreams. We have a campus influx of
several hundred more students which changes the economically disadvantaged
population numbers, so my next quest is to sit down with administration and
counseling staff based on our new numbers. Testing data of new students will be
coming in from multiple districts and campuses, so I will look at adjustments
in our AEIS report and possibly have to adjust campus population numbers. It
shouldn’t hinder the questioning of campus administrators, but it may offer new
advantages for their own campus-based action research which may reveal some
interesting finds.