Week 2-Research Lessons Learned

I learned quite a lot from listening to Mr. Briseno. He is a very positive leader and appears to listen to his staff and value their suggestions. The fact that he lets his teachers take the responsibility of teaching and instructing themselves when they have ideas that work for them in their classes shows that he knows and trusts his staff. Although data driven, he remembers to have a personal touch with his staff and reminds them to look at each individual student that they feel are having difficulty. He knows the importance of early intervention to try to help students before they get too far behind. No one wants to retain students. The students’ identity is very important to him and teachers have access to reports and can analyze different data to help more effectively help students.
I have also learned how important it is to apply for grants and keep up to date on the changes that occur in the field of education. This class is doing an excellent job in helping me to learn to analyze data and how to make comparisons between other campuses. It has also shown me that it is okay to talk with your constituents in other independent school districts to see how they work and how we can transfer that to help the students learn at my school. I have also learned that not all research is good research. Research should be relevant to my campus to ensure that all stakeholders will have a valued interest in it and be willing to use it.