Orange+CIG+Meeting+Minutes+12-4-2009

12-4-2009 Agenda From Wondering to Action Research 1- Revisit the wondering - How will your action research/line of inquiry work with our collaborative goal? What piece of the collaborative puzzle are you? 2- Compare your line of inquiry to the GPRA measures- where do we fit in? 3- Look at the Timeline for Inquiry Calendar from Chapt 4 of the //Reflective Eduator's Guide to Professional Development// 4- Create a Timeline for our Inquiry 5- Complete a Monthly Action Plan for each person's action research 6- Next steps: Budget and Site Visits

12/4

We must keep in mind that our individual questions must still tie into our one big questions. We should try to apply our findings to other group member's situations.

Our overall question / wondering has morphed....

"How do we engage students of diverse backgrounds and learning styles through technology, art therapy, special needs strategies, independent learning strategies and classroom management.

Adoption of 2 GPRA measures:

1) % of teachers who receive professional development that is sustained and intensive

2) % of teachers who demonstrate the ability to teach standards-based arts education

Pge 102 -103 of hand-out:

A Timeline for Inquiry was made on the wiki.

JAN: Testing strategies & Collecting Data

FEB: Testing strategies & Collecting Data

MAR: Organize and analyze data

APRIL: Share with large group - have wiki ready for public viewing.

Budget: What do we need to help us answer our questions?

Projector Handy Video Recorder External DVD player/burner Conferences Field Trips Substitutes for our classrooms for observation days (do skype meetings instead to save money)