Sharing Your Action Research is Very Important..........................

It is very important to share my action research with all constituencies who has a vested interest. According to Dana (2009), “An unshared practitioner’s inquiry is like the stone lying beside the pond. Unless that inquiry is tossed into the professional conversations that contribute to the knowledge base for teaching and administration, it has little chance of creating change” (page 135). I believe that professionals generally learn better from other professionals.  As such, action-research tends to fosters professional growth. Action research inquiries serves as a resource for multiple parties such as: teachers, principals, schools, other districts, state agencies, and even policy makers. There are a variety of ways to share your research including presentations and write-ups using blogs, journals, etc.  I intend on sharing my research using my blog. This will also serve as a tool to share my findings with my colleagues and fellow educators. Furthermore, I plan to display the data and report my findings to my campus and other interested parties. I also plan to design graphs and data analysis with comparison charts to indicate growth and that will demonstrate where we begin in the implementation process and where we are currently at in our progress.  In addition, I plan to meet with my campus team members on an ongoing basis to determine the success of the program as well as its fidelity. Finally, I intend on maintaining constant contact with the students, teachers, and parents through meeting and surveys in order to receive additional feedback. I will use the information obtained from this feedback to reflect and evaluate my success of my action research and the implementation on campus in its entirety.