Summary+01557

01:557 Supervisory Policy and Practice Summary: This course was the eighth course that I took in my Master’s program. This was a very challenging course for me in that I took it in the Spring Term which is a busy time at school and the course was very demanding. As my other Graduate courses, I enjoyed the challenge immensely. The course consisted of two article reviews, a critical analysis of a supervisory model, a philosophical statement, and an Action Research project.

Benefits/Resultant Knowledge: The knowledge gained from this experience was intense. Dr. Skinner pushed us to our full potential and guided us through our Action research proposals from a distance. This enabled us to put our research to the test of validity. It would have been good to have taken my ‘Interpreting Educational Research Course’ before this one, but I did not.

Professional Use: I did my Action Research on the ‘walk through’ model which has been used extensively in our school division. The research helped me see the effectiveness of the model and some things that needed to be changed and addressed. This was an excellent opportunity to do some research and see results in a very short time period.