Week 5 Reflections, A reflection on reflections

As I have reflected on my personal growth during the time period of this course what I realize I have gained is a new way to look at those around me. I am now much more observant of my own actions with others and whether they align with best administrator practices or if it is an area that I need to work on. I am also more observant of the administrators on my campus. I look more deeply into the appearance of their practice and evaluate it as something that I value or something I should avoid. I am now much more aware of how my own personality will play into my role as an administrator. I am more aware of the areas that I need to work on. This reflects back to our first course more so than this most recent one but I really think that I needed some time to let the ideas of self-reflection set in and become part of my mindset.

I really love, more than I thought that I would, blogging about my experience. I too would like to expand my blog followers to some outside sources. I will begin by linking my blog to my FaceBook account and asking my friends who are avid bloggers to follow my blog. It is the ultimate word of mouth. I also want to learn more about the process of developing a quality action research project. I think that I may have delved into this course with some background knowledge and some basic experience but what I am learning is that I have much to learn about the process of actually participating in action research.

As I continue to reflect on the development of my own action research I am sure that I will be forced to dive more deeply into my own preconceived notions about what action research is and hopefully come out on the other side with a more defined viewpoint. I think that I need more time to let it rattle around in my brain for a while. As we approach this break I look forward to continuing to reflect. I think that one of the more poignant themes of this course was to really reflect on myself and my practices. I will do that by reading more in depth others blogs and begin to really research my own topic. In addition, I want to not let my brain wither and will be doing some more general leadership reading over the holidays. As they say, the devil plays into idle hands.