Change As a Collaborative Inquiry

What information from the article did you connect with the most and why?

I think that a lot of this article deals with goal setting and keeping your priorities straight. There is a clear picture of where and what the end game/implementation will be. I also connected with compliance vs collaboration. People are more more willing to put their being and engagement into a problem if they fully understand it. When someone tells you there is an issue and you will do this to fix it. It feels forced and not genuine. You want to understand and collaborate on how to best fix and create a better school. I also like transparency when it comes to school problems. Why would we hide areas that need support? The community is a huge key player in our goals and overall outlook of the district. We need to share with them our need and the future of our school.

Thinking of your own school community, what are the issues and concerns regarding school improvement? How are these addressed with the administration and staff? What can you and other staff members do to work towards a more collaborative constructivist approach towards improvement?

Currently, my largest concern is that we had set ideas of incorporation. We wanted all staff to be using Schoology/updating. We wanted staff to start incorporating standard based grading. We wanted more PLC time. Now, as I look forward my concern would be how our school community will change under new management. We are currently pending the next year with our middle school principal. What I do know is that we need to be open to change and be willing to collaborate towards our improvement. I want to make my time meaningful and I want to make steps towards our own goals. As a school and department we do a great job of setting Smart Goals. Having personal goals and classroom goals helps keeps fluidity in the classroom. We all need to be willing to the vision of new leadership and new concepts.

How do you see the action research you do in your classroom supporting adaptation and process of change?

I see this action research as a method to understand reading and how to best facilitate strategies of comprehension in my classroom. I hope to also use it during our Storm time to help share and foster the joy of reading for others. I want to use it as a Smart Goal in my classroom to help push myself and my students.Read Alouds are not just for entertainment but they provide many great modeled strategies and discussions to help share the joy and process of reading.

Change as Collaborative Inquiry