Looking into action research topics is exciting because I've always considered myself more of a doer than a thinker (not a great trait for an educator, but I'm able to make it work). At first my principal mentor and I were intrigued by all the possibilities available at my school. As we drilled down to the action research topic that would give me the best change to affect positive change at our school we went through the gamut of possible topics. Our fist idea was analyzing common assessments at our school and how different teachers might give different formative assessments that led to the same common unit assessments. The questions we asked ourselves: Why is this happening? Is it actually wrong? What would be the benefit of having each classroom on the same content everyday? From there we looked at school safety and security. How accessible is our building? If we have a closed campus, why are students walking around with fast food cups at lunchtime? Is it necessary to have a closed campus? We also looked at ways to more effectively communicate with students and parents and ways to get each student organized through standard classroom procedures.
We eventually decided on analyzing safety and security in our building as the most effective use of our time, the best possibility for realistic administrative experience, and something that would be beneficial to the school without requiring a change in school policy.
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