I've attended my first Fielding meeing! I am excited and overwhelmed. The group is wonderful, and it will be a stimulated journey over the next 2 years as we explore an ideal school community. For my action research and professional development plan, I need to consider the following:
- Identify significant issues, needs, and/or concerns within my professional or work environment and their impact on student or client learning and growth.
- As I am exploring these issues, needs, and concerns...what am I discovering?
- Why am I most passionate about these issues, needs and concerns?
- What have others found or discovered about these issues? What are the prevailing theories about these issues, needs, and concerns?
- Why are these researchable questions of special interest to me?
- Who are some experts and mentors I might access who might provide advice and information about any of these issues, needs, and concerns?
- How might I explore and apply my learning from my questions, continuous reading, and discussions with others?
- What are the connections between my explorations and applications to local district strategic plans, state, and national standards and other initiatives?
Remembering that the voice of research informs learning, how do I anticipate using my inquiry research in my learning? How might I make this happen?
Of what importance might my learning and its application be to the learning of my learners? - Who are my learners?
- What technology might be helpful in this research?
- May include:
standards, goals, and objectives
additional review of literature
conversations with experts and/or members
documentation of implementation
modification of the Capstone Proposal
goals and research steps
evidence and indiations of student outcomes or results
indications of my improved practice
how are my beliefs changing or becoming validated
personal audio, video, peer, photographic observations of learners, clients, and self
