Leading With Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as Action Researcher /

Become the “head learner” in your school by engaging in action research!

Action research can serve as a critical element in the professional development of principals, administrators, and school leaders. Award-winning author Nancy Fichtman Dana guides leaders in identifying and exploring areas of interest for principal research, including staff development, curriculum development, individual teachers, community/culture building, leadership skills, building management, and school performance. With a step-by-step approach, this resource:

• Helps principals develop a question, collect and analyze data, and share the results of their inquiry 
• Includes numerous examples of actual principal inquiry
• Provides exercises to guide principals through their own inquiry projects