Lessons Learned

I started out this week with the idea of conducting my research plan on action research based professional development.  Through "research" found out it was a very broad topic, with loads of research material available.  I read the web resource - A Blast from the Past (strongly suggested by Dr. Abshire) and realized I needed to narrow my focus.  After talking with my site supervisor I decided to focus on a topic that we will be implementing in our district next year, SLOs.  My research plan is now targeted, focused, reasonable, feasible, and ethical.  I learned you have to do research in order to come up with a good research plan.  So much for all those articles I saved on professional development and student portfolios.  If anyone needs them I'll be glad to send them to you.