Action+Research+Component

This component of the Teacher Induction Program is designed to give you the opportunity to determine what you would like to learn more about. Here are the parameters of the project:


 * Review Domains 2 and 3 using the [|rubric] developed to accompany the //Framework for Teaching.//


 * In looking at the components and the elements that further describe the levels of performance, identiify at least one element in which you need to strengthen your classroom management or instructional techniques. Provide a short explanation on why you selected that element(s).


 * Research that element in the following manner:
 * 1) Find and read at least one article on the component in a peer-reviewed journal
 * Note the title of the article using APA format - []
 * You can access peer reviewed journals at this website (7 day free trial): [|Highbeam]
 * 1) Summarize the article.
 * 2) Talk to your mentor and at least one other veteran teacher (someone with more than 5 years of experience at your school) about that element. Ask them how they have learned to deal with it in their own practice. What have they learned that can benefit you?
 * 3) Based on the artice you read and the conversations you had, identify at least one new or different practice that you can implement in your classroom related to your area of concern.
 * 4) Implement that new or different practice in your classroom.
 * 5) Summarize the results of that implementation. What worked? What didn't work? What would you do differently and why? Provide at leas tone artifact (e.g. a photo, a sample of student work, etc.


 * Document your work on the Action Research Template and submit NO LATER THAN MAY 23, 2013.

Use this template and submit electronically to patricia.dirienzo@aiu3.net or denise.pilarski@aiu3.net :