EDLD 5301 - Week 4

This week I met with Dr. Haynes, my site mentor and principal, to discuss my Action Research plan. A few changes were made based on this meeting and based on comments from some of my classmates. The revised plan is posted below.

I also learned about four strategies for sustaining improvement in the schools. I have used a couple of these strategies before. They just called by a different name. Force Field Analysis is very similar to listing the pros and cons of a situation. The Nominal Group Technique is similar to the brainstorming technique that I was taught years earlier. The Delphi method is very intriguing especially if your group is having problems finding the time to meet or if distance is a problem. All communication is done electronically. The CARE model was the most challenging of them all. I can see where this model could incorporate the other strategies as well. These other strategies could be used to identify the four components of the method.

Week 4 is now history and on to Week 5. Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! J