Consensus, Challenges and Sustaining Improvement

This week I have met with my site supervisor to reach a consensus on my action research plan, identified challenges that I expect to present themselves in the implementation of said plan and learned how we can sustain improvement within our schools.  This has been a very profound week for me as well as a breath of fresh air after last week, as it was not a task that I took lightly to create a plan for active inquiry.  I feel that each week my eyes are opened a little further and I can't wait to find out "what am I going to learn next?"  We also started football 2-a-day practices on Monday so it has been a very busy week but a great one at that.  One of the most profound statements that I have read this week is "in order for change to occur, the driving forces for the change must exceed the resisting forces against the change." (Harris et al, 2010. p. 94).  This just reinterated to me how change is never easy and we must make always identify if a proposed change is doable.  I found this especially enlightening because in a few short weeks, when school begins, we will begin implementing changes.  I believe in the case of this active research plan (although I know it is my brain child - I'm not try to pat myself on the back) that the changes are both doable and necessary.  

Resources

Harris, Sandra, Edmonson, Stacey, Combs, Julie. (2010). Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools: 8 Steps From Analysis to Action. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.