EDLD 5301 Week 2 Reflections

This week has been very enlightening for me as it reinforced everything my current administrator has in place and is making efforts to fortify on my campus...the value of understanding data and allowing that mantra to drive instruction. More than anything else, I’ve learned the importance of making data driven decisions.  In order to do so, as an educational professional vested in academic success, research must be conducted to meet specific classroom, demographic, or economic needs.  Educators must have the ability to translate data effectively in order to make decisions that will not only improve instructional practices in their classroom, but in others as well.  It is imperative that all affected constituents understand the benefits of action research.  In order to meet the challenging accountability standards educators are faced with, professional growth must occur in order for students to grow and meet prescribed academic standards.  Educators are commanded to produce results and through systemic changes in the way things are done, students can achieve the unachievable.  I feel more empowered as a result of this week's lessons as it validates the efforts of myself and my team.  Although we are a work in progress, we are a proactive group of professionals who aim to foresee challenges and circumstances that may arise in order to prepare both ourselves and our students for the future.